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Jan 24^th, 2010 at 4:35pm

SeanTK Ex Member

Just wondering.....

Does anyone here use VATSIM, or would be comfortable with the occasional weekend VATSIM flight?

I've very recently started to get back into it.

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Reply #1 - Jan 24^th, 2010 at 4:43pm

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...looks a bit too "organised" to me, Sean... Wink

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http://www.vatsim.net/

I hate (strict) rules and regulations!... Smiley

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I suspect its aimed more at serious pilots of "heavies", flying long distance at high altitude, rather than the occasional Sunday afternoon Private Pilot out for a bit of a spin in his Piper Cub around the local countryside...frightening the Cattle and Sheep?... Grin

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Reply #2 - Jan 24^th, 2010 at 5:14pm

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Oh I already knew your opinion of it, Paul! Grin

I still enjoy the unorganized bunches we have here on the SimV server, but occasionally I want something a little more real. Plus, VATSIM helps get me back into the swing of things with real world flying.

I may be attending the "Dulles Overload" event on Jan 31st, so I was just curious if any other SimV users were VATSIM flyers. (If I attend, I'll be flying my Dassault Falcon 50. Tail number/repaint: N77TE. I want to arrive rather than depart from Dulles, and need to pick a departure airport.)
http://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=45954

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Reply #3 - Feb 17^th, 2010 at 9:21am

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You can do short VFR flights just file a vfr flight plan but it is a good experience if you want to be a

REAL PILOT

Fozzer wrote on Jan 24^th, 2010 at 4:43pm:

...looks a bit too "organised" to me, Sean... Wink

...!

http://www.vatsim.net/

I hate (strict) rules and regulations!... Smiley

...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav...and a bit of a free wind... Wink

...!

I suspect its aimed more at serious pilots of "heavies", flying long distance at high altitude, rather than the occasional Sunday afternoon Private Pilot out for a bit of a spin in his Piper Cub around the local countryside...frightening the Cattle and Sheep?... Grin

...!

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Reply #4 - Feb 18^th, 2010 at 4:56pm

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what does VATSIM stand for?

I've heard of it before I'm just wondering.

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Reply #5 - Feb 18^th, 2010 at 4:57pm

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Stealth wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 9:21am:

You can do short VFR flights just file a vfr flight plan but it is a good experience if you want to be a

REAL PILOT

So "real pilots" don't ever fly VFR? Roll Eyes

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Reply #6 - Feb 18^th, 2010 at 6:13pm

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I'm great with the vfr flights.

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Reply #7 - Feb 19^th, 2010 at 7:51am

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A-10 wrote on Feb 18^th, 2010 at 4:56pm:

what does VATSIM stand for?

I've heard of it before I'm just wondering.

Virtual Air Traffic SIMulation Grin

See I am also educated! Grin

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Reply #8 - Mar 10^th, 2010 at 9:45pm

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ApplePie wrote on Feb 18^th, 2010 at 4:57pm:

So "real pilots" don't ever fly VFR? Roll Eyes

Always considered myself 'real' and spent a lot of time staying VFR. Reminds me of the FAA's standard CYA remark - 'This pilot was not on an FAA flight plan'. And that's why his motor quit or the wing broke off Huh

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Reply #9 - Apr 5^th, 2010 at 7:55am

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Yes they do it's not to common you see a Cessna doing IFR for a short flight
like 60nm or less

ApplePie wrote on Feb 18^th, 2010 at 4:57pm:

Stealth wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 9:21am:

You can do short VFR flights just file a vfr flight plan but it is a good experience if you want to be a

REAL PILOT

So "real pilots" don't ever fly VFR? Roll Eyes

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Reply #10 - Apr 5^th, 2010 at 3:04pm

SeanTK Ex Member

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it's not to common you see a Cessna doing IFR for a short flight

Really? I'd love to see your evidence for that. I'm going to have to disagree on personal experience.

VFR and IFR are both equally in the realms of being a "real pilot", and I am still wondering how you can justify your inference that one option is more upstanding than the other, prestige-wise.

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