Simviation Forum - Flying online tonight....... in the empty skies

Aug 28^th, 2008 at 10:37pm

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Was online tonight (and on TS) practicing circuits at KBOS and tresting some new gauges in the simpit.

Very lonely in the skies of SimV. Cry

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

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Reply #1 - Aug 30^th, 2008 at 8:34am

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No one ever uses it unless its a Sat or Sun.
For all gamespy's problems it's still the best server out there.
Perhaps we need to promote the simV server a little more and tempt the members. I dont use it because with FSX they still haven't sorted out the chat crashing the game issue yet Wink

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Reply #2 - Aug 30^th, 2008 at 11:10am

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Yeah, it sort of depressing looking at the underutilization. I try to "support" the SimV aspect of this flight server........ but it is no fun flying totally alone just about all the time.

And of the people that DO use it...... about 99 pecent do not seem to use voice communications on Teamspeak....... another furstration for me. (A simpit is not set up for typing while flying Wink

. ) Not to mention the lack of realism of typing to communicate when there IS a simple voice option available. Can you imagine if in the real world people had to type and fly? Grin

The Saturday / Sunday groups are usually in the middle of the afternoon here on the east coast of the USA......... and I really typically can't take the time then off. I work for myself...... but in the arts field... one works LONG hours for every Dollar.

I am not sure how to "scare up" more SimV participation. There are thousands and thousands of SimV members... and I've only maybe ever seen at MOST about 25 - 30 different members flying there..... in TOTAL... not just in one session.

Oh well. Cry

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

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Reply #3 - Aug 30^th, 2008 at 11:46am

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JBaymore wrote on Aug 30^th, 2008 at 11:10am:

Yeah, it sort of depressing looking at the underutilization. I try to "support" the SimV aspect of this flight server........ but it is no fun flying totally alone just about all the time.

And of the people that DO use it...... about 99 pecent do not seem to use voice communications on Teamspeak....... another furstration for me. (A simpit is not set up for typing while flying Wink

. ) Not to mention the lack of realism of typing to communicate when there IS a simple voice option available. Can you imagine if in the real world people had to type and fly? Grin

The Saturday / Sunday groups are usually in the middle of the afternoon here on the east coast of the USA......... and I really typically can't take the time then off. I work for myself...... but in the arts field... one works LONG hours for every Dollar.

I am not sure how to "scare up" more SimV participation. There are thousands and thousands of SimV members... and I've only maybe ever seen at MOST about 25 - 30 different members flying there..... in TOTAL... not just in one session.

Oh well. Cry

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

I'll put my thinking cap on Wink

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Reply #4 - Aug 30^th, 2008 at 12:13pm

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waspiflab wrote on Aug 30^th, 2008 at 8:34am:

I dont use it because with FSX they still haven't sorted out the chat crashing the game issue yet Wink

cheers.

Yep, that's the main thing discouraging me as well... Undecided

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Reply #5 - Aug 31^st, 2008 at 5:50am

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I go on quite a bit, but with the time difference rarely see you on John......maybe I'll stay up late tonight and join you for some circuits around KBOS.....and on TS Wink

I take it you'll be in a 146 Wink

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Reply #6 - Aug 31^st, 2008 at 9:17am

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Mictheslik wrote on Aug 31^st, 2008 at 5:50am:

I go on quite a bit, but with the time difference rarely see you on John......maybe I'll stay up late tonight and join you for some circuits around KBOS.....and on TS Wink

I take it you'll be in a 146 Wink

.mic

.mic,

Thanks. Yup, in a 146-200. The Jon Murcheson model...... in the UA repaint at the moment.

The time difference around the world is always an issue with multiplayer....and THAT one can't be fixed at all Wink

. Don't go crazy on "burning the midnight oil". I'm not even sure that I'll be on again tonight.

Also... with the testing work I'm doing, somtimes I am sitting a long time at the gate or on the pad as I change things on other networked computers. SO it is not all "fun and games" flying for me. Simpits are complex beasts.....and I am still in the building phase. ( Will I ever finish? Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Sep 1^st, 2008 at 9:48am

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Was on for about an hour between 11 and 12 PM UK time.....had loads of fun circuit bashing the 146 around KBOS......just discovered George Grimshaw's scenery Shocked

Where is the UA repaint from? I couldn't find one on the HJG page....

