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Great landing as always and a very nice vid. at 3.45 I was wondering if the runway was ever going to appear!! Mike

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I have just bought that book and am slowly working my way through it. You need to go to a web site to download the lessons/missions that the book walks you through but it was simple enough and FSX picks up the files when the book instructs me to load them. Keep me posted James how you get on with it and I will do the same. Mike

Nice vid and another great landing. Thanks for sharing. Mike

If you see a completely blacked out plane moving in the shadows or one with all lights blazing that will probably be me. I am still getting to grips with the controls that lift me up, keep me there and bring me down again, I don't have time to fiddle with lights Mike

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It looks like I have opened up a can of worms with this one. I was posting from work yesterday when I tried to copy the link and we use IE in my office. I will have another go when I get home, I use IE as well however my PC is stand alone whereas work is networked with all sorts of extras added on so that may have been the cause. Mike

Hi all, I was not sure where to post this so I put it here. How do I copy and paste a link to another web site in the body of one of these messages? Mike

You are showing off now, I have trouble landing on wide tarmac runway and you are putting it down smoothly on a dirt track Great vids and nice flying though so keep em coming. Mike

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Nice one, I know what I will be doing tonight.

I looked and I could not find a audio podcast from Froogle, plenty of video but no audio. Mike

Thanks Mike, that is the one I have started listening too as it looked the best of a limited bunch. I only started listening today in the car on my way to work so I will give it a few shows and make a decision. Mike

Hi all, I was wondering if any of you download and listen to any podcast's related to flight simming or aviation in general?. I have found a couple that may be of interest but wondered if there are any recommendations out there. Mike

Wow, as a newbie to this hobby I can see where I need to be aiming, that was one smooth landing. Mike

Thanks John, Your answer covers another thing I did not understand as there is an option in settings/controls/buttons for brakes left and brakes right. Phew this is hard work isn't it, we fly out to the Greek Islands tomorrow for a weeks holiday on Crete, I shall be paying close attention when I am on the plane Mike

Whilst talking about the different brakes can I run the following past you all: I have taxied out to the beginning of the runway and the instructions being given to me by my co pilot/FSX voice are telling me hold my position on the runway and build up the engine speed to 50% and let them stabilise. Obviously when I increase the power the plane wants to move so do I hold it in position with the parking brake or the other brakes? Mike

Hi All, Thank you for all the feedback and comments. A few of you that have commented appear to be understanding me and are bang on the money. I am hoping to get some flying time in tonight so I will have a play around. It is now clear that one mistake I have been making is using the parking brakes for everything i.e. slowing down on the runway, slowing down during taxi, etc. If I am understanding you all correctly there is one set of brakes like a car's i.e. when applied they work and when released they don't whilst the parking brakes are like the handbrake on a car. In effect

Hi John, I believe I am talking about the parking brakes but as you know I am still learning. The option in the FSX events menu is: Brakes (apply/release) and I had this assigned to 1 x button which applied the brakes when pressed and released the brakes when pressed again. There is another option in the events menu for Brakes (set parking)? Mike

Hi all, I have treated myself to a Saitek Pro Flight Yoke c/w a 3 lever Quadrant Module. When I was using my joystick I programmed a button to apply/release the brakes so one press applied the brakes and another press of the same button released them. I have programmed the buttons on my new Saitek yoke however I cannot seem to replicate what I had on the joystick for the brakes. Whatever button I programme to apply/release the brakes works fine to release them but once released I cannot re-apply them? Am I doing something wrong? Mike

Thanks for sharing Graeme, I live in mid Kent and found myself looking to the sky's from my study window whilst I watched that vid thinking of the real battle that took place up there. As for the SIM version, fantastic bit of work. Mike

Thank you Dai, I will give that a try tonight and see if it works which I am sure it will. Mke

Obviously being new to FSX I am not completing the training missions at my first attempt, in fact some of the missions are taking quite a few attempts . However when I reset the mission to fly again I am finding that it goes right back to the start including all the briefing chat which after a couple of listens I am grasping. Is there an option where I can re-fly a mission but skip the chat and go straight to the take off stage? Mike

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