reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:34 PM

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I've got no idea

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:34 PM

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I expect more

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You know

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:34 PM

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Alright fair enough kekw

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Destination: Europe

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Maybe Germany (if it goes well)

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:35 PM

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I've had it go to like 5 miles of drift in a 727 going from Seattle to Ottawa

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:35 PM

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Woah really?

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Oh that's a transcon flight isn't it

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Then yeah

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:36 PM

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Well, almost a full transcon

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:36 PM

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Had a huge brain fart moment where I thought "aren't they both really close" and then realized... At least I didn't write it kekw

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:36 PM

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reef isle Destination: Europe

Going to:

Europe
Maybe Germany
Potentially West Germany
Hopefully Dusseldorf

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:37 PM

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Proper flying

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Best of luck

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(maybe do a position update just before going to bed?)

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:37 PM

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You know

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Maybe I should, uhh

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Wing it

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:37 PM

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Actually sounds fun hahah

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:38 PM

#

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4900 miles

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:38 PM

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Hopefully the plane doesn't misbehave, feel free to blame me if it does of course

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:38 PM

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Tracking 020

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:38 PM

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Korean 007 moment

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:38 PM

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Well at least I'm not flying anywhere near the USSR

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:39 PM

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Then that's totally fine

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:39 PM

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Although tbf KAL managed to get a Paris - Anchorage flight break the Soviet airspace lol

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:40 PM

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They genuinely just flew in heading mode

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:40 PM

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For 007 yeah

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They forgot to switch it

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:40 PM

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Yep

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:40 PM

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But there was another flight before that

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A 707

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:40 PM

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OOOOOOOOH right

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Yeah I think I know what you mean

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:40 PM

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Flying Paris - Anchorage - Seoul

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:40 PM

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Yeah I've heard of it

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:41 PM

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And due to it overflying essentially exactly the magnetic north pole, the INS just said "aight I'm outta here"

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The plane made an almost U-turn

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Breached the Soviet airspace over Kola penninsula

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:41 PM

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Ooof

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:41 PM

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Got shot down and made an emergency landing

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I think they landed it on a frozen lake

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reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:43 PM

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It's a big rule of mine that when this stuff happens I never judge the real pilots from my armchair pretend to fly pixel plane position

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:43 PM

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reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:43 PM

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But man

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How can can you see your heading being like 130 after a long right turn, and think "that's fine"

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:44 PM

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"The crew of Flight 902 blamed the compass, which had started working incorrectly, due to the flight path of KAL 902 flying close to the magnetic north pole"

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:44 PM

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Interesting

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I think those were just different times

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I don't remember if I ever posted it here, I think I did

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:45 PM

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But also

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Thing is

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There are essentially 2 stories in this situation

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:45 PM

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But on the DAL 1011 manual there's a whole page that's like "extremely basic cross checks to make sure you always kind of know when you are even if you're using an INS for dummies"

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:46 PM

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The story that the crew tells, and the story that the air defence tells

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Like

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:46 PM

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Right...

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:46 PM

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The USSR AF obviously says they tried to contact the airliner several times, yet got no response

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The crew obviously says they tried to contact the interceptors, but got no response

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And you really can't know who to believe

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Obviously the USSR would try to shift the blame onto the crew, if there is any blame

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:49 PM

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But yeah, at the same time that doesn't seem the most alert and observant crew 😅

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:49 PM

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And the crew clearly messed up in some way or another, cause not noticing that your plane is going in a direction not even remotely close to the intended ones is weird

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:50 PM

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Yeah what an extremely weird incident all around

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:52 PM

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I've seen some mentions a while ago (again, choose for yourselves whether to believe it or not, cause as always there's 0 proof that it did happen, and just as 0 proof that it didn't) that after the plane was disassembled, the USSR found what they described as "surveillance equipment" onboard, stuff not usually present in 707s

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:52 PM

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Riiight

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That sounds exactly the sort of stuff the Soviet Union would say 😛

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:53 PM

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Yeah

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:53 PM

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But I guess at the same time this wouldn't even be the US' wackiest idea during the cold war

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So who knows 🤷‍♂️

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:53 PM

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But at the same time, who's to say the US wouldn't resort to using another country's civillian planes to do their thing

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:54 PM

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Yeah exactly...

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The fact that the Soviets didn't release the black boxes certainly leads you to believe they'd found something "wrong" with their reaction, I'm sure that if they clearly showed the crew was all to blame they'd release them?

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:55 PM

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And obviously it being a civil airliner just makes it easier to say it was a simple navigational mistake, not an intentional test of the air defence

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:55 PM

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Yeah...

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FOIA time? Any US citizens here? 😛

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:56 PM

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reef isle The fact that the Soviets didn't release the black boxes certainly leads you to ...

Maybe... or it could be the reverse. If you push that it was an intentional breach, meanwhile the recorders show that it genuinely was a mistake, you wouldn't want them release

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Or

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It could also just be the USSR being the USSR

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They pretty much never released flight recordings etc

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:57 PM

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rustic charm It could also just be the USSR being the USSR

Yeah that too

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:58 PM

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In fact most of the time they would do their best to make sure any accident gets 0 publicity, and nobody actually knows that there was a plane down

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:58 PM

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Although that's much easier if it's not an international flight

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And foreign airline

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:58 PM

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True

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Cause well, in a case like this, Korean authorities would 100% be involved

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And most likely American too

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 9:59 PM

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Yep

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Am I right in thinking South Korea and the US were very close during that time? Probably more than they are now

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 9:59 PM

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Although I wouldn't say any involvement of the US authorities would even be weird or suspicious. It's entirely normal that Boeing would like to know why the hell a 707 would do something like that

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 10:00 PM

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reef isle Am I right in thinking South Korea and the US were very close during that time? ...

Well, the Republic of Korea and the US have always been close, but I reckon back then even closer than now, considering that the Korean penninsula was one of the conflict points

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 10:00 PM

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Yeah that's what I was thinking too

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Guessing the memory of the wars in South East Asia were a lot more prominent back then

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 10:01 PM

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In fact tbf, I think it would be more suspicious if the FAA/NTSB/Boeing weren't involved

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 10:01 PM

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Without needing a tin foil hat

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If the US wanted to spy/test the USSR defences, this was probably one of the better ways to do it

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 10:02 PM

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reef isle Guessing the memory of the wars in South East Asia were a lot more prominent bac...

I mean, definitely

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That was 1978

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So it's just 3 years off the end of the US' tour in Vietnam

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 10:02 PM

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Although I do think it's not very probable. But definitely it's not a crazy conspiracy I don't think

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Unless there are some facts I'm not aware of

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 10:04 PM

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Yeah. Basically, is it a conspiracy theory? Yes. Is there any way to prove or disprove it? No. Is it one of the more probable & realistic theories out there? Well, it's definitely more probable than earth being flat

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The main thing that imo is weird about it, is how the crew didn't notice the turn

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Like, in the case of KAL 007, the plane was following roughly the route it needed, and it didn't make any unexpected/sudden movements

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In this case, it would've been a lengthy right turn, and knowing the autopilots & nav equipment of that age, it would've been a rather abrupt one too

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So hardly something you can just disregard

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But at the same time, there are many reason why the crew could've disregarded it

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Fatigue, wrong compass indications, simple confusion...

reef isle Apr 5, 2026, 10:08 PM

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Yeah exactly

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Everything is just odd

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 10:09 PM

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Yeah

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Like, I'd say if you're not fully paying attention, I could see how you could miss it

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And at that stage of the flight, I doubt the pilots were at the top of their alertness

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With a non-functioning compass, the only way to really understand how much you turn is by calculating it from the speed, bank and turn duration

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Which the crew wouldn't be doing for sure

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So for all they knew, the autopilot could've just been correcting course after being slightly off for whichever reason

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Also great success, MSFS just creashed...

