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Hi folks, we love to fly (especially PMDG products), ... on the other side we are all hunter-gatherers: We hunt - flown routes, - happy landings at challenging airports, and - flying hours. Consequently I document my flights and I use the attached forms. One for long range, the other for short range flights. The forms evolved over some years and are influenced by fsx ATC, load managers, course of events during an fsx IFR flight. They help to have lots of information at hand for a given flight. (Additionally my laptop is my electronic cockpit with SIDs and STARs...) See 20120913 fpfsx.pdf download below. First, the long range LR sheet: On the left hand side you find space for... - the origin airport (ICAO, IATA), date, STD (zulu, local time zone), ETD, push back (P/B) time - the ground electric setup before/after the flight (APU, GP, C&D) - the origin ATIS: FREQ, time, wind, some space for visibility and cloud layers, temparature/dew, QNH, used runways - the load sheet: (TO)GW, ZFW, their CGs {see MD11 load manager}, passengers (numbers, classes, weight), MAC (%, trim), CI, fuel (ordered, rest intended, rest achieved after on block at destination), ETA and fuel@destination shown after top of climb TOC (with wind known on cruising level; I don't use these wind add-ons) - Departure gate, field elevation, runway, runway heading and length (ft or meters) On the right hand side you find ... - the destination and alternate airport (ICAO, IATA), date, STA (zulu, local time zone), ETA, on block (O/B) time - the approach APP briefing: Distance to airport, location to the airport to be noted on the little compass rose, heading, landing method (I=ILS, V=VOR, N=NDB, vis=visual approach) and assigned runway - the destination ATIS (which is available after the APP briefing has been announced; the FREQ I usually note before take off to have it at hand) - Destination gate, field elevation, runway, runway heading and length (ft or meters) In the middle section we have... - Flight number and my flight sequence number - Aircraft type (A/C), aircraft registration, and the indicator which role take captain and first officer: Pilot flying PF, or pilot not flying PNF (by x or = I show who does what, well, whether I fly on the left or right seat) - some space for the filed route (from fsx, flightaware, self made, else) - Trip distance (from CDU) and duration (e.g. from real airline schedules) - SID and STAR names - Initial clearance: Rwy heading, initial climb to xxx ft, departure frequency, and transponder setting (X/P) - Cruising flight level (FLcrz), 2 step climbs with zulu time and FL - Take off (T/O) and Landing (LND) settings: Flaps, Derated T/O, landing weight (LW), V1, VR, V2, Vref, Vclean, V_approach, V_LND, Vref - Course of events during the flight with zulu time: T/O, top of climb T/C, route RTE with space for waypoint/GS/fuel consumption per hour/fuel on board, top of descend T/D, landing LND Below there is ... - space for notes (e.g. system failures, additional waypoints etc.), - the fuel calculation: 2x taxi fuel, T/O and climb, Enroute fuel, descend and landing, contingency fuel 5%, alternate trip fuel, final or extra fuel: LEFT my calculation, RIGHT the consumption seen during the flight - RIGHT: Notes for the fuel calculation: Distance for climb and descend to be substracted from total distance, divided by assumed GS enroute give the enroute flight time, multiplied by enroute fuel consumption give the enroute fuel. (If I know from airline schedules or the flightaware the total flight time, I substract 0.9-1.0h for climb and descend from it to obtain the enroute flight time.) - LEFT: the weight unit indicator: kgs or lbs for the star in the form, airstairs used before/after flight, IRS off after flight, maintenance indicated The short range SR sheet is similar, but condensed. Usually I print on one page 4 LR or 8 SR forms. I use different colours for the different flights, so it I can use other parts of the sheet for notes (e.g. -TAT) and it remains clear to which flight the notes belong. After some flights the forms look like the other attachement. The encircled duration is from push back to on block. And how often it fits exactly to the scheduled flight plans… So, have fun!

Hi folks, may I shift your attention to the following thread in the 737NGX forum? http://forum.avsim.n...-free-download/ The forms I use of course also for my J41 flights, mostly Short Range.