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/images/notams/notams19/afsd1004.jpgAFS-design brings an excellent package of "Airbus Collection - AirFrance" v2 that contains the following models: AIRBUS A319neoAIRBUS A320neo cabin interior modelAIRBUS A321neoAIRBUS A330 - 200AIRBUS A330 - 300AIRBUS A340 - 200AIRBUS A340 - 300AIRBUS A340 - 500AIRBUS A340 - 600AIRBUS A330 cabin interior modelAIRBUS A350AIRBUS A380AIRBUS A380FAIRBUS A380 cabin interior model /images/notams/notams19/afsd0907/air-france-1.jpgThese models all have the following features: Detailed external and internal model including virtual cockpit with a friendly co - pilotAnimations in the external model: flaps, slats, spoilers, three cabin doors and two hatches, landing gearExtensive lighting effects of windows and exterior lightingExterior lighting: beacon, strobes, nav, landing and taxi lightsVirtual cockpit: panel light, window reflections, highly detailed, including avionics for radio navigationPanel with FMC (Flight Managment Computer) and GPS (Global Positioning System)Engine thrust reverser including animation and realistic flight dynamicsAll models with ATC-ID sign in the cockpit and exterior modelsNew textures (1024*1024 px) with specular shine, night lighting and Alpha technologyRecorded sound of original Rolls Royce Trent 900 enginesGangway stairs and logolight in the new A320neo /images/notams/notams19/afsd0907/air-france-2.jpgAll models have a fully functional cockpit: 2 Primary light Displays and 2 Multi-Function Displays2 switchable EICAS displaysEICAS displays: FUEL, ENGINE, DOORs, MAPCenter console with FMC, radio controls with transponders, trim wheel, throttle and engine controlUpper panel with about 100 real deposited switches"Seatbelt" and "No-Smoking" sign with acoustic soundAutopilot features: ILS, FD, ALT, VS, HDG, NAV, SPeeD, Mach, Loc, Autothrottle/ Master, QNHFMC (Flight Managment Computer): New FMC for the Airbus A320 Family15 different menusGauge of miscellaneous flight parametersUse of flight planCalculation of courses analogical wind, highlevel and aerodrome of destinationFollow of waypointsCourse gauge and autopilot control /images/notams/notams19/afsd0907/air-france-3.jpgAll Airbus airplanes are equipped with Air France liveries. Air France is based in Paris, and is France's biggest airline. Theyare, together with the Dutch KLM, the company Air France-KLM. Purchase AFS-Design - Airbus Collection Air France v2 for FSX: Steam Edition Purchase AFS-Design - Airbus Collection Air France v2 for FSX boxed edition
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/images/notams/notams19/afsd0907/afsd0907.jpgAFS-design brings an excellent package of "Airbus Collection - AirFrance" v2 that contains the following models: AIRBUS A319neoAIRBUS A320neo cabin interior modelAIRBUS A321neoAIRBUS A330 - 200AIRBUS A330 - 300AIRBUS A340 - 200AIRBUS A340 - 300AIRBUS A340 - 500AIRBUS A340 - 600AIRBUS A330 cabin interior modelAIRBUS A350AIRBUS A380AIRBUS A380FAIRBUS A380 cabin interior model /images/notams/notams19/afsd0907/air-france-1.jpgThese models all have the following features: Detailed external and internal model including virtual cockpit with a friendly co - pilotAnimations in the external model: flaps, slats, spoilers, three cabin doors and two hatches, landing gearExtensive lighting effects of windows and exterior lightingExterior lighting: beacon, strobes, nav, landing and taxi lightsVirtual cockpit: panel light, window reflections, highly detailed, including avionics for radio navigationPanel with FMC (Flight Managment Computer) and GPS (Global Positioning System)Engine thrust reverser including animation and realistic flight dynamicsAll models with ATC-ID sign in the cockpit and exterior modelsNew textures (1024*1024 px) with specular shine, night lighting and Alpha technologyRecorded sound of original Rolls Royce Trent 900 enginesGangway stairs and logolight in the new A320neo /images/notams/notams19/afsd0907/air-france-2.jpgAll models have a fully functional cockpit: 2 Primary light Displays and 2 Multi-Function Displays2 switchable EICAS displaysEICAS displays: FUEL, ENGINE, DOORs, MAPCenter console with FMC, radio controls with transponders, trim wheel, throttle and engine controlUpper panel with about 100 real deposited switches"Seatbelt" and "No-Smoking" sign with acoustic soundAutopilot features: ILS, FD, ALT, VS, HDG, NAV, SPeeD, Mach, Loc, Autothrottle/ Master, QNHFMC (Flight Managment Computer): New FMC for the Airbus A320 Family15 different menusGauge of miscellaneous flight parametersUse of flight planCalculation of courses analogical wind, highlevel and aerodrome of destinationFollow of waypointsCourse gauge and autopilot control /images/notams/notams19/afsd0907/air-france-3.jpgAll Airbus airplanes are equipped with Air France liveries. Air France is based in Paris, and is France's biggest airline. Theyare, together with the Dutch KLM, the company Air France-KLM. Purchase AFS-Design - Airbus Collection Air France v2
