Long Flights

[mosteen]

Good thing this isn't MS Oceanliner sim... :lol:

:) A three week crossing with hourly morse transmissions, haha, I guess at least THAT would not be for everyone...

[Jeff Nielsen]

I used to do long hauls and once sat at the pc for 10+ hours.  I was lucky to have ATC the entire way, including oceanic.  It's a heck of an accomplishment when you can do it without a crash from cold and dark to shut down at the gate. :-)  This was for FS9 though.

[z06z33]

Good thing this isn't MS Oceanliner sim... :lol:

Nobody else play virtual sailor???

[uhntissbaby111]

I personally love the long hauls. I always do them in accordance to real world flights, so throughout the night when heading to Europe from

USA. Start the flight, get up to cruise, then sleep eventually and getting up every couple of hours to check on the flight. And surprisingly, my wife enjoys sleeping to the drone of the engines thought the night

[mosteen]

Ha! She's a definate keeper mate

[bonchie]

Just don't have the time or patience.

 

1-2 hour hops with 4xAccel if needed is good enough for me.

 

The takeoff, climb, decent, and landing are the highlights for me. Same in the real world with all the flights I take.

[Guest RWFeldman]

I don't do long hauls. If I can't set it I don't fly it. As stated, I also believe the "Sleeper flyers" are just hour builders. Each to their own I reckon..

[g_precentralis]

 

 

As stated, I also believe the "Sleeper flyers" are just hour builders.

That's a nonsense, the flight sim hours are worthless (equal to CoD hours), so why would anyone do that? 

[pilottj]

I don't belong to any VAs, I just like flying the occasional MD-11F long haul simply for the enjoyment of taking off from one continent, going to sleep, waking up, and then landing on another continent.  My 'logbook'  has far more RV-7 and P-40 time, I don't care how many tubeliner hours I have   LOL you could do the same thing in a PBY going 90kts for 2000nm LOL.  Even SFO-HNL in a B-17 requires some dedication.  I love the B-17 but that's too long for me.

[Jetspaul]

Just a thought, Real world pilots don't do long haul flights then get up and go to work the next day, I on the other hand have a job that consumes me for 12 hours, I need my rest as its imperative in my field of work, but on days off I like to mix it up a bit doing the occasional long haul, that may change when the PMDG 777 comes out.

[bbilly05]

Short hauls mostly for me, heavy use of 'I will be back' or 'Be There' gauges to pause before top of decent, or 4x... Take offs and landings are what I get out of the hobby.

 

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