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Reply #8 - Sep 1^st, 2008 at 11:16am

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mic,

I was on too..... but apparently didn't overlap your time. Think I was on from about 7-9 PM local. Your 11 PM local to 1 AM. So I would have THOUGHT I would see you. Maybe I am wrong on the times.

Yeah, Grimshaw's KBOS scenery is wonderful. Basically payware quality...... for free. It is a FlyTampa "teaser" airport. And I have Aerosoft's payware AES package installed for it..... makes it even better.

I've had the UA paint for it (the 200....not the 100 or the 300) so long I can't remember where I got it.

Go to the BAe Panel Project site. http://www.baepanelproject.com/ ; They have a listing of all of the aircraft and paints for that stuff. And if you haven't installed Matthias's freeware panel for the 146 / Avro ....... do so. It is basically a "type trainer".

Thanks for trying.

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

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Reply #9 - Sep 4^th, 2008 at 5:27pm

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I've hopped on a few times at night (California Time) during the weekdays and it's always empty so I leave and fly my own flights. I can be on just about everynight if someone gives some time estimates. I have yet to actually fly multiplayer haha, been on the server many times but its always empty. I can't use team speek anymore, stupid dog chewed up my USB headphones with the mic last week, so until I get those replaced I'll be limited to text.

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Reply #10 - Sep 4^th, 2008 at 6:01pm

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I'll probably be on tonight (it is now almost 6 PM here on the east coast). Have some simpit testing work to do.

Likely will just be flying circuits. But might set up about an 1 1/2 hour regional flight for fun. I fly a BAe 146-200 regional jet. Maybe out on the West coast.....since I have FlyTampa airports with AES installed for a lot of places out there.

I'll try to put a notice on here.... but just keep your eyes on the SimV server info page.

But in the pit,....... for me typing is difficult. can be done....but difficult. And the text shows up "floating "out the windscreen in front of the plane on the projected view....which is doubly weird. Wink

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

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Reply #11 - Sep 4^th, 2008 at 9:26pm

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Unless you stay up late I doubt I would catch you since I am 5 or 6 hours behind you haha. It's 630pm here now, just checked the server and as usual it's empty LOL I'll keep my eyes open!

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Reply #12 - Sep 4^th, 2008 at 9:35pm

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BigTruck wrote on Sep 4^th, 2008 at 9:26pm:

Unless you stay up late I doubt I would catch you since I am 5 or 6 hours behind you haha. It's 630pm here now, just checked the server and as usual it's empty LOL I'll keep my eyes open!

I literally just got off the server for a break a few minutes ago. Been flying for about 2 hours straight....... doing manual TOs and landings at KBOS in real world weather via ActiveSky 6.5.

Likely will be back on in a while.

If you don't have the aircraft I am flying in your "hanger", then you will not see me displayed correctly. SOmetimes a big jet will get displayed as a C172 . Grin

So don't be surprised if my plane looks bogus. I am flying the Jon Murchison BAe 146-200 in the United repaint. Online call is United 6565.

best,

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

PS: California is only 3 hours behind us here.

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Reply #13 - Sep 4^th, 2008 at 9:50pm

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JBaymore wrote on Sep 4^th, 2008 at 9:35pm:

BigTruck wrote on Sep 4^th, 2008 at 9:26pm:

Unless you stay up late I doubt I would catch you since I am 5 or 6 hours behind you haha. It's 630pm here now, just checked the server and as usual it's empty LOL I'll keep my eyes open!

I literally just got off the server for a break a few minutes ago. Been flying for about 2 hours straight....... doing manual TOs and landings at KBOS in real world weather via ActiveSky 6.5.

Likely will be back on in a while.

