No FSpassenger yet, but I just bought this beauty:


Flew from YVR to YEG which took about an hour and a half or so, after figuring out proper flight plans for the FMC that corresponded to the one ATC was aware of. Ended up switching the IFR plan shortly after takeoff wondering why ATC was directing me the wrong way (flight plan mismatch).

This was the climbout from Vancouver:




This was towards the end of the flight, getting close to the final approach. Had one missed approach as I couldn't figure out why CMD B wouldn't turn on and hold approach mode, they guided me off north of the city and back around, onto the approach at 3700ft.

Is that the PMDG 737NGX? Since you guys have been talking up all this FSX/P3D stuff I have been wanting to get that or their 777 and P3D so badly, but I have exactly $0.00 to spare so I'm at least $200.00 short.

How do you like it? I'm tempted to say I'd get the 777 but that HUD in the new 737s really calls to me. Plus I honestly can't say I foresee doing many of those 10+ hour flights that are really the whole reason behind the 777's existence, so in addition to the extra $30-40 (which feels like a very arbitrary price hike to me) there are a couple reasons that the 737 would be better.

Looks fantastic. Think you made the right call, P3D is definitely the way to go. I'm sure the learning is going gangbusters.

Yup it is the PMDG one, it's worth it. Only downfall I see is no shared cockpit in the PMDG aircraft.

I'm loving it man, the learning curve is steep but I can appreciate that. If you like a challenge this is the way to go, so far getting it to autoland and navigate with SID and STARS has been alot of <span class="abbc3_strike" style="text-decoration: line-through">fun</span> interesting learning, got lots of power if you need to perform a go-around. It can do some of the longer flights if needed, so far I've been on a few of the shorter ones, Heathrow to Frankfurt, Vancouver to Edmonton and I'm currently flying the Navy P-8 poseidon from Los angeles to San Francisco. In my opinion this is definitely the way to go. The HUD is so incredibly useful once you're up in the air and for Landing.

P3D is 100% the way to go IMO, the smoothness and overall performance benefits just seem to be the way to go.

That's pretty awesome. I've been fretting at obtaining this one for myself, so the review is much appreciated. I was noticing in the last picture that you are able to "realistically" set dissimilar range scales on the navigation displays. You can't do that with the Aerosoft A-319; the right ND mode and scale mimics whatever you set for the left, on that one, as does the baro-ref, which is not right.

PS: I was going to add; too bad about it not being "shared cockpit" capable. However, before I do, have you seen this ? Take a look and see what you make of it...

Yeah its's amazing Cygon, you'd really enjoy it I think. You even need to have both F/D's on and both NAV1 Freq's set otherwise you won't be able to get both autopilots working to run the autoland system. I had the one screen on Terrain and the other one on weather which was really quite cool IMO.

I just read into that link there Cygon, downfall is it isn't for P3D yet, the guy needs the license to P3D before he can develop it for use with P3D.

Flew from KLAS to CYVR today, tried out active sky for the first time and am absolutely amazed. The change in weather was much welcomed as it added variety.



Clear skies at Vegas, ended up getting some cloud cover as I got closer to Seattle



Got closer to Vancouver and the skies really began to open up, the amount of precipitation I encountered upon the descent into the city was quite cool.



Ended up deciding to fly the approach by hand as Cygon watched me fly into the approach with FS cloud. I called off the first approach as I ended up off course and slightly fast, decided to go around to do an OK approach, ended up getting vectored by ATC around into the mountains up to 7,500. Cygon promptly informed me that there were mountains by me. I quickly flicked on the terrain radar and realized how close I was, luckily they vectored me off to 140 away from the mountains at about 23 miles out.



Ended up touching down nice and soft no issue. Bonus points for anyone who can note the difference in the plane I'm flying.

It was really cool watching that approach and listening to your commentary while you did your ADM process. That go around was hairy, not because of your execution of it, but the way the ATC flew you in IMC straight towards an elevation. I've since checked; the mountain was Mount Robie Reid, and it is an unexpectedly high elevation that close to the coast at 6,870 ft, so the altitude you got for the vector was indeed rather low.

The visuals of the storm in your screenie, with the lightning in the cloud, is pretty amazing. We'll have to ask Magnet if there was a storm that bad around his area, lol!