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Luckily this conversation actually prevented me from doing any work so I was still on the ground dogelul

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 10:45 PM

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I am stupid

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I only now noticed that my plan starts in Long Beach instead of Palmdale...

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Too used to delivering MDs lol

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And I have stab trim out of range...

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Perfect

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Will have to pull up a fair bit more I guess

rustic charm Apr 5, 2026, 11:06 PM

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Cool

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So

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On the ground I forgot to switch the INS from alignment mode to nav mode

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So now it kinda gave up

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Looks like I fixed it

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3am is fun

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The 1011 AT can only be referenced with IAS, right? Can't set a mach number for it to follow?

ancient burrow Apr 6, 2026, 12:02 AM

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NBT23 | Airborne out of Oslo, Norway and bound for Miami.

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#

#

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On the cruise FL380 over the waters.

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Thunderheads up and down the Easter Seaboard. Many had Tops up to FL480.

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On final "Zero Niner" / Miami.

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On Blocks, Gate E30 to complete the ten hour journey.

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fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 2:45 AM

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rustic charm The 1011 AT can only be referenced with IAS, right? Can't set a mach number for ...

yes

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only way to get mach displayed is by using TM mode but that follows the PMS and cant be adjusted in flight

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rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 7:51 AM

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Yay, 7-something hours later I'm still in the air

dusty sky Apr 6, 2026, 7:59 AM

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Me when better pushback

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 8:22 AM

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On the subject of Italy….

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Fuck sake

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Ridiculous

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 8:40 AM

#

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Huh, I wonder if anything's wrong...

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I think it's been like that for a while and I just didn't notice dogelul

dusty sky Apr 6, 2026, 9:24 AM

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judgement

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idk bro that's not very normal

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 9:26 AM

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rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 9:27 AM

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dusty sky idk bro that's not very normal

Tbf I was empty & light, so it felt absolutely fine on just 2 engines

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I did an in-flight restart afterwards, and transferred all the fuel from the centre tanks into the wing tanks too

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Ngl, the 1011 fuel system is kinda fun

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 9:42 AM

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runic hare On the subject of Italy….

do u alawys just get called in on home standby

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 9:49 AM

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rustic charm

ltus livery so good

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 9:50 AM

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Yeah

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Amazing on trijets

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 10:16 AM

#

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the sim froze after that screenshot

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 10:36 AM

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😭

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A screenshot so good the sim decided to look at it for a while longer

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 10:37 AM

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it thankfully unfroze

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i hate this new routing

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takes a long time to get to india

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 10:37 AM

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Oh yeah, it's quite a bit of a detour

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Although tbf

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 10:37 AM

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16 hours instead of 13

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Sadge

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 10:38 AM

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I've always found that going towards the middle east feels, idk, longer than it should

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I guess it's just perception, generally you think the countries here aren't that big, so once you're away from Europe you just think "Hey, just Turkey and Iraq left, then a bit over the gulf and I'm landing in Dubai". Then... 4 hours

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Btw

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How hard is it to do a simple repaint for XP

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I just want to change the colour of the TSO 744 engines

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They should be blue, but the paint doesn't fully work so for me they are white

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 10:55 AM

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rustic charm How hard is it to do a simple repaint for XP

not too hard

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depends if u do it with blender or paint/gimp

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 11:00 AM

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Well, which is easier

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That's what matters to me lol

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 11:01 AM

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for engines most likely gimp

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unless u know how blender works

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i used to make liveries in gimp

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it worked well for simple stuff

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 11:07 AM

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Fair

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Guess will eventually try

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 11:22 AM

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1.30 hr left

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thank god

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 11:38 AM

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runic hare Ridiculous

Ugh

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 11:39 AM

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rustic charm Huh, I wonder if anything's wrong...

Cross feed valves open?

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The vertical ones

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 11:39 AM

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They weren't, I fixed it later lol

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 11:39 AM

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Oh right hahah

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:48 PM

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trim harbor do u alawys just get called in on home standby

Yeah atm because we are undercrewed massively

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:49 PM

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runic hare Yeah atm because we are undercrewed massively

send the application, im omw

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:49 PM

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lol

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:49 PM

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is it hard to become cc actually

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:49 PM

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https://careers.ryanair.com/jobs/?title=Cabin+Crew&ryanair-jobs-department=&ryanair-jobs-location=

Jobs

We Are Ryanair! and we are GROWING! With over 25,000 aviation professionals from over 70 countries and we are not stopping there! As we will create thousands of new jobs as we grow to 300m guests by 2034. Life at Ryanair Hard work and determination are key but you have to have a little fun.

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6 pages of bases

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Like u need to k ow your shit and be ready to get paid fuck all

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:50 PM

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bruh the pay is bad?

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im suprised

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:50 PM

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Yeah

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Ryanair is terrible

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:52 PM

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is it a fun job though?

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:52 PM

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Very

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM

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they dont have a pay thing set out

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i dont like that

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM

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No

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM

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runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM

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In Germany it’s about 23-26k eur per year after tax

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM

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WTF ONLY?

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM

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Uk it’s between 21-23k

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Yeah

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM

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nevermind

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM

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It’s nothing

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 12:54 PM

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52k vs 26k

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yikes

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but it seems like a direct entry into aviation

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runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 12:56 PM

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Ye

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I gotta board a bunch of angry sweaty Italians now

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:00 PM

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runic hare In Germany it’s about 23-26k eur per year after tax

My friend is a truck driver and earns more...

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That's very sad to hear

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:01 PM

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lufthansa pays equally as trash

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:01 PM

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It's a very important safety critical job

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Oof

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:01 PM

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atleast for lufthansa city

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i dont wanna sound like this guy but idk if i could do short haul FA

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i'd much prefer flying long haul

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:01 PM

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And spending so much time flying does have some real health implications

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:02 PM

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trim harbor i dont wanna sound like this guy but idk if i could do short haul FA

I don't think I could deal being a F/A instead of a pilot. I'd personally feel like being a failure TO ME

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I'd just have to work in a completely different industry

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Obviously not saying F/A are "worse", or that I don't respect them

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It's just looking at that from my life's (and choices) perspective

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And yeah, I know it's a "toxic" way to look at it

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It's how my brain works unfortunately, and I'm aware it has probably caused me some big issues from a "career" PoV 🙁

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:04 PM

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any job in aviation is a job i'd like to do

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becoming a pilots' expensive and if i have some history w the airline they might pay bit of it ontop

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aerologics' offering ATPL academy with direct entry on the T7 for a whopping 115kEUR

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which seems decent

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:05 PM

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trim harbor aerologics' offering ATPL academy with direct entry on the T7 for a whopping 115...

A friend of mine went to Spain and paid just shy of 80k

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Integrated ATPL

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Before next year, I'll have to figure out if it's possible/responsible getting this amount of money myself and seeing if I can actually do it

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:07 PM

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trim harbor becoming a pilots' expensive and if i have some history w the airline they might...

Becoming a pilot isn't too expensive, becoming an airline pilot costs more than a fucking house dogelul

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:07 PM

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I hope I'm not offending anyone, but I'm not too fond of the idea of being a "hobbyist" pilot

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Don't think the economic and environmental cost is worth it for my own personal enjoyment

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No matter how much I'd actually enjoy doing it

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:08 PM

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I mean, I'm just not too interested in GA, or even bizjets

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So like, I would like to get through to airlines

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:09 PM

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Yeah same

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I'd definitely rather do the integrated than modular

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For this exact same reason

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And think that in the US you'd have to get 10k hours before being able to work for the airlines...

