Edition 15 July ‐ 2014 Skyways Magazine
No reproducƟon of any part of this publicaƟon, in any form or by any What’s included in means, without wriƩen consent from Fly UK Virtual Airways is permiƩed. Any views expressed in the latest issue: this publicaƟon do not necessarily reflect those of Fly UK Virtual Page 2: Featured Airport Informa on Page Airways. Page 3: March 2014 HR Report. Page 4: April 2014 HR Report. Editor: Craig Tyler (UKV2189) Page 5: May’s “On Finals” Screenshot Compe on. Page 6: June’s “Airborne” Screenshot Compe on. Ar cle Authors: Page 7: Fly UK Online Events. Ahmed Pandor (UKV1433) Page 8: Fly UK Flying Club. Howard Brennen (UKV1316) Page 9: Fly UK Training Academy. Derek Bu erworth (UKV1197) Page 10: Review: Mega Airport Zurich 2012 by Aeroso . Adam Salisbury (UKV1375) Page 12: Review: Jersey Xtreme by UK2000. Page 14: The Pageant of Power
June 2014 Screenshot Compe on— “Airborne” “Beau ful Scotland” by James Conway Allan’s Facts: 1) “Caught Red Handed” ‐ In medieval mes, animal rustlers who killed some‐ one else’s livestock were some mes clumsy enough not to clean the blood off their fingers. Hence, they were caught “red handed”. 2) Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same me. 3) Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes. 4) In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nucle‐ ar weapons combined.
1 AIRPORT INFO
ICAO: EGJJ IATA: JER Airport Elevation: 277ft Runway: 09/27 Runway Length: 5597ft/1706m Runway Surface: Asphalt Transition Altitude: 5000ft
ILS Information
Runway Frequency Course
09 110.90 085 27 110.30 264
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FLY UK OPERATIONS AT JERSEY AIRPORT
Stand Allocation: 9 and 10 | 52 scheduled flights to and from Jersey every week.
TO JERSEY Flight Number Departure Airport Dep. Time Arrival Time Duration Aircraft Days of Operation
FL312 London City EGLC 0815z 0910z 00:55 DH8D Mon to Sat
FL656 Birmingham EGBB 0610z 0710z 01:00 E190 Daily
FL794 Leeds Bradford EGNM 0800z 0905z 01:05 AT72 Wednesday
FL2018 Liverpool EGGP 1100z 1200z 01:00 B737 Tue, Fri, Sun
FL5012 Norwich EGSH 0810z 0940z 01:30 B190 Daily
FL5530 London Gatwick EGKK 0900z 0950z 00:50 A320 Wed & Sat
FROM JERSEY Flight Number Arrival Airport Dep. Time Arrival Time Duration Aircraft Days of Operation
FL313 London City EGLC 0940z 1035z 00:55 DH8D Mon to Sat
FL657 Birmingham EGBB 0740z 0840z 01:00 E190 Daily
FL795 Leeds Bradford EGNM 1000z 1105z 01:05 AT72 Wednesday
FL2019 Liverpool EGGP 1230z 1330z 01:00 B737 Tue, Fri, Sun
FL5013 Norwich EGSH 1010z 1140z 01:30 B190 Daily
FL5531 London Gatwick EGKK 1020z 1110z 00:50 A320 Wed & Sat 2 Fly UK May Monthly Round‐Up
Monthly Report Beginning: Monday, 5th May 2014 Ending: Sunday, 1st June 2014 Within the last month a total of 3,835 PIREPS totalling 6,692 hours were filed.
