TheAviationEnthusiast

Interesting, very interesting, everybody should read this.

Recently I joined VATSIM, that's pretty fun and cool, and I also love to fly different, challenging approaches to different airports in commercial aircraft. I love to download a bunch of add-on scenery and planes, and I love doing challenges. (ex: a Boeing 747 landing at that Saba airport with the shortest runway)

True, Boeing still should've provided the info on how to disable the MCAS system if it faults.

Hello aviators! Welcome back to my blog, today I'll be talking about this awesome new plane revealed by UTAP.(United Technologies’ Advanced Projects) Picture: https://www.ainonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/ain30_fullwidth_large/public/uploads/2019/03/united-technologies-project-804-x-plane-032619-pdf.jpg?itok=iGh6Q6fW&timestamp=1553611502 Article/Resources: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2019-03-26/utc-reveals-hybrid-electric-aircraft-demonstrator This beaut is a hybrid-electric aircraft that is expected to fly within three years. It is called "Project 804" (P804) and is kind of like an updated version of the famous Bombardier Dash 8-100, some advantages being 30% fuel savings and cruise efficiency. I'm so excited for this plane to come into service (and hopefully I'll get a chance to ride it) and I have to say, besides the ICON A5, it is one of the coolest, prettiest new planes currently, in my opinion. Thanks for reading this article, I hope you enjoyed it, please rate 5 stars, comment below, and have a nice, flying day! See ya! TheAviationEnthusiast

Hello! Welcome back to my blog, today I'm going to be talking about how the h*ll a British Airways airplane not only landed at a wrong airport, or wrong city, but the plane landed in the wrong COUNTRY! It was supposed to land in Germany, instead it landed in Scotland. Article/Resources: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/uk-british-airways-flight-lands-in-edinburgh-scli-gbr-intl/index.html Apparently, there was an incorrectly filed flight plan, and instead of Germany, it was filed to go to Edinburgh, Scotland instead of Dusseldorf, Germany. So, everybody on board (except the passengers) thought the plane was bound to go to Edinburgh, and they flew all the way there. It's a pretty weird mistake to incorrectly file a flight plan to go to a whole other country, and honestly, I don't know how it happened. And the fact that the pilots thought it was going to Scotland and flew there...OMG. Soon after they realized the mistake, they took off (a second time) for Dusseldorf, Germany. Be sure to read the article above for more info. Thanks for reading this blog entry, comment below on your opinion on how this happened, rate this entry 5 stars, and have a nice, flying day! See ya! TheAviationEnthusiast

wow, jeez, i get it now

Thanks for all your opinions guys! I also thought it was the right decision.

Hello! Today on my blog I am going to be listing four reasons why the Boeing 737 MAX should've been grounded much earlier than it was. We all know the whole crisis going on with Boeing and people accusing them of not giving their 737 MAX pilots enough training, faulty software (MCAS) etc. etc. Obviously it was the right decision to ground them, but they should've been grounded much, much earlier. Here's why: 1.) The first 737 MAX flight was on January 29, 2016. The first incident - and this obviously wasn't JUST an incident - happened only 2 and 3/4 years later. Of course you could just say that's coincidence, but before the Ethiopian Airlines crash, people knew that this wasn't just your average aviation disaster. Apparently, the Lion Air flight's altitude started to fluctuate minutes after takeoff, and they made jerky movements, that would be odd if it was because of pilot error. If it was AP, they would disable it. If it was flight controls or trim, they would trim the plane and/or use flight controls, like the yoke. That is an unheard of kind of disaster, with vertical speeds and altitudes rising AND dropping dramatically in very short periods of time. And come to think of it - Ahh! There's that new MCAS system on the 737 MAXes! Immediately, in my honest opinion, right then they should've been grounded. 2.) LITERALLY, the DAY BEFORE the crash, there had been a similar malfunction in a 737 MAX 8, and thankfully, there was a pilot in the jumpseat that corrected the plane and stopped the fault. Just the FACT that the DAY BEFORE the disaster, there was a similar malfunction, that, without that pilot aboard, would've caused even more casualties, really means that they should've grounded them sooner. 3.) Think of it - every 737 MAX has the MCAS system. Therefore, every 737 MAX is at risk of having an incident due to that faulty system. Of course, people say, "well we don't know for sure the cause of the crash, why should we ground it?" If people knew what happened in the moments before the crash, they would think, "what else besides the MCAS could've caused it?" Nothing. That's the answer. There's no other system that's known to be that faulty or do what the MCAS does. And, again, EVERY 737 MAX has the MCAS. 4.) Honestly, this isn't as much of a why they should've grounded it opinion, as it is a "why did Boeing introduce this plane to all the airlines if they didn't have training yet?" and/or "WHY did they not give the pilots sufficient training for the 737 MAX?!?!" Yeah yeah, the MAX and NG have the same type rating, all that means is, the pilots don't NEED extra training to fly that aircraft, but they still should. It's true that the MAX shares a lot of similarities with other 737 models, but the MCAS system isn't a minor little system. It lowers the AOA to prevent stalls, and it COULD fault, therefore pilots should get training on how to use the MCAS system, and what to do if it faults. That is a very big difference between the 737 MAXes and other 737s. There you have it my friends, four reasons why the 737 MAX should have been grounded much earlier. I hope you enjoyed this article, be sure to rate it 5 stars, comment below on your opinion, and have a nice, flying day! See ya next time! TheAviationEnthusiast

