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benEggleston16

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  1. 'What do I do to keep FSX interesting?' Well, lots of things, searching on the internet for websites and forum posts about interesting airports is fun, I often use the ORBX google earth overlay to choose my next airport to visit, I agree with the 'creek' ending airports are often challenging! Here it is the scenery not the planes you should be interested in, you can use the same C185 again and again. There are also easter eggs like Kiluea (however you spell it) volcano, and New Year fireworks, then interesting scenery like landable carriers (can you get a jet on it?) and also did you know you can land on the overseas highways (Florida)? I know this all sounds very childish but it certainly keeps it interesting! Also flying a jet then setting an engine on fire from the failures menu, other silliness includes flying airbus aerobatics (turn the flybywire off), mowing the lawn in a Pitts, upside down in a 747, then flying through cities like between the skyscrapers of NY or through tower bridge in London. Sometimes I just can't resist finding out 'Do you think my PA28 will land in that field?' A good website which also has advice on spectacular approaches is 'Sim Rewards' I think it's called, or 'FSX Missions' or something like that. Approaches can be interesting too, not just spectacular ones but do you ever feel that last landing wasn't as good as it could have been? 1). Go to any major airport 2). Go to the FSX Map 3). Place your plane on the end of the glideslope, at 1500 feet AGL and 150 knots for a jet, 80 for a prop Hey presto, ready to shoot approaches! Save the flight so the setup is there for the future, come back tomorrow, load it and swap your dash 8 for a 767 or whatever aircraft you want today. Set up cosswinds or low visability or whatever, that setup described above really is a starting point and a good one at that. The reason I said pick a major airport is so you have an ILS appearing on the map, theoretically you can pick any airport but you'll have to guess where to put your plane. I rarely fly full flights with jets though I have lots, many payware. I normally just practice take offs, landings and sometimes touch and gos or engine outs. Its mainly time constraints that stop me flying 'properly' (flightplans and VATSIM and NDBs etc) but I think I know how to make the most of my time! I buy payware about once a month, not just when I'm bored though it can boost interest a lot for a week or two, depending on how big the scenery area is or how many liveries the plane came with. Really, it isn't needed to have a good time, it just makes the time better, particularly scenery
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