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Because of an incident that had nothing to do about lack of experience

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:11 PM

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trim harbor aerologics' offering ATPL academy with direct entry on the T7 for a whopping 115...

Emirates academy's integrated ATPL is $220k...

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AirArabia is 190k iirc

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:11 PM

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rustic charm Emirates academy's integrated ATPL is $220k...

They only accept 18/19 y/o people or university graduates too IIRC

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:11 PM

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I think it's 18 - 26

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:12 PM

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Maybe the changed since I looked at it then?

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IIRC 21-26 was only if you completed university

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:12 PM

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Yep

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Before 21 you only need a high school certificate to apply

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After 21 you need a degree

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:13 PM

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So that's me gone 🥲

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(not that I could have afforded 200k+ 😅 )

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:14 PM

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Tbf they just raised the price recently

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I think I know why

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:14 PM

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When I looked at it I think it was still 180k or something

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:14 PM

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Before March it was 180k

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Which is still expensive

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But also at least that covers everything

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You get accommodation for the duration of the course, 3 daily meals, etc

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:14 PM

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And the reason why it's expensive is because you'd get paid a lot in Emirates

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:15 PM

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Tbf I wouldn't be too certain on getting right to Emirates

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Wouldn't be too surprised if FlyDubai was the first stop

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:15 PM

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Well, IIRC they did advertise that they'd give you a type rating on the 777 or A380

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:16 PM

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Hmm, not seen that

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But could be tbf

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:16 PM

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rustic charm But could be tbf

Maybe I'm misremembering

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I saw that half a year ago

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:16 PM

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rustic charm Emirates academy's integrated ATPL is $220k...

wtf

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love unpausing the sim

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:16 PM

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Well 220k is due to what I expect is rising fuel prices

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I wonder who caused the rising fuel prices

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:17 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/trump-donald-trump-thumbs-up-good-yes-gif-13303990716584415679

Tenor

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:17 PM

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It was normally 180k

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And as I said, that includes an apartment on campus for 2 years (a rather nice one too)

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:17 PM

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for direct entry for LH

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:17 PM

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The only positive thing that could come out of the fuel price hike is more support for electric trains 🙏

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:17 PM

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hoenstly not too bad

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:18 PM

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trim harbor for direct entry for LH

Don't you have to pass a special psychological exam for DLH?

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A few of my friends were trying to avoid DLH and other LH Groups carriers for this reason

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(like EWG)

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:18 PM

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Well, knowing about that flight, I wouldn't be surprised if DLH/Lufthansa Group are stricter on that

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:18 PM

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Yes

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:18 PM

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reef isle Don't you have to pass a special psychological exam for DLH?

shrug

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dont see why i'd fail tho

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i already have control of peoples life ArtiaSmug

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:19 PM

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I'd always be scared to do any kind of psychological examination. I can't help but feel that a lot of it is very always very "subjective"

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:19 PM

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it is

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it's based on scores and stuff

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i've had the pleasure to view a few when doing my psych ward training

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:20 PM

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Yeah but like, maybe one psychologist thinks X is fine, another thinks you're the next Lubitz

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:20 PM

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Well, tbf every academy (especially ATPL courses) requires some psychological evaluation

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:20 PM

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reef isle Yeah but like, maybe one psychologist thinks X is fine, another thinks you're th...

Maybe I Just don't know, and I'm scared of what I don't know hahah

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:21 PM

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But usually they're not like full-on evaluations

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:21 PM

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if all fails ill just do my ppl and vibe

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:21 PM

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Yeah, it's fairly basic

reef isle Apr 6, 2026, 1:21 PM

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trim harbor if all fails ill just do my ppl and vibe

Advanced Ultralight

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Is just a little harder than to get a driver's license

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kekw

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:22 PM

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seems like a dream

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:23 PM

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rustic charm But usually they're not like full-on evaluations

With Emirates for example, they simply pose it like a 'no wrong answers' assessment to 'build a picture of your personality traits'

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:23 PM

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15 hour flight
get hit with this

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i just wanna land boss

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:24 PM

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rustic charm With Emirates for example, they simply pose it like a 'no wrong answers' assessm...

I didn't yet get that far, so can't say what it looks like

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:25 PM

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or guy sdont worry

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if ppl doesnt work either jsut build a homecockpit

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same price as a ppl

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shrug

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:25 PM

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Tbf with WinWing it's getting cheaper and cheaper too

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I am still absolutely shocked by a $350 full A320 overhead panel

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:26 PM

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i am thinking about building a homecockpit

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:26 PM

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Like come on

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:26 PM

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for that reason

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:26 PM

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$350????

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That's a steal

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Around $500 for a force feedback floor-mounted yoke, essentially a 1:1 737 yoke replica?

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:27 PM

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how much would a current a320 cockpit from them cost

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:28 PM

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Let me see

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:28 PM

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another sunset landing

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:28 PM

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Counting prices listed for global shipping here

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:30 PM

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actually a terrible approach

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landing right into the sun

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also smoggy/foggy asf

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:32 PM

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Sidestick: $62.40
Full throttle pack: $242.98
Airbus rudder with damper: $338.56
Full A320 glareshield: $319.05
MCDU: $133.85
ECAM: $57.63
AGP: 116.34

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Total: $1270.81

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:33 PM

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this is awful oml

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rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:33 PM

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Add $350 for a full overhead when it eventually appears

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There's 1 major problem right now though

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No PFD/ND

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:34 PM

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trim harbor actually a terrible approach

Yeah that doesn't look nice at all...

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Landing right into the sun is annoying

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

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this is why i hate flying to india

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the smogs awful

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:36 PM

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Yeah, wouldn't wanna do that

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:36 PM

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its cool smog is acc modelled in the game tho

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:36 PM

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Never actually flown to india in sims yet

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:37 PM

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empty airspace if i do say so myself

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:37 PM

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fickle oar its cool smog is acc modelled in the game tho

yes

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:37 PM

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The closest I did was Sri Lanka

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:37 PM

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theres not a lot of good msfs sceneries for india sadly

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:38 PM

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fickle oar its cool smog is acc modelled in the game tho

Agree, it's nice the game does it

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Also light pollution, I don't think any sims other than MSFS do it

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:38 PM

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my love

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:38 PM

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myeah

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xp has decent clouds but the nightlights are just sprites afaik

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so no emitted light

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D:

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:39 PM

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it's probably coming

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lr has been cooking with xp12

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:39 PM

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Oh definitely, they're upgrading and upgrading

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:39 PM

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xp is Untitled1

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:39 PM

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So I wouldn't say that anything is completely off the table

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:40 PM

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lack of addon updates and generally new ones

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:40 PM

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it's too bad because xplane is genuinely an amazing platform

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:40 PM

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and the sim requires quite some effort to just look pleasing visually still

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:40 PM

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trim harbor my love

Would be cooler if it was an MD-11 :P

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3 engines is always cooler than 2

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:41 PM

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rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:42 PM

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Probably gotta fly an MD-11

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But idk where

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:42 PM

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quito

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LH cargo

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:42 PM

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Don't wanna do long hauls

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I would've done a Delta delivery, but...

