rustic charm Feb 4, 2026, 1:12 PM

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Cause it seems I'm flying on the same exact route as they were

rustic charm Feb 4, 2026, 4:49 PM

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2 hours left

rustic charm Feb 4, 2026, 6:42 PM

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dusty sky Feb 4, 2026, 7:22 PM

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Did you get that landing

rustic charm Feb 4, 2026, 7:33 PM

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Yesn't

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#

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Hmm seems like Volanta's glitching a bit, cause I for sure definitely 100% wasn't in the water

reef isle Feb 4, 2026, 8:01 PM

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rustic charm Hmm seems like Volanta's glitching a bit, cause I *for sure definitely 100%* was...

That's what someone that was in the water would say

rustic charm Feb 4, 2026, 8:02 PM

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How dareth thou accuseth me of such wrongdoing

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See, clearly not in the water

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(I accidentally hit num lock at some point, and the brakes are on num del key. And I also forgot to set autobrake, which I often do and just brake manually, except in this case braking manually didn't work)

reef isle Feb 4, 2026, 8:10 PM

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Oh my, I must apologise good sir, the evidence is absolutely overwhelming, unsure as to what pushed me over the edge to throw such a horrible accusation without any evidence

rustic charm Feb 4, 2026, 8:11 PM

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Wrong kekw

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kekw

balmy forge Feb 4, 2026, 9:41 PM

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Another three flights booked

rustic charm Feb 4, 2026, 11:04 PM

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Nice!

hollow oracle Feb 5, 2026, 7:19 AM

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Hm

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UPS’ MD-11 pilots were given the option to stay employed and switch aircraft types

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Western Global also retired their MD-11 fleet, and they furloughed all of their MD-11 pilots

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 8:31 AM

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I don't see anything on WGA retiring them yet, but that's very possible. WGA took a very serious hit with that grounding tbh

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At least FedEx plans to return them

full plank Feb 5, 2026, 1:04 PM

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back in the sim

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 3:47 PM

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rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 4:04 PM

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Uhh, and I can't release parking brakes, cool

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Ah... I forgot to remove the chocks lol

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Okay, now steering doesn't work. Why? I remember it not working on the 146, but on the F28 everything was fine dogelul

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Ah right, gust lock

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#

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dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 4:45 PM

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Small regional boy

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Is it VOR navigation?

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:30 PM

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Yeah

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It has options for RNAV

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But I don't use them

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:31 PM

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Question

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How does one do an rnp approach

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Is it just

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:31 PM

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LNAV and VNAV

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:31 PM

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Rnp in the fmc

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And app

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:31 PM

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Down to a certain altitude

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Just set up the RNP in the FMC and that's it, yeah

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dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:32 PM

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YES

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I NEED THIS BRO

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720 is good but it's a pain to fly at night

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:33 PM

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I still have over 2 hours of this until I reach Keflavik

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Ngl I initially really underestimated its range, planned to do Amsterdam - Edinburgh as the first leg, Amsterdam - Inverness at a stretch. Turns out it can reach directly to Keflavik quite fine

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

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Where did you take off from

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Amsterdam?

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

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I'm almost at edinburgh and I have over 7 tons of fuel still, I loaded 10.4

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

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dusty sky Amsterdam?

Yes

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These little guys were built at Schipol

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

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Oh it's a Fokker 😭

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My dumbass thought it was a dc-9-10

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:36 PM

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Nah, not one here XD

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I think Horizon operated 1 DC-9 at some point

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:37 PM

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERES A 737-200 SIMULATOR IN ATLANTA

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:38 PM

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737-200 sims are quite popular I think

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As well as classics

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 5:39 PM

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rustic charm But I don't use them

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

Tenor

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:39 PM

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Okay, we're going NDB...

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 5:40 PM

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rustic charm Okay, we're going NDB...

HELL YEAH

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:40 PM

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I don't even know how to use rnav which is insane

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Chat am I cooked

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 5:40 PM

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What plane are you flying?

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:40 PM

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Passed Saint Abbs VOR, Dundee is just an NDB and Inverness VOR is out of range

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 5:40 PM

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If you're trying to do an RNAV approach with the 720 that definitely won't work lol

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:41 PM

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Nah really

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 5:41 PM

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rustic charm Passed Saint Abbs VOR, Dundee is just an NDB and Inverness VOR is out of range

Agh, unfortunately NDBs in MSFS only have 10-20NM of range

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Good luck

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:42 PM

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Nah the NDBs work actually

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Well

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:42 PM

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rustic charm

f28 the goat

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:42 PM

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Dundee does

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And I'm close to Dundee

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 5:42 PM

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Every one I tried had abysmal range

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They did work yeah

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Maybe there are some outliers or I got unlucky

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:43 PM

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Inverness NDB is also out of range

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Is it actually possible to edit the range of these things?

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Cause in reality NDBs should be able to stretch literally hundreds of miles

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Tbh it would've been really nice if someone made an add-on that would correctly place and edit all the ground-based navaids

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Flying in Canada is such a pain because for some reason pretty much all the VORs are just missing

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:45 PM

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~~xplane doesn't have that problem~~

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Don't think so anyway

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:46 PM

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ILS/LOCs work, but actual VOR stations either just don't exist entirely, or have like 2 miles of range

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I've considered getting Xplane like a dozen times, mostly because then I'd have the 757s and the 767s, but I really don't want to get another sim

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:47 PM

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blueballs sim 757 eventually coming q3 anyways

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:48 PM

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Yeah, finally is

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:48 PM

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Huh

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:48 PM

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~~ignoring that it has been delayed by like 2-3 years now but yes~~

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:48 PM

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And then they'll release 757 freighters afterwards, and maybe somewhere in like 2032 their 767s

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:49 PM

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dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:49 PM

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When is it coming out

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:49 PM

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only reason id redownload xp would be for the felis 747

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:49 PM

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dusty sky When is it coming out

q3 this year, so like july-september

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:49 PM

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I'm 100% sure if I started flight school right now, I'd be able to get all 3 big licenses, a 767 type rating and a contract with one of the freight airlines before they release their 767

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:50 PM

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kekw

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Again you're better off flying xplane for that stuff

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:51 PM

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Tbh last year was really good for commercial stuff in MSFS, and this year looks really good at least too, so I'm not gonna complain much

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:51 PM

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yeah, F70/100 soon as well as a340-600

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probably a300 classic too later

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:52 PM

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We're getting F70/F100, 733s/734s, 757s, L-1011-500, A340-600, and also most likely the 741 and/or 744, probably even the A3B4s

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:52 PM

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yh

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i hope the l-1011 doesnt come with WASM issues

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:52 PM

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At least the 757 is gonna be so detailed that it's gonna fry a PC that doesn't have at least 128gb of memory and a 5090

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:52 PM

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Hopefully

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Tbh I kinda wish FS20 still had new releases

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I'm still on 20 for everything that's available on 20

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:53 PM

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I want to get msfs 2024, some really cool stuff on there

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:54 PM

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dusty sky At least the 757 is gonna be so detailed that it's gonna fry a PC that doesn't h...

seems to be almost challenger level of study level

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:54 PM

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Plus the dc-10 is gonna be on it exclusively on 2024

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:54 PM

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With L-1011s though my biggest hope is that they change their mind and end up later doing at least the L-1011-1s as well

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Cause genuinely

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Just the -500s

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Way too limiting

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No Eastern (I want to fly haunted planes, when else will I get the chance?), no TWA, no Saudia

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No Cathay

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No Caledonian as well I think

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:55 PM

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dusty sky I want to get msfs 2024, some really cool stuff on there

if u have decent specs u should

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fs24 is rlly good now

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:55 PM

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Can I

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Run better on a 3060

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:56 PM

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how much vram does it have

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:56 PM

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I wish my dad wasn't obsessed with every screen being 4k for some reason just get me a 1440p 😭

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:56 PM

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fickle oar how much vram does it have

12

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:56 PM

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should be able to run it decently

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at 2k anyways

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dunno about 4k

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:57 PM

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It runs

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Not well but it runs

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40-50 fps

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It's getting fried

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:58 PM

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getting 60+ frames after su4 at KDFW etc with my 4070s

