MartinBeauchemin

I would love to see a fully functional pmdg detail level Challenger 605! That would be beyond awesome! I would pay to see it get developed it haha. :lol: A gulfstream G550 would be really awesome too but I don't see that happening in the near and far future... :unsure:

First flight will be KBFI to the Air Canada headquarters at CYUL. Then I go to YYZ. Then I'll be doing all the Air Canada scheduled 77L routes: CYYZ-CYVR CYVR-YSSY YSSY-CYVR CYVR-CYYZ CYYZ-ZSPD ZSPD-CYYZ CYYZ-VHHH VHHH-CYYZ Then I will get bored and wait for the 300ER expansion to come out so I can have a LOT more variety in routes to fly for Air Canada. Maybe in the meantime i'll try some Emirates flights or something.

Do customs charges apply on the Chief Pilot set in Canada?

That was very interesting! Thanks for that!

As long as there's an Air Canada livery I will be happy! C-FNND would be preferable but I couldn't care less about the rego.

Congrats man! Let me know how it goes! I really wanna go to MFC for post secondary education. Just two more years! Are you planning on going back to Europe after you're done or are you staying in Canada?

Alright will do! Thanks again!

Thanks! That was very helpful! I will definately consider the things you said. And for the audience, it wasn't for pilots or aviation enthusiasts, it was for my film teacher and my class to give them a feel of why flying is awesome! That's why I tried to make it have a happy mood and a few giggles here and there just to keep their attention. Otherwise I would've gone into more detail and I would make it longer than 6 minutes haha. Thanks again :) Martin

Yeah I noticed that too. I got so caught up in trying to make the movie as short as I could. I had 48 minutes of footage and I had to cut it down to 6 minutes or less. Next time I'll do better! Thanks for watching!

Hehe wasn't trying to deafen anyone. The LMFAO was just for giggles cause usually for scenes like the one with lmfao playing there's usually dramatic music so I was just trying to make it funny. As for the tripod... We tried but it did not quite workout as planned. So we stuck with handheld. It is quite shaky so sorry for that haha. I'm investing in a gopro!

Hey guys! Could you guys watch my movie that I made for school and tell me if it's good and give me some critism on it? Thanks! This will be my final project so I need it to be phenomenal! :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FIrRACZ2QY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

WJA usually uses TO2 takeoffs unless the restrictions for it are present (ie: High altitude). And for climb its usually normal climb or climb 1.

I would like YSSY, YPPH, and YPAD for Australia. And for Canada, CYYC, CYEG, CYVR, (I'm aware that sceneries are being developed for these airports) and also a good scenery for Bermuda would be awesome!

My first flight'll be ACA033 (CYYZ-CYVR-YSSY) :D And then I'll be doing some Virgin Australia flights! :)

I couldn't agree more. This forum is a mess! There's a lot of laziness as well. I mean there's been how many topics made in the last week asking what's next? Or this is what PMDG should make etc. I too came here to learn and help others out if possible but I'm being drawn away from here because every post is the same! C'mon people! I'm 15 years old just to let you know! BTW can PMDG make a CRJ series? Just kidding. Seriously though... This forum should be used for what it was originally meant for.

True but it helps with the VNAV and fuel predictions. And in flight plans they usually have for example SEFIX/M083F340 or something like that in the ICAO flightplan. So doesn't that clear you to climb unless otherwise stated by ATC? Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm beggining to see why it's so much easier to enter it in at the time of clearence though.

....It's PMDG soooo.... Yes. :P

Westjet's EEP's and EXP's are not always the same. Their just very often the same. Some days it's CYYJ, KEUG, KSFO, PHOG. The next day it could be CYQQ, KSEA, KSFO, PHNL and then the next day instead of KSFO, it would be KSNA and KBFI instead of KSEA. There's no fixed EET and EXP's or enroute suitable airports either. It all depends on different factors.

The S constraint doesn't seem to work. It's an invalid entry on the NGX. I was just wondering of there's a way to program the FMC to do what the S would normally do. Of course you need clearance but it would be easier if you ask for it and once cleared you just set the new ALT and the FMC climbs automatically.

It's probably because you had the APU running too long. Just switch the fuel cross feed on until the fuel levels are equal

In the real 777 I know all you gotta do is go to the LEGS page and put in say FL390S for step and it will do it automatically when you get to the waypoint. I guess the 737ng doesn't have that feature I guess. But yeah I guess it's made that way for the reason you mentioned.

Agreed

That was a typo. 10. Is correct.

Youre welcome! :-) That is a very good question. I would assume that they keep it at 0 for the ETOPS segment and then you could change it but I'm not a 100% sure.

I had the very same question as you a while ago. I asked it to somebody at Virtual Westjet and this is what he replied: *There's an explanation for ETOPS and WATRS. The WATRS (Western Atlantic route system) region is a complex, high traffic area that is comprised mostly of fixed routes with a significant number of crossings. There are two dominant traffic flows in the WATRS region. One is between North America and the Caribbean, Bermuda, and South America and the other is between the Americas and Europe. So that's what it is. Anyway here's what you should know for ETOPS and WATRS flights* As a person who very much enjoys ETOPS and WATRS flights. I can certainly help you out. I assume you are fimilar with the ETOPS basics? ETOPS ETOPS Entry Point (EEP) Marks the beginning of the ETOPS segment and is the point where the aircraft is no longer continuously within 60 min flying time of an adequate airport at one engine cruise speed. ETOPS Exit Point (EXP) Marks the first point where the aircraft is continuously within 60 minutes flying time at one engine cruise speed of an adequate airport for the duration of the flight. You can add a simple step to your preflight procedures and enter a 60 minute range ring around your adequate airports in the FMC. Use 394nm. Under the FIX page, Enter your destination and departure airports in LSK1. CYVR & PHNL for example. This will create additional FIX pages, one for each you have entered. Enter enter your other adequate airports such as CYYJ, KEUG, KSFO, PHOG. Enter "/394" in LSK2 of each airport page you created. You now have a green circle 394nm / 60 minute range ring around those airports and you now can visually see your ETOPS EEP & EXP on the ND. I highly suggest reading up on the functions of the FIX page within the FMC in your NGX manuals. This function of the Boeing FMC alone makes Airbus pilots very envious. FCOM vol 2 11.42.57. Very handy for drawing radials, distance, and all sorts of stuff on the ND. Basically the main thing you need to do is run the APU from before departure right up until your ETOPS exit point. This is required on ETOPS since the 737 is not equipped with a RAT (Ram Air Turbine) and the APU may not start above FL250, it will run but it might not start. Squawk 2000 in oceanic airspace and you need to do a cross feed test in the remaining hour of the flight as well. Also there is a fixed CI of 0 for ETOPS. WATRS Western Atlantic Route System procedures I dont believe are implimented in either VATSIM or in the rhelm of flightsim in general. Requires a quite indepth understanding of RVSM and RNP-10. And involves setting and checking RNP and NAV accuracy,verifing the aircrafts Navigation Capability by means of GPS and IRS, utilizing HF frequency communications, and the the use of SELCAL. Only the latter of which is implimented in at least SB4 and it sounds cool too. Basically you would do all those checks just before entering WATRS airspace, set RNP .10 and once you enter you can leave your squawk code on its last assigned code. From there your just left with position reporting. ETOPS, WATRS, and Oceanic position reporting Reports shall be made at each flight planned waypoint in such format Callsign Position Time Over Flight Level Name and ETA of next point Proceding waypoint "San Francisco, WestJet 216 position" ATC reply "WestJet 216 ZURIC 1030, FL370, Estimating ZALLE 1120, ZINNO next" Hope this helps!