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Perhaps you can get some ideas here: https://www.pilotundflugzeug.de/artikel/2017-02-13/Leserreise_2017_Serengeti 16 Airplanes this year did a similar trip, some places were outstanding, some places had high fees but bad services and the whole story is very helpful to understand the problems, that can happen. Also AVGAS for the engine is not that easy to get in a lot of countries and often needs manual pumping from a barrel. A part of the routing can be seen here: https://www.pilotundflugzeug.de/download/lr2017/ReiseplanKarte.pdf Good luck on your trip! Manfred

Flying real world in Europe I used editvoicepack modifications and found it real enough for normal VFR flights. I get windspeed and winddirection for take off and landing, some friendly phrases like "thank you for your help..." and after touch down the advice to change to ground frequency comes only after leaving the runway and not on the runway, which for me was not what I liked. Enjoy your flying! Manfred

Sorry to hear about your night flying problem. To give you a reference how it would look in real life watch this video, if you like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcWJGU1GG8c Hope you get it perfect! Manfred

This is what I am experiencing right now in real world flying. Cancelled seven flights for May because of that and it is pretty easy for me. I feel how the nose and the sinus are, normal free or still pain or running nose. I don't use antibiotics but similar things without side effects, what probably takes a bit longer to really work. As soon as I can equalize pressure in the ear again without anything feeling strange, I get an x-ray to check out the sinus area and then I start again planning lower altitudes first. Damage to the ear or disorientation during flight is a complete no go for me, but I continue on the sim of course Great question! Manfred

This is a great question and some help is possible. You can change at least the ILS frequencies as I read and also there is an update for the magnetic variation, which is changing every year. In real world flying I have already come across some runways having new numbers and it is great to have it in the sim too of course. The painting is a different thing. Anyway, check this link out and see, if it is of some help for you! http://www.aero.sors.fr/navaids.html Many greetings from Germany, Manfred

Very easy to work with and free is 4K-Video-Downloader. You can get it here: http://www.chip.de/downloads/4K-Video-Downloader_61772840.html Copy and paste youtube link into the downloader, choose resolution (up to 4k if offered in the video) and download it to any place you want. Many greetings from Germany, Manfred

Thank you, that helped! Manfred

Great information, thank you! I need some additional help on this. I purchased the GTN 750 two weeks ago and using it because on of the planes I fly in real world has it installed. I also "updated" it to the database from last year. So now my question, I somehow couldn't figure out, how I get the update file. Also after creating a new account for the forum (the old log in probably had expired) the access to the forum is denied. I read somewhere that I need a moderators permission also. But how? So my primary wish is to update, can someone please help me in how to do that? Secondary question but not so important, how did you guys manage to have access to the forum about the Garmin GTN series? Many greetings from Germany, Manfred

I sometimes use the windowed mode when I want to run additional programs like blue skys moving map or AI tools, you name it. For that I use FSX borderless, you can get it here: http://simmershome.de/fsx-oder-p3d-im-fenstermodus-ohne-rahmen-das-tool-v-1-1/ Very easy to use and for me it works, when I shut down FSX in full window mode. For the next start I only have to klick on the fsx borderless button in the taskbar and FSX starts in window mode without any bars. The other way of switching it on and off with this tool doesn't work in my case. The right click option was new for me, I'll try it the next time. Great question by the way! Enjoy your filming, Manfred

So you probably didn't have the chance to read the article at Simmershome http://simmershome.de/out-of-memory-im-fsx-und-p3d-ausschliessen/ To summarize it, the author compares Windows 7 and Windows 8 using a resource monitor and found a difference in how windows reserves a block of memory when a new scenery "comes into sight". He found that Win 7 reserves to much space for memory compared to what is really needed to work with that special scenery. Win 8 does it different using “Memory Combining”. He states that especially older programs run better with it because this technique eliminates all of the multiple copies of dlls that are using up memory space because of Multi Tasking. Because of that Win 8 reserve only a bit more of space for the scenery than Win 7 that reserve as he wrotes 25% more. In Win 7 he had this steps, the first one being the most important one: Setting AF to 4x then if necessary reducing "LOD-Radius auf 4,5" if still in need than reducing scenery details and or AI traffic Same computer but Win 8 he uses no such settings because he doesn't have that problem at all. The text ends with an outlook to more upcoming writings about solving typical Win 8 problems. Concerning photoscenery activation I see on my computer in top down view and zoomed out every scenery worldwilde when it is activated, no matter where I fly, which I used for some space flight movies some time ago. I hope I could help with that very short summary of the german article. Many greetings from Germany, Manfred