IVAO Flights: 419* VATSIM Flights: 617* FSD Flights: 112* Offline Flights: 2,311* UKV1307 ‐ Pedro Dias ‐ 23rd May UKV1973 ‐ Colin Gray ‐ 23rd May Mainstream Flights: 2,170 UKV1159 ‐ Tom Wheeler ‐ 24th May Event Flights: 66 UKV1241 ‐ Aaron Ling ‐ 24th May Tour Flights: 1,152 UKV1544 ‐ Simon Smallwood ‐ 25th May Training Flights: 51 UKV1703 ‐ Pieter Jordaan ‐ 25th May Flying Club Flights: 395 UKV1298 ‐ Andrew Leger ‐ 26th May UKV1492 ‐ Michael Peters ‐ 26th May * - figure does not include flying club PIREPS. Green - increase compared to February. UKV1504 ‐ Sander Prycker ‐ 26th May Yellow - equal compared to February. UKV1647 ‐ Bob Williams ‐ 27th May Red - decrease compared to February. UKV1574 ‐ Tuna Yilmaz ‐ 28th May UKV4522 ‐ Mike Robertson ‐ 28th May UKV1182 ‐ Roger Stockman ‐ 29th May Birthdays UKV1373 ‐ Ray Dennis ‐ 29th May UKV1717 ‐ Thomas Wilson ‐ 11th May UKV4010 ‐ Iain Rennie ‐ 30th May UKV1434 ‐ Ma James ‐ 12th May UKV1142 ‐ Ken Hall ‐ 31st May UKV1440 ‐ Dylan Tierney ‐ 12th May UKV1224 ‐ Geoffroy Herve ‐ 31st May UKV4031 ‐ Jonathan Devers ‐ 12th May UKV3738 ‐ John Whitehouse ‐ 31st May UKV1675 ‐ Ma hew Ward ‐ 12th May UKV1355 ‐ Gerard Powell ‐ 1st Jun UKV1179 ‐ Todd Slaughter ‐ 13th May UKV1456 ‐ Carlo Mantovani ‐ 1st Jun UKV1374 ‐ Graham Crossley ‐ 13th May UKV1776 ‐ Luis Vassallo ‐ 1st Jun UKV1121 ‐ Chris Sutcliffe ‐ 14th May UKV1794 ‐ Adrian Milewski ‐ 1st Jun UKV1206 ‐ Ma hew Graham ‐ 15th May UKV1588 ‐ Mick Smith ‐ 3rd Jun UKV3373 ‐ Stuart Hye ‐ 16th May UKV1652 ‐ Chris Smith ‐ 3rd Jun UKV1226 ‐ William Jackson ‐ 16th May UKV1769 ‐ Chris Broadbent ‐ 3rd Jun UKV1525 ‐ Jason Dilley ‐ 16th May UKV1775 ‐ Simon Carlon ‐ 3rd Jun UKV1466 ‐ David Whitson ‐ 17th May UKV1264 ‐ Danny Robinson ‐ 4th Jun UKV1468 ‐ Malcolm Pa erson ‐ 18th May UKV1640 ‐ David Hogarth ‐ 4th Jun UKV3732 ‐ Jonny Castree ‐ 18th May UKV1282 ‐ Zvi Bernstein ‐ 5th Jun UKV1489 ‐ Basil Doudin ‐ 19th May UKV4037 ‐ Wya Zenda ‐ 6th Jun UKV1294 ‐ Brian Piper ‐ 19th May UKV1146 ‐ Valen ne Vascik ‐ 8th Jun UKV3820 ‐ Tim Jackson ‐ 19th May UKV1168 ‐ Nicholas Butcher ‐ 8th Jun UKV1300 ‐ Tyler Gladman ‐ 20th May UKV1706 ‐ Brian North ‐ 8th Jun UKV1387 ‐ Daniel Dean ‐ 20th May UKV2942 ‐ Steve Whitmore ‐ 9th Jun UKV1451 ‐ Don Baverstock ‐ 20th May UKV1922 ‐ Eugene Iryshe ‐ 10th Jun UKV1535 ‐ Jake Mcdermo ‐ 20th May UKV1419 ‐ Nick Hunt ‐ 12th Jun UKV1636 ‐ Tony Leonard ‐ 20th May UKV1782 ‐ James Griffin ‐ 12th Jun UKV1668 ‐ Jack Fletcher ‐ 20th May UKV1147 ‐ Richard Benham ‐ 13th Jun UKV3746 ‐ Ellio Frate ‐ 20th May UKV1567 ‐ Aleksei Snytko ‐ 13th Jun UKV4021 ‐ Ryan Langridge ‐ 20th May UKV1173 ‐ Tom Bell ‐ 14th Jun UKV3393 ‐ Jay Allen ‐ 21st May UKV1447 ‐ Dave Hudson ‐ 14th Jun UKV1377 ‐ Stephen Davies ‐ 21st May UKV1646 ‐ Babis Stravopodis ‐ 14th Jun UKV1749 ‐ Jan Vankempen ‐ 21st May UKV1435 ‐ Knut Dag ‐ 15th Jun UKV1154 ‐ Mar n Hunter ‐ 22nd May UKV1202 ‐ Kevin Gillan ‐ 22nd May UKV3826 ‐ Jim Jones ‐ 22nd May UKV1130 ‐ George Shepherd ‐ 23rd May 3 3 Fly UK June Monthly Round‐Up
Monthly Report Beginning: Monday, 2nd June 2014 Ending: Sunday, 6th July 2014 Within the last month a total of 4,383 PIREPS totalling 7,237 hours were filed.