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Delta's based in ATL

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I hate ATL

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Would've done a Delta 772 delivery too, but same issue

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I love how Delta's old liveries look

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Even Ron Allen which iirc many people dislike

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:44 PM

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rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:45 PM

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That sounds cool

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But

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My DLH 11 is in Frankfurt

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:45 PM

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the current delta livery is criminally lame

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:45 PM

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yes

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:45 PM

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compared to ron allen or widget

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:45 PM

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Exactly

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Honestly

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Even Deltaflot was better imo

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:45 PM

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yes

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it would make sense for them to bring back some similar to those older ones nowadays, as they are trying to up their premium game again

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:46 PM

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Honestly Delta liveries have always been amazing/great, until now

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:46 PM

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cant exactly say that the current eurowhite screams premium

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:47 PM

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Even back in piston ops days they had an amazing livery

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:47 PM

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bring back cheatlines

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also does anyone have the ursa throttle

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:48 PM

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whats that

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:48 PM

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Like, try to tell me this doesn't look incredible

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:48 PM

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winctrl airbus throttle

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:48 PM

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rustic charm Like, try to tell me this doesn't look *incredible*

Admittedly sitting there for

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6 FCKING HOURS

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:49 PM

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oh i only have some other stuff from wnctrl

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:49 PM

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To just get from LA to Atlanta

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:49 PM

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it's alright

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:49 PM

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Was not as amazing

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:49 PM

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i c

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:49 PM

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quality wise it's good

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but i have some screw issues

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:49 PM

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cuz i was gonna ask how one would bind it with the l1011

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:49 PM

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i gotta retighten my screws every few days/weeks

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not a big deal but annoying

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:50 PM

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do u have the airbus stick?

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:50 PM

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neg, i have combat stuff as i flew alot of dcs

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:50 PM

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I use the TM stick and Honeycomb Bravo for throttles. No problems with either

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:50 PM

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icl, quality of the dampening is poop but hey its 60 bucks so

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prolly gonna get a Bruner and a Moza later on

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:51 PM

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Well, I used Honeycomb, but currently it sits in a storage unit cause I had to move around a bit, and the bravo is just bit too bulky to constantly take with you

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:51 PM

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myeah

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speaking of the bravo

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blackbird controls have got some sick throttles for it

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727 replicas

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etc

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:52 PM

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Yeah, they're quite good iirc

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Don't own any custom levers for it yet

fickle oar Apr 6, 2026, 1:52 PM

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V1 has been praising them quite a lot

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 1:52 PM

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But I plan to get a bunch

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I've even seen DC-6 sets on ebay

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Prodesksim also have a bunch, I've been told theirs are bit worse than blackbird though

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But also, they are the only ones who have MD-11 levers for example

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 1:56 PM

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they're decently priced ngl

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rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 2:03 PM

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Honestly I'm not sure how I got here but I don't think that's an MD-11

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 2:03 PM

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w finnair livery

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 2:04 PM

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Tbf I prefer the older one, but I think 340s didn't wear it

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I did have an MD-11 in the older livery, but I don't think it was updated to v2

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Ngl, if I had a choice irl of any single plane to get a TR on, it'd be a tough choice between the 340 and the MD-11

#

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trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

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rustic charm

toulouse_

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

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Toulouse indeed

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Every big airbus starts there

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 5:27 PM

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trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 5:27 PM

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pick me up mom

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im scared

runic hare Apr 6, 2026, 5:33 PM

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Nah that’s fire

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 5:38 PM

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lmao

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manual flight lets go

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 5:39 PM

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Where tf are you flying to, that weather doesn't look like Earth

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 5:40 PM

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rustic charm Where tf are you flying to, that weather doesn't look like Earth

KORF

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norfolk airport

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we doin cat 3 dual on this one 💪

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the closer i get the more red it gets jfc

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 5:44 PM

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Do you have some beef with Thor or something

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 5:45 PM

#

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i really gotta be sent into retraining for the a320

rustic charm Apr 6, 2026, 5:51 PM

#

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ILS decided to say "aight I'm out"

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Still no ILS, so going visual

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MSFS weather be like

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dusty sky Apr 6, 2026, 7:06 PM

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How much I'd love the flight factor 777

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Or the felis

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 8:47 PM

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dusty sky How much I'd love the flight factor 777

lag machine

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both of them

trim harbor Apr 6, 2026, 9:40 PM

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hollow oracle Apr 6, 2026, 10:53 PM

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lmao

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thank you navigraph, i wasnt sure what app i had launched

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it does that sometimes where its like double size, but ive never had it be half of the screen before

hollow oracle Apr 7, 2026, 12:25 AM

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new xplane update bad :(

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simtoolkit crashed my sim when i launched it and connected it

runic hare Apr 7, 2026, 2:09 AM

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reef isle I don't think I could deal being a F/A instead of a pilot. I'd personally feel l...

I had the exact same opinion tbh, but I was pissed off at my old job and was flying a lot so I wondered if this was possible for me. Decided to apply and yeah I’ve stuck with it. It does also take a very very special type of person to do this job as well and it’s not exactly an easy job but it gets you into aviation and you get so see some really really cool shit.

runic hare Apr 7, 2026, 2:14 AM

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reef isle Don't you have to pass a special psychological exam for DLH?

You need one for any job working on planes, not just pilots and not just Lufthansa group. After the Germanwings incident it became pretty standard practice across the industry. A lot of safeguards now compared to before. At Ryanair we have a zero trust policy so no one is ever left in the FD by themselves with the door locked under any circumstances. DLH group have a very similar thing these days.

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Also I wanna note a fully integrated course is all well and good until you realise you have a 6 month leeway before your licence expires and it was all for naught. Modular takes longer and is considerably cheaper and it also gives you a really good in to keep the licence if airlines decide to lay off half their employees because fuel is too expensive.

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A lot of people I know had significant issues with integrated courses

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Also knowing those people, they are all unbearable “daddy’s money” types

reef isle Apr 7, 2026, 5:00 AM

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Riiight

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I see

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 10:49 AM

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runic hare Also I wanna note a fully integrated course is all well and good until you reali...

Wait, what's that about 6 months before the license expires?

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Genuinely curious cause I don't think I've seen any mentions of that, maybe something I missed

runic hare Apr 7, 2026, 1:01 PM

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Just for ATPL if your not flying

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That might just be a CAA thing

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Remains of a Greek sparrow

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Or some small thing

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 1:24 PM

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Ah, understandable

reef isle Apr 7, 2026, 1:27 PM

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No Sorry

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I didn't want to delete it

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https://www.bristol.gs/what-is-a-frozen-atpl/

Bristol Groundschool

What is a Frozen ATPL?

A frozen ATPL applies if a student has passed all of their theoretical exams but has not yet flown the minimum hours of 1500.

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It's back

dusky leaf Apr 7, 2026, 2:27 PM

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No bunnies were harmed in this flight

PA-18-210_KingCub_-_2026-04-07_15.23.42.png

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 2:47 PM

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Alaska

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Honestly, the wildlife & aviation mix there is just crazy

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I think the only ever recorded aircraft fishstrike was in Alaska?

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Then I've heard about deerstrikes

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Bearstrikes too I think?

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Btw, there's a free Yak-40 for XP12, right? Remember someone tellng me

trim harbor Apr 7, 2026, 3:22 PM

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dusty sky Apr 7, 2026, 3:39 PM

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rustic charm Btw, there's a free Yak-40 for XP12, right? Remember someone tellng me

yeah

dusky leaf Apr 7, 2026, 5:49 PM

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rustic charm Btw, there's a free Yak-40 for XP12, right? Remember someone tellng me

https://x-aero.ru/

X-AERO.RU - Моды для авиасимуляторов

X-AERO.RU - Моды для авиасимуляторов. Без сомнения самый мощный ресурс в рунете для авиасимуляторов X-Plane и MSFS

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Was great in 11, not tried in 12

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 5:51 PM

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Neat, thanks

trim harbor Apr 7, 2026, 6:43 PM

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love the a330

trim harbor Apr 7, 2026, 7:17 PM

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-353fpm

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i cant land for shit anymore

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Sadge

tired pond Apr 7, 2026, 7:30 PM

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tired pond Apr 7, 2026, 7:30 PM

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trim harbor i cant land for shit anymore

What's wrong with that?

