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How come every time i do a ILS approach i am never lined upo with the airport? I do exactly what the ATC say and i do correct landing procedures why does this still happen

1) Do you have the correct ILS frequency tuned in your NAV 1 radio and is it active?
2) Do you get picked up on the localizer?
3) When asked to fly "straight in", is the auto-pilot auto-approach activated?

Work on it in a nice, slow 172 until the whole process becomes second nature..  

lol Brett you're still not tired of having to say that? Or are you just being a nice guy?

You should probably go check out the procedures that there are in this site. I'm sure they will help you out.  

The ATC puts you in at an angle to intersect the ILS glide scope. You have to watch your ILS to see when it starts to move so that you know when to turn to get lined up for the final approach.

Yeah.. I'm a nice guy.. just ask me,

plus landing the tubes on manual is so much more satisfying!  I came into O'Hare a couple of weeks ago, and as usual (i was on auto pilot ready for an ILS landing) the plane turned away from the runway when I hit the slope (only does this at ohare...not sure why).  I was ready for it this time and immediately turned off the autopilot, banked it back around, then did an instrument approach.  It was quite satisfying to land that puppy without the AP at all.

FSX is a simulator. It simulates real life airplanes. There is a reason real life airliner captains start out in a trainer like a Cessna and work their way up to airliners. It's the same thing in a simulator. You are simulating real life so you need to simulate real life training and progression of your skills. FSX isn't a perfect simulator. It's watered down quite a bit so your training doesn't need to be as complete and lengthy as real life but there is a little to learn and unless you learn that you'll never be proficient flying large aircraft.

I'm not saying to park the 747 until you complete every certificate in the Flight Lessons. Actually the lessons are about as buggy in FSX as they have been in earlier versions but the concepts are relevant and real. Take the time to learn them and flying all aircraft in the sim will be much easier. Have fun with the airliners but take some time to go through the lessons and learn about real life flying. You'll be amazed at what you will learn in a relatively short period.