IVAO Flights: 419* UKV1651 ‐ Carl Bundy ‐ 27th Jun VATSIM Flights: 617* UKV1891 ‐ Mark Nigh ngale ‐ 27th Jun FSD Flights: 100* UKV2033 ‐ Jack Raisin ‐ 27th Jun Offline Flights: 2,623* UKV3398 ‐ Adrian Womersley ‐ 28th Jun
UKV1446 ‐ Ajay Mi ur ‐ 28th Jun Mainstream Flights: 2,231 UKV1454 ‐ Bryan Fountaine ‐ 28th Jun Event Flights: 83 UKV1462 ‐ Chris Sykes ‐ 28th Jun Tour Flights: 1,491 UKV1881 ‐ Robert Kemp ‐ 28th Jun Training Flights: 46 UKV3737 ‐ Barry Mckee ‐ 30th Jun Flying Club Flights: 527 UKV4103 ‐ George Copeland ‐ 30th Jun * - figure does not include flying club PIREPS. UKV1773 ‐ Sergio Cordeddu ‐ 30th Jun Green - increase compared to March. UKV1804 ‐ Jason Roberts ‐ 30th Jun Yellow - equal compared to March. UKV1716 ‐ Alan Reid ‐ 1st Jul Red - decrease compared to March. UKV2127 ‐ Peter Kemp ‐ 2nd Jul UKV1392 ‐ Mark Harrison ‐ 3rd Jul Birthdays UKV4116 ‐ Bo Winblad ‐ 3rd Jul UKV2189 ‐ Craig Tyler ‐ 3rd Jul UKV1645 ‐ Ronnie Mckechnie ‐ 15th Jun UKV1472 ‐ Ozgun Ersin ‐ 4th Jul UKV1138 ‐ Maciej Olborski ‐ 16th Jun UKV1529 ‐ Derek Cole ‐ 4th Jul UKV1172 ‐ Nigel Blumire ‐ 16th Jun UKV1741 ‐ Steve Edwards ‐ 4th Jul UKV1582 ‐ Luke Robinson ‐ 16th Jun UKV1170 ‐ Steve Mitchell ‐ 5th Jul UKV4384 ‐ Carsten Schubert ‐ 16th Jun UKV1682 ‐ Ian Cumming ‐ 5th Jul UKV1705 ‐ Philip Jones ‐ 16th Jun UKV1372 ‐ John Wheat ‐ 6th Jul UKV1536 ‐ Andrew Self ‐ 17th Jun UKV1379 ‐ Alex Massey ‐ 6th Jul UKV2175 ‐ Jack Saddler ‐ 17th Jun UKV3368 ‐ Jacky Lo erman ‐ 6th Jul UKV3821 ‐ Marvin Brooks ‐ 18th Jun UKV1538 ‐ Ma hew Adnams ‐ 6th Jul UKV2070 ‐ Taha Magdy ‐ 18th Jun UKV1712 ‐ Mar n Lees ‐ 6th Jul UKV1248 ‐ Warren Perez ‐ 19th Jun UKV1249 ‐ Adam Mcdowall ‐ 7th Jul UKV3742 ‐ Simon Grimes ‐ 19th Jun UKV1180 ‐ David Coleclough ‐ 8th Jul UKV1736 ‐ Mike Revuke ‐ 19th Jun UKV1580 ‐ Finley Blanche ‐ 8th Jul UKV1149 ‐ Dickens Ngoma ‐ 20th Jun UKV1790 ‐ Jeno Farkas ‐ 8th Jul UKV1522 ‐ Mil adis Parcharidis ‐ 20th Jun UKV1410 ‐ Amund Kristoffersen ‐ 9th Jul UKV1531 ‐ Malcolm Millard ‐ 20th Jun UKV1415 ‐ Brenden Quinn ‐ 9th Jul UKV1723 ‐ Karl Thorne ‐ 20th Jun UKV1509 ‐ Gerald Plo s ‐ 9th Jul UKV1875 ‐ Barry Smith ‐ 20th Jun UKV1768 ‐ Paul Gibson ‐ 9th Jul UKV1143 ‐ Gary Frothingham ‐ 21st Jun UKV1139 ‐ Will Sanderson ‐ 10th Jul UKV4402 ‐ Ali Al‐rubaie ‐ 21st Jun UKV1177 ‐ Colin Crawford ‐ 10th Jul UKV1363 ‐ Muhammed Idriss ‐ 22nd Jun UKV1278 ‐ Gregor Beck ‐ 10th Jul UKV1572 ‐ John Avinue ‐ 22nd Jun UKV1450 ‐ Nathan Jump ‐ 10th Jul UKV1948 ‐ Mike Creasy ‐ 22nd Jun UKV1554 ‐ James Pearson ‐ 10th Jul UKV1310 ‐ Jose Fernandes ‐ 23rd Jun UKV3364 ‐ Macauley Grisedale ‐ 10th Jul UKV1400 ‐ Kane Smith ‐ 23rd Jun UKV4391 ‐ James Su on ‐ 10th Jul UKV1669 ‐ Mar n Pa erson ‐ 23rd Jun UKV1485 ‐ Massimo Solimbergo ‐ 11th Jul UKV4389 ‐ Andy Kewley ‐ 23rd Jun UKV3999 ‐ Sean Devenney ‐ 11th Jul UKV1578 ‐ Ross Queripel ‐ 24th Jun UKV1283 ‐ Dave Baggs ‐ 13th Jul UKV1767 ‐ Antonio Coelho ‐ 25th Jun UKV3768 ‐ Liam Giles ‐ 13th Jul UKV1335 ‐ Craig Elphick ‐ 26th Jun UKV1351 ‐ João Carvalho ‐ 26th Jun UKV1218 ‐ Dennis Cliff ‐ 27th Jun UKV1448 ‐ Mitchel Snel ‐ 27th Jun 3 4
Screenshot Competition | May 2014 In association with UK2000 Scenery “On Finals”
“Edinburgh‐Finals#1” – James Conway (UKV1418)
“Edinburgh‐Finals#2” – James Conway (UKV1418)
“Rainy Dublin Evening” – Jason Weaver UKV1479)
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Screenshot Competition | June 2014 In association with UK2000 Scenery “Airborne”
“Beau ful Scotland” – James Conway (UKV1418)
“This is the Poetry of Flight” – Massimo Solimbergo (UKV1485)
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Fly UK Online Events
There are two main networks, they are IVAO and VATSIM, both are free to join and they both have free so ware to enable all the connec ons to be made. All the current flight simulators FS9, FSX, P3D and X plane are all supported too.
What do you Need The so ware for IVAO is called IvAp and it uses a program called TeamSpeak 2 for communica ons with control‐ lers. For VATSIM there are a few different programs that can be used, the oldest is called SquawkBox, then came FSCopilot/FSINN which is two programs that work together to make the system work and then the latest program to be recently released called vPilot and this seems to be the easiest to get setup and working. All the communica‐ ons on VATSIM are integrated in the programs, which means whilst you are flying online and talking and monitor‐ ing the controllers frequency, you can also s ll use the TeamSpeak 2 program and chat with Fly UK members on our TeamSpeak 2 server.
How do you know who is online You can monitor whose flying and controlling online on both systems, by using the website for IVAO (h p:// webeye.ivao.aero) and for VATSIM there are two free programs vRoute and VATSPY, you choose which you prefer.
Headset You don’t have to have a headset as you can communicate by text messages but a headset with a microphone is much be er and a set which connects to your computer with a USB plug will allow you to split the sounds of the flight simulator, engines and environment to main speakers and your communica ons through the headset.
