G550flyer

Early on I was stationed at Minot AFB and I finished up at Andrews AFB. We knew we were on the target list for sure🤣

Ignorance is bliss😁

You might have to find and edit those flights to your wanted aircraft, but it might impact the awards you get.

Nice to see ya!

If you were close, I would show up with tools and beer. I wonder if replacing the axle or hub needs would solve it. I've done a lot of that work before because I'm cheap🤣. I had an old VW Golf and it would wobble a little and make noise when I got on the brakes. Looked under and saw the axle had a shiny ring around it meaning it was making contact. I changed the axle with a 70 dollar replacement and it was golden. I would definitely help ya, I look out for fellow vets😁

We have those on the Gulfstreams. They lay flat on the window pane and you can pop them up during the ground spoilers test. But, in the 550 or better, you have cameras that you can pull up the map DU. You can see down the leading edges, FWD and AFT at the main gear to see their track. You also have a camera on the T tail looking down on the body and engines. They come in handy! I have used them to record a gear retraction and a thrust reverser problem with my phone. You show it to the mechanics and there are no questions asked lol.

🤣 Even the KC-10 has had it's fair share of taxiway lights and runway barrier system damage. Leaning against the side windows, you can barely see the wingtip light's glow. With the nose gear being about 20 feet behind you, it was very easy to under turn and run over lights. You had to really know the cockpit taxi references and go out over the grass until it was uncomfortable on those 90 degree turns. If you didn't taxi a little down the runway on takeoff before pouring on the coal, you will definitely twist, tangle and tear the runway barrier system. Good times!

Nice aerospace vehicle😁

Yep, those go around procedures are just as important as the landing procedures. Now real world, you will practice plenty go arounds during recurrents. Back in my USAF days, we had M10s(proficiency sorties) that were part of your required beans to accomplish each quarter. At a minimum, you needed a takeoff, VFR traffic pattern, instrument approach and a missed approach. But as usual, you would get more than that on a typical training flight. You still pieced together those items from actual missions to throw together a pro sortie. Whether it be VATSIM, pilot's life or just putzing around in sim, you will still run into those situations that you will go around. Live weather leads you astray, traffic enters the runway or you just ruined the descent which led to a ruined approach. It's good to know those go around procedures fluently. Now, at times in the sim, I will load up with only the intentions of doing VFR and RADAR pattern work. Not only does it keeps me proficient in those areas, it also keeps me fresh in the different planes I use in sim. I try to do them in certain planes because a king air, 787, scarebus and the MD80 will all have some different characteristics and procedures. So pick an airport from sky vector that has a good mix of precision and non precision approaches. Load up your favorite aircraft and start out with the instrument work to include some circling and finish up with a few VFR circuits. As you work the RADAR pattern, throw in a couple holds. Holding after going missed is a good way to setup your next approach. If you don't want to fly the full missed, do what I do real world. Ask for local climb out procedures. These are usually a specific heading and altitude as you flow back into the RADAR pattern. Can be as simple as runway heading to 2000.

That sink rate was very telling 😬. This is where stabilized approach criteria comes in handy. It's very easy to get pulled into the "make it work" black hole and sometimes it's hard to get out. There are times where your sink rate may be higher, for example, steep approaches. Either way, the sink rate should be controlled enough to adjust back to the normal landing picture and stabilized approach criteria. As stated above, they walked away from it and hopefully not a large hit to the pocket.

Yeah, FSHud for now.

Very nice!

Yeah, I can't believe they didn't add that yet. I know it seems pretty simple to do. I am also careful with that statement because what appears to be simple sometimes can be very complex🤣.

I added above that the MSFS team was supposed to add those extra axes inside of MSFS. Until that's done, there's no axis to bind for those engines.

Of course😁. I use MSFS as a main for my 2D flying. I use DCS in VR for the need for speed and combat. I use Xplane12, but not often. I use aerofly FS4 in VR, which gives you the smoothest VR flying out there.

I thought they were supposed to add the extras to MSFS itself. Only then will be be able to assign 5, 6, etc.

It is unfortunate. Being around aircraft operations require a good bit of situational awareness at all times. Even experienced people can become complacent and get themselves into trouble. From the start you have to stay focused and maintain the mindset of being careful so that you don't hurt yourself, someone else or aircraft/equipment. Even working for two hours under the aircraft some forget and will stand straight up and bang there head or cut themselves on an antenna or sharp edge.

I'm iffy on it if it does not display the weather in sim. Be nice to get to a point where the sim's weather fully matches real world and then I can work my flights with the layers like I do real world. Then, just give us the ability to ask for deviations and we are in the game!

Mainly the effective controlling of all traffic and proper funneling of said traffic in and out of departures, arrivals and approaches.

Sweet!

Very Nice

Excellent!

So much better when you have a program that controls you and the traffic!

Yeah, a lot plays into the skill of the controllers and how well they roll with the flow. Those busy airports try to move as much metal as they can, but it's also impacted by outside forces. Sometimes peeps will slow roll their runway crossings, departures and roll outs as well. Things get so tight that one little pause will throw things off. It does remind me of my military days where there was always training going on in the tower and things would get hairy as soon as you had more than two aircraft in the pattern. Because of this, I would do IFR/VFR pattern work else where instead of trying to get it in on departure or on arrival. In the afternoon, you have everyone coming back trying to get in that last M010(beans). I preferred to leave out and one to a full stop on arrival. I also stayed away from busy airports as you can knock out more in minimum time vs constantly being vectored off, extended downwinds and multiple turns in holding. Unless they are a dedicated training base, most bases don't deal with a high traffic flow. Experienced ATC controllers on the other hand, may compress things a lot leading to one little burp and things get thrown off🤣. Good times!

I'm using FSHUD with FSLTL injection and I am seeing GA aircraft all of the time.