sincronicity

I wanted the same thing of having more distance than just the short 30 miles to decend and line up on whichever particular runway is assigned for landing. I went searching through forum after forum until it dawned on me how I could get the distance. It was a very simple fix and works great with the PMDG and Level D Simulation models where you're entering the flight information into a FMC. I use FSBuild to create a flight plan from one location to another and have it saved in the PMDG, Level D, and FS2004/FX format. Then I log onto FS and select the .PLN. I don't ask for it to create a route, that's already been done by FSBuild. All that is left to do is to start up with the particular aircraft I want to fly and enter in the route on the FMC. Since they're both the same routes, FS doesn't interrupt me with turning left or right to stay on course. I do get the proper flight level stepping both up and down as well as lining up on the runway. Usually I'm anywhere from 70-80 miles from an airport before the ATC takes over and does its guiding. Once I'm lined up, it's a simple matter of hitting the right button for a safe landing. But just in doing so, I got an extra 50 miles to get things in order.