All good stuff!

haha I'm sure I sounded ridiculous as you heard the mild confusion set in at some parts. I agree, the go-around didn't seem thaaaaat bad, until you mentioned that I was beside mountains haha. They had me sit at 7,200 for a bit and then to 7,500, finally up to 8,000. Would love to know how it actually is IRL.

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Flew an approach into my city today, it just snowed (IRL) and visibility was actually shitty. Active sky really made that work well, at one point the METAR reported 1/2SM of visibility. Most of the descent in after 10,000 was just cloud. No indication where I was other than some vectors from ATC and that was about it. My mic isn't recorded when I'm recording so of course you'll only hear Tracer speaking ha. I was hoping for a little less visibility coming into the landing, however it wasn't all that bad. I also forgot about landing lights until the last second as I was busy most of the approach checking over systems making sure the plane was flying level.

Looks so good.. Nice video!

Got FS Passengers, here's the first flight from Cooking lake (CEZ3) - Edmonton City center (now torn down). Used Tom's name as my pilot so I can blame him for my failed company!

End of flight report Date October 09 2016

Flight ID: WJA418
Flight Type: Normal
Pilot: Tom Emot
Company: West Jet F99th
Aircraft: Carenado A36 Bonanza 60th Anniversary
Flight Date: October 09 2016
Departure: 11h52 (18h52 GMT)
Arrival: 12h10 (19h10 GMT)
From: CEZ3 - Cooking Lake - Canada
To: CYXD - Edmonton City Center - Canada
Nbr of Passengers: 5

Report:

Flight Distance: 16 Nm Landing Speed: 70.95 kt
Time Airborne: 00h10:40 Landing Touchdown: -160.77 ft/m (nice)
Flight Time (block): 00h17:43 Landing Pitch: 1.87°
Time On Ground: 00h09:49 Landing Weight: 3602 lbs
Average Speed: 92.07 kt Total Fuel Used: 17 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Are relieved to have landed safely after the extreme weather they experienced during landing.

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +$60 (16 Nm)
Cargo Income: +$2 (68 lbs)
Services Income: +$0 (0 sandwich, 0 hot food, 0 drink service rounds)
Services Cost: -$0 (20% quality)
Fuel Cost: -$10 (17 lbs 100LL)
Airport Taxes: -$4 (Small Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -$2 (4.32% rate)
Total Real Income: $46
Total Income: $2,300 (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: $0 (0 aircraft)
Total Sim Income: $2,300 (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was perfect, the tickets price low, passengers on this flight think that your company's reputation should be 100%
Your company reputation is now: 68.18% (+3.18 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 300 points
You made a very nice landing. (+50)
Perfect Flight, no problems, and very satisfied passengers. (+150)
Extreme weather conditions during approach, but a safe landing with satisfied passengers. (+100)

Flight WJA837 End of flight report Date October 09 2016

Flight ID: WJA837
Flight Type: Normal
Pilot: Tom Emot
Company: West Jet F99th
Aircraft: Carenado A36 Bonanza 60th Anniversary
Flight Date: October 09 2016
Departure: 12h15 (18h15 GMT)
Arrival: 13h22 (19h22 GMT)
From: KEGE - Eagle Co Regl - United States
To: KTEX - Telluride Regl - United States
Nbr of Passengers: 5

Report:

Flight Distance: 111 Nm Landing Speed: 61.96 kt
Time Airborne: 01h01:20 Landing Touchdown: -91.5 ft/m (kiss)
Flight Time (block): 01h07:24 Landing Pitch: 3.74°
Time On Ground: 00h07:53 Landing Weight: 3540 lbs
Average Speed: 109.02 kt Total Fuel Used: 52 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Very good flight, professionally done (97%)

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +$413 (111 Nm)
Cargo Income: +$10 (35 lbs)
Services Income: +$0 (0 sandwich, 0 hot food, 0 drink service rounds)
Services Cost: -$0 (20% quality)
Fuel Cost: -$29 (52 lbs 100LL)
Airport Taxes: -$4 (Small Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -$18 (4.32% rate)
Total Real Income: $372
Total Income: $18,600 (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: $0 (0 aircraft)
Total Sim Income: $18,600 (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was very good, the tickets price low, passengers on this flight think that your company's reputation should be 97%
Your company reputation is now: 70.80% (+2.62 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 150 points
You made a very smooth landing. (+50)
Good Flight, no problems, and satisfied passengers. (+100)

