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What's now going on ? I may have to dissapoint those who are eager for some spectacular plots... OO-TUC has gone into a long scheduled C-check and is replaced by a Thomson-aircraft. VRA-CUN flights have to be operated via the country where the aircraft is registered, just as is the case for the Tho...

There are two new runway technologies under development that will help pilots avoid collisions with other aircraft and airport vehicles during landings and takeoffs. Both are already in testphase. For landings, the Final Approach Runway Occupancy Signal (FAROS) is an automated system that will dete...

Hi all, "Company x orders xx new Boeings", "Shortage of pilots expected", "Aviation traffic expected to increase xx% within 2 years". Those headlines are making the news the last months. I like those headlines, it indicates an optimistic future of aviation. However, one...

Sebas Before making a statement like that you need to do some research on carbon emissions. The most environmentally damaging form of transport is by aircraft. In addition to being heavily polluters they are also depositing emissions at higher more environmentally sensitive levels. Mass aviation is...

You never flew with it, you'll never do it and you dare to give advise :?: Based on what :?: And maybe your friends also waste their time by listening to your virtual experiences. Etc...Etc...Etc... heh heh I knew that the Ryanair fanclub would be sensitive to the cattle picture. Anyway, you have a...

If you pay second class prices, be prepared for second class product. Why do people expect so much? I don't think that its unfair to charge for things, when you giving away fares for 1p+tax. I don't think Ryanair has a monopoly really, if you take Belgium for an example, Ryanair has a very hard tim...

Hey Yannick, Thanks for your GREAT report of the New Control Tower!! 8) :D Just a few questions and remarks: Navigation from the borders is initially indeed done by Brussels Control/CANAC. -A screen wich shows the next coming expected start-ups/Departures/Arrivals within a certain time and all the n...

Hello Bart, I was already wondering what the stork was doing on the luchtzak-logo. :) I wish you and your family all the best! Congratulations on the newborn baby! :wink: 8) I can testify that January is a nice month to have your birthday :) . Good luck!! Btw, very beautiful card MD-11! Regards, Sebas

Now it's official.

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0106/FSX/qanda.html

Looks great 8).

Regards,
Sebas

FLO is slightly south of Herk de Stad, in the Verdaelstraat of Grazen, part of the community of Geetbets, on the border between Vl-Br and Limburg. Nice to notice other people also interested in our beloved VORs and NDB's :wink:. I'm very often "in touch" with them as I'm addicted to IFR na...

according to belgacontrol the flight is ABX90 arriving from KILN KOK at 1240 KERKY at 1248 Can someone explain the codes used please? I understand these are the navigation radio stations used to guide the plane to Brussels. I presume KOK is Koksijde, but what is KERKY? What other stations are used ...

BMO wrote:

Sebas wrote:Any guess on the type of plane?

Regards,
Sebas

Not sure, boeing 737-300 i guess, white coloured, he was like still descending ...

F-GIXR ? Came to BRU today.

Any guess on the type of plane?

Regards,
Sebas

Hi guys, Do you know if any plane had some troubles today in Brussels? Here in Zwijnaarde (ghent) it was nearly about 500-1000ft AGL and i saw some black smoke out of his engine... Somebody knows something?? grtz 8O Are you talking about an airliner? 500-1000 ft is still very low, very uncommon for...

Hello twinsen,

AISmooth will fix your problem with the AI aircraft.

You can find it here: http://www.sg-flightware.de/

Regards ,
Sebas

What does the compacted snow in the ATIS message refer to then ? I'm sorry I'm a bit slow tonight :oops: I studied too much today ;) Chris Is one of the ten precipitation forms which may occur on the runway. They are: dry, damped, wet/puddles, rime or frost, dry snow, wet snow, slush, ice, compacte...

From the departure ATIS

30/12/2005 @ 1700

AIRPORT CLSD FROM 1715 UNTIL 1745



Regards,
Sebas

Again, no word from MS so first see then believe 8) . Anyway, I'm not impatient, changing all the addons again :cry:. Those 2 "solutions" for upgrading above are both illegal (the library thing also, did they pay your *personal one-user one-computer* license?), please do not post that if y...

I noticed that the guy and his crane are going to the stand of the aircraft to perform the deicing (it was a calm moment at the airport when I watched the process). What's then the use of the de-icing station at taxiway W2 if they're going to the stand anyway? Is the de-icing station not used anymor...

-) what is the next major relase of Microsoft FlightSim and when can it be expected and what will be its advantages? You can read first details about Flight Simulator X here . You can see the release date at the bottom: February 2006 (for what it is worth of course, still no word from MS :roll: )