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 7:33 PM

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Dear XP

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How am I supposed to deliver planes

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When the factory airports don't exist 😭

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Idk why UWKG just doesn't exist at all

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I need to get my Tupolevs somehow

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How hard is it to edit scenery in XP

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Cause like, if I can at least place the apron, a couple taxiways and the runway, that's good enough for me

dusty sky Apr 7, 2026, 7:49 PM

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trim harbor -353fpm

Bro I landed an A330 -833

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Idk why you're complaining

tired pond Apr 7, 2026, 7:52 PM

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Anything below 500 is fine, people are too obsessed about buttering it and then float down the runway lmao

dusty sky Apr 7, 2026, 7:53 PM

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I wanted like -300 maybe on that landing

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 7:53 PM

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There's one rather important reason why buttering is not necessary

dusty sky Apr 7, 2026, 7:53 PM

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But ofc the plane decided to climb and fucked me up

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 7:53 PM

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That being, the runway ain't infinite

dusty sky Apr 7, 2026, 7:54 PM

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rustic charm That being, the runway ain't infinite

Meanwhile the 767 pilots slamming it every landing

tired pond Apr 7, 2026, 7:54 PM

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RAAS be like 10 metres remaining and you still haven't touched down

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 7:54 PM

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dusty sky Meanwhile the 767 pilots slamming it every landing

I mean, it takes a lot of runway to stop a 767

dusty sky Apr 7, 2026, 7:55 PM

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At jfk?

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 7:55 PM

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Anywhere

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Tbf, if I'm on a flight, I'd rather land with a bit of a bang than look out of the window and see the touchdown markings come and go

hollow oracle Apr 7, 2026, 7:58 PM

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Gs are the more important measurement for landing too

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 7:58 PM

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Like, when you're in an A320/737 and come to land on a 4km runway, you can sacrifice some landing distance for smoothness. When you're in the likes of a 777, best not

dusty sky Apr 7, 2026, 8:00 PM

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I'd rather autoland in CAVOK conditions at this point cuz I get like -700 every landing

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 8:01 PM

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If you autoland every time, you'll never learn

hollow oracle Apr 7, 2026, 8:01 PM

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autoland in sims is way too inconsistent too

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 8:03 PM

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Really depends on the devs from my experience

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So yeah, it might do good

hollow oracle Apr 7, 2026, 8:03 PM

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and the quality of the airport you're landing at too

rustic charm Apr 7, 2026, 8:03 PM

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It might as well don't dogelul

dusty sky Apr 7, 2026, 8:06 PM

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I have landed at kai tak smoother than at Dubai bro I am inconsistent af 😭

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:42 AM

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I mean, that's already better than empty

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I have a runway at least

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A very uneven runway

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:48 AM

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rustic charm A very uneven runway

for that you can just tick a box

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:48 AM

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Fair

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I'm still only getting to grips with the editor

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 10:48 AM

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what did you do my guy

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:48 AM

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Which tbf is quite a bit better than MSFS

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 10:49 AM

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or you could like

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uninstall the scenery

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:49 AM

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My whole thinking in this case is just "Anything is better than not having the airport at all"

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 10:49 AM

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then go to steam

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:49 AM

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dusty sky uninstall the scenery

There's no scenery

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:49 AM

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I'm be happy to pay, at some point I'd appreciate if you could share some of these, the lack of these small airports has been frustrating for me too

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:49 AM

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UWKG just doesn't exist

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 10:50 AM

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xplane 12

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properties

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:50 AM

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reef isle I'm be happy to pay, at some point I'd appreciate if you could share some of the...

Well tbf you won't use this one unless you do deliveries

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 10:50 AM

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installed files

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verify integrety of game files

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:50 AM

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I imagine the reason it doesn't exist in the first place is because, being a Tupolev factory, it's considered a strategic military object

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 10:51 AM

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oh

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:51 AM

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Finding any info about it is a pain

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 10:51 AM

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that's the tupolev factory 💀

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there was an american airlines 787 that flew to constanta here in romania on the 4th

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:52 AM

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I can literally see on the maps that both runway ends have ILS, but can I make it? No. Why? Cause there's 0 information

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:52 AM

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rustic charm I can literally see on the maps that both runway ends have ILS, but can I make i...

Just make it up kekw

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:53 AM

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I might

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Tbf, I myself won't need it to have ILS lol

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Cause I'll only be flying out of there

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But well

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Once I'm done with this one and understand the editor a bit

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If there's any airport you feel is missing, I don't mind looking at it

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:55 AM

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I had a big navigraph flight plan with all Yak-40 flights from an airport, and almost all of them were missing

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let's see if I can find it

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:55 AM

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Obviously I won't do great or high-quality stuff, I can't

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But I imagine even just something you can fly into is better than having nothing

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:56 AM

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Ah yes, this time the problem was that the airport wasn't in navigraph kekw

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:56 AM

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Hahah

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It can happen if it's closed and not well-known

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:57 AM

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yeah the airport is actually there

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but isn't recognized as such

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IIRC Baiknour cosmodrome was the same

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I'm sure I still have my beluga flight plan somewhere

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:58 AM

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Seriously?

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:58 AM

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(I'll never fly it kekw )

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:59 AM

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Not having Baikonur is weird

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:59 AM

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#

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I did all of this by hand, the simbrief ones were absolutely terrible

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I did it so long ago that one airway already broke 😭

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 11:01 AM

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The first is this one, right? Kolpashevo

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 11:02 AM

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Looks like it yes

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 11:16 AM

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rustic charm Not having Baikonur is weird

W spaceport

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 11:17 AM

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I hope you do realise that if I make it, it'll be just the runways, taxiways etc dogelul

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I have no idea where to even start with any custom objects

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 11:22 AM

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rustic charm I mean, that's already better than empty

Also I just realised just how wide that runway is

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100m is a lot lol

runic hare Apr 8, 2026, 11:24 AM

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rustic charm Not having Baikonur is weird

It is somewhere because I’ve flown to it I think

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Some Russian forum somewhere on the internet

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 11:24 AM

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Hmm, fair

runic hare Apr 8, 2026, 11:25 AM

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Amazing thing with XP tho you can add brand new airports

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 11:25 AM

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runic hare Apr 8, 2026, 11:25 AM

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Set ILS, VOR’s and have everything work like it was default scenery

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 11:26 AM

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runic hare Amazing thing with XP tho you can add brand new airports

Yep

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Overall it seems much easier to make stuff than in MSFS

runic hare Apr 8, 2026, 11:28 AM

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You can get Kai Tak in xp it doesn’t exist on the default scenery

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 11:40 AM

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Gotta say, making taxiways ain't that simple

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Great success, we have some janky taxiways and aprons

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Btw this is how the whole Tupolev facility looks like kekw

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 12:36 PM

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rustic charm Great success, we have some janky taxiways and aprons

Scenery dev arc

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 12:36 PM

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Basically lol

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 1:53 PM

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Damn, kinda proud even

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 3:48 PM

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let him cook

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 5:44 PM

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Why the fuck are there basketball courts inside the Tupolev airport/factory

civic aspen Apr 8, 2026, 5:53 PM

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reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 6:31 PM

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civic aspen

It's almost the same 🥲

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:05 PM

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https://youtu.be/IVTGZdGB9ko

YouTube

PMDG Simulations Official

PMDG 737-700 Release Preview | Release 09APR26 | "Worth the Wait"

AviatorCro has created this release preview trailer for the upcoming PMDG 737-700NG for MSFS 2024. The 737-700 delivers on Thursday, 09APR26 complete with the new High Detail Update to bring the PMDG 737NG product line up to date as one of the best products available in MSFS 2024.

The lineage of the PMDG 737NG series has evolved along with the...

