November 13, 20214 yr Allowing a few weeks for transitioning from beta to working copy, will installing AIG add significant static and moving traffic to Memphis International, main hub for Federal Express? The plain vanilla default KMEM is pathetic. Just curious, but interested enough to install AIG if it looks like it can wake up KMEM for me. Thanks. Regards, Ray When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
November 13, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, raymar said: Allowing a few weeks for transitioning from beta to working copy, will installing AIG add significant static and moving traffic to Memphis International, main hub for Federal Express? The plain vanilla default KMEM is pathetic. Just curious, but interested enough to install AIG if it looks like it can wake up KMEM for me. Thanks. Regards, Ray Once they add cargo if you add FedEx you will find a KMEM full of FX planes. Same with UPS and Louisville, United at their hubs, BA. etc etc It's all based on the airlines real world flight plans. Have a Wonderful Day -Paul Solk
November 13, 20214 yr Author Well, the air around KMEM is saturated all hours of the day and night with FedEx comings and goings and the back lot and runway is pretty much all FedEx. Thanks. Ray When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
November 13, 20214 yr Right now the only models available are the 757 and 777 for fedex and 757 and 748 for ups. I did ask on their discord about converting the MD-11 767 and A300's and they are working on it Edited November 13, 20214 yr by DaveS David
November 13, 20214 yr I only had about 10 fed ex planes on the whole kmem airport earlier today. MSFS Alpha tester on W10 Pro x64. Hardware: AMD 5900X 12 core CPU. Cooler Master ML360R AIO, Asus X570-E mobo, Asus Strix 3090 24GB gfx card, G.Skill TridentZ 64GB (4x16) DDR4-3600 RAM, Samsung 970 250GB SSD (OS), Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 pcie-4 NVMe SSD (MSFS install). EVGA 850w Gold cert PSU, CUK Continuum full ATX tower. 43" Sceptre 4K display. VR: HP Reverb G2.
November 14, 20214 yr Author Thanks for the insight. Is the AIG Cargo edition or version on the near horizon? Regards, Ray When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
November 14, 20214 yr I'm not sure I'm going to install any cargo flightplans yet, since I don't think most airports, except for maybe a few payware, are set up for cargo spaces. You might have cargo aircraft populating your passenger stands. Avsim member since 2002. 1000+ posts on old account.
November 14, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, raymar said: Allowing a few weeks for transitioning from beta to working copy, will installing AIG add significant static and moving traffic to Memphis International, main hub for Federal Express? The plain vanilla default KMEM is pathetic. Just curious, but interested enough to install AIG if it looks like it can wake up KMEM for me. Thanks. Regards, Ray The default KMEM isn't very good right now in terms of parking. Also the AIG only installs a few Fedex models right now. So I did go there the other day and there were a couple of Fedex planes around but its a far cry from what it should be. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
November 14, 20214 yr KMEM has no cargo parking, so the planes will either park at ramps or gates. The cargo models should be set to ramp only, but I believe if there's no free ramps it will spawn at gates. 4 hours ago, psolk said: Once they add cargo if you add FedEx you will find a KMEM full of FX planes. Same with UPS and Louisville, United at their hubs, BA. etc etc It's all based on the airlines real world flight plans. Cargo is already in the package. It's just there's only a handful of models. Edited November 14, 20214 yr by Tuskin38
November 14, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, raymar said: Well, the air around KMEM is saturated all hours of the day and night with FedEx comings and goings and the back lot and runway is pretty much all FedEx. Thanks. Ray Even ruins attempts to fly into nearby Olive Branch, Mississippi! KOLV. That based on experience as a ride-a-long on three flights! That airspace needs to be reclassified, and not for the better! When you positively absolutely need to get there, and especially after dark, choose another destination...... https://baerpm.com/2011/12/30/flashback-friday-when-it-absolutely-positively-has-to-be-there-overnight/ Edited November 14, 20214 yr by fppilot Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
November 14, 20214 yr The default parking in MSFS while often plentiful is almost as poorly done as the default airports in P3d V5. Looking at KLAX in ADE for instance shows only a handful of spots large enough for most heavies and only 4 of them are gates at the terminal building. i7-13700KF, 32gb DDR4 3200, RTX 4080, Win 11, MSFS 2024
November 14, 20214 yr Author 2 hours ago, Dave_YVR said: The default parking in MSFS while often plentiful is almost as poorly done as the default airports in P3d V5. Looking at KLAX in ADE for instance shows only a handful of spots large enough for most heavies and only 4 of them are gates at the terminal building. Most unfortunate. 3 hours ago, fppilot said: Even ruins attempts to fly into nearby Olive Branch, Mississippi! KOLV. That based on experience as a ride-a-long on three flights! That airspace needs to be reclassified, and not for the better! When you positively absolutely need to get there, and especially after dark, choose another destination...... https://baerpm.com/2011/12/30/flashback-friday-when-it-absolutely-positively-has-to-be-there-overnight/ Interesting. There are other articles about the first few days and weeks of FedEx operation. The one smart move was to relocate the hub from Little Rock to Memphis. Thanks Frank. Regards, Ray When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
November 14, 20214 yr Author Worth watching. The numbers are staggering. When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
November 14, 20214 yr Author This is not up-to-date - FedEx is already flying the ATR-600F: More than 375 airports served worldwide Air Fleet 669 aircraft, including: 60 Airbus A300-600s 66 Airbus A310-200/300s 13 ATR 72s 29 ATR 42s 1 Boeing 727-100 94 Boeing 727-200s 14 Boeing DC10-10s 13 Boeing DC10-30s 49 Boeing MD10-10s 7 Boeing MD10-30s 58 Boeing MD11s 10 Cessna 208As 243 Cessna 208Bs 8 Fokker F-27s 4 Boeing 757-200 When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
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