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Took of today from Iqaluit for Greenland. Weather was exclamation VFR on Top, so decided to do IFR for the first time. I took some pics. It was good in the beginning after picking up some light icing I was in the clear cruising at 11,500 feet. Then it got scary as I headed towards the Atlantic just passing the coast, decided to do a 180 and head back! That turn to the left is me chickening out and returning. Foreflight indicated icing at my altitude right in the middle of the Atlantic at 12000 feet. 113 nautical miles in, I turned back and made it to Iqaluit before sunset. Doing around the world is tricky. Will wait for a better day.

Yes - When I get to the destination and park and shut down the engine. I save the flight. I reload the flight next time I fly. However even when the engine is shut down before saving. When I reload the last save, I am at the same spot but the engines are started automatically upon reload. So I note the approximate spot where I parked and reload from parking diagram as close to the parking as possible. This way when I continue, the engines are off upon reload. It works just fine and its always close to where I shut down.

Flight for Saturday Morning 3/6 depending on weather: CYFB (Iqaluit Canada) to BGGH (Nuuk Greenland). The flight will be conducted with VOR and NDB there will be a blind spot over the ocean for over an hour. This depends on the wind... I have studied the wind charts and a majority of the fight I will get a tailwind vector. Aircraft: Cessna 172S (Around the World from KFRG - currently parked at Iqaluit) Altitude: 9500 or 11500 Time: Real Weather/Real Time Total Flight Plan Distance: 451 nautical miles After Takeoff on 109 Degree Radial YFB VOR 117.4 MHz FROM Flag track to MUSVA (146 NM) Before arriving to MUSVA determine wind direction and ground speed as accurately as possible and determine time to MUSVA, correct for gyro drift with magnetic compass every 15 minutes. At MUSVA (estimate) heading 116 TO 6455N (no radio beacon) estimate time based on ground speed and wind. Correct for gyro drift with magnetic compass every 15 minutes. At 6455N (estimate) Home to KU NDB 298.000 distance to go (79nm) At KU NDB fly heading 094 for 8nm (airport to your slight left) I will not use GPS unless absolutely necessary. Want to test my skills.

More than 16,000 feet! That is a Guinness record. Somewhere the model needs tweaking maybe. Don’t think in real life that is possible. At sea level Vy is greater than Vx as you go higher those values get closer. When they are equal, that is your max celling. That is how I understood it. I will experiment to see what is the highest I can go at max weight and max fuel loaded. This knowledge will be important when I reach high mountain areas.

My biggest challenge will be touching the Tibetan plateau.... thanks for sharing, I will be brainstorming ideas. Just got handed over to Montreal Center on flight following. Have 385 NM to CYFB Iqaluit at 9500 ft ground speed 103. After this it’s the 1st time I leave North America into Greenland single engine.... Satellite scenery does degrade as u go up in latitude.

I don't have a plan for crossing Pacific. It will be difficult to recreate those flight in a 172. I am not sure what the general wind directions are there. If its headwind that is not good. It will take more than a year to get to the pacific. Most likely After touching Russia, and Europe I will head down to the tip of Africa come up north via Madagascar and then Middle east into Iran and India. From there Southeast Asia into Australia and New Zealand. then back up north Island hopping into china Mongolia north south Korea then into japan. Follow the islands of the Bearing sea into Alaska go down to south America and if possible there is a way into Antarctica. If scenery is available.... Anyway this is too far into the future. Today's flight cancel due to weather its sketchy. I have to stay away from icing. Plus I don't like night VFR over non populated areas.

I don't have another thread but I will make one once I make it to Africa. One thing I learned is that Pilotage and dead reckoning works. My 1st hardest flight will be between Iqaluit Airport (canada) - Nuuk Godthab Airport (greenland). It must be planned perfectly. Total distance is 446 NM doable in a Cessna 172 there is a VOR in Canada and an NDB in greenland. With the right winds I can do the ocean crossing. If I encounter icing over the ocean, and have to get lower my True Airspeed will be lower and winds might not be favorable. it is game over. I am totally excited about this flight.

02/14/2021 C172S CTG3 - CYGP TIME: 0.3 27 NM TOTAL TIME: 6.6 676 NM All my legs are less that 150 nautical miles. I never leave the computer as flight time, logging, and planning is done within 2 hours.. The flight you quoted was only 27 nautical miles long a flight time of 0.3 hours. The total time from home base was 6.6 hours and total distance from home base 676 nautical miles. (the time is tach time) Canada is beautiful. I started taking pics of my flight. I use real time and real weather. So I have crossed into a new time zone, 1 hour early than me. This far north the days are short and there are frozen lakes and forests. I have foreflight full version but I do not hook up to FS2020 If I can't do a VFR flight, I don't fly.