July: Flight IVAO VATSIM VATSIM IVAO Saturdays 0600z, VATSIM Tuesdays 1830z and EGJJ-EDDM 2nd 5th 7th VATSIM Thursdays 1300z. EDDM-LSGS 9th 12th 14th As of 28th June our event figures: total for 2013 is 257 EPKK-LOWI 16th 19th 21st PIREP’s, total for 2014 is 450 PIREP’s, so we are 75% LFBT-LXGB 23rd 26th 26th up on last year at this point! RJCC-RJNS 30th
August: Flight IVAO VATSIM VATSIM EIDW-EHAM 5th 8th 10th EHAM-LFML 12th 15th 17th LFML-LEMD 19th 22nd 24th LEMD-EGLL 26th 29th 31st By: Derek Bu erworth, Richard Jones and Mike Higgins 7
Fly UK Flying Club
Taxi
We all do it, but how many of us GA pilots think about the real world require‐ ments surrounding safe taxi manoeuvres at an airport? Hands up those who have done more than try Tutorial 4 – Ground Opera ons in the Missions sec on of Flight Sim? OK! I know all the PPL pilots out there will have their hands in the air now, but this is about ge ng everyone else to think about safe taxiing rather than ge ng clearance and heading off to the holding point to get into the air as soon as possible. It is by no means a comprehensive guide but rather an ar cle to encourage some to consider the start and end of their flight a li le more. (With thanks to the CAA and various flight handbooks.)
Taxiing means: manoeuvring the aeroplane on the ground under its own power which requires concentra on and common sense. New pilots should under‐ stand that an aeroplane is less manoeuvrable than a car, wider because of the wingspan, and you cannot reverse a light aircra .
Aeroplane speed is controlled with the hand‐operated thro le. Because of in‐ er a, more power will ini ally be required to get the aeroplane moving, as soon as the desired speed is reached, reduce power as appropriate. Maintain‐ ing taxi speed will be affected by the surface, slope, wind, and power used.
Direc on is controlled by nose wheel steering, and is done by pushing the ap‐ propriate rudder pedal. This works in the natural sense – push the le rudder pedal and the nose turns to the le , and vice versa. In some aeroplane types they may be augmented by differen al braking to ghten the radius of turn if required.
Wind affects direc onal control, and crosswinds will cause the aeroplane to weathercock into wind as a result of pressure on the ver cal tail fin so applying crosswind correc ons with the yoke, especially with high‐wing aircra , will assist in keeping to the centre line.
Most problems experienced by pilots in maintaining direc onal control are a result of looking just ahead of the aer‐ oplane, rather than at a point in the distance.
Once underway adjust power to maintain a safe taxi speed (a fast walking speed, or less). Steering is not possible un l the aircra is rolling forward.
Slow down before a emp ng turns and avoid sudden bursts of thro le and sharp braking. Observe all local taxi rules and ATC while being alert for ground hazards – fuel pumps, vehicles, other parked or moving aircra , etc.
Extend courtesy to open hangar doors, buildings and people – when taxiing, debris, air and noise is blown in the opposite direc on of travel!
Happy taxiing! By: Jim Lowery 8
Fly UK Training Academy We have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
Some mes talking to a controller while you are flying online can be a world of hurt, but it doesn't have to be. That's one of the things we can help you with at Fly UK’s Training Academy. And that is not the only thing we do. We have a wide variety of training, from reading weather briefing’s right up to ge ng the PMDG 777 into a long haul flight and everything in between.
I would like to talk how to complete proper fuel calcula ons manually.
1. You have to find the distance of your flight. Let's say we fly from EGLL (London Heathrow) to LOWI (Innsbruck): 550 nm.
2. We have to calculate the me. Now as we fly with a average GS of 350 KT’s it will be: Distance (550 NM) / Average GS (350 KT’s) = Time (1.57142 Hr’s.)
3. Fuel required is 1.57 Hr * 2600 lbs (average fuel burn per hour) = 4.082 lbs * 2 engines = 8.164 Lbs
4. Total fuel will be 8.164 lbs + (1/4 of the fuel required as alternate and reserve) 2.082 lbs + 1.500 lbs needed for taxi = 11.746 lbs.
Of course it depends on your plane what your groundspeed and fuel burn per hour is but this is just a very easy way to calculate it.
Training Academy Wai ng Times.
At this moment we have a small delay in picking up training sessions, this is because of popular demand. So we ask a li le pa ence from our prospec ve student at this me.
Soon to expect:
Training night for new pilots on IVAO. Second training night for new pilots on VATSIM.