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running frame gen ofc

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 5:58 PM

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Tbf I have 8gb VRAM and it runs fine for me generally

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:58 PM

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4070 is so much more powerful than a 3060 bro 😭

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 5:59 PM

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yeah but vram is probably the most performance deciding factor

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:59 PM

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I need to take that damn 750w out of the dead PC

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 5:59 PM

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fickle oar yeah but vram is probably the most performance deciding factor

I mean it's more on life less on actual performance

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It still helps don't get me wrong

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 6:02 PM

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off topic but god damn the boris sounds for the Trents are so good

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 6:02 PM

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Welp, onto a long leg of just heading sel from Inverness to Faroe, and after that a similar leg from Faroe to Iceland

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Gonna run to the store to get snacks quickly while I don't have to flick VORs dogelul

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 6:03 PM

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fickle oar off topic but god damn the boris sounds for the Trents are so good

I think my phone heated up a bit when watching these

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 6:03 PM

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fickle oar off topic but god damn the boris sounds for the Trents are so good

I probably need to get the Boris sound pack

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Ngl

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I wish he did PW4000 and CF6 sounds

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 6:03 PM

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its a must have for the 777 ngl

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 6:04 PM

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Like, MD-11, A300, A310, all that kind of stuff

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I just found myself not flying the triple much as of late

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I mean, I've had the triple for over 1.5 years now?

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 6:04 PM

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I assume Lufthansa flew 727's at Heathrow

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 6:04 PM

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And the MD-11 that I only bought in September beats it by hours

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 6:04 PM

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i mean long haulers are a bit boring ngl. limited routes in europe too

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the md11 is pretty fun tho despite that

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esp with the new update

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(wish the sounds were better)

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such an aura plane icl

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 6:08 PM

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rustic charm And the MD-11 that I only bought in September beats it by hours

Oh, so not just by hours, by flight number too...

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 6:08 PM

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fickle oar such an aura plane icl

Hell yeah

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Bro everything costs so much for me 😭

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 6:08 PM

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39 flights across all the triples (77W, 772, 77F. I technically own the 77L but I haven't flown it once yet) and 44 flights in MD-11s

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 6:08 PM

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I can't get a damn thing

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 6:09 PM

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rustic charm 39 flights across all the triples (77W, 772, 77F. I technically own the 77L but ...

trijets are just

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goated

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the quirks of the md11 makes it more interesting to me

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 6:10 PM

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The MD-11 is just the best plane I know lol

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Honestly

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Apart from poor slow speed control

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I think they did everything right

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Like, that cockpit

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That's how a cockpit should be

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 6:11 PM

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yeah, in a way its very european

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or well, airbus like i should say

dusty sky Feb 5, 2026, 6:12 PM

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It's more advanced that some boeings wdym

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 6:12 PM

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yes, perhaps idk

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 6:19 PM

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I mean, tbf, the only reason why it's "less advanced" than the planes we have today is because it was simply made before the age of fly-by-wire

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Other than not having FBW, it's the most advanced plane out there

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No other airliner has full metric altitude adaptation, only MD-11

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I don't think any other airliner does automatic step climbs

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 6:24 PM

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prolly not, the a350 doesnt afaik

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and thats like the most advanced widebody in production

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:39 PM

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rustic charm Is it actually possible to edit the range of these things?

Yes but I don't know exactly where to look 😭

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:40 PM

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rustic charm I mean, tbf, the only reason why it's "less advanced" than the planes we have to...

Daily reminder that the MD-11 is younger than the A320

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It's a 90s plane

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Its design was just extremely outdated

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Not the cockpit

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:40 PM

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Well, late 80s

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And yeah

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:41 PM

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rustic charm Well, late 80s

Yeah, well VERY late 80s

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I think production started in '88?

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:41 PM

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But also the only outdated things were the fact it's a trijet and the fact it has no FBW

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Yep

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88

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:42 PM

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Yeah, basically after wasting however many years passed since the DC-10 entered service trying to figure out what to do they just HAD to do something, and the only thing they could have afforded to do was improve (somewhat) the DC-10 at that point

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Man the DC-10-Twin is the biggest and most interesting what-if in aviation history

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:42 PM

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Yeah

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Oh definitely

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:43 PM

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LITERALLY and an American A300 years before the A300

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Probably Airbus wouldn't have existed, or would have merged with McDD

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Very early on there were plans to merge AB and McDD

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:44 PM

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"What if L-1011 didn't suck with reliability and performance" is also acceptable as the most interesting what-if though

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The MD-11 is still imo the most advanced cockpit of the late 80s and 90s, but the L-1011 is easily the most advanced of the 70s

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:44 PM

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As far as I've understood pretty much the "Douglas" side of the Company tried to push the DC-10-Twin, but the McDonnel side was way too cautious and pushed to just of more of the same (i.e. super 80, MD-90 and 95)

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:45 PM

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rustic charm "What if L-1011 didn't suck with reliability and performance" is also acceptable...

Yeah but not nearly to the same extent

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The A300 was an industry changing plane, the L-1011 being better would have just cannibalised DC-10 orders

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:45 PM

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True

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Although I wonder if some of its features would've ended up being adapted industry-wide

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:46 PM

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I mean, eventually some of them did, it just took a long time

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:46 PM

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I don't think any other airliners went on to have approach descent control through speedbrakes instead of pitch

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:47 PM

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If you think about the A380 has basically ASC to reduce wing flex, I think the flaperons of the 777 and 787 work in the same way too.

And I think quite a few planes capable of steep approach have a DLC-like system, but only used to allow for the steeper glide slope

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:47 PM

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rustic charm I don't think any other airliners went on to have approach descent control throu...

Yeah that's unfortunate

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Also now that I think about the all moving tail is also pretty much a 1011 "exclusive"

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Yeah 🙁

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Such an incredibly cool plane

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:49 PM

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Tbh the approach control is the feature I want to try the most

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:49 PM

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Can't wait

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:49 PM

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Hopefully ini does it justice

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And again, hope for a -1 later down the road

reef isle Feb 5, 2026, 7:50 PM

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Yeah, -500 only is a big bummer

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 7:52 PM

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Keflavik

#

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Jesus fuck what's up with me as of late

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It just started going off the runway, I try to correct it with the rudder and it just... doesn't

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Thankfully it wasn't an actual landing off the runway, so the plane most likely would only suffer minor damage if any

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Weird that it happened though, I landed the thing in Tivat before and on that landing it was fully controllable

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Guess a rudder will be a perfect birthday present to myself after all

fickle oar Feb 5, 2026, 8:14 PM

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reef isle Yeah, basically after wasting however many years passed since the DC-10 entered ...

mcdonnell executives when they have to spend money

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https://tenor.com/view/ahem-shit-loser-seriously-gif-5731140

Tenor

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 8:26 PM

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Also Douglas when they have to fix a dangerous issue without creating another one

trim harbor Feb 5, 2026, 9:03 PM

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Gonna fly on a350 first time today

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Excited

rustic charm Feb 5, 2026, 9:43 PM

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Nice!