Flight WJA309 flight report log Date October 11 2016

Flight ID: WJA309
Flight Type: Normal
Pilot: Russ
Company: WestJet VA
Aircraft: Boeing 737-6CTNGX WestJet
Flight Date: October 11 2016
Departure: 09h22 (16h22 GMT)
Arrival: 12h18 (19h18 GMT)
From: CYYC - Calgary Intl - Canada
To: KPSP - Palm Springs Intl - United States
Nbr of Passengers: 64

Report:

Flight Distance: 1,044 Nm Landing Speed: 132.91 kt
Time Airborne: 02h51:31 Landing Touchdown: -294.62 ft/m (nice)
Flight Time (block): 03h02:04 Landing Pitch: 3.92°
Time On Ground: 00h11:05 Landing Weight: 117605 lbs
Average Speed: 365.28 kt Total Fuel Used: 26156 lbs
Climb Time: 00h03:04 Climb Fuel Used: 12612 lbs
Cruise Time: 02h08:09 Cruise Fuel Used: 11057 lbs
Average Cruise Speed: 448.77 kt (M0.69) Cruise fuel/hour: 5177 lbs (calc)
Descent Time: 00h40:18 Descent Fuel Used: 2486 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Are relieved to have landed safely after the extreme weather they experienced during landing.
-Were highly entertained by the movie.
-Were in a better mood because they had food.

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +$53,197 (1,044 Nm)
Cargo Income: +$50,559 (19197 lbs)
Services Income: +$892 (1 sandwich, 1 hot food, 2 drink service rounds)
Services Cost: -$484 (20% quality)
Fuel Cost: -$13,504 (26156 lbs Jet-A1)
Airport Taxes: -$192 (Large Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -$4,482 (4.32% rate)
Total Real Income: $85,986
Total Income: $4,299,300 (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: $0 (0 aircraft)
Total Sim Income: $4,299,300 (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was perfect the ticket price normal, the service price good and the service quality bad, passengers on this flight think that your company's reputation should be 100%
Your company reputation is now: 73.70% (+2.63 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 442 points
You made a very nice landing. (+50)
Perfect Flight, no problems, and very satisfied passengers. (+150)
Long flight (02h51) without using time acceleration, without any problems, and with satisfied passengers. (+142)
Extreme weather conditions during approach, but a safe landing with satisfied passengers. (+100)


EXTREME DOESN'T DESCRIBE THE TERROR THAT WAS ENDURED. Windshear is a bitch.









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I wish we had wind shear in DCS.

It was one of the most exciting things to have happen in a sim

Did another flight from Miami to St.Maarten. Quite a bit of fun, even recorded my half arsed landing. haha.









Currently, I'm about 100nm or so into my flight from KBOS to EGLL (Heathrow). Long way to go!

Back to the FSPax V-Westjet company, been doing longer flights to get more money. Sold off my dash-8 and after this current flight (YYC-MZO) I may be able to pick up another 37, preferably a 8/900 model. Then slowly on my way to a 777. Here's a recent flight:

Flight WJA841 flight report log Date October 21 2016

Flight ID: WJA841
Flight Type: Normal
Pilot: Russ
Company: WestJet VA
Aircraft: Boeing 737-6CTNGX WestJet
Flight Date: October 21 2016
Departure: 06h03 (13h03 GMT)
Arrival: 09h32 (16h32 GMT)
From: CYEG - Edmonton Intl - Canada
To: KPSP - Palm Springs Intl - United States
Nbr of Passengers: 78

Report:

Flight Distance: 1,176 Nm Landing Speed: 122.92 kt
Time Airborne: 03h19:11 Landing Touchdown: -360.00 ft/m
Flight Time (block): 03h29:11 Landing Pitch: 7.97°
Time On Ground: 00h10:30 Landing Weight: 116503 lbs
Average Speed: 354.13 kt Total Fuel Used: 27218 lbs
Climb Time: 00h03:25 Climb Fuel Used: 11859 lbs
Cruise Time: 02h56:31 Cruise Fuel Used: 14602 lbs
Average Cruise Speed: 400.16 kt (M0.61) Cruise fuel/hour: 4963 lbs (calc)
Descent Time: 00h19:15 Descent Fuel Used: 757 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Were highly entertained by the movie.
-Were in a better mood because they had food.
-Were irritated because they were hungry sometime during the flight.