▶ Play video

hollow oracle Apr 8, 2026, 7:06 PM

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2024 only :(

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:06 PM

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kind of a bumnme rthat its the 70

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BBJ and cargo

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rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 7:11 PM

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hollow oracle 2024 only :(

I mean, we already have them for 2020

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How much will it cost anyway, roughly the price of a coffee?

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:19 PM

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box ops

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 7:19 PM

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Does the default XP library really not include a single dirt road...

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What am I supposed to do now? UWKG literally consists of dirt roads 😭

hollow oracle Apr 8, 2026, 7:25 PM

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rustic charm How much will it cost anyway, roughly the price of a coffee?

a couple of coffees actually

hollow oracle Apr 8, 2026, 7:25 PM

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rustic charm I mean, we already have them for 2020

not this updated versiont hough

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:26 PM

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rustic charm How much will it cost anyway, roughly the price of a coffee?

free

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 7:27 PM

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Nah, don't lie to me

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:27 PM

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they said it'll be free

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 7:27 PM

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PMDG and free never stand in the same sentence

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But tbf, I guess it's cool

tired pond Apr 8, 2026, 7:38 PM

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The update adding the cabin and stuff for the 600, 800 and 900 for MF2024 are free

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:42 PM

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dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 7:43 PM

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bro what

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I think the flaps are stuck as well

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:48 PM

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LOL

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what r u flying

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 7:49 PM

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737-800

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uh

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 7:50 PM

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If flaps/slats are stuck on one side, I'm pretty sure you're supposed to extend flaps to get the other side to the same position (or at least as close as possible)

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You really don't want to fly with flaps out on one wing, but not on the other

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 7:50 PM

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they're both stuck

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 7:51 PM

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Well

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Then

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Good luck I guess

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:53 PM

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dusty sky they're both stuck

ur time to shine

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 7:53 PM

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Yep

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:53 PM

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you're sitting in the left seat after all

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 7:53 PM

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Time to unleash all the piloting skill you have and don't have

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:53 PM

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ArtiaSmug

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 7:54 PM

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ok I landed

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how tf did I land smoother with flap asymmetry than with a perfectly good A330

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:56 PM

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night flights r chill

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 7:56 PM

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yeah they're both stuck

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 7:57 PM

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im super light which made it even better

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rocket climb to 400

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:01 PM

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so I engine striked

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which all things considered not terrible

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:03 PM

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Holy kitbash

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:04 PM

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terrible landing

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:06 PM

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Also fun, this all needs to be just random low density housing. Guess will have to build that by hand too...

hollow oracle Apr 8, 2026, 8:20 PM

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dusty sky

you're overcontrolling the aircraft hard

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you get on a stable approach path, you make small, smooth inputs to correct your course if you need to, and you let the aircraft fly itself down to the runway

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:28 PM

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hollow oracle you get on a stable approach path, you make small, smooth inputs to correct your...

Yeah but if it was smooth the plane would have dived into the ground

hollow oracle Apr 8, 2026, 8:28 PM

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that means your configuration wasn't right

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:28 PM

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dusty sky uh

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Brother

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:29 PM

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Well you can't quite configure much with stuck flaps

hollow oracle Apr 8, 2026, 8:29 PM

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oh, i didnt know that was the same flight curseddogesmile

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 8:29 PM

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dusty sky

That's a proper FSX Trailer landing

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:29 PM

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What kekw

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 8:30 PM

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dusty sky What <:kekw:1063926693066182677>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApqyUhPKV3o

YouTube

遊樂道場 Play Dojo

Flight Simulator X Trailer 2

PC Flight Simulator X Trailer

▶ Play video

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 8:30 PM

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reef isle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApqyUhPKV3o

legendary trailer

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:31 PM

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That's so accurate tho

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Average flight sim community

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 8:31 PM

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i've never paid attention to the (i presume) wind farms in the channel

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hollow oracle Apr 8, 2026, 8:32 PM

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ye, isnt that towards the netherlands

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:32 PM

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Yeah there's a bunch of them

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 8:32 PM

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YA

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caps

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:32 PM

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In the channel, also in the North Sea off the east coast of England

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 8:33 PM

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i knew about them in the north sea and england, just not the channel

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:33 PM

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What was that oil rig again

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 8:33 PM

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TIL

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:33 PM

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Sealand

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?

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I hate autocorrect

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 8:38 PM

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g'ole london

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:39 PM

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Guys give me a small runway in Europe

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:42 PM

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I'd say this part is done

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:42 PM

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dusty sky Guys give me a small runway in Europe

Innsbruck

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Or Berlin Tempelhof

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:43 PM

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rustic charm I'd say this part is done

Just all of this left now

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:44 PM

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Now it would be nice if discord loaded the fucking image

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:44 PM

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Oh and of course, still a couple more aprons to pave, and I need to do all the apron markings yet

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 8:45 PM

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Omg it loaded

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 8:45 PM

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It's bit annoying the editor doesn't let you copy and paste stuff, idk how I'm gonna be making the red octagons for parking stands, cause they are supposed to be identical, yet manually I doubt I'll be able to do that

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@reef isle I mean, this looks good enough, right?

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 9:00 PM

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dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 9:03 PM

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Why is discord taking 70 years to load images today

trim harbor Apr 8, 2026, 9:03 PM

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rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 9:04 PM

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dusty sky Why is discord taking 70 years to load images today

You probably just have poor connection

hollow oracle Apr 8, 2026, 9:06 PM

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dusty sky Why is discord taking 70 years to load images today

its funny, we just changed from spectrum to verizon internet, and i've been on wifi all day because i need to buy a longer ethernet cable, so i've been like paranoid that it's because of verizon kekw

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 9:35 PM

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Since I have most of the basics done, I think it's time to use the airport in a flight

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 9:36 PM

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Where is my guy gonna fly

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 9:37 PM

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Now time to try to understand this

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 9:37 PM

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dusty sky Where is my guy gonna fly

Well obviously the first delivery I do is Aeroflot, over to Sheremetyevo

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 9:38 PM

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Are you gonna deliver Tarom

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 9:39 PM

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Maybe eventually

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Don't see why not

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Okay how do I remove the pitot and engine covers

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 9:42 PM

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Tablet

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I think

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 9:44 PM

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It's fucking 1984 I ain't got no tablets

dusty sky Apr 8, 2026, 9:45 PM

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The menu on the left

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 9:46 PM

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Okay yeah that's useful

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Thanks

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Gotta load over 5 tons of cargo (think just ballast) to simply get TOCG into working range lol

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Beauty ain't it

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 10:27 PM

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Hahah, the crew voices in this thing are amazing

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If you forget something and run through the checklist, they'll have some angry comment about it lol

reef isle Apr 8, 2026, 10:56 PM

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I think that's Felis himself

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If you look up at one of his tutorial videos that's his voice

rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 11:07 PM

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Well there are multiple voices there

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But I wouldn't be surprising if Felis voiced the majority himself

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Now it's time to try to figure out all of this

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rustic charm Apr 8, 2026, 11:33 PM

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https://tenor.com/bNBIH.gif

Tenor

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Great success

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Out of 3 engines I have

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0 engines are working

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Welp, it's almost 4am, I'm not really ready to deal with this at 4am lol

nimble sphinx Apr 9, 2026, 1:07 AM

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Today was my L1011 learning curve day

nimble sphinx Apr 9, 2026, 1:54 AM

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Needless to say I totally didn't get the INS to set up correctly, but I got it up in the air somehow

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 3:57 AM

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rustic charm Now it's time to try to figure out *all of this*

I envy you for being able to use a russian cockpit

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 7:51 AM

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trim harbor I envy you for being able to use a russian cockpit

Knowing Russian helps dogelul

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But also

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I still kinda don't understand a good chunk of things

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Cause you have abbreviations etc

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 7:59 AM

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@rustic charm whenever you start using NVU this is your friend

https://forums.x-plane.org/files/file/34331-xnvu-calculator/

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Also if you use LittleNavMap I can share a file with all the RSBNs there

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 8:01 AM

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Thanks!

