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Many airlines don't have ACARS. I know of one that provides enroute/descent winds in the flight planning package and they must manually key this into the FMC.Hope this helps.CheersNick Jones

To give a landing clearance, you would have to be able to see that there are no obstructions on the runway... a bit hard for the poor guy at YMML to see a runway almost 30NM away! You don't need a landing clearance at an uncontrolled aerodrome. Airspace classification does not affect this.Cheers,Nick Jones

Honeywell SmartRunwayCheersNick Jones

Normally you need visual reference with the runway environment (lights, etc.) to be 'visual' during a circle-to-land manoeuvre.However, since there is a published visual manoeuvring track (on a separate chart), you only need to have sufficient visual references to navigate by ground (or water) features.CheersNick Jones

Look for a SID or STAR that has: - your departure or arrival runway - a point along your flight planOf course, in some places it gets a little more complicated than that (some depend on weather conditions, noise abatement considerations, or even the serviceability of radio beacons), but this is a good way to get started.CheersNick Jones

This isn't a runway aligned procedure. As such, you will need to turn and line up with the runway visually. On the chart, you will notice that the AB locator (Absam) is the last point on the vertical profile before it starts climbing again - this indicates that it is the missed approach point. From this point, you must execute the missed approach procedure if you are not visual. If you are visual, you must turn to the visual circuit to establish onto final.In this case, you would probably make a right turn onto downwind once you are visual. If you are getting GPWS warnings, you need to turn tighter (25 degree angle of bank, make sure you are not going too fast).CheersNick Jones

Pilots aren't trained for all-engine-outs (except in single engine aircraft) let alone ditching. This is an EXTREMELY rare situation.CheersNick Jones

ATC will assign a level that ensures 1000FT separation between other aircraft in the stack. It's best that you use V/S and select a decent rate (500-800fpm) so that you don't waste the controller's time. It is not safe to hope that VNAV will some how coordinate with other aircraft to prevent a collision.CheersNick Jones

The code is YCFS.CheersNick Jones

They actually come in green before they are painted! Jones

You'll find out when your engines catch fire once, twice and three times before finally giving up and looking for a YouTube video.Cheers,Nick Jones

RTOs are not that uncommon. In fact after most RTOs, the crew are able to taxi back to the runway and depart again (provided that they have let the brakes cool down to an appropriate temperature).Cheers,Nick Jones

This is the same in the NG. The pumps should remain covered in fuel when in operation and they should never be running dry or partially dry. Scavenger pumps drain the centre tank into one of the main tanks (No. 1 I believe, but it's been a while since I've checked the books).Cheers,Nick Jones

It is very poor practice to be hacking apart programs, not to mention the legal issues surrounding this.Also, you don't know for sure that FSX actually has this data. Shear and rain may simply be probability based events. Even if this data existed, there is no guarantee that you would be able to find it.Cheers,Nick Jones

It's because 'Fall' is a North American expression.Cheers,Nick Jones