Did Gatwick, UK (EGKK) to Minneapolis-St Paul, USA (KMSP) with the FBW A320.
Technically this is normally outside the A320 neo:s range but I did the flight without
passengers and cargo and about 4 tons of fuel remaining at KMSP.
Unfortunately, just seconds before touchdown after a 9 hour flight the game CTD. 
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Going into cooler pastures because the heat is getting more and more unbearable.
Handflying into the new OrbX Alaska mesh:
Lovely how it´s getting dark inside the clouds!
Ended the flight because the cabin pressure / cabine altitude kept climbing and climbing with warnings (Cabin Press Landing Elevation Fault).
Later in the Fenix chat they explained that the cabin always goes up to 8000 feet and this is fully normal, and the ECAM warning always shows up when no destination airport is programmed…
Yes I´m falling back into old habits by handflying the Airbus more and more often without programming anything in the MCDU or autopilot because she is so great to handfly and the flight dynamics are beyond awesome.
-69°C was a refreshing change to the +35°C my apartment right under the roof currently has day and night 
but I wonder why no ice warning popped up…
I have used various beautyful custom weather presets but the icing should be so extreme that the windows should completely freeze over.
The sim clearly needs more icing! To fight against the elements and the weather in flight.
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You might wanna check Headwind’s A330-900 if you want longer flights with Airbus. Much longer flights than the A320NX. By far not as complete as the FBW’s experimental version, yet still good enough to enjoy it. I do tons of flights with this beauty, she definitely is my first choice for long haul adventures.
As for the sim stability, it all got back as stable as it can be with the X beta, for me at least.
Hope this helps you.
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Tnx, I might check that aircraft out, however I don’t have much time to long haul. 9 hours is pretty long and there is too much risk with CTD on final approach/landing.
This flight was also more of an experiment to see how far one can push a standard A320 neo.
If one would totally ignore safety limits for fuel it could possible have reached Calgary (about another 300-400 nm*) but not as far as Vancouver (another 600-.700 nm*),
*based on great circle route.
Pretty amazing still for such a small aircraft, will be interesting to see the XLR in service in a few years.
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Turned it on, updated some products, loaded into Hong Kong Airport which a few months back was solid, and was met with this.
AIG is no longer working for some reason even though im running the latest version.
The mesh is all messed up even though im running the latest version of Samscenes software.
I had terrible fps on high end and exactly the same on medium!!!
Just what is going on with this sim???
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Flying trans Atlantic on an A320 isn’t unheard of. I’ve done it IRL. BA used to operate London City to Shannon to JFK, and Air Canada used to operate St John’s (CYYT) to LHR.
Nice evening to cruise the strip, and do a canyon run.
My first time really using the L-39 since Reno was released. North Las Vegas KVGT →
Seligman P23.
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Took my P-51 up and did some laps at Oshkosh today while also watching the Airventure webcams and airshow feed. I’ll for sure be doing a lot of KOSH flights this week. I may even end up going to Airventure later this week. Haven’t been since '17.
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France (Orly - LFPO) to Roland Garros (FMEE) night fly.
Loading cargo and passengers at Orly.
Climb over Europe.
Good night Europe.
Later, sunrise over Africa, leaving the coasts towards the Indian Ocean.
Reunion island spotted! 150nm from destination.
FMEE approach.
Wing view on final.
Need to rest after an 11+ hours flight.
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For my first adventure in Alaska, I flew my DA62X from Seeward PAWD to Anchorage PANC. The weather at PAWD matched the METAR pretty well. ATC initially cleared me to 8000 feet, rather too low for comfort. Requested 10000 which was not allowed until I was nearly at 8000. A very rough ride through CB? over the mountains. The METAR for PANC liked good with a cloud base of 4000 ft. By now I was flying in thick cloud. The approach clearance was via TED and ILS to runway 15. Could not find this listed on the Nxi so opted for the arc approach starting at IVANN. I started my descent to 3300 and the last I heard from ATC was to climb. The Nxi produced a perfect line up and picked up the glide path. I was still in zero visibility, not breaking out of the cloud at about 700 feet. I was completing the landing when the weather popped to the correct METAR…
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Tried to fly six sessions yesterday, out of six, five were so lagged out it was unflyable. These are from the one session that actually ran good (26fps) all the rest wouldnt get past 12fps no matter if it was the su9 or su10 beta:
Ah look cheap gas:
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Scenery enhancements.
The Sedona rock formations, the Death Star, Atlantis, various HD-models of huge telescopes in Hawaii and all over the world, the Halo ring, Star Wars Cloud City, and of course… Middle Earth.
A nice evening flight from KFNL to KGJT with the Kodiak 100 in VR. Some beautiful scenery on the way. Top notch immersion.
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Proceeded to follow the Zambezi river with the C208. This leg from Kariba to Luangwa, following the river as it connects Kariba Lake with Cahora Bassa. Two very large artificial lakes.
Anyway, the flight itself was super boring, I slept a little bit during.
I still don’t know how to properly get the generator to work in the C208.
The airstrip I landed at, Luangwa Airport, is listed as ZM-0003 in Windy. It was somewhat tricky to spot. My approach was unorthodox but I really was ready for the leg to be over.
Simair: SimAir.io
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Just checked out Kamchatka (part of it, anyway). I didn’t have high expectations of the scenery, but there are some nice bits. Sorry, I forgot to take screenshots.
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When searching for cool locations - I found COCKPIT COUNTRY!!
Now I want to cockpit country.
Is this even better than this giant airplane cemetary in the desert, sorry I don´t know where this is I think it´s Nevada or Arizona?
Cockpit Country! Awesome.
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Going on from Seville San Pablo (LEZL) I first flew to Faro (LPFR) then on to Lisbon (LPPT)
I think the world update really shows all the love the area got, at least compared to my African tour which is as vanilla a continent sadly as it gets. I hope it will have such great looks soon.
Faro airport is located at an awesome place, I could hardly focus on lining up with the runway
The airport itself is amazingly detailed
Arriving to Lisbon was quite an experience too, there was this orange coloured airliner that I followed on my way to land, sadly when I switched active pause to make a shot, it flew on, oblivious to my time stopping magic, so it ended up quite less spectacular on the shot.
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