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Air France Flight #065 Los Angeles, U.S.A. - Paris, France Boeing 777-228ER / Registration F-GSPL By Alex Shahverdiloo Before I begin, I would like to thank Rik Vyverman interesting and entertaining articles about his flights that he posted at FlightSim.Com. His articles were a source of inspiration on me having written this article. Another thing that inspired me to write this piece are the World Air Routes Video previews which you can see at http://www.worldairroutes.com/. Though I won't be writing about the flight nearly as detailed as some of Mr. Vyverman's past work, I hope that those who read it will get some sort of idea and perhaps share their own flights with us in the future. It all begins around 1:30 pm L.A. time on Sunday, July 21. Just like Mr. Vyverman's last assignment, I too am stuck on the drive to the airport... to Los Angeles International and the 405 Freeway is at its weekend worse, but this time I'm with the entire flight crew on our shuttle bus. We came in from Paris last Thursday and had enjoyed a nice Friday and Saturday taking a look at what L.A. had to offer. For most of the flight crew who had been here several times before, they just passed their time in L.A. sunbathing by the pool of our hotel in Newport Beach. For myself, it wasn't that big of a deal as well since I live here in real life... he he he, but for my two copilots who had just obtained their check ride pass on the B777, it was a grand experience visiting a destination that they weren't able to with the B737s that they captained before moving up to long hauls. We finally arrived at the Tom Bradley International Terminal around a quarter past two and with one glance at the Air France ticket counter, we were already able to tell that it was going to be a heavy flight. Fortunately for us, being the flight crew, we zipped right through the check in counter and immediately headed towards the security checkpoint to gain access to the gate and aircraft. As if it wasn't bad enough already with the security measures enforced after the terrorist attacks last year, the El Al ticket counter incident a few weeks back at the Bradley Terminal didn't make the experience any more pleasant. I personally had to take off my shoes after having a wand hover all around me for what felt like an eternity, and by the faces the security guards made, I think I put on a dirty pair of socks by accident... woops! We arrived at Gate #104 where our aircraft was parked and after showing the gate personnel our crew identification cards, we boarded the aircraft to prepare for the ten and a half hour flight back to Paris. Our aircraft for the flight was a Boeing 777, Series 228 ER (Extended Range), with the registration F-GSPL. While the cabin crew got the aircraft ready, the two B777 rookies and I went through all the flight preparation checklists and calculations. For the flight, we expected over 300 passengers plus a lot of cargo that was being stored below, so our departure was going to be under Maximum Take Off Weight operations. We checked three different routes assigned for our flight under the aircraft's FMC and decided that the following route would be best in consideration with the latest weather observations reported to us: KLAX. HOLTZ2. TRM.. EED.. TBC. J128. FQF. J10. OBH.. FSD.. GEP.. DLH. J533. YQT. J481. YKL.. YDP. 5E23. OZN.. 6130N.. 6015N.. BALIX.. STN. UN615. GOW. UA1. WOD.. SFD. UM605. DPE. 3A.. LFPG Due to the heavy load, were not able to initiate our cruising altitude at the regular 33,000 feet for this flight. Instead, we had to assign ourselves an initial cruising altitude of 29,000 feet (great... the only 777 at 29,000 feet in a swarm of newly departed 747s!). Once our last minute passengers had boarded the plane and all preparation checklists had been completed, it was then time for us to begin our flight, which was scheduled for a 3:50 pm gate departure. We were cleared by Los Angeles Clearance Delivery to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Holtz 2 Departure and Dagget transition. Our initial altitude was to be 5,000 feet and we would be cleared to our cruising altitude once we were handed over to Los Angeles Center via SoCal Departure. Once we received our clearance, we began our pushback from Gate #104 and headed out to runway 25R for our departure. Once we arrived at the threshold of runway 25R, we held short and contacted tower for take off clearance. Tower cleared us, we rolled onto runway 25R and lined up, momentarily stopped, hit the landing lights and strobe lights, and then engaged the auto throttle and TO/GO switch. We began rolling down the runway and at VR 168 kts lifted off, tower contacted us immediately after take off and passed us over to SoCal Departure. We continued with the Holtz 2 Departure and were eventually cleared to FL290. once Los Angeles Center took over. We were then advised by them to continue as filed after the Dagget VOR. Taken shortly after take off from runway 25R on the