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cheekytrolly
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Joined: Nov 30, 2005
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Here are a few shots of my afternoon, 3 hour long flight from Auckland (NZAA) to Brisbane (YBBN) in my iFDG Air New Zealand A320-232 (Reg ZK-OJF)
I normally fly prop aircraft but after seeing Randald's screenies of his flight from Hawaii to Tahiti, I decided it was time I did a medium haul flight in my favourite small passenger jet and use IFR for once.
1) After taking off from runway 23L at Auckland International, Oceanic control cleared me to climb up above the clouds, with the moon hiding behind my tail.
2) Cruising at FL300, I let autopilot do the work for me as my passengers began thier in-flight movie
3) Over 1000 miles later, Brisbane control brought me down to 18,000 feet as I banked right on my approach
4) Minutes later I was on finals at Brisbane International, with gear down and flaps extended
5) After landing right on the centre line and time to kick in the reverse thrust
6) Parked at the gate, with the cleaners sweeping the cabin and the cargo emptied
Hope you liked the screenies 
Last edited by cheekytrolly on Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:17 am, edited 1 time in total |
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Solotwo
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Joined: Jan 26, 2006
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Location: Milwaukee, WI
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:06 am |
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Sweet screens man! I can't wait to start flying jets, hopefully soon I'll get enough cash to get myself a ERJ in FSpax.  |
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brownbox
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Location: nzhn
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:13 am |
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| hmmmmm. nice screenshots. did it really take you 3 hours? why not just speed up the simulation rate? |
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Solotwo
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Location: Milwaukee, WI
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:17 am |
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| Because thats cheap, and if he is using FSPax, you can't. |
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cheekytrolly
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:04 am |
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Yep it really did take me three hours, as Solotwo mentioned, its kinda cheap and ruins it if you fast foward it. Plus, at the end of your looong flight just after landing, you get a good feeling knowing you succefully compleated the long trip in one piece!
Although I don't have FS Passengers installed, only the demo which I have used mabey once of twice. I don't normally fly jets so I can't be bothered paying money for the full version lol. |
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jarred_01
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Joined: Aug 29, 2005
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Location: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZHN)
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Excellent shots there CT, did you take the visual or the ILS itno BNE? Looked like a pretty nice center line landing to me.  |
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cheekytrolly
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:32 am |
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Excellent shots there CT, did you take the visual or the ILS itno BNE? Looked like a pretty nice center line landing to me.
Thanks J1- I took the ILS |
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Greekman72
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Joined: Jun 15, 2005
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Location: Hellas
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:27 am |
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Solotwo wrote:Because thats cheap, and if he is using FSPax, you can't.
Allow me to make a small correction dear Solotwo,you can increase you simulation rate but you get a penalty for this to your flight report.
No need to comment about the excellent shots of Cheeky.  |
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SteveT
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:04 am |
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| Cheeky -could you tell me where you got those water textures on your approach? they are very good. |
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CrashGordon
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Joined: Jun 20, 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:31 pm |
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brownbox wrote:hmmmmm. nice screenshots. did it really take you 3 hours? why not just speed up the simulation rate?
For the same reason you don't play movies on your TV at "fast forward".CrashGordon
CEO, Omega-Air Virtual airlines |
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Agus0404
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Joined: Jul 29, 2004
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Location: Evora, Portugal. Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:37 pm |
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| Well done, CT!! Picture #4 is the best, I think |
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tomthetank
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:27 pm |
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| First rate screenshots Cheeky |
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NoWorries
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:18 pm |
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| Beautiful screenshots. That must be one heck of a video card you're using! |
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cheekytrolly
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:32 pm |
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Thanks everyone 
SteveT- the water textures are park of the VOZ package- free from www.vistaoz.org
My video card is nothing special, just a nVidia GeForce FX5600 256mb... I think it was the fantastic iFDG airbus that made the shots look good |
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Bhupesh
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Joined: Dec 04, 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:59 pm |
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Hi Cheeky:
Those were gr8 screenshots pal! But I am wondering if the aircraft is a payware? Let me know , Once again nice flight though... |
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Solotwo
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Location: Milwaukee, WI
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:44 pm |
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Greekman72 wrote:Solotwo wrote:Because thats cheap, and if he is using FSPax, you can't.
Allow me to make a small correction dear Solotwo,you can increase you simulation rate but you get a penalty for this to your flight report.
No need to comment about the excellent shots of Cheeky.
Yeah but you can only bump the speed up a wee bit, found out about the penalty when I first got FSpax, haven't sped it up since, see no point, don't feel like I accomplished anything if I climb to cruise, fast foward and then descend, why not just fly short hops then. |
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cheekytrolly
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:18 am |
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Hi Bhupesh, as I mentioned at the beginning of the thread, the aircraft in my screenshots is the iFDG Airbus A320, which is freeware and can be found here:
http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=iFDG+air+new+zealand+a320&CatID=root
The particular one I was using was the 5.5mb one at the bottem of the page, but you might be interested to see the top file that includes a custom Lord Of The Rings repaint. |
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Bhupesh
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Joined: Dec 04, 2005
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:46 am |
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| Thanks! cheeky will try flying this one since I am normaly on 737 since I believe they are more stable while approaching...I might be wrong but that's what I have observed. |
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Agus0404
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Joined: Jul 29, 2004
Posts: 2422
Location: Evora, Portugal. Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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| Try to land the A320 and you'll note the difference between the 737 and the A320. |
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Solotwo
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Location: Milwaukee, WI
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:34 pm |
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| Whats the best payware A320 so I can compare it to the PMDG 737. |
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