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +$72,682 (1,176 Nm)
Cargo Income: +$56,923 (19197 lbs)
Services Income: +$1,232 (1 sandwich, 1 hot food, 3 drink service rounds)
Services Cost: -$993 (57% quality)
Fuel Cost: -$14,878 (27218 lbs Jet-A1)
Airport Taxes: -$145 (Large Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -$8,240 (6.36% rate)
Total Real Income: $106,581
Total Income: $5,329,050 (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: $700,170 (1 aircraft)
Total Sim Income: $6,029,220 (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was perfect the ticket price normal, the service price good and the service quality good, passengers on this flight think that your company's reputation should be 100%
Your company reputation is now: 87.61% (+1.24 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 315 points
Perfect Flight, no problems, and very satisfied passengers. (+150)
Long flight (03h19) without using time acceleration, without any problems, and with satisfied passengers. (+165)


As well as this one, In which I wasn't sober and almost fell asleep ha;

Flight WJA243 flight report log Date October 22 2016

Flight ID: WJA243
Flight Type: Normal
Pilot: Russ
Company: WestJet VA
Aircraft: Boeing 737-6CTNGX WestJet
Flight Date: October 22 2016
Departure: 22h00 (02h00 GMT)
Arrival: 00h47 (04h47 GMT)
From: KMIA - Miami Intl - United States
To: TNCM - Princess Juliana Intl - Netherlands Antilles
Nbr of Passengers: 71

Report:

Flight Distance: 1,061 Nm Landing Speed: 146.90 kt
Time Airborne: 02h38:45 Landing Touchdown: -272.31 ft/m (nice)
Flight Time (block): 02h47:12 Landing Pitch: 4.01°
Time On Ground: 00h09:48 Landing Weight: 128932 lbs
Average Speed: 401.03 kt Total Fuel Used: 14878 lbs
Climb Time: 00h21:17 Climb Fuel Used: 4266 lbs
Cruise Time: 01h54:22 Cruise Fuel Used: 9262 lbs
Average Cruise Speed: 466.16 kt (M0.75) Cruise fuel/hour: 4859 lbs (calc)
Descent Time: 00h23:06 Descent Fuel Used: 1348 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Are relieved to have landed safely after the extreme weather they experienced during landing.
-Were highly entertained by the movie.
-Were in a better mood because they had food.

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +$59,561 (1,061 Nm)
Cargo Income: +$51,375 (19197 lbs)
Services Income: +$1,467 (0 sandwich, 2 hot food, 2 drink service rounds)
Services Cost: -$1,128 (57% quality)
Fuel Cost: -$7,715 (14878 lbs Jet-A1)
Airport Taxes: -$139 (Large Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -$6,832 (6.16% rate)
Total Real Income: $96,589
Total Income: $4,829,450 (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: $634,528 (1 aircraft)
Total Sim Income: $5,463,978 (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was perfect the ticket price normal, the service price good and the service quality good, passengers on this flight think that your company's reputation should be 100%
Your company reputation is now: 89.76% (+1.02 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 432 points
You made a very nice landing. (+50)
Perfect Flight, no problems, and very satisfied passengers. (+150)
Long flight (02h38) without using time acceleration, without any problems, and with satisfied passengers. (+132)
Extreme weather conditions during approach, but a safe landing with satisfied passengers. (+100)

Russ is killing it, however I was talking to Cygon and I think he's coming to fly for me! lmao

Hah! Getting there with those flights, looking at your cash flow in the post flight analysis. The performance details on those briefs are really useful for your next flights, I find, especially if you can't find much about your aircraft with real world docs, as with that S-42 I'm currently flying on FSX.

Don't know what the exchange rate is between forum bucks and FsPax bucks, but here's five of them to keep you motivated toward that triple seven! And yeah, hire me anytime, to give Russ a break. He must be pushing his Part 121 duty time/rest period cycle, by now, lol!

I'm wondering when Tracer is going to give us a forum review of that Air Hauler 2 add on he's been playing with. It sounds like it is developing into something pretty awesome!

Congrats Cygon, you're the pilot of my 737-900 haha! Managed to grab one for $40,000,000 with 2200 hours on it. Yah it really helps to have the post analysis. Last night I flew to KPSP again and made $13,000,000, that was with the 736 doing it's own little flight and making $2,000,000. Soon enough I'll have a few more 37's to feed into a 777! Yah I love the idea of a shared company with AH2. Sounds like a really neat program.

Hah! I'll try not to bend it!