If you don't have the aircraft I am flying in your "hanger", then you will not see me displayed correctly. SOmetimes a big jet will get displayed as a C172 . Grin

So don't be surprised if my plane looks bogus. I am flying the Jon Murchison BAe 146-200 in the United repaint. Online call is United 6565.

best,

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

PS: California is only 3 hours behind us here.

Ahh that's right, I'm used to Hawaii time, I'm in California but my brain is still in Hawaii Wink

Just DL'd the BAe 146 and installed it so I won't see a Cessna going 245 KIAS Tongue

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Reply #14 - Sep 5^th, 2008 at 12:38am

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Big Truck,

That was a GREAT flight tonight from KLAX to KSFO. The simultaneous landings on runway 28 left and 28 right with the touchdowns no more than a couple of seconds apart was a LOT of fun. And flying over your office was a nice touch.....particularly since I had NO idea where you lived in Californis; pure chance that I chose KSFO for the destination.

Congratulations on your first multiplayer flight that actually WAS multiplayer. Nice job navigating off of my typed course headings and VOR mentions. That we arrived within seconds of each other says a lot for your piloting skills.....since we really did not plan that much at the outset. Good hand flown landing too.

And thanks for making the effort to join me. It makes a world of difference when there are multiple people flying. I saw some others on there.... but they were somewhere else,......and not on either teamspeak nor typing.

Hopefully next time your Teamspeak setup will work. Keep the dpg away from the headset. Typing like that was killing me Wink

. The keyboard is NOT in a good locvation for typing more than setup commands in ths simpit.

best,

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

PS: Be glad to send you the specific aircraft I am flying and the paint so you can see me correctly. I'll have to strip the complex panel system out of it and install the really basic one to improve framerates for AI use though. And strip out the payware BAe 146-200 sound set. Send me a PM with your email if you'd like it. Easier than finding it on the web and making sure that all the mods I did to it and name changes match up in multiplayer so that it actually shows up.

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Reply #15 - Sep 5^th, 2008 at 1:10am

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I'll tell you what John, that hour and a half it took for us to take off, find each other again after my throttle dysfunction, and land, went by so fast, that I didnt even see my wife bring in my dinner haha!! It was sitting on the chair behind me after we landed. She was laughing her ass off though when I came running into the living room grinning ear to ear and telling her about our landing!

I had a blast, looking forward to the next one. I appreciate your patience in typing me the directions and such, I will have a new headset soon I promise, then you will have to teach me team speak haha!

As for the SFO landing, I thought you knew I was living in this area, and was pretty stoked when you told me the flight plan haha, pretty crazy that you randomly picked it.

I just flew in to SFO last weekend from New Orleans and we landed 28R and the captain came over the PA telling us not to worry about the aircraft that was so close to us on our left on approach to 28L, so I had the idea as you were making your approach to pull up next to you and see if I could do 28L wthout disrupting your landing.

I kept an eye on you and had an escape plan if things went awry, but the cross wind was manageable and I wound up pulling ahead of you that last half mile or so, so there wasnt much concern. (not sure if you braked because of me but it didnt look like it)
Looked great from the spot plane view!

Again, thanks for breaking me in John!!! Hope to fly with you again soon! (you have no idea how thrilled I am over how much fun I had, such a nice break from the monotony)

Semper Fi,
Justin

PS those others that jumped on to the server while we were cruising, they were just puttering around in the skies after I finished dinner, so I figured I would buzz them with the Lear. I held off in a pattern at a distance until they landed of course, as a courtesy, but as soon as they cleared runway I came in unannounced with a touch and go with a vertical climb out and got a good chuckle out of them haha.

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Reply #16 - Sep 5^th, 2008 at 12:21pm

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Sounds like you guys had fun

Can only stay up late on weekends now (thanks to school) but can't do this weekend (going to London tomorrow) I should be able to do a late night session next friday or saturday though Wink

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Reply #17 - Sep 5^th, 2008 at 9:15pm

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Might get on again in a little while tonight (Friday the 5th, maybe about 9:30 PM Eastern)

best,

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

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Reply #18 - Sep 5^th, 2008 at 11:39pm

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Another nice KLAX - KSFO flight with Big Truck tonight.

