This may seem dumb, but for the first time ever I am in a flight that I think I have down to a "T".

I am flying from Tokyo to Hong Kong and at about 40 minutes in I am at a heading of 225 degrees and I am at 35000 ft, on autopilot.

I haven't had radio contact in awhile and I was wondering if this was normal. 

When i check the map view it seems as though I am not heading exactly on a direct path to Hong Kong.  has anyone else flown this flight?  it's a part of the FS2000 adventures that come in the menu.

I have paused the flight for now to get some other things donw but I'm very anxious and wanted some confidence boosts as to whether or not I am on the right track.

Man,  if i can land this thing I'd feel soooooo damn good.

Has anyone else a "first-flight" experience to share??

-Steve

I hear radio once in awhile but it's for other planes.  I thought it was really awesome to hear radio contact from all planes during my climb to 35000 ft over the mainland.  I just kind've sit back and read a magazine, while i keep the view on SPOT and watch the smoke come from the engines....very peaceful.

I'm scared to land this thing though.  The ATC is very helpful, will they set me up on a good approach??

I enjoy looking at my plane approach 30,000 ft., when the contrails kick in ... ahhhhh!

First of all, are you flying IFR? If you are, then the ATC should have directed you by now, unless you're using the autopilot, in which case they don't bother telling you anything.

The 4x in red letters refers to time acceleration: Time is travelling at 4 times the normal speed so that things seem to go faster, and flights take less time. You can enable/disable varying degrees of time acceleration in one of the menus when you press Alt to bring up the taskbar at the top.

I've been on Auto Pilot since I hit 30000 feet, but i have had commands given to me since then....the command to turn right to a heading of 225 came when i was already on autopilot....weird....i guess i should just request clearance to land elsewhere???

What are the major airports south of manila??

Steve;
I think even though you're flying one of the included FS2002 flights, you still have to create the flight plan, and check IFR, and either VOR to VOR or Direct GPS.

As far as flight time goes, the flight planner usually gives a really high air speed.
For me, 673 Kts isn't do-able in my C-5. I just take the flight time shown in the planner and add an hour to it. That's usually closer to the actual time.

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Oh dear - hard way to learn.

Yeah, it's OK to increase the simulation rate (usually 1 of course) on long flights. In fact it's pretty stoopid not to if you're on a long flight over water when there may be very few messages from ATC.

However, increasing the sim rate increases the speed of everything - including ATC messages and it's then easy to miss one, or miss the time allowed for you to reply (say it's 20 seconds, at 4 times sim rate you've only got 5). Then ATC cancels your IFR flight plan and that's the last you hear from them.

Fraid that's what's happened. Now you're VFR which needn't be a disaster if you know what you're doing (and it looks like you don't!! )

You'e just discovered why it's best to get a bit of practise in on a few short IFR flights before embarking on a long one.

1. You learn how to use the instruments and navaids properly

2. You learn how ATC works

We ALL have to do it - it doesn't just come naturally or by chance. Why don't you try that - sorry that it's not possible to be more helpful.