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Also, I'm not sure what I'm using yet dogelul

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 8:01 AM

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Is bro flying vfr

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 8:02 AM

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Yesterday I was flying in vspeed and roll mode

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Well

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Until the plane gave up

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These nav systems require separate learning

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 8:04 AM

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~~why didn't Russia just use the C-IVA, are they stupid?~~

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 8:07 AM

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I'd say Soviet nav systems are more comprehensive, at least from what it looks like

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 8:46 AM

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Yes they are

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the RSBN implementation is also quite advanced

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 8:51 AM

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I gotta say

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The 154M has literally the most random mix of instruments

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Guess that's what you get when you need to switch from metric to imperial mid-life

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 8:53 AM

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rustic charm Damn, kinda proud even

Some of the Russian library’s would be good for this

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 8:54 AM

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True, maybe I should look up some libraries

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I'm kinda happy with how kitbashing is going for now, it looks decent imo

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The main problem for now is that the area is just very empty

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Which well, I'm working on

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 9:25 AM

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Sorry, I hope I'm not overreaching, feel free to say no, but if at some point you'd like to fly togheter in shared cockpit I'd be happy to spend 5€ to try

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 9:34 AM

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Yeah sure, I don't mind

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I actually wanted to try shared cockpit at some point for a while

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Didn't know it was paid though

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 9:55 AM

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reef isle Sorry, I hope I'm not overreaching, feel free to say no, but if at some point yo...

It’s very good btw

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I did it a few times

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Super smooth experience overall

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No lags or desyncs at all

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 9:56 AM

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rustic charm Didn't know it was paid though

Only I need to pay if I host

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rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 9:59 AM

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So the free one allows to join, but not to host flights?

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 9:59 AM

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yes

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 10:00 AM

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rustic charm So the free one allows to join, but not to host flights?

Yuh

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 10:01 AM

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Fair

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 10:07 AM

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I'd like to do shared cockpit

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anyway plen

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 10:08 AM

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But yeah, I don't mind doing shared cockpit, just tell me what kind of flight you want to do cause I'd need to prepare for it

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 10:09 AM

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reef isle yes

may I ask but on vatsim?

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strange phrasing there but anyway

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 10:11 AM

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I don't know

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I don't think so

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NoOne doesn't fly on VATSIM IIRC

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so I'd defintely not push him to do it

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 10:12 AM

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Well I could try

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I kinda want to try, just can't ever really find a good place

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The controllers either are in the most random places, or part of an event

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And I wouldn't want to do my first flight in an event

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 10:14 AM

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I mean to be fair

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NoOne could fly and you do coms FD

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 10:15 AM

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I just don't think it's my job to push people to do stuff?

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I wouldn't mind

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But it's not up to me to decide

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 10:15 AM

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fair

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I could do vatsim :>

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(ik shocking)

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 10:19 AM

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Well, I'll just put it out here - just ask me, I really don't mind being asked anything like this. If it's something I don't want to do, I will say that, I won't do it. You're not pushing me to do anything by just asking, I really don't mind

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 10:20 AM

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reef isle

I did the beta of this and it worked really well

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This is sharedflight no?

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 10:20 AM

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yes

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 10:20 AM

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is it specifically for msfs?

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 10:20 AM

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Yeahhhh

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Nah this is an xp thing

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 10:21 AM

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Well, it's good that we know it's smooth then

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 10:22 AM

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ooo

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 10:22 AM

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I remember doing CTP with it

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3 of us in the felis 742 Toronto - Rome

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 10:23 AM

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That sounds fun

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 10:23 AM

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Was really fun

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Proper flows and positions

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 10:24 AM

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runic hare 3 of us in the felis 742 Toronto - Rome

that would be fun

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now only if I had the damn money for it

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 10:45 AM

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runic hare 3 of us in the felis 742 Toronto - Rome

which airline?

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 10:59 AM

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rustic charm But yeah, I don't mind doing shared cockpit, just tell me what kind of flight yo...

747 lets go

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 11:00 AM

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what

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 11:14 AM

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Well I only have the 744

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I think shared cockpit would be more fun in older planes

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 11:15 AM

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Get the 742 💔

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 11:15 AM

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Honestly, idk if I want to get it in XP

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I want to see what PMDG comes up with first

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 11:15 AM

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It‘s a good sim no doubt

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Better than msfs

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 11:15 AM

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Oh definitely, I'm not saying it's bad or anything

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 11:15 AM

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But lacking in addons and development of them

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In comparison to msfs

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 11:15 AM

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I just have everything in MSFS

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 11:16 AM

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I have everything in both but

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I dont like setting xplane up

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Good sim but effort som

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Sim

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 11:21 AM

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MSFS has a shared cockpit thingy too iirc, but idk if it's good and stable

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 11:23 AM

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dusty sky which airline?

Alitalia Ofc

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 11:24 AM

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peak

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 11:25 AM

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Oh lord it’s coming

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 11:25 AM

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oh no

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actually

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 11:25 AM

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Honestly cannot wait

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 11:25 AM

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@rustic charm @reef isle boeing 720

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 11:26 AM

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dusty sky actually

Its fine MSFS kids on vatsim can’t figure out XP

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 11:26 AM

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I think the cables on my rudder pedals are dying

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 12:04 PM

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rustic charm MSFS has a shared cockpit thingy too iirc, but idk if it's good and stable

Its mid

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 12:05 PM

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isn't it buggy as well?

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 12:47 PM

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Casually turning XP into a city builer game

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But I just thought that huge empty chunks of land make the airport look even more horrible than it is, and filling those 2 areas will be easier and quicker than trying to build up the whole Tupolev plant

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So basically, I'll just do the easy part first

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 12:54 PM

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me when no felis 747 sadcat2

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I will kick the dead horse until I get it

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 2:03 PM

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@reef isle what do you have in mind for a shared cockpit flight in the end

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 2:48 PM

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runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 4:06 PM

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I think they saw the TU154 and went “I want this”

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 5:22 PM

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rustic charm <@329176818483593228> what do you have in mind for a shared cockpit flight in th...

Didn't have anything in mind

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Just wanted to know if you were up to it at all

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 5:34 PM

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Alright. I just gotta know which planes I need and where dogelul

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 5:34 PM

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Hahahah cool ❤️

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Maybe I can help you out with the navigation

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I can worry about flying the plane while you mess with stuff

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 5:37 PM

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Well tbf I wouldn't exactly put myself into an "obviously captain" role lol, to be fair you're more experienced than me overall, and definitely more experienced in Soviet jets

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Let me look at some flights and see if I can find some interesting routings

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Knowing what Tu-154s are, there will be plenty lol

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 5:42 PM

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can I join

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so observe

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 5:43 PM

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Well thing is, the normal tier of shared cockpit seemingly only allows one person to join

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 5:43 PM

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I'd have to pay more for a ~~threesome~~

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Sorry

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Yeah. I think with the 5$ plan you can only have one free person

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 5:44 PM

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reef isle I'd have to pay more for a ~~threesome~~

That's one way to call it kekw

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 5:47 PM

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reef isle I'd have to pay more for a ~~threesome~~

WHAT

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 5:58 PM

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Hm, @reef isle how long of a flight do you want

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Cause I found

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Probably one of the weirdest flights you could do in a Tu-154

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But it would take like 7:30 (which tbh, I had absolutely no idea a Tu-154 could get even remotely close to)

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Now knowing fs dispatch, it could be wrong

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But it could very well be right too

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Well

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It seems to be real

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 6:07 PM

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I'd need a little bit of planning for such a long flight

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But maybe?