Came in hot and high and had to go around for me. Then the 17 knot gusty Active Sky crosswind had me well left of center and floating long on the flare. But I got it down without the crash effect coming on. Probably just barely.

I just changed all of my main flight controls (yoke, throttles, rudderrs) over to being handled by FSUIPC... what a difference THAT makes for the basic Windows "joystick" porcessing. But the controls are a little different sensitivity now... so have to learn the aircraft's quirks again.

Thanks for the flight again BT.

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Reply #19 - Sep 6^th, 2008 at 12:10am

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JBaymore wrote on Sep 5^th, 2008 at 11:39pm:

Another nice KLAX - KSFO flight with Big Truck tonight.

Came in hot and high and had to go around for me. Then the 17 knot gusty Active Sky crosswind had me well left of center and floating long on the flare. But I got it down without the crash effect coming on. Probably just barely.

I just changed all of my main flight controls (yoke, throttles, rudderrs) over to being handled by FSUIPC... what a difference THAT makes for the basic Windows "joystick" porcessing. But the controls are a little different sensitivity now... so have to learn the aircraft's quirks again.

Thanks for the flight again BT.

best,

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

Had a terrific flight John, everything seemed to be working much better for me this time around and going much smoother. I didn't need to search for you after a throttle failure, and I appreciate you interupting your flight plan to make the loop around KLAX while I fired up and took off!

Landing....sigh. I was coming in high right behind you, but got cocky after you declared a go around and brought my plane down quick but nice and easy, no extreme G forces or altitude changes, was coming in a lot slower than you so I was able to bleed off the altitude without adverse effects.

I was feeling good about myself and rather proud of my drop into the 28R approach but as I start to settle the plane on to the runway and wait for the signature tire chirp... SMACK. Everything stopped and the green bar of death came across the top on my sim...forgot to drop my gear on approach Angry

But other than that I had a great time! I promise I am getting my headset soon (within the next two weeks) I know it's a pain in the rear typing in your pit!!! And I will be a bit less complacent when it comes to landing haha!!

Thanks for a great ride again!

Semper Fi
Justin

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Reply #20 - Sep 6^th, 2008 at 9:11pm

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Got on with .mic tonight and did some flying of circuits at KBOS. (Thanks for joining me.) He had the Murchison BAe 146-200 in the NWA colors... so I could see him correctly sionce I have that exact plane in my "hangar" too. A NICE change!

I had Activesky weather running....he didn't. I was flying real time and he was in daylight. So we were experienceing very different airport conditions. (Hard concept to grasp....but simple in multiplayer.) With Tropical Storm Hannah pounding us up here in NH and Mass with heavy rain and some light gusty winds....... Activesky lived up to its name for me.

I have found that Activesky 6.5 really matches the weather outside my window much more than the default real world weather in fs2004 when I set the closest airport (about 10 miles away as the crow flies).

One quick picture:

best,

.......john

PS: Now about 9:00 PM Eastern local Saturday night...... might get on later after a break. Been flying a couple of hours.

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Reply #21 - Sep 7^th, 2008 at 2:45am

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JBaymore wrote on Sep 6^th, 2008 at 9:11pm:

Got on with .mic tonight and did some flying of circuits at KBOS. (Thanks for joining me.) He had the Murchison BAe 146-200 in the NWA colors... so I could see him correctly sionce I have that exact plane in my "hangar" too. A NICE change!

I had Activesky weather running....he didn't. I was flying real time and he was in daylight. So we were experienceing very different airport conditions. (Hard concept to grasp....but simple in multiplayer.) With Tropical Storm Hannah pounding us up here in NH and Mass with heavy rain and some light gusty winds....... Activesky lived up to its name for me.

I have found that Activesky 6.5 really matches the weather outside my window much more than the default real world weather in fs2004 when I set the closest airport (about 10 miles away as the crow flies).

One quick picture:

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best,

.......john

PS: Now about 9:00 PM Eastern local Saturday night...... might get on later after a break. Been flying a couple of hours.