Today I plan to get to CYVP Kuujjuaq Airport Canada. This is a log of my around the world VFR flight in a C172 Steam Gauge in FS2020. I started at KFRG my home base and plan to do 6 continents and every recognized country in the world all VFR and in the day. There are occasions when I complete after sunset, but very rarely. I use the sectional chart and E6B and clock. IT WORKS and KEEPS ME ON THE EDGE. I made it this far without getting lost and NOT using GPS. I use VOR/NDB when absolutely needed. as I don't have Canadian charts. So far the total distance I covered is over 1000NM in 11.1 hour of flight time. Flight number 8 was the first time I encountered icing challenge. So far I am loving it, as I am not using PMDG, so this is a new challenge. 001) UNITED STATES 001) Republic (Farmingdale, New York) - Hartford-Brainard (Hartford, Connecticut) 02/12/2021 C172S KFRG - KHFD TIME: 1.0 75 NM TOTAL TIME: 1.0 075 NM ROUTE: Northport Stacks - KBDR - KHVN - KMMK - Follow River 002) Hartford-Brainard (Hartford, Connecticut) - Boire Fld (Nashua, New Hampshire) 02/12/2021 C172S KHFD - KASH TIME: 0.8 86 NM TOTAL TIME: 1.8 161 NM ROUTE: Follow River - Kings Island - S End Bridge - KCEF - Quabbin Reservoir Connor Pond - Bassets Corner (near lake) - KGDM - Whitmanville River Fitchburg Reservoir - Between (Silver Lake & Flints Pond) 003) Boire Fld (Nashua, New Hampshire) - Portland Intl Jetport (Portland, Maine) 02/12/2021 C172S KASH - KPWM TIME: 0.7 81 NM TOTAL TIME: 2.5 242 NM ROUTE: KMHT - (Great Bay) KPSM - KSFM - (perpendicular to) Saco River 004) Portland Intl Jetport (Portland, Maine) - Auburn/Lewiston Muni (Auburn/Lewiston, Maine) 02/12/2021 C172S KPWM - KLEW TIME: 0.3 24 NM TOTAL TIME: 2.8 266 NM ROUTE: follow the highway north straight to the airport 005) Auburn/Lewiston Muni (Auburn/Lewiston, Maine) - Bangor Intl (Bangor, Maine) 02/12/2021 C172S KLEW - KBGR TIME: 0.8 80 NM TOTAL TIME: 3.6 346 NM ROUTE: follow river north - 3B5 - Androscoggin Lake - KWVL factory (near big lake) - DIXMONT (intersection) 006) Bangor Intl (Bangor, Maine) - Houlton Intl (Houlton, Maine) 02/13/2021 C172S KBGR - KHUL TIME: 0.9 96 NM TOTAL TIME: 4.5 442 NM ROUTE: follow river NNE to Enfield Lake - follow river NE to T shape NEE to Grand Lake - HUL VOR 116.1 002) CANADA 007) Houlton Intl (Houlton, Maine) - Miramichi Airport (New Brunswick, Canada) 02/13/2021 C172S KHUL - CYCH TIME: 1.0 111 NM TOTAL TIME: 5.5 553 NM ROUTE: Saint John River Bridge NE - Miramichi Lake river intersection from adjacent left to right two rivers converge V shape at Millerton 008) Miramichi Airport (New Brunswick, Canada) - Du Rocher-Percé/Pabok (Québec, Canada) 02/14/2021 C172S CYCH - CTG3 TIME: 0.8 96 NM TOTAL TIME: 6.3 649 NM ROUTE: Planned Destination (CYGP): Encounted light icing at 2500, Diverted to CTG3 at 2000 [Continued Flight After 1 hour] follow between hightway and shore NE to Miscou Beach - HDG 013 to Airport. 009) Du Rocher-Percé/Pabok (Québec, Canada) - Gaspé - Michel-Pouliot (Québec, Canada) 02/14/2021 C172S CTG3 - CYGP TIME: 0.3 27 NM TOTAL TIME: 6.6 676 NM ROUTE: YPG VOR 115.4 Direct - Heading 300 to Airport [Light icing at 2000 about 7 miles from Airport] 010) Gaspé - Michel-Pouliot (Québec, Canada) - Natashquan (Québec, Canada) 02/15/2021 C172S CYPG - CYNA TIME: 1.5 161 NM TOTAL TIME: 8.1 811 NM ROUTE: Icing over Gulf of St. Lawrence both south and north of Anticosti Island south icing as low as 1000, diverted to CRB5 at 500, icing cleard within 30 minutes, sky clear. To CTH7 VFR via roads. Then YNA VOR 113.6 Icing at 2500 28 DME descent to 1500 landed at CYNA safely. 011) Natashquan (Québec, Canada) - Goose Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) 02/15/2021 C172S CYNA - CYYR TIME: 1.8 208 NM TOTAL TIME: 9.9 1019 NM ROUTE: HDG 080 to Lake Kegaska - Lake Rivere Musquaro - Unique Shaped Lake Lake Montcevelles - Unique Shaped Lake - Lake Fourmont - Unique Shaped Lake Southern Labrador Highway 510 crosses from the right - follow highway to Churchill River. 012) Goose Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) - Hopedale (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) 02/18/2021 C172S CYYR - CYHO TIME: 1.2 128 NM TOTAL TIME: 11.1 1147 NM ROUTE: NIGHT - DIRECT GPS

