My first impressions using X-Plane-11 were I don’t notice any improvement. However I was able to bump up a few settings that X-Plane didn’t complain about. Still, in flying I didn’t notice improvements. I did notice some controls up top in the Cirrus that I didn’t notice before. Maybe they were there and I just …
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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
This airport (KDCA) has been in the news a lot lately, because a blackhawk helicopter flew into a American Airlines passenger jet, killing 60+ people. Here are X-Plane 11 pictures from the approx angle shown on the news of the jet flying in over the Potomac River. The night pic is more in line with …
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Cessna Citation
I would like to get a Cessna Citation jet for X-Plane. I flew in one when my company was relocating from South Florida to Cheyenne Wyoming. I went to setup our Adabas database. This was many years ago. I wasn’t especially interested in aviation then and have no idea what model it was. This was …
Aviation websites
https://skyvector.comhttps://www.airnav.comhttps://vatsim.net/https://www.airnav.com/airports/https://www.simbrief.com/home/
Flight Simming as a side hobby
As a past computer professional who still enjoys working on personal computer projects, I find flight Simulator software a great side hobby. I sometimes need a break from a project out of tedium or I’ve hit a brick wall. However, I still like things… I can sink my teeth in. Like computers, flight simming can …
X-Plane: ILS Approach
I actually did a successful one in the Cessna tonight. Instead of starting on the runway, you can choose approach. Makes practicing much easier. Back a few years ago I remember doing an ILS approach being much harder than flying a flight plan. However this go around I spent way too much time getting a …
X-Plane: Flight Plan success
Well, concerning the Cessna, I said, near the end, here that flight plan procedures will probably change tomorrow. And it appears I was right. On that day I only reported that you needed to press NAV. Well today I find that much like the 1973 book, Once Is Not Enough, that you have to press …
X-Plane 11 updates
Couldn’t sleep. Thought I’d do some flight simming. Started Steam and it did a 97MB update. It did a bigger one, a few days ago.
Cirrus Vision SF50
Flew the Cirrus Vision SF50. Wikipedia describes it as a single-engine very light jet. They add “From 2018 through 2023, it has been the most-delivered business jet”. I found it interesting that they said “it has both a whole-airframe ballistic parachute and autoland system”. By NASA – https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2010/ps_3.html, https://sbir.nasa.gov/SBIR/successes/ss/1-005text.html, https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff2002/ps_2.html or similar NASA webpage, Public …
X-Plane – Las Vegas
If you fly out of KLSV – Nellis. Runway 21L, it’s practically a straight shot to Vegas, in just a few minutes. I updated my Quick Start guide with pictures of Vegas. Wanted to fly low around Las Vegas. Thought it might look cool at night. Didn’t notice till night that a building heading into …