Thanks Rogen. Just got this installed with the reg edits and everything seems fine. Haven’t flown her yet. On to the manual…☺️

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3 hours ago, SimeonWilbury said:

Now you mention it, maybe I've been browsing too much on the American parts of the internet for my own good!

Agreed, now please take the necessary corrective procedures as found in the QRH.

Just to add my two cents: the Aerosoft a32X pro Airbuses are actually quite good for normal operations and are easy to learn and operate. Much better price point than FSL, and may be just what you’re looking for. 
Rich

You can fly just about anything on plausible routes of the length you mentioned, short of the really long-haul airplanes. I have to agree that the Aerosoft Airbuses are decent. They are my favorite non-classic airplanes to fly. Take your pick from 737s based on your price point, preferred period, and complexity /  fidelity. Captain Sim's 737s look good and are easy to fly. They're good for jetliner basics and Mike Ray's 737 gouge is a good companion to learn it. Flight 1 / Coolsky's DC-9 series is visually dated but offers an in-sim training module and have a lively feel to them. (It comes in a pack that includes both the DC-9 and transitional glass cockpit MD-82.)

I respectfully offer these simpler alternatives to suggestions about the Q400 and other complex products. If you're just learning, the Q400 is a complex turboprop that's not only a handful, but isn't going to help much with jet basics if you want to go that way later. Likewise, I'm not taking anything away from the other suggestions, which are all fine airplanes (and by many objective measures "better"). I fly and enjoy the ones I mentioned nearly every day, and hardly ever go more than three hours; often an hour or even less bopping around Colombia. 

Everybody is looking for different things in the hobby and suggestions are going to reflect that. If you want to immerse yourself into one airplane with maximum available fidelity, then there's that. If you want to fly a whole collection of airplanes in normal operations, or are looking for something less demanding, then there's that, too. 

 

 

5 hours ago, Tim_Capps said:

Mike Ray's 737 gouge

👍LOL. This is where I got my glass cockpit wings.

Thank you so much for all the advice guys I am so pleased to have such a good choice and I am going to spend the next few weeks having a look at these aircraft.

I did buy the A320/A321 professional from Areosoft over the weekend as i managed to get it at the upgrade price and I seem to remember the FSX version had checklists that could help you out. The QW 757 also does look really nice!

After some time away I do feel it's a great time to experience the choices suggested even if i am late to the party 🙂