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 6:07 PM

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This is just crazy

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Tbf, I'd pick something shorter first, but this is certainly a flight that I will do at some point

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And the flight afterwards continued to Seattle

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Honestly

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I want to see how the US vatsim controllers would react to that lol

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 6:10 PM

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reef isle I'd have to pay more for a ~~threesome~~

I think I have the full version actually

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 6:11 PM

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"Uhh... Mike-Victor-Lima? 801, could you please clarify the aircraft type?"

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 6:11 PM

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runic hare I think I have the full version actually

Ooooooh 👀

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 6:11 PM

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Gonna have to check when I get back but I believe I do

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Got a special code for being a beta tester

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 6:11 PM

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rustic charm "Uhh... Mike-Victor-Lima? 801, could you please clarify the aircraft type?"

Yeah probably something like that kekw

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 6:12 PM

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rustic charm I want to see how the US vatsim controllers would react to that lol

Someone told me “cool” when I was flying one of the east coast events in a UN livery

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 6:12 PM

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Tbf having 4 crew members in a Tu-154 isn't even wrong either

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 6:13 PM

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Need to get the 134-A3 going

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Someone just sat in the nose saying “left a bit”

reef isle Apr 9, 2026, 6:14 PM

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Hahahahaha yes

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 6:15 PM

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Soviet aviation in a nutshell

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Funnily enough

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In Russia all pilots are still taught the roles of a navigator and a flight engineer in university

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 6:17 PM

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As they should be

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The 204 is coming back they need to start practicing

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 6:18 PM

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So when you graduate from one of 2 flight schools (which are full on universities too, it's 4-5 years of education in Russia), you're qualified to fly as a PIC (obviously while being a first officer in the beginning), but you're also fully able to perform the other roles

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I don't know about the St. Petersburg university, but I am pretty sure Ulyanovsk uses a Yak-40 as the jet training aircraft

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Not even a Yak-42, a Yak-40

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 6:19 PM

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That things pretty much a cropduster so for trainees it’s probably not that bad

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 6:20 PM

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I mean, tbf, in case what you can land it anywhere

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 6:20 PM

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Yeah

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 6:20 PM

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So it's probably a good choice

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What's interesting though is that I'm pretty sure all prior training actually happens on foreign aircraft

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For multi-engine they use DA-42s iirc (or 40s, don't remember)

trim harbor Apr 9, 2026, 6:28 PM

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rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 6:35 PM

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Btw

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So

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A couple flights I could note as kinda cool

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VLK 367: UHWW - UHPP, Petropavlovsk is a neat airport and in good weather the arrivals there have pretty views
VLK 379: UHWW - UHMM, Magadan is kinda cool, total middle of nowhere
MVL 4141: UHMM - UHMA, if Magadan is the total middle of nowhere, then Anadyr is just pure void. It's also the easternmost airline-operated continental airport, located at 177.74 degrees east. Anything further than that is a random dirt strip
AYZ 203: UUWW - URSS, Sochi to be honest is just a cool one to fly into, nice views on approaches and mountains surrounding the airport on 2 sides

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:01 PM

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I'm gonna try flying the 154 again

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if xplane lets me

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last time I tried the game said no

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I think it said yes

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 7:02 PM

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Wait for a second

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:02 PM

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😐

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kekCry

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am I running a bad version?

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 7:03 PM

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Well maybe

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Cause

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I have one version of the M and a B2, they don't work

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:04 PM

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I think the M works for me but looks like shit

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 7:04 PM

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But I got another version of M and it worked fine

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I'm trying to find the website

runic hare Apr 9, 2026, 7:05 PM

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rustic charm 1. VLK 367: UHWW - UHPP, Petropavlovsk is a neat airport and in good weather the...

EDDF-USSS 3 man crew during an event

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:07 PM

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what crack was I on when I loaded it in it looks fine

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nvm

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 7:07 PM

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https://x-aero.ru/cat_xp/aircrafts/

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Second from the top

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Yak-40 is there too

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:08 PM

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new russian technology

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:10 PM

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rustic charm https://x-aero.ru/cat_xp/aircrafts/

do I have to make an account

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 7:10 PM

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Uhh, I don't remember

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Probably not?

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Does it not load or something

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:10 PM

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rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 7:11 PM

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Ah, then probably yeah

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I'd suggest making yourself a "trash bin" email for all that stuff

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:13 PM

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I uninstalled both 154's cuz they're both broken

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I have this so much

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there are so many mods for the 747-200 my god

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 7:43 PM

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Look, this is Petropavlovsk

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AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS

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TAKE NOTES MSFS

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 7:55 PM

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ik it's crazy

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 8:07 PM

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Tbf though I did buy a payware version for MSFS which works fine

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 8:28 PM

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rustic charm Tbf though I did buy a payware version for MSFS which works fine

lmao

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ah yes

rustic charm Apr 9, 2026, 8:33 PM

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WHAT DID YOU DO

dusty sky Apr 9, 2026, 9:35 PM

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rustic charm WHAT DID YOU DO

A lot

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You have to be more specific

trim harbor Apr 10, 2026, 4:24 AM

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rustic charm AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS

A ramp

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R u building a ground version of a russian aircraft carrier

rustic charm Apr 10, 2026, 8:03 AM

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I'm not, MSFS is

rustic charm Apr 10, 2026, 8:19 AM

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Does XP12 have any Soviet props

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An-12, An-24/26, Il-14, etc

reef isle Apr 10, 2026, 8:26 AM

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rustic charm Does XP12 have any Soviet props

Yes?

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There's an An-24, not sure if it got ported to 12 though

rustic charm Apr 10, 2026, 8:27 AM

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Can't find anything about a working one in 12 unfortunately

trim harbor Apr 10, 2026, 8:27 AM

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rustic charm I'm not, MSFS is

I saw it too late mb

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Still funny

reef isle Apr 10, 2026, 8:28 AM

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There was also an IL-14 but again, not sure if it got ported to 12

rustic charm Apr 10, 2026, 8:28 AM

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trim harbor Still funny

It's not too funny to see that on the only taxiway after a 7-hour flight from Moscow kekw

rustic charm Apr 10, 2026, 8:28 AM

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reef isle There was also an IL-14 but again, not sure if it got ported to 12

Sadly can't find anything about it being in 12 either

reef isle Apr 10, 2026, 8:29 AM

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https://forums.x-plane.org/files/file/85116-ilyushin-il-14-p-gear-flaps-fix-for-x-plane-12-two-way-versions/

rustic charm Apr 10, 2026, 8:29 AM

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Thanks

trim harbor Apr 10, 2026, 8:33 AM

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rustic charm It's not too funny to see that on *the only* taxiway after a 7-hour flight from ...

O that was in moscow?

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Yike

rustic charm Apr 10, 2026, 8:34 AM

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No, that's Petropavlovsk

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7 hours away from Moscow

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Not too funny to land there in a triple after a long day and see that lol

rustic charm Apr 10, 2026, 11:05 AM

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Damn, the old Alrosa livery is kinda cool

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Unfortunately finding any flight data is a pain lol

reef isle Apr 10, 2026, 11:25 AM

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finally managed to fly again after almost a week

trim harbor Apr 10, 2026, 11:35 AM

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W livery

rare radish Apr 10, 2026, 4:18 PM

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https://youtu.be/70-qgnDyMZs?si=RYZ1Uy7iVMbFSkSE

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paralell approach with a homie

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Racing until touchdown lol

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Better racing than modern F1 too

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