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Enjoy it

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It's a decent plane

trim harbor Feb 5, 2026, 11:16 PM

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#

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There she is

trim harbor Feb 6, 2026, 12:27 AM

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trim harbor Feb 6, 2026, 3:36 AM

#

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Holy what a beauty

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hollow oracle Feb 6, 2026, 5:54 AM

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Anyone here play Skycards

runic hare Feb 6, 2026, 12:24 PM

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I fucking hate Berlin

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Fucking shit airport

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Fuckers

dusty sky Feb 6, 2026, 12:56 PM

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I think he hates Berlin guys

hollow oracle Feb 6, 2026, 1:06 PM

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runic hare I fucking hate Berlin

https://youtu.be/q6uZUK8SH7I?si=nVyPo2qo6mjRmQs9

YouTube

Soltau Cruiser

"Air Berlin Song" Music Video

Air Berlin is the second largest airline in Germany. It's the airline with which I've flown most frequently.
You can download the offical Air Berlin song at: http://www.airberlin.com

▶ Play video

reef isle Feb 6, 2026, 1:13 PM

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hollow oracle https://youtu.be/q6uZUK8SH7I?si=nVyPo2qo6mjRmQs9

❤️‍🔥

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I adore this

dusty sky Feb 6, 2026, 5:36 PM

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dusky leaf Feb 6, 2026, 6:08 PM

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https://youtube.com/live/pu2RkOS0cJs?feature=share

YouTube

Amy Parent

[dev] A Quick Test Flight in the 737-200

Testing the latest autopilot and FMS changes for the (in development) 737-200 v4

▶ Play video

runic hare Feb 6, 2026, 7:11 PM

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Good news I didn’t have to go to Berlin

rustic charm Feb 6, 2026, 11:49 PM

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Back to my beginning here

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I think my first logged flight is actually with AAL

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But the first one I've flown was before that, with Alaska, on the Asobo A320

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And later on the 737, but still with Alaska

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That's where I started

rustic charm Feb 7, 2026, 12:11 AM

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hollow oracle Feb 7, 2026, 5:00 AM

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trim harbor Feb 7, 2026, 5:47 AM

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runic hare I fucking hate Berlin

So true

tired pond Feb 7, 2026, 9:28 AM

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🙁

reef isle Feb 7, 2026, 10:56 AM

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https://www.aeroflightlive.com/event-details/air-show-95
Sorry for the self promotion, going to fly here at <t:1770498600:t>
https://www.twitch.tv/aeroflightlive

dusky leaf Feb 7, 2026, 1:08 PM

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New DF 206

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😬

rustic charm Feb 7, 2026, 3:53 PM

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reef isle https://www.aeroflightlive.com/event-details/air-show-95 Sorry for the self prom...

Nice!

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Might watch a bit

reef isle Feb 7, 2026, 5:49 PM

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@runic hare I know it's more likely you're in RUK, non RYR, but do you have any idea what could have happened here? EI-EFZ went to Amman, stayed there for a month, came back, had that weird part of the flight, then today it just flew around BGY, I assume to verify that maintenance of some sort was done corretly

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(sry for ping)

#

I guess plane broke

dusky leaf Feb 7, 2026, 7:53 PM

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Cloudbase forcing me lower and lower 😬 Might have to god mode the weather

dusky leaf Feb 7, 2026, 8:18 PM

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Made it 😅

dusky leaf Feb 7, 2026, 10:17 PM

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Some of my previous heli landings

rustic charm Feb 7, 2026, 11:52 PM

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@balmy forge you're not the only one with your own airline here anymore dogelul

balmy forge Feb 7, 2026, 11:52 PM

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Welcome to the club

rustic charm Feb 7, 2026, 11:52 PM

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The DC-6 was the only thing I could afford lol

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Well

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Technically I could rent a 737 or something

#

But leasing is so much better value

#

A week of leasing costs the same as 7 flight hours while renting lol

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Oh and of course, I took Anchorage as my base lol

balmy forge Feb 7, 2026, 11:55 PM

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Leasing makes a lot more sense. I've kept to three EMB-110s and then two Cesnas

dusty sky Feb 8, 2026, 12:00 AM

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Huh

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What's happening

runic hare Feb 8, 2026, 12:28 AM

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reef isle <@1326946332476440723> I know it's more likely you're in RUK, non RYR, but do yo...

Heavy maintenance I would assume

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Done on the cheap in Amman

reef isle Feb 8, 2026, 12:28 AM

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Ah interesting

runic hare Feb 8, 2026, 12:28 AM

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Also I am DAC not RUK

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Much nicer over on the Irish side

reef isle Feb 8, 2026, 12:29 AM

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Aaaaaaaaah cool makes sense

runic hare Feb 8, 2026, 12:31 AM

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Yeah looking at the flight it looks to me like it came from the royal Jordanian hanger

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I would also assume they did some pressurisation cycles or flight control testing on the way to Bergamo

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Or whatever was replaced

reef isle Feb 8, 2026, 12:32 AM

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Right makes sense

runic hare Feb 8, 2026, 12:36 AM

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One was scheduled as passenger and the other was EI-EFZ on its way to royal Jordanian maintenance

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2 flights on the 1st

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Why it had a flight number I have no clue

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Usually ferry flights have the callsign only

#

But DAC operations genuinely pull shit out of there asses sometimes so I have no idea

reef isle Feb 8, 2026, 12:40 AM

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Hah interesting

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I didn't know you got maintenance done there

#

I just assumed it would have been something boring like Lufthansa Technik

runic hare Feb 8, 2026, 12:42 AM

#

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Looks like it was this hanger

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So yeah

runic hare Feb 8, 2026, 12:43 AM

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reef isle I just assumed it would have been something boring like Lufthansa Technik

We use whoever is cheapest usually

reef isle Feb 8, 2026, 12:43 AM

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Makes sense haha

runic hare Feb 8, 2026, 12:44 AM

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So we can do our own major overhauls but we lack hanger space in Stansted, Dublin and Bergamo so usually for the uk and Ireland we send plane to st athans or Cotswolds

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I’m assuming for Bergamo they use amman

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This might be a C check or something idk

reef isle Feb 8, 2026, 12:47 AM

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I see

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Thanks 🙂

rustic charm Feb 8, 2026, 12:45 PM

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Delta DC-6 livery is so good

rustic charm Feb 8, 2026, 1:04 PM

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This is just a training flight, but yeah, I gotta deliver this one for sure

rustic charm Feb 8, 2026, 1:35 PM

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Yeah, landing this thing at 80-90kts works much better than at 120 dogelul

dusky leaf Feb 8, 2026, 2:02 PM

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I keep trying msfs helis, but they keep disappointing

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dusky leaf Feb 8, 2026, 3:04 PM

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Love this thing

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dusty sky Feb 8, 2026, 3:34 PM

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I love flying the levelup it's so fun

dusty sky Feb 8, 2026, 4:14 PM

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dusty sky Feb 8, 2026, 5:16 PM

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my gpu is dying bro

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this is crazu

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crazy

balmy forge Feb 8, 2026, 7:39 PM

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Booked a few more flights. This is most of 2026s plans

rustic charm Feb 8, 2026, 7:50 PM

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Not bad

balmy forge Feb 8, 2026, 7:55 PM

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A few plane types I haven't had before which will be nice

rustic charm Feb 8, 2026, 9:18 PM

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An average MD-11 takeoff

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(Thankfully it changed its mind and gave me a more normal 157kts rotation)

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balmy forge Feb 8, 2026, 10:12 PM

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That really is a good looking plane

rustic charm Feb 8, 2026, 11:13 PM

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That is indeed a really good-looking plane

hollow oracle Feb 9, 2026, 3:37 AM

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here's a funny anecdote

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last year seattle was my most flown airport

rustic charm Feb 9, 2026, 7:26 AM

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Whew, woke up just in time, 50 miles until descent

rustic charm Feb 9, 2026, 8:00 AM

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rustic charm Feb 9, 2026, 4:15 PM

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Off to do an unconventional delivery now

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Gonna go via Anchorage and Petropavlovsk for this thing

reef isle Feb 9, 2026, 5:09 PM

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rustic charm Feb 9, 2026, 7:00 PM

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full plank Feb 9, 2026, 9:04 PM

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Airberlin massive

dusty sky Feb 9, 2026, 9:17 PM

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Did airberlin fly to Italy

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I'd assume yes

rustic charm Feb 9, 2026, 9:40 PM

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reef isle Feb 9, 2026, 11:37 PM

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dusty sky I'd assume yes

Yeah they had a huge network

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Hahah

trim harbor Feb 10, 2026, 3:33 AM

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Bro fumbled

hollow oracle Feb 10, 2026, 6:38 AM

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trim harbor

theyre coming for me monkaS

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 9:16 AM

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trim harbor

Typical air force activities: showing off, doing nothing, showing off again

trim harbor Feb 10, 2026, 11:01 AM

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rustic charm Typical air force activities: showing off, doing nothing, showing off again

Kadena AFB explained in one sentence

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Lmao

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The fly bys were pretty cool tho

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rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 11:07 AM

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trim harbor Kadena AFB explained in one sentence

Tbh that's just my opinion of all and any air force

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Not even limited to air force lol

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Navy, marines as well

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Any military that flies

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I can understand doing that stuff in flight sims - it's cool, it's very different from anything else, and you can pull off moves that would destroy any civilian plane

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But irl I think that any military aviation just senselessly endangers everyone around, even during peacetime

trim harbor Feb 10, 2026, 11:55 AM

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rustic charm But irl I think that any military aviation just senselessly endangers everyone a...

