Approaching Princess Juliana

[Nexus]

Saw some shots of a similar approach at the freeware section, so I decide to give it a go with the PMDG 737. The Rwy choice was off course the challenging 09. Too bad I can't have a good scenery installed..screws my frame rate  :-[


The livery I choose for the flight...America West don't fly here in real life, but I love those paint jobs of theirs  :)


Approaching St. Maartens at around 4200 feet AGL. The wheather is a pleasant view, as always in the Caribbean


Making final approach preparations. The front cruise value is abit off, but since I can't and wont use autoland it doesn't matter  :)


A light crosswind from the left is what welcomes me to the Netherlands Antilles


Passing the treshold going a little bit too fast I later found out.


Touch down, some feet to the right of the centerline, but I'm satisfied...even though I missed the touchdown markers by some hundred feet  ;D



That's it, all in all a very good flight. Departed out of Miami Int. using the POTTR2.PADUS STAR for 09R, if somebody wants to know.

[Tchkinjiu]

[Mr. Bones]

very nice!

and euh...that little thingie with all the letters...that's probably the FMC  ;)

[Scottler]

Definitely the Flight Management Computer.  (FMC)

[Tchkinjiu]

 Fine, fine...  ;D
     If your so smart, then tell me where to get the plane.  ;)

[Nexus]

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[Tchkinjiu]

  Thanks, would you say it's worth the money. The Overhead looks pretty good. And do you use it for 2004? If so, is the overhead in VC mode workable?

[Nexus]

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[Tchkinjiu]

Heh heh, ok ok.  ;D
I'll check into it, thx nexus.

[Tchkinjiu]

   P.S.
I've tried the MelJet 777, and that thing killed my framerates. What are your specs and does this affect your framerate?

[Nexus]

Well, to be honest, the PMDG 737NG is  an FPS hog. It requires a very good CPU and GPU and MEMORY!
I runt the plane on a Athlon XP2100, Gforce 4 ti4600 and 512mb ddr-ram. On ground the FPS is about 15, in the air about 30.

[Tchkinjiu]

  Thx Nexus,
        I guess I'll wait for an upgrade before thinking about payware.

[Tailspin]

Love those PICs.  I work  for  AWA an I can go look out the window right now an it looks like I'm looking at your plane. That is just sweet looking.  :D

[Nexus]

[quote]Love those PICs.