Hello everyone, once again it is that time of the week, the time when I post information about where we are going tomorrow night on our round the US tour!

Who: anyone that wants to join!

Where: Server IP to be announced. Voice is handled using SKYPE (www.skype.com). If you are new and are using skype please share your skype screename befre hand so that we may contact you when the session begins.

What: Hop number 5 of the round the US tour!

For this flight we will be departing 1U1 Moose Creek and continuing on into Montana, flying a total distance of 188.5 NM taking a time of one hour 5 minutes using the default Beechcraft Baron without any winds or weather conditions. As always times will vary.

Departing: 1U1 (Moose Creek) RW 1
http://www.airnav.com/airport/1U1

Arriving: KLVM (Mission Field Airport)
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KLVM

Only thing I noticed in airnav was that there is ultralight activity in the area, so I guess we better brush up on our traffic avoidance skills, lest we should mow down poor mister Fozzer..

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask, and PLEASE feel free to join us..

Jared

Jared and all,

There looks to be a major highway running the the northwest of the airport that should serve as a good VFR landmark for the final on KLVM on the main asphalt Rwy 22/4.

http://www.terraserver-usa.com/PrintImage.aspx?T=1&S=12&Z=12&X=678&Y=6325&W=1&D=...

If the price of AV gas keeps going up, we may have to get a sponsor for this round the USA flight  .


Should be there tonight.

best,

.................john

Fozzer,

We'd LOVE to have to avoid you and your ultralight buzzing around when we get near KLVM  .

Being a ham radio guy.... may I recommend this URL to get you set on the GMT (UTC) versus Eastern USA time.

http://www.dxing.com/utcgmt.htm

So Eastern Daylight Savings Time is four hours EARLIER than your local GMT.  So when we are at 9:00 PM on Saturday night...... you are at 1:00 in the morning on SUNDAY.  So our regular scheduled flights are (for you) starting at 1AM and going til 3 AM on Sundays.  Sorry.... but that is not TOO awful.   Take a nap  .

Print out the conversion chart on that URL I gave and paste it under your clock.


So now on to getting you online...

With a 56 K dial up... you don't have a router / dls /cable modem firewall to deal with.  One nasty issue down.

You are running XP.  So go to "Start" and select "Control Panel" and then select "Windows Firewall".  When that Firewall window pops up, look for the tab at the top of the window that says "Exceptions" and click on it.  Look for the "add Program" button.  Click it.  A scroll list of installed files will appear.  Scroll to MSFS2004.  Highlight it and add it to the list.  Click "OK".

You've just "opened the ports" in the internal Windows Firewall for flight simulator the easy way.  After that, when you want to close them again.... just uncheck the little check box next to MSFS2004 in the same window you just opened and hit apply / close.

Now that the ports are open....... go to FS2004 and run it.  GO to "Create a flight" and select the aircraft and location, time of day and weather you want to be at.  Pick a gate.... not the active runway.  Don't click "Fly Now" yet.

Then go to the main screen and find the Multiplayer menu selection.  Click on it.  A window opens.  Look for the "settings" button at the bottom of that screen.  If you haven't fiddled with it before ......... the default ports should be set correctly.  The first one should be 23456.  If that is so........ leave that screen.  If not change it to that.  Exit the screen.

In the upper right side of the main multiplayer screen is a little area to put in the address of the host that you want to connect onto.  Get the IP address that Jared posts later this evening from this thread.  Type it in the box at the top right.  Then hit the "Search" button.  After a couple of seconds on the left side of the screen... you should see a line pop up in the middle box that is the name of the session....and a number that is a "latency figure" on the speed of the two way communications.  Highlight this entry.  Find the "Join" button and click it.  Wait about 2-30 seconds... and suddenly the "chat" window should pop up showing the communications commands and who is connected.

At that point you are "on".  Exit the multiplayer main screen and go to "Create a Flight.  Click "Fly Now".  You are now in the "virtual" real world.

This is the same for many FSHost sessions.  Find a server on the web that uses this default port settings (23456) with FSHostSpy and try it before tonight.  Or try this IP address for Bushnet2  24.30.158.21 that is always on and is usually NOT busy...so no port problems from othjer pilots will likely be an issue connecting.

Hope this helps.

best,

.......................john

Might be a few minutes late guys... sorry.

Best, john

may i throw in that when eastern is on daylight saving the UK is on british summer time, and therefore one hour ahead of UT ?

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Hi John....!
...problemo... ...!

The "Windows Firewall" Icon/option does not appear in my "Control Panel".... ...!
There must be another way of accessing this option.....
I am using the original Windows XP, (which does not include service pack 2).

Cheers...

Paul.

I've done a search for "Windows Firewall"....nothing turns up...!

Afternoon guys! The following map depicts our latest hop, as of last night we have now been to Montana!


ANYONE, who would like to join us, please feel free to! If you have questions ask, any one of us who fly regularly and we should be able to answer your questions, otherwise we would love to see you too!

LOL, Paul, we would LOVE to see you join us, if even for a short bit..

If you have questions and problems you know who to talk to about internet connectivity problems, if we can't help you, I don't know if it's possible!