My friend works an ATC here - he says that they (the US) interrupt regular flight ops quite often

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Which causes alot of problems

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 11:55 AM

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It's good if they just interrupt flight ops

trim harbor Feb 10, 2026, 11:55 AM

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Well

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They make regular flights delay quite a ton

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 11:55 AM

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In the US they might instead, idk, fucking split a DC-9 in half

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And unlike fighter jets, a DC-9 can't fly when it's split in half

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 11:56 AM

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rustic charm But irl I think that any military aviation just senselessly endangers everyone a...

Perun had an excellent video on that

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Condensing a like 1h presentation in a couple sentences

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because was is going to exist as long as humans are humans (probably, citation needed), the job of your armed forces during peacetime is to maintain a high enough level of training and readiness to REALISTICALLY discourage any potential adversary to engage in a war with you

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obviously this doesn't apply if you're an aggressive power and you're building up your army because you want to invade or you seek to start a war yourself

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqyDWT0pUsU

YouTube

Perun

Mobilising For Failure - The Economic Transition to War and how Na...

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Most of us instinctively understand the idea of peace and war economies. The difference between the two reflects the fact that under ordinary circumstances, you probably want people focusing on things other than just turning out as many munitions as possible.

But how do you move from one to the o...

▶ Play video

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Arguably it can be said that the only reason why there hasn't been a large scale war after WWII has been because of atomic weapons, and if not the only reason, it had a major part in that

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 12:01 PM

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reef isle because was is going to exist as long as humans are humans (probably, citation n...

Well of course, that's true, I just honestly think that war should not exist in the air at all

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 12:02 PM

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rustic charm Well of course, that's true, I just honestly think that war should not exist in ...

that would certainly be nice, yes 🥲

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 12:02 PM

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I'm against any and all forms of military aviation in reality, simply because aviation is much more fragile than anything else as it is, and adding such an element of unpredictability turns it from fragile to outright deadly

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 12:03 PM

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I get that, but unfortunately, you can't really enforce that... Having control of the air is an incredibily overwhelming advantage, no power will just give it up

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 12:04 PM

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I'm not against things like airshows - they're well-coordinated, carefully planned and (normally) don't endanger anyone (well apart from the pilots, but those pilots usually know all the risks)

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 12:05 PM

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rustic charm I'm not against things like airshows - they're well-coordinated, carefully plann...

eeeeeeeeeeeehhh.....

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 12:05 PM

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Or military simulators - again, you don't endanger anyone while you're playing a sim

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 12:05 PM

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Airshows accident that have caused a lot of casualties on the grounds haven't been that rare

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 12:05 PM

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Well yeah

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But that's when airshows aren't that well-planned and go seriously wrong

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Cause on many airshows people are allowed to watch from anywhere, even directly under the paths of the passing planes. That's simply dangerous

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 12:07 PM

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You can take various steps to mitigate the risks, but every performer is still just one mistake or failure away from another 2002 sknyliv...

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 12:08 PM

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Yeah, obviously you can't completely remove any risk of course

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 12:09 PM

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Yeah I get your point and agree, but I think unfortunately as long as people are people it won't really change...

trim harbor Feb 10, 2026, 12:09 PM

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Also

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Kadena and Naha are like

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The nbr1 scramble base as well as recon

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As useless as they are but they do serve a good purpose

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 12:12 PM

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reef isle Yeah I get your point and agree, but I think unfortunately as long as people are...

Yeah, unfortunately that's true

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Can't get rid of war, as nice as that would be

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Also tbf

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I gotta say

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I have to be thankful to USAF for pretty much all the nicest airliners we have lol

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If the USAF didn't need a jet tanker, who knows if we'd have ever seen any of the Boeing jets

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 6:11 PM

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Going to the coolest airport in the world now

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 6:40 PM

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dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 6:58 PM

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Now lemme guess

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 6:59 PM

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@reef isle I approve of your current flight XD

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:08 PM

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dusty sky Now lemme guess

You still haven't guessed

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:21 PM

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Insane

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Kai tak

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:21 PM

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rustic charm <@329176818483593228> I approve of your current flight XD

What is he flying

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:21 PM

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Tu-134

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Out of Berlin Schonefeld

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:23 PM

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Oh yeah that's good

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:24 PM

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Wish there still was a 134 in development for MSFS

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:25 PM

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curseddogesmile

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It might be crazy what I'm bout to say

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:26 PM

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rustic charm <@329176818483593228> I approve of your current flight XD

I forgot to update the compass and had all the instruments like 20deg off (there's 0 visibility)

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no wonder I couldn't navigate for shit kekw

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also first flight in the 134 after not flying it for months

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I'm thankful for every second I'm still alive 🙏

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:28 PM

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reef isle I forgot to update the compass and had all the instruments like 20deg off (there...

Ahahah that makes sense

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:28 PM

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I can't even fly the 154 even if my life depended on it it's so hard 😭

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:29 PM

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I saw you climbing out of Copenhagen and thought you were just on the go

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Then looked at it and was like "Wait, he's... completely off any runway, not even close" XD

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:29 PM

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yeah that's why 😭

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it was meant to be a short flight just so I could try and get back into it gently

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:30 PM

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That's the fun part of old planes isn't it

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Everything goes fine

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Then you forget 1 thing

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And suddenly you've accidentally navigated to Mozambique instead of Dusseldorf

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:31 PM

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yep 😆

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although to be fair to myself, if I had a VOR on the airport it wouldn't have mattered too much

hollow oracle Feb 10, 2026, 7:31 PM

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hell yes, my mom upgraded her reading tablet, so i got her old amazon fire tablet

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so i can finally use navigraph on a real EFB

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:31 PM

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but my only hope to get on the ground is to do this off of SUP VOR

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so if you add up the 20deg error across this it was too much

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:32 PM

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Yeah, 20 degree error is, well, a lot lol

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:33 PM

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Msfs 2024 has airfract tear right?

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:34 PM

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Also, so thankful that Kai Tak arrival altitudes are in ft lol

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:34 PM

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What the hell did I write

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:34 PM

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Would've been very annoying cause I don't know how to even ask the A300 to display metric

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Tbh the best possible way to fly in China is the MD-11. That thing doesn't just display metric, it fully switches to using it 🥹

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:35 PM

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rustic charm Would've been very annoying cause I don't know how to even ask the A300 to displ...

Have you tried politely? Have heard that airbusses don't like when you're firm and assertive/s

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:35 PM

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~~Airtank~~

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:36 PM

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Oh I know that dogelul

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:37 PM

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rustic charm Tbh the best possible way to fly in China is the MD-11. That thing doesn't just ...

Once I wanted to fly the Tu-154 in china, you know russian plane in metric, super cool

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And then I realized that the Chinese FL are the ft conversion 😭

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So even if you have a fully metric plane, they still mean the FLs in ft

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:37 PM

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Do they?