I took a ride tonight from Sault Ste Marie (pronounced Soo Saint Marie, located in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan) to Martha's Vineyard in real weather and it didn't show up too bad with Jeppeson. Couple of hard gusts and some low lying cloud layer, that was it, I imagine that's not so accurate, can't wait for active sky!!! I flew single player as it was a bit of a longer flight and figured that no one would jump in on a 3 hour flight plan!

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BigTruck wrote on Sep 7^th, 2008 at 2:45am:

I took a ride tonight from Sault Ste Marie (pronounced Soo Saint Marie, located in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan) to Martha's Vineyard in real weather and it didn't show up too bad with Jeppeson. Couple of hard gusts and some low lying cloud layer, that was it, I imagine that's not so accurate, can't wait for active sky!!! I flew single player as it was a bit of a longer flight and figured that no one would jump in on a 3 hour flight plan!

Sorry I missed you. I was tired and ended up heading to bed pretty early. Man ....did it POUR here all night!

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

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Reply #23 - Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:17pm

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Hopped on the server tonight for a bit, another dead night Undecided

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Reply #24 - Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:30pm

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BigTruck wrote on Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:17pm:

Hopped on the server tonight for a bit, another dead night Undecided

BT,

I won't typically be on flying Mondays at all. Mondays is one of my l...o....n....g teaching days at the college.

With my schedule right now... it'll likely be next Saturday evening before I get in any more online flying.

best,

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

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Reply #25 - Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:55pm

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JBaymore wrote on Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:30pm:

BigTruck wrote on Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:17pm:

Hopped on the server tonight for a bit, another dead night Undecided

BT,

I won't typically be on flying Mondays at all. Mondays is one of my l...o....n....g teaching days at the college.

With my schedule right now... it'll likely be next Saturday evening before I get in any more online flying.

best,

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

Bummer Mr. Baymore, but I understand completely as I watch my wife persue her doctorate and see all the work she has to turn in to her professors.

I have to work all this weekend, the reservists are coming in for their monthly drill so I have to be there to "moderate" (aka scream and yell and go tazmanian devil) haha.

I wasn't just directing the post at you though, the server was dead period haha. Hopefully we'll get off early and I can log some more hours, need to practice landing with my gear DOWN Wink

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BigTruck wrote on Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:55pm:

Bummer Mr. Baymore, but I understand completely as I watch my wife persue her doctorate and see all the work she has to turn in to her professors.

Big Truck,

Yeah... us professors are an evil lot. :evil

I hope to get on the SImV server tonight for a while (Saturday 09-13-08). Testing out some supposedly improved airfiles and configs for the 146-200 to bring it more toward realism. We'll see. Wink

Hope you can maybe get on too.

best,

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

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Reply #27 - Sep 13^th, 2008 at 9:21pm

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JBaymore wrote on Sep 13^th, 2008 at 8:01pm:

BigTruck wrote on Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:55pm:

Bummer Mr. Baymore, but I understand completely as I watch my wife persue her doctorate and see all the work she has to turn in to her professors.

Big Truck,

Yeah... us professors are an evil lot. :evil

I hope to get on the SImV server tonight for a while (Saturday 09-13-08). Testing out some supposedly improved airfiles and configs for the 146-200 to bring it more toward realism. We'll see. Wink

Hope you can maybe get on too.

best,

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

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Reply #28 - Sep 14^th, 2008 at 2:42am

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JBaymore wrote on Sep 13^th, 2008 at 8:01pm:

BigTruck wrote on Sep 8^th, 2008 at 10:55pm:

Bummer Mr. Baymore, but I understand completely as I watch my wife persue her doctorate and see all the work she has to turn in to her professors.

