So I wanted to try out my new A330 Dragonair so yes, I know that airline probably doesn't fly from KMIA-Nassau Intl, but oh well--- i like short flights! 

Anyway, so I'm about 10 miles out from my approach and I couldn't see the runway at all even though ATC told me I should be picking up a visual on it.  About 6 or 7 miles out I realized the lights I picked up in the distance were leading to my runway, number 32, and I was coming in to it in the wrong direction!!



After heavily banking right, I brought her back around to the left, I was nervous that I was going to waste the landing.  It was too late to save the game, which I usually forget to do anyway.



Nearly a few yards from the ground and the runway I was still banking.  I was preparing to crash this heavy bird.



I got her pretty well lined up and I slowly nudged her back to the right.



Well, I'll be damned!  I managed to bring her down perfectly!!!  It wound up being the smoothest visual landing of my entire life and the first time I ever visually landed her on the center line!



This just goes to show you how much more gratifying visual landings are.  They're the best when you take off IFR and land at a runway that doesn't have ILS.  Nassau Intl's runway 14 (the one i landed on, but the opposite way) had an ILS frequency and I was tempted to bring her in using the instruments but I chose not to.  Boy, am I glad I went at it manually!

isn't this game addictive!?

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I hear ya, tsunami!

I've had every FS since the first one.  And I've sucked at it up until about a month or two ago.  I never took the time to figure it out.  basically all i did was take planes up and crash them.  if I saw a landing strip somewhere I would try and land them but i always wound up bring things like 747s down on litte 3,000 foot runways.   

Once I decided to actually figure out what my insturments could do for me, I have been sticking to IFR flights regardless of the weather.

Now that I tried out St. Marteen and was forced into a visual approach I realize how easy they can be with a smooth hand and a decent control of the throttle and flaps.  Now, I'm just hooked.

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Yes...every FS..I am only 19 though...I've just been into planes for a long time...ever since i can remember.

I am currently trying to regain admission to West Point (got booted for failing Calculus last year, can you believe that!?) but if that doesn't work out I plan on going to Embry Riddle.  I feel the need to serve my country militarily, but eventually I do want to venture in to Commercial Aviation-- it just calls to me!  I consider FS2004 a very good way of getting a grasp of the basics and getting some knowledge before I take that leap towards becoming a pilot someday!   

Don't they have ILS there..or didn't you want to use it ...anyways Great shoots..also bow get a smaller aircraft and do the trip in reverse

ps...as you'll see in one of the cockpit views there are flames on the runway.  I have a question about that.

On my landing, something blew up.   

But...there were no problems visually and my instruments were fine.  I didn't come down hard at all and I was cruising in at about 180 by the time i touched down.

Does anyone know what could've exploded?  It looked to me like something under the plane at first, but I really don't know...

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Maybe one of your tires blew out.