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It's in metres for me

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:38 PM

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They are feet conversion

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:38 PM

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I'm supposed to keep 10700 once I cross into China

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:38 PM

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yeah but what I mean is that if they say to climb 9200 they expect you to keep 30100, which is not exactly 9200

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:39 PM

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Video on vatsim atc explained that you readback meters and climb in feet

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:39 PM

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That's weird

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I mean

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:39 PM

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It is

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I've no idea why

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:39 PM

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Like, 10700 is roughly 35100 so I will be keeping that

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But that's cause the plane is in ft

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So I round to the nearest 100

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But I assumed if you can, you keep exactly 10700

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:40 PM

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reef isle I've no idea why

Cuz fuck everyone that's why

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:40 PM

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rustic charm But I assumed if you can, you keep exactly 10700

Like the MD-11 does for example

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:40 PM

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dusty sky Cuz fuck everyone that's why

https://tenor.com/view/comac-comac-c919-c919-china-prc-gif-16311981961058558146

Tenor

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:41 PM

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Comac

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I heard they secured some more sales

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:41 PM

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I'm keeping an eye on the fycy one

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:41 PM

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And revealed a new 919 variant

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:41 PM

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Still no LNAV/VNAV

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:41 PM

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And stated that the 929 development is going better than they expected

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Basically were the only ones to take away something positive from the Singapore airshow

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:43 PM

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Very interesting

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:44 PM

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Cause iirc at the same time Airbus and Boeing basically had nothing

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I've heard Airbus was kinda hoping to get an A220 deal with AirAsia, who are basically Asia's biggest low cost carrier, and would end up being the first major customer for the A220 in Asia and the first major low cost carrier with the A220, but none of that materialised apparently

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:46 PM

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Now what I want

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IS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A DAMN PLANE

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:47 PM

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Tbh I will personally say, AirAsia's not bad at all, and the A220 would probably work quite nicely for them on some routes, but the reliability issues definitely aren't helping

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Also not sure how similar the A220 is to the 320 and 330

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Cause AirAsia only flights the 320/321 and the 330, so they have very good type commonality and because of that can move crews around very easily if needed

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:48 PM

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I would love to fly from jfk to that German airport NoOne and the japanese friend we have here that I cannot say his name

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:49 PM

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Which German airport

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There are many

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I really gotta fly to Tegel, got the payware scenery recently

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:50 PM

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The one pan am flew to with 747's in east Germany

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:50 PM

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Ah you mean Tempelhof

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:50 PM

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Yes that

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:51 PM

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Yeah idk, I still feel very uncertain about getting anything bigger than a 727 to there

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It's a 2km runway

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:51 PM

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Nah that's easy

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:51 PM

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One of the smallest runways I've flown to

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It's smaller than most of Alaska's milk run airports

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Plus, I don't have a 747 classic yet. Tbh once PMDG comes out with the -100, which I think and hope will be this year, I might try

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:52 PM

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If you do it right you can

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I want the 747-200 bro it's so cool 😭

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 7:53 PM

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rustic charm It's a 2km runway

Just to compare, Kai Tak has over 3.3

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 7:53 PM

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I just hate landing on the touchdown zone in general

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It's so far down the runway most of the time 😭

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Me when instead of gpws it's BEEEEEP

reef isle Feb 10, 2026, 7:59 PM

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Finally @rustic charm

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 8:00 PM

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Nice, always feels good to be on the ground after a stressful thing like that

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I look a bit like this right now

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 8:00 PM

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The thing I hate the most about xplane is night time

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 8:01 PM

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Almost over Hainan

dusty sky Feb 10, 2026, 8:01 PM

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You can't see a damn thing

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Also my dumbass was wondering why the ils wasn't on the flight director

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I wasn't pressing APP 😭

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 8:41 PM

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Descending now

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 9:07 PM

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runic hare Feb 10, 2026, 10:15 PM

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reef isle yeah but what I mean is that if they say to climb 9200 they expect you to keep 3...

This is better than what I was doing before

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I was doing the conversion in my phone and attempting to work out the closest flight level

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 10:18 PM

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This seems... moderately alarming?

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Ah

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It's because it's past 2am

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So instead of telling the plane that the block fuel is 75.9

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I told it

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8

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Just 8

rustic charm Feb 10, 2026, 10:41 PM

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Time for me to get some controlled rest now

rustic charm Feb 11, 2026, 7:40 AM

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Thanks MSFS

reef isle Feb 11, 2026, 10:38 AM

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rustic charm Thanks MSFS

dusty sky Feb 11, 2026, 11:52 AM

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I was flying to Canada in an A310 once and I went to go eat and the autopilot decided to turn off cuz why not and the plane spiralled

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I came back at like fl310

dusky leaf Feb 11, 2026, 1:50 PM

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trim harbor Feb 11, 2026, 2:26 PM

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XPME is good

full plank Feb 11, 2026, 4:54 PM

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off we go

dusky leaf Feb 11, 2026, 8:57 PM

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trim harbor Feb 12, 2026, 2:30 AM

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A tree fiddy

trim harbor Feb 12, 2026, 3:19 AM

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Couldnt get a better view

trim harbor Feb 12, 2026, 6:52 AM

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rustic charm Feb 12, 2026, 2:37 PM

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rustic charm Feb 12, 2026, 3:04 PM

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rustic charm Feb 12, 2026, 4:28 PM

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This might look like empty, but what it actually is, is me passing the last bit of land until Kamchatka

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The route I'm taking is properly scary, I kinda expected it to take me along the islands in order to have tons of alternate airports. As it is, I have none. My diversion time will peak at 1:50 to the nearest airport between MARCC and BESAT

rustic charm Feb 12, 2026, 7:21 PM

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Just started my descent

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Oh... this thing doesn't have metres at all? That's cool, China will be fun XD

rustic charm Feb 12, 2026, 8:04 PM

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ILS forgot to exist so had to go visual lol

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:04 PM

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It looks very pretty I must say

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The system modelling seems rather nice as well

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Multiple NAV options as well, thankfully

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I do like that they decided to make a clipboard instead of an EFB as well, unlike the PMDG DC-6

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ATA and Pan Am regs in the screenshots are actual 1011-500s

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The PSA one is a real reg, but it's a 1011-1 instead in reality, cause PSA only had those

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ANA is a real reg from a 1011-1

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Air Transat is from a 1011-100

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Delta is correctly a 1011-500

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With United, BA and Air Canada I can't quite decipher the regs from the screenshots

trim harbor Feb 13, 2026, 12:27 PM

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rustic charm

Holy yes

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:35 PM

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rustic charm Air Transat is from a 1011-100

Mentioned this one in their discord, maybe they'll notice and change it

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Cause Air Transat did have 6 regs that are actual -500s

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 12:43 PM

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rustic charm The PSA one is a real reg, but it's a 1011-1 instead in reality, cause PSA only ...

Yeah

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They're also doing the stair variant and that was never a thing on the -500

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The lounge was only on the -1

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:43 PM

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Yep

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 12:43 PM

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Also the BA livery was stupid

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I wouldn't have done a different livery

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:44 PM

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This BA reg apparently suffered a refuelling fire as well

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 12:44 PM

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They did the later design, which was only on 5 IIRC leased TriStar used almost exclusively for flights to Africa

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:44 PM

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I couldn't quite get what reg it was, a friend says it's G-BLUS

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 12:45 PM

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rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:45 PM

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reef isle They did the later design, which was only on 5 IIRC leased TriStar used almost e...

What was the earlier design?

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 12:45 PM

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rustic charm I couldn't quite get what reg it was, a friend says it's G-BLUS

Yep, must be either BLUS or BLUT

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None of the other got that livery

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:46 PM

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reef isle

Those were short-lived with BA huh

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 12:46 PM

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Yeah, I think BA inherited them from BEA

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:47 PM

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Oh, red tailtops

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That would've been quite beautiful tbh

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 12:47 PM

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Basically BEA ordered them, by the time they were delivered it was already merged with BA

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So I'm guessing BA didn't really want them

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BLUS and BLUT were leased to make up for a lack of 747s IIRC

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I understand why they're doing that livery since it's more recognizable

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But it limits A LOT what you can do with it

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IIRC they also flew with British Airtours for a while

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Same livery as British Airways (not the one with the big writing) but just Airtours instead of Airways

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Actually

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Not quite

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Don't worry, all these livery will exist for the ini 1011

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Guaranteed kekw

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But yeah, I've got to be honest

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I'm so starved for 1011 that I'll probably do a lot of flights and airlines that never had the -500

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I think it's a big shame that ini isn't doing the other variants though

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Especially for the modern MCP, which I don't like nearly as much as the analogue one

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I'm definitely flying with TWA and PSA for example

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Also doing the United livery is certainly a choice
They had them for an incredibly short period of time

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Not even sure if it was a full year

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 12:56 PM

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reef isle I'm so starved for 1011 that I'll probably do a lot of flights and airlines that...

