Anyone fancy flying long haul tomorrow?

[sock]

Will be doing tomorrow, Departing around 9am, 6 hour fligh to Jeddah in saudi arabia anyone wanna join me?

[Titch]

6 HOURS!!!!

U R CRAZY!!!!

[sock]

no i'm not, Lots of ppl do 13 hour flights tbh.

[today]

6 hrs is nothin rly.

[MMOCCMonthly]

Later in the summer holidays I am up for a 6 hour :)

[Titch]

how could u do 13 hours, it must get really boring.

[MMOCCMonthly]

13 hours would get boring...

Is this 6 hours real time, or flight time?

[Adam!]

13 hours would get boring...

Is this 6 hours real time, or flight time?
Flight time/real time is the same?

The flight takes 6 hours in real life, so takes 6 hours on FS.

[sock]

Flight time/real time is the same?

The flight takes 6 hours in real life, so takes 6 hours on FS.

can we stop taking words out of each others mouth plz? it rly 'urts xx

[MMOCCMonthly]

Im up for a 4-6 hour one later in the summer holidays :)

Getting Flight Sim X Deluxe on Monday, so an even better flying experience!

[Luckyrare]

I couldnt fly for 6 hours tbh, max I have ever done a flight for was about 3 hours and I was away from the computer for most of the flight. 13 hours would be a pure waste of time

[clarissa !!]

i seriously dont understand why youd wanna fly a pretend aeroplane for like hours on end

[sock]

lol clarissa, as I've explained a few times, we do it cs we like it, like whatever you love, say makeup, you'll do your makeup for like 10 hours enit (thts what girls do they dumb ye) and we do flights for 6 hours dear x

[Titch]

lol clarissa, as I've explained a few times, we do it cs we like it, like whatever you love, say makeup, you'll do your makeup for like 10 hours enit (thts what girls do they dumb ye) and we do flights for 6 hours dear x

Roflmao,

[sock]

SO IS ANYONE UP FOR THE FLIGHT OR WHAT?

[MMOCCMonthly]

Not Monday, but if you do it in a few weeks time...

[Callum.]

Where do you get this simulator? And do you need any equipment. And any tips on starting and any useful things I should know?

And if you're in the helping mood, drop me a PM about it :).

Thanks.

[Scania]

yes Callum, You need to know alot, But it will all come in time, You can get the game from any good Gamestore, 'Game' etc.

Cody, Ill do it if you want, But I think im late. ^o)

Im thinking in doing like a 16hr flight from Scottish Centre to Hong Kong Kai Tak :P

[today]

lol clarissa, as I've explained a few times, we do it cs we like it, like whatever you love, say makeup, you'll do your makeup for like 10 hours enit (thts what girls do they dumb ye) and we do flights for 6 hours dear x

LOL thats actually very true. :P

[sock]

ur not late sam its tomorrow msg me on msn

[clarissa !!]

lol clarissa, as I've explained a few times, we do it cs we like it, like whatever you love, say makeup, you'll do your makeup for like 10 hours enit (thts what girls do they dumb ye) and we do flights for 6 hours dear x
seriously though, nothing takes me 10 hours other than sleep. i couldnt bare spending that amount of my time at a pc.

[sock]

we don't.. we leave it on autopilot :]

[Adam!]

LOL@Where this thread is going!

[sock]

dno l it was about who wanted to fly long ahul with me, now its turning into some makeup thread lmao!

[clarissa !!]

whats the point doing it then if its on autopilot?!

[Adam!]

whats the point doing it then if its on autopilot?!
Hate to be a geek..

But when you go on any plane, to spain or just Gatwick to London.. Do you think the pilot actually sits there for the whole flight and flies it manually?

Umm, nope! :( - They litrally take it off to about 500ft, bang autopilot on and thats it til about 300ft on the ILS at the arrival airport!

[cocaine]

yeah but when its on autopilot you still need to be there to change the heading and stuff?

[Adam!]

yeah but when its on autopilot you still need to be there to change the heading and stuff?
Flight Management Computer.

[sock]

yep, the fmc does it all. The FMC can also do autoland I think.

[Adam!]

yep, the fmc does it all. The FMC can also do autoland I think.
Yup.. No point in letting autoland do it unless you cannot see the runway lol.

Plus if it lands and your not there, then well your gonna errr run off the end of the runway because it wont make the throttle idle and brake for you.

[sock]

lol ye i know unless u left 3 seconds before landing put the throttle to idle and set autobrake :P

[Bomb-Head]

Did you end up doing the flight? - I'm intruiged to know xD

[sock]

Yes I did :), 6 hours heathrow - Jeddah in Saudi arabia did a crap landing for my first flight in the 747 flying abck tomorrow in a 777

[Bomb-Head]

Yes I did :), 6 hours heathrow - Jeddah in Saudi arabia did a crap landing for my first flight in the 747 flying abck tomorrow in a 777

Wow, at least you had a go, did you end up doing it on your own?

And good luck for tomorrow !

[sock]

Ye I did it on my own, It was a good flight really apart from the landing.

[Adam!]

And you used time excelleration sometime during the flight ;) - It only took you 4 hours.......

[sock]

It didn't? Departed 9:30 arrivated 15:30?

[Adam!]

It didn't? Departed 9:30 arrivated 15:30?
Don't lie lol..

You was connected to Vatsim for 3 hours 59 minutes ;)

[sock]

what? i seriously wasn't using time accelleration

[Titch]

wow gratz on flight, maby u can make landing better tomz.

[sock]

it was just i was goin 2 slow cos i dint know what sped i shud land at in a 747 as it was first time in 747

[MMOCCMonthly]

I would do a long flight, but now I have FSX and its running at 1 - 5 frame rate and I don't know why!

Btw coming into landing in a 747, using visual and always aim high... bring it in with the nose up and back down... keeping it around half-throttle... then when you get nearer, bring it down to reverse, put on the brakes... and you could even just cut the engines, or two of the engines and re-start at the bottom to taxi.

[sock]

lol no, I do know how to land, Its just I was too heavy i think, and dint know what speed i should have been it, and 747s don't put there nose down on landing<3 anyway I land 777s around 155 knots.

[MMOCCMonthly]

Speed in a 747 - around 70 and bring it down, which will bring the back down.

[Paulio]

i was going to buy this game, didin't know you had to fly planes for that long though.

what satisfaction do you get from flying a not real plane for 13 hours and wasting a full day? :S

[sock]

Speed in a 747 - around 70 and bring it down, which will bring the back down.

only cessnas land at around 70 :S

[sock]

can't edit oter post, i dint mean cessna i meant light aircraft :)

[Adam!]

Speed in a 747 - around 70 and bring it down, which will bring the back down.
LOL

It certainly will bring the back of the plane down..

You'll stall and fall out the sky.

Try a landing speed of about 140 knots.

[sock]

I think I was at 140 knots, but I think I was a little bit to heavy, but when I was crusing how come ap made me have a 5 degree pitch up attiude?

[sock]

just flew back to frankfurt in an a340 and i have to say one of my best landings and i've never even flew and a340 before, got it right on center, not too soft or hard, gently lowered the nose and it was my first time landing the a340. I did a perfect takeoff as well. So I am very happy with my flight :] flying back to gatwick tonight to position myself for a 'vatsim day' tomorrow where i do bout 10 hours of flying.

[sock]

right, i flew frankfurt-dubai on my way to australia next step is dubai-singapore tomorrow then singapore-sydney friday :]