I am flying with FS9 and FSX for 10 years now and used notebooks. Two years ago I changed that to make it more real world flying like. The target was to substitute one real world flying hour with about 10 hours on the sim to save money. Real world flying is something I do since 1969 so quite some time already. My brother wanted my pretty good TV that I used and I looked for something else while being out for shopping with my daughter. I think you guess what happend. She got financed a brand new bridge camera and I ended up with a 55 inch Sony 3D TV after trying one 50 inch before that. It took some adjusting to get everything so that I could fly and work on that big screen. Until then my brother only commented flying as playing around instead of being serious - The moment he saw the cockpit he was stunned, the instruments are as big as in real life and I would say, the ratio is now: three hours simming are good for one hour real world flying. A2A and Garmin GTN are making it possible even more. Sometimes I switch to 3D with shutter glasses and boom, you are in the cockpit and on the apron. It is not that sharp like in 2D, so I wouldn't use it for every flight of course. This is simulated 3D from the Sony TV, not the Nvidia 3D option. Colours are pretty good though and if it is not that much working inside the cockpit this is closer to 2 hours sim for 1 hour real world flying. Beside no movement it is like in our full motion redbird simulator at our airport but more real because of the 3D effect. Frame rates are of course the same like in 2D because the simulated picture gets rendered by the TV. With Cessna yoke and pedals and trimwheel and so on this is enough to keep the procedures in the brain active and not to train a too much different way of doing the flying when using the sim. I think you know what I mean if you ever compared flying the sim on a small monitor or TV and than hopping into a real world plane. I was happy with every stage of all that sim flying and testing. I am shure, the next step is on the horizon already. Great question by the way!

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Hi Manny, yes it does. AviatorPro is the course you would be looking for. Aviator90 is a free course with all the basic private pilot knowledge. The Pro course is with a monthly fee, you can get out of course every month if you like. The course seems to be on the list for a complete overhaul but it already has a lot of knowledge videos and quite a lot of them are outstanding with content for single engine and dual engine also. IFB Basics, IFR Charts, some cross country flights, one series with even detailed NDB Approach flying and so on... Some of the last videos I personally did not like but that is about 10 percent of an otherwise very good training for me. Take care, Manfred

This is an interesting topic and I tried to follow it as good as possible. If not mentioned already I can suggest to head over to Chris Palmers Angle Of Attack and to go through the free Aviator90 course, which is pretty much a 45 episodes training like you would get when starting real world training. Or grab some money and start real world training, if a normal private pilot license is to expensive, light sport or ultra light would do it just the same. Or for the price of some better addons and together with a friend sharing the cockpit experience one or two instructional flights would also be something adding to the passion for the flying experience. Sometime the getting bored feeling is just an indication for going the next step. I am pretty shure, the moment you set your feet on the apron you will like the feeling... :wub: Manfred

Dear James Bannett, how can flying be boring or loosing it's interesting appeal, in former times giving us a drive to finish work quickly and setting up a flight to be off in a simulated world... :rolleyes: Well for me, the magic of flying was part of most of my life. Then there was some time, where real world flying completely went out of my life, I had switched over to a different life channel so to say. I came back after some years with simming, FS98 and a lot of imagination had to do, what real world flying is about. FS2004 wowed me the first time I fired it up, there was so much to explore. FSX was more a technical adventure in getting it working up until the last weekend, where I had it finally so close to reality, even using 3D now, that I can say, yes, that is how I wanted it to be. But I am not in the "exploring the world mood" anymore. It is a training tool, helping me getting on with the real world flying I started again in 2011 using it for training and saving some money. What I found interesting, this great feeling exploring the simworld or even more intensive in real world flying is gone. It was replaced by the technical aspect in trying out addons, adjusting things or in real world getting better than before. I am now working on a flight instructors license which here in Europe now makes a theoretical CPL training and examination mandatory, also some IFR training has to be done. Years ago that would have brought me into some higher lifestyle feeling, but now, it is work to do. So it is the same here. Take care and greetings from Europe! Manfred