Big Truck,

Yeah... us professors are an evil lot. :evil

I hope to get on the SImV server tonight for a while (Saturday 09-13-08). Testing out some supposedly improved airfiles and configs for the 146-200 to bring it more toward realism. We'll see. Wink

Hope you can maybe get on too.

best,

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

LOL well I know that the busier the professors keep her with homework the longer I get to spend on flightsim Wink

Sorry if I missed you tonight, this weekend is "drill weekend" for my reservists (their once a month obligation weekend) so we are working all weekend, long long hours getting them trained and helping them with anything they need, so Im not home much this weekend. If you aren't too busy destroying your student's social lives this week maybe we can take a spin, I get a long weekend next weekend to make up for the brutal hours of "Drill Weekend" Cheesy

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After two straight weeks of work I finally get my 3 day weekend recovery, hopefully I'll see some of you online, haven't been on the server recently but I will start checking it tomorrow afternoon when I get home.

Obviously I will have to spend some time with the wife as well since she spends a lot of her time waiting for me to get home each night, but I know she will let me get on the sim for a few hours each night as well.

I'll keep an eye on the server this weekend, hope to get a flight or two in!

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Reply #30 - Sep 18^th, 2008 at 11:43pm

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Got on tonight and did my usual KLAX - KSFO run. Beautiful in the evening.

Unfortunately....... no one else on.

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

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Reply #31 - Sep 19^th, 2008 at 8:14pm

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Saturday night here..... 09-19-08....will get on tonight for the KLAX - KSFO run again.

best,

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Reply #32 - Sep 19^th, 2008 at 11:04pm

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Nope... was flying on another server tonight. Sorry.

best,

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Reply #33 - Sep 20^th, 2008 at 7:23am

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Its the dreaded "Time Difference", John... Wink

...

I am on either the Sim V Server, or WSP's Server during the day, most days of the Week, every Week, and occasionally come across some of my American Chums, on line 5/6/7 Hours behind me... Wink

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An 8:00 PM Evening flight in America relates to the early hours of the Morning for us "over here", (5/6/7 Hours forward!)... Cry

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F...G-BPLF...FS 2004 + FS Navigator...(and no Teamspeak)... Wink

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Reply #34 - Sep 20^th, 2008 at 7:49am

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Fozzer,

True .... but there must be SOME Americans on SimV that like to fly multiplayer? Wink

Actually....... time has proven that there aren't. Amazing since there are SO many members of SimV and even so many members of the forums.

Won;t get on today either ....... gonna be "on the road".

Have fun on the tour.

best,

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

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Unfortunately duty called for me this weekend, wasn't able to get on the computer much at all. Hopefully things will slow down a bit soon, I need my fix!

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Reply #36 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 3:18am

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Haven't seen any activity on the server this weekend...am I checking at the wrong times or did everyone get a life this weekend? Grin

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Reply #37 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 4:19am

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BigTruck wrote on Sep 28^th, 2008 at 3:18am:

Haven't seen any activity on the server this weekend...am I checking at the wrong times or did everyone get a life this weekend? Grin

Hello Sarg....

Sim V Server is full of frantic activity every week-end....

...but it's generally at 7:30 PM, or 8:00 PM GMT...(America Time = minus 5,6,7 Hours).... Grin

...!

The Americans often organise our weekend Tours at around Noon to early Afternoon their time, which means we Europeans fly in the evenings (between Tea and Supper)...which is nice for us!... Grin

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Your American, "evening" flights occur in the middle of the night for us over here, (America Time = plus 5,6,7 Hours!)... Cry

...!

F....G-BPLF.... Grin

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P.S. I can generally be found at various times on the Server between 10 AM and 10 PM GMT every day.... Kiss

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...don't you just love "Time Zones"?... Grin

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Reply #38 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 9:27am

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BigTruck wrote on Sep 28^th, 2008 at 3:18am:

Haven't seen any activity on the server this weekend...am I checking at the wrong times or did everyone get a life this weekend? Grin

Big Truck,

I had a major formal lecture presentation to do Friday night...... "pressure" situation.......... so preparation killed all week before it and also Friday and left me totally drained yesterday. Couldn't get up the energy to do any flying.

Might get on tonight (Sunday). We'll see.

best,

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

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Reply #39 - Oct 11^th, 2008 at 9:46pm

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I finally figured out how to connect to the FS server with FSHostClient on my laptop, so i'm experimenting with flying on my desktop and chatting on my laptop...lol

If it works, you may see more of me on the server more often... Wink

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