I probably will too tbh

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Especially considering the chances of us getting others are... low to say the least

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YESSSSS

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Everyone buy the -500 on the release day

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To show them that it does very good

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 1:01 PM

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yeah

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right after the ini A300 EPIC kekw

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 1:01 PM

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Wait what's up with the A300

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People are asking about it, I didn't know there was anything substantial left for it

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 1:02 PM

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yeah they said they'd do the EPIC avionic

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and they just never did lol

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 1:02 PM

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I feel like I know what that is but don't remember

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I remember reading about some unique A300 cockpit package, most likely that

reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 1:03 PM

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https://www.aviationtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/a300-600-cockpit_beforeafter-jpg-e1494964118396.jpeg

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 1:03 PM

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Oh right the big screens

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Not something I'm gonna use much tbh

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But

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I know many people will appreciate that

trim harbor Feb 13, 2026, 1:23 PM

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rustic charm Everyone buy the -500 on the release day

Did they mention when its coming

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 1:24 PM

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Nope

trim harbor Feb 13, 2026, 1:24 PM

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reef isle https://www.aviationtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/a300-600-cockpit_before...

Ngl I love modern avionics but man

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 1:24 PM

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The article does say it's in the final stages though

trim harbor Feb 13, 2026, 1:24 PM

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It looks terrible

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 1:24 PM

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1 more dev update before the release still

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So I'd say, maybe 2 months?

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Could be less even

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 4:09 PM

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In 2 weeks this one will fly to Pyongyang

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dusky leaf Feb 13, 2026, 5:01 PM

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Bell 222

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 5:44 PM

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rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 7:30 PM

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Started descending

rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 7:54 PM

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rustic charm Feb 13, 2026, 8:12 PM

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dusky leaf Feb 13, 2026, 10:15 PM

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reef isle Feb 13, 2026, 11:58 PM

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Totally forgot that I can fly these now that I have access to a good 737NG 😄

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rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 12:09 AM

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New meets slightly-less-new

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2 departures out of Toulouse in 1 day must be a personal record for me

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That's very fun, Kai Tak is not in the database...

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Which means one thing

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I get as close to it as I can with RNAV, and do the approach purely by navaids

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Also finally, an ini plane that has a landing calculator lol

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Idk why there was a decision to make a takeoff calculator for the A310 and the A330, but not the landing calculator

rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 12:40 AM

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rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 9:41 AM

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This overnight went better than the last one XD

rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 10:41 AM

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Honestly the -300 is the prettiest A340

rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 11:42 AM

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This is getting more and more fun

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First, flying the A340, or really any Airbus apart from the A300/A310, by VORs is a pain

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Second, it can't find the Cheung Chau VOR, which is the start of the approach...

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~~Runway in sight, going visual~~

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Of course no actual runway yet because only the satellite imagery is loaded in at this altitude, not the scenery

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Oh, so they just renamed the VOR... on Kai Tak charts it's CH, meanwhile now it's CC

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All other planes I have, have older databases and still recognise CH

rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 12:38 PM

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Oh fun... the CC VOR the plane sees is not the right one either...

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No IGS either, fun

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Oh....

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So

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I kinda started this flight at 4am

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And I was so tired

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That I forgot that it's a different sim

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And I might've forgotten to install Kai Tak for 2024

reef isle Feb 14, 2026, 1:04 PM

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go to Shenzen and then repo to Kai Tak?

rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 1:12 PM

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I just couldn't be bothered after that approach

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Will download Kai Tak and redo this whole thing at some point

tired pond Feb 14, 2026, 1:36 PM

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dusky leaf Feb 14, 2026, 2:26 PM

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rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 3:41 PM

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Why is MSFS terrain so weird

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WHY DOES IT CHANGE EVERY FUCKING DAY

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2 DAYS AGO I FLEW INTO UHPP AND IT WAS FINE

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WHAT THE FUCK CHANGED

dusty sky Feb 14, 2026, 6:17 PM

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Nah bro it's like that irl trust

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I promise

reef isle Feb 14, 2026, 6:52 PM

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Dutch style intersections

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Russia really is at the bleeding edge of urbanism 🙏

rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 7:09 PM

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What's dutch about that picture? This taxiway alone has more elevation change than all of the Netherlands combined

reef isle Feb 14, 2026, 7:12 PM

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rustic charm What's dutch about that picture? This taxiway alone has more elevation change th...

The Dutch famously have bike lanes continue at sidewalk level and roads rise up to cross them, creating a "natural speedbump"

rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 7:28 PM

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Ah, didn't know that

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Not too surprising though with how bike-centered the Netherlands is

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They do a similar thing with regular crosswalks in the newer districts of Dubai

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Feels much nicer when you're a pedestrian tbh. If you grew up in Dubai you are probably sure that whenever you approach a crosswalk, the traffic will let you cross. I grew up 80% in Moscow, 15% in Montenegro, and in either one you gotta fight for your right to cross the road

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Meanwhile with such raised crossings, not only does it just make it easier for anyone with limited walking abilities, but it just gives you a bit more reassurance that it is, in fact, safe to step onto the crossing

reef isle Feb 14, 2026, 7:54 PM

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rustic charm Feels much nicer when you're a pedestrian tbh. If you grew up in Dubai you are p...

Here in Palermo most people always say "thank you" whenever they cross to the drivers that stopped kekw

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Such rare is that occurrence

rustic charm Feb 14, 2026, 7:56 PM

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I do as well lol, cause I'm used to it only happening very rarely

hollow oracle Feb 14, 2026, 8:57 PM

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ive been having so many issues with the levelup 737

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i really need to fly the zibo more

rustic charm Feb 15, 2026, 4:24 PM

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Idk why it keeps doing this dogelul

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Literally, 3 days ago I flew into there, it was perfectly fine

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Yesterday I decided to not fly, just wait until today if maybe it changes its mind

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But no

dusty sky Feb 15, 2026, 6:34 PM

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Again trust me I'm a geography expert

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It's like that irl

rustic charm Feb 15, 2026, 6:34 PM

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I trust you

dusty sky Feb 15, 2026, 6:34 PM

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~~msfs 2024 moment~~

rustic charm Feb 15, 2026, 6:35 PM

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It's 2020

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Same thing though

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The terrain in MSFS is super unpredictable

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Works one day, completely broken another

dusty sky Feb 15, 2026, 6:37 PM

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It's impossible to do the Kai tak approach properly with my graphics settings

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The buildings appear like 150 meters away from them

trim harbor Feb 16, 2026, 7:07 AM

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dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 9:54 AM

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Goes really hard

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 10:35 AM

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The JAS livery is certainly nice

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Plus the triple by itself is very pretty

trim harbor Feb 16, 2026, 11:23 AM

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rustic charm Plus the triple by itself is very pretty

Toobad its kinda ergh to fly on

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 11:38 AM

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They are like 20 years old at least

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So that kinda checks out

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 11:51 AM

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There are much newer triples too

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Aeroflot took delivery of their newest ones in 2021

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Also I guess it really depends on the airline

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I really like AFL triples, they're the most comfortable by far among their planes

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Even considering that Aeroflot has them in a high density configuration, seating 3-4-3 in economy

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On my flight back to Dubai from Bangkok I was considering taking Kuwait Airways with one layover, would've gone on a triple with 3-3-3 seating then. Of course I went with an Emirates direct on an A380, but I reckon a lower density triple could even be more spacious

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Well no I just looked up the numbers, and a 3-3-3 triple would sit the same as the upper deck on the 380

reef isle Feb 16, 2026, 5:22 PM

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trim harbor

You can't post that and NOT ping me

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Feel free to insult me, do you like this style for flightsim.to thuimbnails?

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 5:47 PM

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I think those are pretty nice

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 7:56 PM

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Now only if I had those planes ugly

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:01 PM

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Get them as a birthday present to yourself

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You won't feel as bad for spending money on them that way

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:01 PM

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Guess what

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THEY ARE SO EXPENSIVE MY DAD MIGHT KILL ME

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Bim?

reef isle Feb 16, 2026, 8:03 PM

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I can't NOT think about "Hey Bim, guess what?"

