"Here is how I climb out: (and there are as many ways to do this as there are people on the planet.) 1. Flying HEAVY is always a good thing ... the whale responds well when heavy .. 730K++ (of course depending on segment length, fuel, cargo, etc.) 2. I plan an initial alt of 290 because being heavy ...

"Imagine my surprise .... when after flying all that way from PANC to UNNT ... and planning my (spoiled old man that I am) ILS approach based upon the UNNT charts ... then I zoomed in (with FSNav ... which I use as a moving map for frequency double checking ... etc) only to find no ILS ... after a m...

"I shared your concern about uysing my payware in the VA environment. I searched around and landed at Singapore VA ... the beauty of this VA is that you can fly with them (and Singapore Cargo, Silk Air)... AND any of their ""associated"" VA's ... from the Flying Tigers Group ... such as Cathay, Hawa...

"Let me be the first to ask ... Has any talented soul painted the PMDG 744 in Polar Air colors yet? and if so, would you share? I know the PMDG 744 not the ""F"" model yet, but I'd personally appreciate the opportunity to fly a sector or two in the 744. Thanks, Paul Benoit KSAN 1159 "

Very Nice!!!! Cheers!!! Paul Benoit KSAN 1159

"I would heartily endorse and suggest Radar Contact ... the best $$$ I have ever spent for a non aircraft addon ... and also FDC and also AS4 ... I always fly with those three and FSNav for the moving map. If you want a great ATC experience it's the way to go ... between RC and FDC ... there is lots...

"<!--QuoteBegin-hjmemon+Mar 10 2005, 12:27 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hjmemon @ Mar 10 2005, 12:27 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi Every body! Is this WX thing means a weather radar or something else. if not where can i find a nice weather radar. prefrebly a freeware one. ...

"Great CB's with AS4, and FS Sky World ... thankfully have Reality WX-500 installed. From SCEL to KMIA [attachmentid=215] [attachmentid=216]"

"Thanks Ted, I dug out my old old old Jepp simcharts ... and found the single runway version of Narita. still works ... the 16/34 is better for cargo ... less taxiing ... hahaha ... If your charts aren't copyrighted ... maybe there is a place to pose them here ... other than seeing the airport in FS...

"Flying from Incheon to Hong Kong (on Jan 7, 2005 ... hahahaha ... have to fly my bids when I can!!!) I noticed the Southern Cross (Crucis) out the side window ... very cool ... Hope the pic attaches ... [attachmentid=169] Happy New Year to all!! Paul Benoit, 1159 KSAN Happy RFP Team Member"

"Gents, Again, I do appreciate your help! But like in the olden days ""All roads lead to Rome ...."" all links lead to the Skynav Charts Center for Vatsim Japan ... where there are lots of charts ... IAP/SID/STAR for Haneda, but only SID/STAR for Narita ... I am getting old, very tired, bald and gre...

"Nathan, Thanks for your reply!!! That is a great resource, but for RJAA ... there are only sids/atars ... no IAPs Appreciate your message though, thanks!! Paul Benoit, 1159 KSAN RFP Development Team"

"Hello all!!! I googled ""RJAA charts"" ... looked through Richard Steffan's NavData page chart links ... and all I can find is sid/stars (requiring Japanese character set) ... I am looking for IAP and Airport layout info. No luck. I can use FSNav to find out what I need to land my whale ... but it ...