Hmm, interesting. So he states that he heard of rude employees, strict rules, and bad management, but in the end he only experienced additional costs for different services...interesting. Look what he said: "Something I hated about the booking process was that you always have additional costs after you selected a flight: 2 Euros passenger fee, 6 Euros web checkin, 12 Euros admin fee etc… At the end I paid another 20 € to the actual price."

Wow, that is a very good point! Because supposedly there is a way to disable the MCAS system if it faults, but the 737 MAX pilots don't know how to do it.

Hey aviation enthusiasts! As we all know very well, Ryanair is considered to be THE WORST airline ever, or as of today anyway. But WHY, just WHY is Ryanair considered so bad??? Because of their kind of hard landings? 'Cause if it's because of that, passengers can deal with that. Are there any other reasons? Do they not treat their customers well? They're not expensive, so... They're considered to be the worst, but why ARE Ryanair considered to be the worst airline, with the stereotype of them always having hard landings? TheAviationEnthusiast

Thanks for stating your opinion! I, too, am anxious to see others' comments on this subject!

Hey flight simmers, I know this is a blog, and this isn't really a blog entry, but it's a tutorial! So please, read on. This is a tutorial on how to fly an ILS (Instrument Landing System) approach in FSX, for this example, in the default FSX Boeing 737-800. So let's get started! Hit "Alt", go to "World", and click on "Map". You'll see a, well, map of your plane and your surroundings. Using the little +- zoom in/out buttons, you can zoom in and out on the map, and to go around the map, just point the mouse to one of the edges until it turns into an arrow, and click as many times as you need to. Now go to the airport you'll be landing at, and MAKE SURE, before proceeding, that it has an ILS approach, by going to the airport, zooming in, and if there's a green triangular arrow-shaped thingy aligned to one of the runways (the ILS approach) click on that thingy. You'll see a list of info. People say to only note the course and ILS frequency, but you should also note the morse code it says. I'll explain why later. Oh, by the way, make sure you clicked on the runway you'll be landing on. For this example, we'll fly an ILS approach to runway 4 at KLGA. (LaGuardia Airport, in New York City) Let's say the ILS frequency is 110.5. Note it. Say the course is 44 degrees. Note it. Let's say the morse code is -.- .-.. --. .- NOTE THAT TOO!!! Okay, now you can click out of Map and hold Alt for a second to close the menu bar. Now, before doing anything else, put in the course you just noted down into the "course" autopilot selection. OPTIONAL: What you may wanna do to line up with the runway early is go into the GPS, click the Direct-to-waypoint button, type in the dest. airport's ICAO code (ex: KLGA) click ENT, click again, and click ENT again to Activate. Now go to PROC. Select "Select Approach". Choose ILS and rwy number, (ex: ILS 04) click VECTORS, and click "Activate", select PROC again, and click "Activate vectors to final." Assuming you have autopilot on, NAV/GPS is on GPS, and VOR LOC is on, it'll automatically start to align. Okay, now the rest is not optional. Press Shift+2 or whatever the radio stack is mapped to to open the radio stack. Input the ILS frequency into STBY, switch the STBY to the active frequency, and turn on "NAV 1" on the radio stack. Wait. If it says "ID" on the little button in between the active and stby frequencies, then it's tuned to AN ILS frequency and is on the localizer. Now listen to the morse code it plays out. MAKE SURE the morse code it plays is the same as the morse code you noted earlier. If it's not, wait til' it is. If/once it IS, then switch NAV/GPS to NAV, and the airplane will start to fly the ILS approach. Now, open the PFD. (Primary Flight Display) You might see a little diamond on the right of the PFD, to the left of the altitude. You might not, if you don't, wait til' you do. Remember all this time, continue to decrease your altitude and speed. (as you would on a normal approach) Anyway, once you do see the little diamond, pay close attention to it. Soon, you'll start to see it drop. That means you're higher and higher above the glideslope. Keep watching. Once it gets halfway down the PFD, click the Approach Hold (APP) switch. If the altitude hold switch doesn't automatically disable (it should) disable that too. You'll notice the plane starting to descend toward the runway. Assuming you're lined up, you are now on final approach. Make sure you get clearance to land by ATC. Decrease speed to landing speed. (on a Boeing 737-800, that's around 135-145 knots) Your plane will continue to descend toward the runway. Now, right before the plane crosses the runway threshold, disable the autopilot and autothrottle. You now have control of the plane. Put the engines to idle (move the throttle back to 0%) and flare. (pitch your nose up about 3-5 degrees) Your plane will hopefully touchdown on its back wheels. Pitch the nose down, and then engage reverse thrust, (hold F2) press and hold the period key to brake, (UNLESS YOU HAVE AUTOBRAKE ON!!!) and engage the spoilers by pressing the slash (/) key. Do all of this as quickly as possible. The plane will come to a stop. Now GET OFF THE RUNWAY!!! :-D JK, but for real, taxi off the runway as soon as possible to allow other planes to use the runway. There you go! You have successfully flown an ILS approach and performed and ILS landing! Give yourself a pat on the back, get a drink, sit back and *inhaling* relaaaaax. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to fly an ILS approach in FSX! Please give this blog entry five stars, comment below, and have a nice, flying day! Yours truly, TheAviationEnthusiast

