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Events / Re: [May 1st, 2021 2300-0300Z] ZMP Presents: BYOB
« on: April 27, 2021, 08:17:24 AM »
The real Berkshire Hathaway meeting is virtual this year. Luckily, in the virtual Vatsim world, we can make it real 
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Events / Re: ZFW Presents the "D10 Delta Staff up" 2300-0200z
« on: April 22, 2021, 09:52:20 AM »
Isn't Atlanta nonconsolidated? Or did Peachtree suddenly become a Class B? 
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Events / Re: [August 4th, 2020 2300-0200Z] GA Tuesdays: Bismark Municipal
« on: July 30, 2020, 08:49:13 PM »
A $500 Big Mac?
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Events / Re: [June 21st, 2020 2100-0000z] Staff it up: KSAV
« on: June 17, 2020, 07:18:07 AM »
Wouldn't that be 2100z (1700 EDT) to 2359z (1959 EDT)?
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The Flight Deck / Recommended call sign for war birds
« on: May 15, 2020, 09:26:12 PM »
I occasionally like to fly some of the excellent war birds from A2A simulations. Now for instance, I have their B17 and P51 Mustang. The B17 I like to fly has 231684 painted on its side and the P51 has 472064.
Now I've noticed that controllers sometimes act a little miffed if I just file my flight plan as '231'684' or '472064', as in, what's this weird aircraft doing in my airspace.
My question is if there is a better / more appropriate call sign for war birds, like Warbird 684 or Air Force 64 or something like that. Any recommendations? What do real war birds like the Confederate Air Force people file?
Now I've noticed that controllers sometimes act a little miffed if I just file my flight plan as '231'684' or '472064', as in, what's this weird aircraft doing in my airspace.
My question is if there is a better / more appropriate call sign for war birds, like Warbird 684 or Air Force 64 or something like that. Any recommendations? What do real war birds like the Confederate Air Force people file?
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Simple Insanity / Re: RNZAF 757-200M In Action
« on: May 16, 2019, 01:30:51 PM »
If I may ask, where did you get the B757 from? I've been looking for a good B757 to fly, but both the Captain Sim and Quality Wings versions seem a bit dated...
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Events / Re: [14 May 2019 2000-2300ET] BVA GA Fly-in: Manchester (MHT) & Nashua (ASH)
« on: May 15, 2019, 12:10:36 PM »
I'm a long-time simmer and real-life PPL but a VATSim newbie. I had a blast flying from Martha's Vineyard to Manchester. I took your advise to go low and slow, a Piper Cherokee at 4000 feet, loved it! I took a long route to avoid the Boston Class B and was in the soup most of the way, but the approach had ceilings of about 2500 feet so no major challenge there.
Very impressed by the level of professionalism of the controllers, hope to join that crowd soon (I already signed up for the training).
One question: even though this was a GA event, Boston Center was actually 80% busy with airliners. Is it that airline pilots that consciously fly to places with GA events because they'll know the ATC will be staffed? It certainly added to the realism, so I don't mind!
Very impressed by the level of professionalism of the controllers, hope to join that crowd soon (I already signed up for the training).
One question: even though this was a GA event, Boston Center was actually 80% busy with airliners. Is it that airline pilots that consciously fly to places with GA events because they'll know the ATC will be staffed? It certainly added to the realism, so I don't mind!
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General Discussion / VATSim is just awesome
« on: May 15, 2019, 11:48:17 AM »
Everybody - I just want to share my first impressions of VATSim with you.
First of all, an introduction. I'm not a newbie to flying or flightsimming. In fact, I flew my first (very primitive) sim in the mid 1980s, I suspect some of you readers weren't born yet. It was just green lines on a black screen, but it was the best the technology of those days could deliver. I've had just about every version of MSFS, tons of add-ons, I have a joystick, throttles, rudder paddles and TrackIR, joined a couple of virtual airlines, dabbled into ATC with ATCSimulator and LondonControl, you name it. Probably like many of you. Oh, and I got my PPL back in 1995, so I got some real life experience to add to all that.
I just never flew online until last week. Why not? Perhaps there was a hurdle to share my "private" hobby with others. Perhaps it was the feeling that talking on 122.8 at EGLL of KATL when there are no controllers are online is unrealistic. But I got increasingly tired of the scripted ATC in MSFS that doesn't know what a SID or a STAR is and kept vectoring me starting 40 miles out even for small fields, so I made the plunge.
My take: it is totally awesome! Yes, I did take off from KDFW on Unicom, even flew a 5-hour flight totally on Unicom. I didn't miss the MSFS ATC, in fact, I was kinda relieved it wasn't there. And I've flown in a couple of events with total ATC coverage, the thrill of talking to live controllers while piloting your A320 or even a Piper Cherokee is just without comparison. I had a smile on my face last night for a couple of hours after completing my flight in the Manchester NH event. I am hooked! Already signed up for controllers training and I will continue to fly regularly.
Why am I writing this? First of all to thank the people who created and who populate this wonderful environment. And on the odd chance that another simmer with doubts about online flying reads this: my advice is, take the plunge, you will not regret it!
First of all, an introduction. I'm not a newbie to flying or flightsimming. In fact, I flew my first (very primitive) sim in the mid 1980s, I suspect some of you readers weren't born yet. It was just green lines on a black screen, but it was the best the technology of those days could deliver. I've had just about every version of MSFS, tons of add-ons, I have a joystick, throttles, rudder paddles and TrackIR, joined a couple of virtual airlines, dabbled into ATC with ATCSimulator and LondonControl, you name it. Probably like many of you. Oh, and I got my PPL back in 1995, so I got some real life experience to add to all that.
I just never flew online until last week. Why not? Perhaps there was a hurdle to share my "private" hobby with others. Perhaps it was the feeling that talking on 122.8 at EGLL of KATL when there are no controllers are online is unrealistic. But I got increasingly tired of the scripted ATC in MSFS that doesn't know what a SID or a STAR is and kept vectoring me starting 40 miles out even for small fields, so I made the plunge.
My take: it is totally awesome! Yes, I did take off from KDFW on Unicom, even flew a 5-hour flight totally on Unicom. I didn't miss the MSFS ATC, in fact, I was kinda relieved it wasn't there. And I've flown in a couple of events with total ATC coverage, the thrill of talking to live controllers while piloting your A320 or even a Piper Cherokee is just without comparison. I had a smile on my face last night for a couple of hours after completing my flight in the Manchester NH event. I am hooked! Already signed up for controllers training and I will continue to fly regularly.
Why am I writing this? First of all to thank the people who created and who populate this wonderful environment. And on the odd chance that another simmer with doubts about online flying reads this: my advice is, take the plunge, you will not regret it!
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