Holtz 2 Departure and we've already been cleared to 13,000 feet by SoCal Departure Over Orange County (south of Los Angeles) on the Holtz 2 Departure Because there was a rather strong weather front stretching from eastern Nevada all the way through central Idaho that day, we took a rather unusual, lower route for the first few hours of the flight which gave us some nicer weather and many photo shooting opportunities. We had a nice view of the Grand Canyon as we over flew it and proceeding next through the Colorado Rockies and flying over Denver, we were able to get a nice view of the mile-high city as well. Over the Grand Canyon at FL290 Over the city of Denver About to enter the Canadian border from Minnesota, now at FL330 Sunset over Ontario, Canada About to over fly the Prins Christian Sund NDB on the southern tip of Greenland at FL370 Once we reached Minnesota, we had burned off enough fuel to proceed to FL330 that Minneapolis Center cleared us to, and by that time the sun was beginning its descent for the next few hours as we prepared for the trans-Atlantic crossing stage of the flight. The sun finally set and we found ourselves surrounded by complete darkness except for the illumination that came from the flight instruments. About two hours later, we were approaching the eastern shores of Canada and were cleared by Canadian ATC for our trans-Atlantic crossing. At the same time, we were cleared to FL370 after having burned off more fuel and our FMC indicating that it was our optimum current flight level. About another hour passed by with little communication from the ATC and the rookies were stating the aircraft's position at 20 minute intervals on a radio frequency that pilots flying along our vicinity were all tuned into. Gothab Control gave us a little visit as we over flew the Prins Christian Sund NDB on the southern tip of Greenland and after that, we continued with our position callouts for the next few hours as we crossed the Atlantic heading towards Scotland. Dawn finally arrived and the glow of the morning sun lifting in the distance from the patches of clouds gave everybody in the cockpit a nice morning call. Breakfast in the cockpit and cabin followed shortly after the sun had fortified its illumination and we began seeing waypoints pop up again in our navigation display as we neared the northern shores of Scotland. Our ATC communication picked up again just before reaching the city of Stornoway in The Hebrides. Afterwards, we were passed down to several other control centers as we over flew Glasgow, then passed just east of Manchester, next just west of London, and finally arrived at the Seaford VOR where London Center cleared us down to our initial entry altitude of FL270 for our approach into Charles de Gaulle. As we were descending for FL270 over the English Channel, London Center handed us over to Paris Center for the remainder of the descent. While still making our descent, I had the rookies check and see if they could to tune into ATIS info for Charles de Gaulle. They were able to and reported that the weather in Paris was stable for a gate arrival at 11:30 am Paris Time (15 minute delay due to the longer route we had to take). Over the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Descending to FL270 over the English Channel. Paris Approach took over once we reached the Dieppe VOR on the northern coast of France and they advised us to expect the Dieppe 3A Arrival for runway 26L. They then cleared us down to 7,000 feet in preparation for final. At about 25 nm out of Charles de Gaulle, Approach cleared us further down to 3,500 feet and had us reduce our speed to 180 kts at 15 nm out. Finally, we were cleared for the ILS approach for runway 26L and handed over to Charles de Gaulle Tower. Tower cleared us to land once we notified them that we had the localizer and glide slope for runway 26L and the landing went without a hitch. Short final for the ILS runway 26L approach Touchdown! After landing and taxiing to our arriving gate which was C83 at Terminal 2, all I could think about was getting into the city with the RER rail service and sipping on a cafe somewhere in the Saint Michel district while slamming down a quarter of a baguette with some cornichon pickles and sausicon sausage... mmmm mmmm. Arriving at Gate C83 in Terminal 2. Parked next to a Continental B777, which had just arrived from Houston five minutes earlier. Well, that's my story... I hope you enjoyed it and remember, forgetting to wear a clean pair of socks for your flight can result in a lot of embarrassment. The following were used for this article: FS2002 Pro Edition SimFlyers KLAX Los Angeles scenery for FS2002 (payware) available at www.simflyers.net Real CDG Paris Charles de Gaulle scenery for FS2002 (freeware) Phoenix Simulations B777 IGW Aircraft, Panel, and Sound for FS2002 (payware) available at http://www.phoenix-simulation.co.uk/ Alex Shahverdiloo Los Angeles, CA U.S.A. abyface@msn.com -
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