Getting more comfortable by the day in my MetroAir skin and thought I’d add some shots of my last trip to Flagstaff.
Had to wait for this fellow to go by before we crossed 26R to take 26L for departure.
I like the “ONTARIO” in this shot.
Somewhere along the PRADO7 SID.
On downwind at Flagstaff. The mountains caught my eye.
MetroAir, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004/FSX/Acceleration, Virtual Airlines
Business has finally started to slow down with the off season and so I have started getting back into FS9 and joined a VA called MetroAir. I really like the livery they have created and their fleet are models that I enjoy flying. So far it seems like a pretty good bunch of guys in general.
I feel like I’ve taken my flight simming as far as I can without making the jump onto VATSIM and their live ATC. I don’t just want to jump on and do VFR flights, I do not really need controllers to simulate VFR flying and in real life I’m comfortable with VFR through C and D airspace anyway. What I want is to start doing some live work out of, through, and into Class B airspace and airports.
To prepare myself for this though I need to get familiar and competent using SIDs and STARs and know how to set up my flights before I ever connect. I found four tutorials that are great resources and have been successfully flying accurate IFR procedures offline with Radar Contact 4 for a week now. I’m going to pick one route that I can do practically from memory and take the plunge onto VATSIM shortly.
Flight Simulation, MetroAir, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004/FSX/Acceleration, VATSIM
