Classic British Flight Sim

I've had the Saab about 48 hours and it's definitely staying on my hard drive. You need to spend time with the manual as the systems are quite different. I had a few avionics querks until I set up a specific start situation (break the habit of a lifetime and don't load a default FS aircraft first) a...

Sven, I've personally not had any problems with eflight, quick delivery and no issues with (3) different Acrobat versions. They changed the security software about a year ago and now installation is a pain in the neck. However the security is a waste of time, very easy to get round after installatio...

Nigel, I have the 146 manuals, they're US Air Pilot Operating Handbooks. From memory I believe normal and emergency checklists are included. I actually ordered the other 2 yesterday, so in a week or so I can tell you what they're like :smile: The quality of his manuals varies, some are great, some n...

BIA had a couple of MD80s, and on the freighter side Hunting operated 727s which transferred over to the Irish reg and then to Air Contractors following ownership change. EI-HCI was the last aircraft, ferried out of DUB on 7th May 2004 down to South Africa. There have also been quite a few exec 727s...

Pete,

I don't disagree with you at all It proves that with these systems a trawl through the charts after the magic go button has been pushed is not a bad thing!

Jon

Pete, HeHe, most of our flying is in the middle of the night ! Much of the turboprop night flying in the UK is non-airway so in practice you'd tend to get more direct routes anyway. STN straight up the east coast with Mil Radar was always a good way up to NCL rather than airway. I use Jeppesen Flite...

Here's a selection of Emerald 748 sectors before they ceased flying. Flight Number - Sched Departure Time (UTC so add 1 hour for local) - From - To - Flight Level Jon JEM02M 22:50 EGGD EGNT FL140 JEM04M 22:05 EGNT EGGD FL110 JEM1974 05:00 LFML LFMN FL080 JEM1975 19:45 LIME LFML FL150 JEM1976 18:05 L...

Nigel, I just ran a few plans STN-EMA to see how they came out. Flight time on an F27 still-air on a "semi-airway" route via BUZAD and HON was 35 min, 32 min for an ATR42 and 25 min for a 737-300. What tends to happen in reality is that ATC will give direct routings which throw the planned...

Pete, Yes leaving load behind to make an ontime departure was quite a common occurrance, it was a customer requirement in a couple of cases. Virtually all the long-term freight contracts have quite heavy penalty clauses built into them if performance targets - on time departure - isn't met (98% on t...