Hey aviation enthusiasts, Of course, as we ALL know, there has been a whole 737 MAX crisis going on this past half a month. They've been grounded worldwide, not one left in the air. The thing IS, they don't exactly know what caused the Lion Air or Ethiopian Airlines crashes, and even though they think it's MCAS, they don't know for sure. I don't know what to think in terms of if they should've grounded it. I want you guys's opinion on this. Should the world have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 8? TheAviationEnthusiast

Hey flight simmers, I recently bought the PMDG 737NGX. I've visited the cockpit of the Boeing 737NG many times and the 737 is one of my favorite planes, and the 737NG cockpits are my favorite cockpits. I like the default 737 in FSX, but it just isn't realistic enough, I don't LOVE it as much as I LOVE the actual 737NG in real life. Then came the PMDG 737-800/900 Base Package For FSX. I just HAD to buy it when it came out. I saw the videos, pics, screenshots, etc., but would it live up to my expectations??? It sure did. The moment I fired up the simulator, I felt like I was in the cockpit of the REAL Boeing 737NG. The cockpit was almost EXACTLY like the real one, EVERY button, switch, lever, was usable, it followed ALL real-world procedures, in my opinion it's one of the best FSX add-ons to come out! It's just so REALISTIC. I LOVED IT!!! And then the model. All the attention to all that detail - so OVERWHELMING, the engine, all the little passenger windows, all the little marks on the plane, slats, flaps, the tail, the physics and aerodynamics, wing flex, the lighting, the little spirals on the engines, the way all the parts of the airplane move in real time - gosh, I couldn't believe how close it was to the real thing. BUT - was it worth the astounding $69.99 I paid for it??? YES!!! And that's a BIG, HARD YES!!!!! Even if it was 79.99, or even 89.99, it still would've been worth it. Just everything about the plane - the physics, aerodynamics, cockpit, model, just - EVERY SINGLE THING about it was DEFINITELY worth $69.99. NOTE - It is very hard to fly, it's not just some fire up, takeoff toy. It is a very realistic plane that follows all real-world procedures of the real 737NG. Also, you will need a pretty good PC to run this add-on, it can take a BIG hit on frame rates. And that's my review of the PMDG 737NGX. I do not have the expansion 600/700 yet, but I'll sure buy it at some point. Yours truly, TheAviationEnthusiast