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If I remember correctly ATC just gives you a North, South, East, West approved, in that case just make a right downwind departure. This will allow you to reach your first waypoint and not interfere with anyone in the pattern or on the ILS. I would also recommend using VATSIM or Pilot Edge for ATC as it provides a better ATC service.

I can not understand why people choose to live near an airport, then have the need to complain about the noise. I currently live in East Hampton, NY and the residents who live near HTO constantly complain about all of the jets and helicopters that land throughout the day. It has gotten so bad that the town put a curfew in place for aircraft they consider "Noisy". I do not think that the residents understand the importance of aviation and how much revenue it generates. Sorry if I went off topic, but anytime I hear complaints about aircraft noise, I get irritated!

Personally when flying online or Real world, I have never had a controller tell me to "Fly XXXXXX arrival". I have been told by controllers to descend via the XXXXXX arrival. I am not too familiar with Pilot2ATC, however my personal take on it is to fly the STAR as published if that is what you are being told.

Awesome video, I would give anything for a setup like yours!

So would My Traffic 6 be a good program for model matching on VATSIM? I hate not having the proper models show up.

Thank you everyone for your helpful and quick responses!

After days of extensive Google searching I haven't been able to find any good answers. Should I get the steam version of X-plane? If so have there been any issues with 3rd party addons? I figure with only a few hours left on their 50% off sale, now would be a good time to ask. Thank you in advance for your help! Joe

I am from Michigan as well and am looking forward to a quality Michigan airport, I am pretty excited about this! Joe

I use one Saitek throttle and was looking to get a second one. They are very good and I haven't had any issues with them at all. Another option could be Goflightinc's throttle quadrant, their modules are pretty nice, but are more costly.

If my sources are correct, it should be 2300 your time. GMT never changes and according to Google Ireland is +0 hours which would make you the same time as GMT, or zulu time. We are -5 hours in Michigan and local time is 1121, and it is 1622z currently. Hope this helps and enjoy the event tonight!

Regardless if I am on a RW approach or in the Sim, if there is an ILS available I will tune into it, even on a visual approach. I do this for a few reasons, the first is as an instrument rated pilot the more exposure I get to my instruments the better. It also serves as another visual indicator of the approach path, just like the PAPI or VASI does. The more redundancy I have, the safer it is for my passengers. Usually on the Sim when you are cleared for the visual approach you have the runway in sight, and when you hear the words cleared for the visual to runway ## and your ILS approach is programed in the FMC, you will be able to fly it, provided you do don't turn around and head away from the airport! As an example if I am on the ILS RWY 16 approach at KCIU (Chippewa County Airport) and I am cleared for the visual and say on my flight plan the next waypoint is KOLOE then I will just hit direct to and choose KOLOE and follow the glideslope down. If you are instrumented rated (and current) you can file an IFR flight plan regardless of the weather, so on clear days you will usually get a visual approach unless you ask otherwise. If I want a certain approach I will usually request it in the remarks section of the flight plan.

Aharon, I will definitely take a look! I have had the the privilege of viewing some of the pictures that you have posted on the Anchorage ARTCC forums, as I used to be a controller there. I look forward to viewing more of your photos! Joe

Aharon, As someone who is in the real world Coast Guard and having been stationed at Kodiak, I've gotta hand it to you! Those pictures are breath taking and reminded me about the beauty Kodiak had to offer. I recommend that if anyone ever gets the chance to visit Kodiak, do you I promise you will not regret it!

Good Morning, I am looking for a guide or instructions on painting the Eaglesoft Citation X 2.0. I am used to using the paint kits from Carenado and PMDG, however I am having a hard time figuring out how to split the master file into the two separate fuselage files that the other paints have. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it, as Google couldn't find anything for me. Thank you in advance, Joe

Steve, It opened right up for me, are you still having problems?