It seems ILS Frequencies (Approach Plates, SIDS STARS) are only available for the United States in skyvector

As I have been browsing all the threads since the release of MSFS2020 it is apparent that some complains/frustrations also stems from an actual ignorance of the new sim rather than any bugs. After all, the whole user interface is different, the whole sim is different indeed. I too sometimes find it frustrating! However, I don't know what percent is Ignorance or Bugs. Previous sims also had bugs and issues, but going from FS98 to FS2000 to FS2002 to FS2004 to Prepar3d wasn't a big challenge both from the user interface to how the sim was programmed. You just bought the new sim, installed it and played around a few days and you had it up and running. We can all agree that FS2020 is different! And, indeed there are bugs, BIG BUGS in fact an airport like BGBW which I frequent is not even in the sim and its an important airport in Greenland, because there is no satellite scenery for that area. Initially, you couldn't go to Iceland, although it is resolved now. Still, I am not going to throw MSFS2020 under the bus. I don't know how many copies were sold, but assume a million, then all of us are beta testers who are finding actual bugs faster then a select few could do. This will speed up the process and the end product will get better and better faster. So relax, if you hate it move on to your previous sim or enjoy what enjoyment you get from the new sim, if you find a bug, ask questions here, may be it will get resolved. If not do report your bug. That's all!

I understand some peoples frustration! If you happen to love flying big airliners its not going to happen anytime soon. I own PMDG for Prepar3d and I like to fly by the book as much as I can. But, if you are also like me who flies GA, then it ain't that bad. The Cessna 152 is a wonderful plane, something I have flown in real life. I have been doing an around the world flight VFR at the moment in the C-152 using live weather, starting from KFRG and have arrived at GOOSE BAY in Canada. Never cheated by looking at a GPS. Printed charts from skyvector and made use of them. IT WORKS GUYS. So lets look at the positive and make the best of it.

I am really sad to here this. I own 2 PMDG aircraft and they are superb. Hopefully, in the mean time other developers will come up with workable GA aircraft with a 6 pack.

Not Sure! But for the most part taixways are marked. You can get free real world diagrams here: https://skyvector.com/ for any airport in the US. In the real world, you definitely need it at an unfamiliar airport. In the sim, its a good way to learn taxi skills and the worst that will happen if you screw up: NOTHING

I like the first one as its more realistic. 100% agree

WOW. If the owner of the sim is happy with the setup, Power to them. I did once try multiple monitor setup with an additional Foreflight on an iPad hooked up as moving map, GPS etc. What I hated was the bezels of the monitor. You see those two vertical bars in the middle. I HATE THAT. So I went back to a single monitor setup. I know they have curved monitors and TV's but if some one can come up with a single curved monitor that can represent 150 - 180 degrees of cockpit view... That would take flight simulator to the next level. No More Bezels.

Exactly true! I took the Icon to crater lake, and it was flat crystal clear. Then played around with the wind setting over 100kts. OMG I was in the middle of the lake in the crater and those wave are so scary, I lost control and it dived into the lake. I have never been scared in a simulator it was so sudden. The waves looked awesome. and once the logic is fixed.... it will be golden

Welcome to the club

For General Aviation Aircraft use this simple rule. Say you are at 5000ft Mean Sea Level and the Airport you are trying to land at is 800ft Mean Sea Level then: 5000ft - 800ft = 4200ft Then 4200ft x 3 = 12,600ft Then 12,600ft / 1000 = 12.6 You begin to Descent 12.6 Nautical Miles out. Generally - POWER IDLE and trim the air plane to 90 knots and you should get a nice 500ft / minute Play around with this and you will find what works best and you will nail it every time.

And the whole of Botswana is also in the sim. LOL

awesome, looking at a youtube video of this plane

Its ok, I have flown flight simulator with just blue for water and brown and green for earth and a few buildings here and there, and it was ok too. So I can live the imperfections. As more people use the sim, the more bugs they will find and it will constantly get better with updates. Patience is needed. In the mean time I will enjoy the scenery and wait for the aircraft addons.

that is an issue for now. just have to wait until it gets fixed.

despite the bugs, I cant seem to go back to prepar3d or xplane. I just fly around in the Cessna 152.

what the heck, I add one more to my count. almost 500 for me!