August 10, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, jon b said: The key to flying ATP as I remember was to use the keyboard and just use the elevator trim rather than the actual elevator apart from the flare and rotation . So THAT's the secret! Too bad it's come a few years too late. Maybe I'll have a look at that manual. I still have the boxed game around here somewhere. 11 minutes ago, jon b said: it was too regimented for me a bit like driving a train on rails I thought. How many simmers complain about "flying on rails"? 😄 I hope you took the time to do some GA flying after you got into the big iron. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
August 10, 20205 yr Author 3 hours ago, ErichB said: MFS is going to make me fall in love with GA flying all over again. I stopped GA flying entirely about 5 years ago in P3D. I just lacked 'something', which I think MFS seems to have in abundance. I’ve always been an MD11 or 777 guy flying at 36,000ft, only occasionally dabbling in GA flying. This beautiful scenery is just too good to pass up, so I can definitely see myself island hopping in the South Pacific or exploring the wilds of Africa low and slow in a prop jobber much more than before Chris Sunseri
August 10, 20205 yr @LHookins I think there’s an online flight sim emulator somewhere that lets you fly ATP. Yes, that ATP box was great with the picture of the 767 flight deck with the sun going down on the horizon, I must have spent as much time time staring at that picture dreaming than flying the actual sim. Ive done a couple of GA flights over the years but always with an instructor along to keep an eye on things. It takes more bottle than I’ve got to go from the redundancy of 4 big jet engines to a single four cylinder piston 😄 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
August 10, 20205 yr Good memories FS 1.0, I remember on Commodore 64. Guillaume ASUS ROG STRIX X870 ▪︎ AMD RYZEN 9950X OC 5.5 GHz▪︎ ASUS ROG ASTRAL RTX 5090 OC ▪︎ 32GB 6600 Crucial Ballistix ▪︎ Windows 11 Pro (25H2) ▪︎ 4x Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVME SSD (OS Drive et MSFS) ▪︎ Corsair RMX 1000W 80 plus Gold PSU ▪︎ LIAN-LI ODYSSEY X black case
August 10, 20205 yr On 8/8/2020 at 8:50 PM, Doering said: Great stuff. In case you missed this in Hangar Chat, I am working on a detailed video series covering 45 years of Flight Simulator history. Now this looks worth keeping an eye out for.
August 10, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, spacedyemeerkat said: Now this looks worth keeping an eye out for. I have a real soft spot for history, especially related to aviation. I am sifting through many old articles and videos to pull out the most interesting facts and story lines to produce some wonderful flight simulator history. So easy to get side tracked! Edited August 10, 20205 yr by Doering Latest video at The Flight Level Flight Over Frozen Lake Erie - Between Ice and Clouds - Ultimate Solitude - The Perfect Memory
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