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Whenever someone says that hahahah

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:03 PM

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Who the hell is bim 😭

reef isle Feb 16, 2026, 8:03 PM

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It's absolutely ingrained at kernel level in my brain

reef isle Feb 16, 2026, 8:03 PM

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dusty sky Who the hell is bim 😭

https://youtu.be/lku3ew_qC5o?si=m-IctvBcf1xHZsnc

Enjoy

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dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:04 PM

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Rent free in your head?

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Anyway if I am to get something for my birthdays it's gonna be the 742

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I really want that thing

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:07 PM

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Tbh, I will say tbh. Obviously I'm generally against that stuff and myself wouldn't do that, but in your situation, I wouldn't think any worse of you if you, how to say it... sail the high seas temporarily?

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:07 PM

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That first part is insane

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:08 PM

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It's not your fault the economy's that fucked after all

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:08 PM

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How much is the md-11?

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70 bucks?

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:08 PM

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$80 I think

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Maybe 70

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$75 for the base now

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:09 PM

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80 with both at once

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:09 PM

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Yeah

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$85 for both

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They raised the price by $5 after the update

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Well

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:10 PM

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rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:10 PM

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They now ship both 2020 and 2024 versons

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:10 PM

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I can buy almost 3 kilos of food with that

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:10 PM

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So it ends up the same as the people who bought it before paid, cause for the 2024 version we needed to pay $5 additionally

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:12 PM

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dusty sky

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It's for 4 people sure but come on

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It's really fucking good as well

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:14 PM

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dusty sky I can buy almost 3 kilos of food with that

I meanwhile can buy 3 pizzas for that...

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Well

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:15 PM

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1 sec

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:15 PM

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6, but 3, but 6. Cause I always get them through special offers which allow you to get 2 for the price of 1

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:15 PM

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Which pizzas should I chose?

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All?

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Yeah sure

rustic charm Feb 16, 2026, 8:17 PM

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I mean, here a large pizza in pizza hut costs 70 Dhs. plus delivery & service charges, that's roughly $25

dusty sky Feb 16, 2026, 8:17 PM

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I can buy 8 pizzas and have 23 Ron left

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Or lei

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I fucking hate this country

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All 30cm diameter

runic hare Feb 17, 2026, 2:56 AM

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reef isle Feel free to insult me, do you like this style for flightsim.to thuimbnails?

I like the tomcanfly thumbnails for xp liveries personally but these are also nice

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Windjet my beloved however

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There is still a windjet 320 at Sofia airport

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Couldn’t catch a reg but i can tell the livery

trim harbor Feb 17, 2026, 5:09 AM

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reef isle You can't post that and NOT ping me

Now that u mention it

trim harbor Feb 17, 2026, 5:10 AM

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reef isle https://youtu.be/lku3ew_qC5o?si=m-IctvBcf1xHZsnc Enjoy

I pray to god I will never meet one of these

reef isle Feb 17, 2026, 8:17 AM

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runic hare There is still a windjet 320 at Sofia airport

Haha that's crazy

hollow oracle Feb 18, 2026, 1:14 PM

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Yippee XP12.4.0

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Might have to get back into it after my little vacation

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Though the Zibo/levelup 737 still makes me feel iffy

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And when I was playing the beta with the IXEG 737s I got that OOM crash

runic hare Feb 18, 2026, 1:27 PM

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Try it, RC2 fixed the oom’s

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They had some code in the preloading of the mesh that caused a memory leak

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 1:34 PM

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yk

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might do zurich-tokyo in a 747

hollow oracle Feb 18, 2026, 1:55 PM

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runic hare Try it, RC2 fixed the oom’s

Nice

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I’m guessing they fixed the giant pit at KPIT, but I haven’t seen anything about it yet

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They merged in the fixed runway elevation from the scenery portal thing, and for some reason that didn’t work well with the default elevation data, the last I heard they were aware of it and rolled it back in another beta

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 2:04 PM

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GOD DAMN

tired pond Feb 18, 2026, 3:16 PM

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That's a nice non cluttered interface tbh

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So used to tiles these days

hollow oracle Feb 18, 2026, 3:41 PM

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xplanes UI design is awesome

rustic charm Feb 18, 2026, 3:52 PM

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Is there any way to edit mods in MSFS actually

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Like, if I wanted to redo the terrain in a freeware airport (or simply revert it to default even) but keep the other changes from the mod

tired pond Feb 18, 2026, 3:54 PM

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There's releases like that on flightsim.to so I'd assume so

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 3:56 PM

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HOLY SHIT THE SCREENSHOT CONTROLS WERE ADDED

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hollow oracle Feb 18, 2026, 3:58 PM

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screenshot controls?

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 3:59 PM

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let's you do stuff like this

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it was in the beta

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

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rustic charm Feb 18, 2026, 5:28 PM

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We haven't had any news about the SSJ since the trailer back in early autumn, have we?

runic hare Feb 18, 2026, 5:31 PM

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hollow oracle They merged in the fixed runway elevation from the scenery portal thing, and for...

Just check the scenery gateway

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It’s its own website with info on the default scenery

reef isle Feb 18, 2026, 5:52 PM

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rustic charm Feb 18, 2026, 5:56 PM

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That's an interesting livery

runic hare Feb 18, 2026, 5:56 PM

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You should see the DB regio livery

reef isle Feb 18, 2026, 5:57 PM

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I was going to fly that next haha

rustic charm Feb 18, 2026, 5:58 PM

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Neat

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I want to fly the China Northern MD-82 next, but since UHPP is broken, now I am waiting for a response from a random Russian scenery dev to pay them a huge amount of $4 for their version XD

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UHPP is literally their only release for MSFS too, but it does look nice. Shame they don't have an automatic system for purchasing...

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I wonder if I'm ever gonna get a response from them, the last post was in July 2024 dogelul

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 6:27 PM

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curseddogesmile

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Idk man 307 rubles

rustic charm Feb 18, 2026, 6:33 PM

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It is 300 XD

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I think that's... 1.5 big macs?

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 7:13 PM

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How fucked is the economy in Russia lmao

rustic charm Feb 18, 2026, 7:23 PM

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It's not so much economy being fucked as regular flight simmers just acquiring some skills, good enough to build a decent airport they like, but not enough to beat the top developers, and selling their airports for cheap to fellow flight simmers

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I'd even say that overall, in CIS countries it's quite popular to just make stuff like this freeware

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I think for older sims, a hefty bunch of (good quality) Soviet airliners were free even

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 7:26 PM

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I am legit desperate for the 742 I kid you not

rustic charm Feb 18, 2026, 7:26 PM

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Oh I get that, I completely understand

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I am desperate for many planes too

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I once damn near bought FSX just to have some Soviet stuff to fly

dusty sky Feb 18, 2026, 7:29 PM

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Unlike you I actually can buy the 742 for a sim I own but I can't afford it

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 1:27 AM

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15 hour flight zzz

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 2:16 AM

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God has blessed me with an empty middle seat

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:34 AM

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Enjoy!

hollow oracle Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 AM

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Not exactly a full fidelity flight sim, but it looks like a really fun sim-cade game

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I love the idea of like Railroader/my summer car/mon bazou/the long drive but with planes

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It’s not out yet, though it’s coming to early access soon

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 8:39 AM

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Peak or peak

ja8128-japan-airlines-boeing-747-146_PlanespottersNet_1646343_5aa8381bed_o.jpg

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 8:50 AM

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I will probably be burned at a stake for this, but I've never been a fan of any JAL looks

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 8:56 AM

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curseddogesmile

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I'm sending an assassin to your current location

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 9:11 AM

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That would be very disrespectful

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 11:42 AM

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rustic charm I will probably be burned at a stake for this, but I've never been a fan of any ...

Booo

runic hare Feb 19, 2026, 3:02 PM

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rustic charm I will probably be burned at a stake for this, but I've never been a fan of any ...

