Classic British Flight Sim

Like the previous post, this sequence showcases Aerosoft's AES and we are at Aerosoft's Heathrow airport.


There is the "Follow Me" car starting to lead us to our gate.

The rest of the sequence can be seen by clicking this address:-

http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/index.ph ... entry38388

Thank you for looking

Thanks for posting these links with AES being highlighted. They've done a great thing and I love using it, but my major gripe still exists - the fuel truck is on the wrong side for 99% of all aircraft types in use. Only the 777 and 747 have the fuel panel on the left wing. All others, the fuel panel is on the RIGHT wing, including most of the classic types like the DC-9/MD-80, 727, 707, DC-8 (which only has fuel connections, no panel), L1011, and DC-10. I'm still not sure where the (apparently) European idea of the fuel panel being on the left wing came from because all European addon scenery I've found has the fuel truck on that side of the stand for all aircraft while on scenery from everywhere else has it on the right (correct) side. Even the 747 and 777 can be fueled from the right wing, it's just that the fueling panel is only on the left wing (i.e. you can hook up and fuel from the right side and have someone in a lift on the left side to control fueling and it does happen that way occasionally due to positioning of the hydrants).

I suppose they can always run the hose under the belly to the fuel panel on the far side or if you must have the pump truck on the starboard then run a hose from the hydrant under the belly to the truck. They do seem to have a lot of hose on that drum

Believe me, it's not as long as you think. The bigger problem though is that running the hoses under the airplane is "verboten" as it creates a potential fire hazard. Definitely creates problems when doing over-wing fueling of some airplanes, but that's the rules here and in Europe.

I still hold out hope that one of the changes that they eventually make is allowing the user to specify where the fuel panel is on a model and the fuel truck working off that maybe to include even hooking up the fuel hose.