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Hello my good friends,
I've played FSX for sometime now and the only problems im having atm is lining up with the runway, it just bugs me alot to crash or miss the runway after some time of flying

Easiest thing is next time you are sitting at the end of a runway for take off take note as to which instrument the center line lines up with, and use that for your reference when landing ( for that plane ). secondly, set the runway heading on the heading indicator, that will give you then the correct bearing for the runway. Next start your line up at least 5nm out till you get used to the lining up thingy. When you are lining up remember the plane may drift past where you want to go if you make huge adjustments, i usually use aerolon and then rudder if needing to correct for wind. Its trick but practise makes perfect, of course you could just let the ILS and FMS do it for you.

Or.... practice all aspects of flying, and all aspects of setting up a proper, stable approach in the 172 until it's second nature... then work your way up to the bigger faster planes  :)

Alright, I'm gonna try it now.. i'll let you know if i got it =)
Thanks for the advices

Easiest thing is next time you are sitting at the end of a runway for take off take note as to which instrument the center line lines up with, and use that for your reference when landing

Or wait until somebody explains to you that the runway number is an almost direct indication of the runway heading.

If you don't have the right computer with the right graphics card, you cannot see the runway from far away in the VC. To help landings in the VC press [ then right click on the small window that pops up and select Locked Spot and adjust the view from that to help you. To close that window, (when your finished with it) click on it and press ]

PS, take in advice from the others also! (If you don't have a joystick, it's VERY hard to land a plane trust me, I was a key flyers for 4 months)

Easiest thing is next time you are sitting at the end of a runway for take off take note as to which instrument the center line lines up with, and use that for your reference when landing ( for that plane ). secondly, set the runway heading on the heading indicator, that will give you then the correct bearing for the runway. Next start your line up at least 5nm out till you get used to the lining up thingy. When you are lining up remember the plane may drift past where you want to go if you make huge adjustments, i usually use aerolon and then rudder if needing to correct for wind. Its trick but practise makes perfect, of course you could just let the ILS and FMS do it for you.

yes , use the heading indicator, ^^^ is right, also make sure you have a good distance to make sure you can correct and thing that takes your plane  off the center if the runway.  line up your part of the wind sheild with the side  of runway your seat is on, for example, if your pilot, left side, line up with left side, right side, co pilot, left side of runway.  When about 5-6 miles from the runway, try to be at about I say 3000-5000 feet, for small planes like cessna sky hawk, go at about 500-800 feet per minute, don't go over 120 mph, lower flaps one notch,then when your at about 1500 feet, you should be about 1 mile from runway, then you should be going like 200-400 feet per min, when over the runway, you should be about 100 feet from ground and lower very slightly, untill you get close to ground then pull up gently. ==Make sure you don't hit the ground to fast== -----This is hel for cessna, so with another plane, it will be close to the same but not exactly and REMEMBER cessnas land and take off at about 60, so 70 would be a good speed, this also gos for how long a runway is, and terrian around it-----

Flying IFR is very helpful, ATC tells you what headings to fly and volia! your lined up, BUT, do not try to preform an ILS landing with out some practice, just ask ATC for a Visual Approach. In Depth detail can be found in FSX's learning center. read it!

Also:
You can use the GPS, if you are flying a plane that has one and have created a IFR plan with ATC.

thanks alot guys, all the tips helped