JAL landor is very hot I find

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Saw cool finnair the other day

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 3:30 PM

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Finally in Frankfurt and it‘s snowing

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Painful 5 hour layover

runic hare Feb 19, 2026, 3:56 PM

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Ew

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It’s -11 here in Helsinki

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Windchill down to -20

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Could always be worst

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 4:48 PM

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Yah for sure

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Security in germany really has a problem w me

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I get bomb swapped everytime since I brought live munition in once by accident

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Annoying

runic hare Feb 19, 2026, 6:02 PM

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Lol

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:38 PM

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dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:43 PM

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Not in the old livery, not approved

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:47 PM

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QOTS

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:47 PM

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Beautiful

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:48 PM

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Would you believe me if I said I've never seen one of these in person

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:48 PM

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And it's a -400 too

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:49 PM

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dusty sky Would you believe me if I said I've never seen one of these in person

Ur not missing out

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They suck to fly on

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:50 PM

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It's not quite unbelievable. If you don't live near a big cargo hub, you're not likely to see one

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:50 PM

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Bruh lmao I got upgraded to business class for the first time in ms life

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Finally

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:50 PM

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trim harbor They suck to fly on

Booo

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Now we're 1 for 1

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:50 PM

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On a 25 minute flight

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:50 PM

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dogelul

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:50 PM

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Absolute delight

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This is what I hold status for

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 PM

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I assume 747's don't fly here simply due to not having a place to park

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 PM

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trim harbor Bruh lmao I got upgraded to business class for the first time in ms life

Well, it's at least something, but if you fly often and have never been upgraded, that's really annoying

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 PM

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rustic charm Booo

Its like the T7

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I love it but Id take the 787/A350 over it anyday

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 PM

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Like, I've been upped to business many times

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2 times in 2025 alone

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 PM

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But the AN-225 flew here so why not

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 PM

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I usually only fly MUC-HND/FRA-HND

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So

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 PM

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trim harbor I love it but Id take the 787/A350 over it anyday

Okay, another booo now dogelul

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:51 PM

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They‘re always booked out

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And priced for business arent worth the extra 4k imo

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:52 PM

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Tbf it is of course really based on which airlines you fly

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I'm sure many airlines have uncomfortable triples

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:52 PM

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ANA only ArtiaSmug

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:52 PM

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trim harbor Ur not missing out

Not even saying to fly on one just see one

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:53 PM

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The thing is I found the 747 loud and cramped af

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:53 PM

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But with Aeroflot I would take a 777 over literally anything else they have any day

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Well

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:53 PM

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If u can fly nose or upper deck id say ses

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Yes

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:53 PM

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Unless they bring back Il-96s and Tu-214s

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:53 PM

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My dad flew on a 767 to Texas in the 90's

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:53 PM

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767 funny plane

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Love the engine

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:53 PM

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Now where in Texas idk

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:53 PM

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Cause those are just superior, I'd take those over 777s too

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:54 PM

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trim harbor The thing is I found the 747 loud and cramped af

Tbh I didn't notice it being extremely loud?

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I flew on a -400 just under a year ago

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:54 PM

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Apparently one of the 2 flights (to and back) went super Sonic

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:54 PM

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Found it to be comparable in noise levels and comfort to other widebodies I've been on

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:54 PM

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Probably in ground speed

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:55 PM

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Apart from the A380 of course

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But well

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The A380 is just silent

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:55 PM

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A380 is goated

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:56 PM

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My only issue with it is tiny windows XD

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But other than that, it's great

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 6:56 PM

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Guys is it sad that the biggest plane I've flown on is the A321 neo

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:56 PM

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Nothing wrong w thqt

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That

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You‘re young

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:57 PM

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Would've been even better to be in business so I could spend the whole 7-hour flight in the lounge, but even economy was really good with Emirates

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:57 PM

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Emirates has good deals

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I had an upgrade offer NRT-DXB (during covid!!!) for 200€

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no brainer

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:58 PM

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Also I was surprised by the crew. The captain talked a fair bit. I'm very used to Russian crews only going through the mandatory announcements and that's it, nothing more

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:59 PM

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I miss flying during covid

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It was baller

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 6:59 PM

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trim harbor You‘re young

Also this exactly. Plus in our day and age you pretty much never get anything bigger than that on flights within Europe

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 6:59 PM

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Empty A380 and 777 was enjoyable

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 7:00 PM

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trim harbor I had an upgrade offer NRT-DXB (during covid!!!) for 200€

~~you could've bought like 3 planes with that for flight simming~~

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:00 PM

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dusty sky ~~you could've bought like 3 planes with that for flight simming~~

I didnt take it

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It was during covid and the plane was empty anyway

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There were less than 70 people on the entire a380

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:00 PM

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Yeah, upgrades on an empty plane don't really matter

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You can just take a whole row to yourself

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 7:00 PM

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Covid flight

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So makes sense

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:01 PM

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I did a bunch of covid long hauls

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Like i said

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Best time ever

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Crew gave out alot more stuff

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Empty rows

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:01 PM

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rustic charm Yeah, upgrades on an empty plane don't really matter

This

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My flight today was also p empty

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 7:02 PM

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Did y'all see that American has the worst water quality

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:02 PM

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I remember just over a year ago flying Bangkok to Bali, it was an AirAsia A320 and it was half-empty (AirAsia has a very cool departure time...), so even on a low cost carrier me & my family just went to the back of the plane and took up the last 3 rows essentially just for ourselves

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 7:02 PM

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In the US anyway

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:02 PM

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Everyone was trying to sleep. Meanwhile I was having fun watching wingflex while we went through some rather severe turbulence

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:02 PM

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rustic charm I remember just over a year ago flying Bangkok to Bali, it was an AirAsia A320 a...

Hows bali

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:03 PM

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Cool and very cheap

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:03 PM

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Fr?

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Like hotels r cheap?

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:03 PM

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The beaches aren't the best admittedly

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:03 PM

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trim harbor Like hotels r cheap?

Well, hotels are relatively cheap

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If you compare that to Phuket, or Maldives, or other stuff

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:04 PM

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Maldives was shit

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I wasted so much money on it

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I was very disappointed

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@dusty sky my tip is honestly to get a cc which u can earn airline miles with

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:06 PM

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It's quite nice there if you take one of the hotels that give you a villa with a pool. And if you want to go sightseeing (lots of temples), rent a car (driving there is super chaotic and rules are made up on the spot. Don't trust google either, it will take you through roads that are officially 2-way but the locals insist are 1-way)

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 7:06 PM

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Munich or istanbul (probably muchen tho)

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:06 PM

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Munich

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:06 PM

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Other stuff like groceries, restaurants, spa is all very cheap

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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Might be worth a look then

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I was looking at seychelles but holy smokes

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Money

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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With Maldives it really depends on the hotel

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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I went to some private atoll

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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I've never actually said Munich in Romanian before one time talking with my mother

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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W waterplane (which was a must)

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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Well that describes pretty much all of the Maldives lol

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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But the corals sucked

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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Muchen just feels strange

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:07 PM

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Been there twice

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Also yeah, their DHC-6s are cool

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Both times we flew on them

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:08 PM

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Nvm not atoll

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I meant island

dusty sky Feb 19, 2026, 7:08 PM

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Not even, München

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:08 PM

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Well pretty much all the islands there are private

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Hotels own the islands outright

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:09 PM

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Still felt disappointed for the price I söent

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Spent

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:09 PM

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Tbh with Maldives that is very possible

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:09 PM

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Corals r dead and everything was so massively overpriced

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:09 PM

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Expensive

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:09 PM

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Jetskis for an hour were 250€

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:09 PM

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Luckily both times I've been there the corals were quite good

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:09 PM

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sad

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:09 PM

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Very colourful and all

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:10 PM

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Luckyyyyyyyyy

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:10 PM

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Plus me & my brother went diving with an instructor, you can swim around with sea turtles and all that stuff

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:10 PM

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I went diving as well, albeit im licensed

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125€ per dive

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:11 PM

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And the whole family a day before went snorkelling with mantas, they're cool

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:11 PM

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trim harbor I went diving as well, albeit im licensed

Ah, fair

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And yeah, they charge a lot

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:11 PM

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Did u go north or south

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:11 PM

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I think we went south

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:11 PM

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Ah

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I went north

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:11 PM

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I'm not too sure, was a fair bit ago

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But the south I think is generally considered better

trim harbor Feb 19, 2026, 7:12 PM

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Fml

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If I wouldve known

rustic charm Feb 19, 2026, 7:13 PM

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Seychelles are quite nice too, but they're different from the Maldives

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