By: Peter Faase 9
Airport Informa on Zurich (Kloten) Airport, situated straddling Kloten, Rumlang and Obergla 13Km North of Zurich City is Switzerland's largest interna onal gateway and is the hub for Swiss Interna onal Airlines. The jewels in its crown are its passenger services and its high standards for which it recently won the pres gious World Travel Award for the sixth year running due to its quality and professionalism.
Zurich Airport serves the city of Zurich and the surrounding area, providing interna onal flights by a large number of carriers to major towns and ci es worldwide as well as domes c flights. All the major passenger airlines as well as a large number of freight carriers are served by this airport.
Zurich Airport has three runways, well over 70 aircra stands and three terminals with over 100 passenger gates. Terminal "A" is used for European routes. Terminal "B" is the new beau ful 2012 Main Terminal. Terminal "E" now handles all long‐haul flights and is situated a small distance from Terminals "A" and "9" and is served by a Sky Metro. The airport handles approx. 23 million passengers annually. It also handles around 390,000 tonnes of cargo each year. Major flagcarrying airlines serving the airport include Air France, Aeroflot, Ali‐talia, Air Canada, American Airlines, Air India, Bri sh Airways, Lu hansa, Thai Airways, Japan Airlines. A number of charter and budget airlines use the airport for passenger flights to major tourist des na ons.
The most popular routes overall are to major towns and ci es worldwide, including London, Paris, Rome, Moscow, New York, Beijing, Hong Kong & Tokyo. During the summer months, flights to Malta, Greece, Portugal, Italy, France and other des na ons come into their own.
Zurich (Kloten) Airport 2012 Loca on 13Km North of the City of Zurich. ICAO Code: LSZH. IATA Code: ZRH. Al tude 1416 ASL. Three Runways 10/28, 8202 x197 Concrete, 14/32 10827 x197 Concrete, 16/34 12139 x197 Concrete. ILS available on runways 14,16,28,34 only. Three Terminals A, 9 and E.
Installa on This review is of the FSXDVD version. You have to be logged in with administrator rights before you start the installa on. Then simply insert the DVD into your drive or run the download from Aeroso . At some stage you will be asked to insert your Email address and your registra on key. Downloaders will have received an Email containing the registra on key. Installa on is simple and takes less than 10 minutes, just follow the instruc ons when prompted. Important note! Subsequent to the installa on the automa c Aeroso ‐Launcher will be started for online registra on, so make sure you are online for that. A manual is provided, 14 pages in German, 11 pages in English and 11 pages in French. Charts are also included with the boxed version. I presume the manual and charts will be stored in your programme folders for the download version as they are also duplicated in the boxed version.
The Aeroso Launcher gives you an overview of all Aeroso products installed on your computer. It added an Icon to my desktop for future easy access. You can run this at any me and the following categories will be shown. "Aircra ", "Sceneries", "Tools/Missions", "Categories Unknown". Clicking each tab will reveal details relevant to each subject. At the top of the page, clicking on "Tools" will reveal a sub heading called "seasons", clicking this brings up all trees relevant to all your Aeroso installa ons with a choice to change them for spring, summer or autumn. I found the Launcher to be useful.
Scenery Features It shows the airport as it will be in 2012 with the newly updated terminal B, extended aprons, and new parking assignments. It is a complete new development for FSX and FS2004. Highly detailed representa on of the airport. 0,5 m/pxl aerial ground image. Seasonal effects on ground and vegeta on. Includes all buildings and structures. Photo realis c textures on most objects. Detailed naviga on systems (ILS, VOR/DME, NDB, ATIS). Complete and accurate taxiway and runway details. High Speed Taxiways included. Excellent night effects. Animated radar systems and wind socks. Extensive animated ground traffic using AES‐Lite. ADGS‐Aircra Docking Guidance System. Roads with road signs around the airport. Compa ble with Airport Enhancement Services (AES). Compa ble with standard‐AI traffic and AI‐traffic add‐ens (e.g. My Traffic X). Compa ble with Switzerland Pro X and Ul mate Terrain Europe. 10
Performance/FPS (frames per second) Aeroso claim excellent frame rates. There are two configura on folders located in C:/Program Files/Aeroso . One is called "AESLite LSZH X Traffic configura on” all boxes have automa cally been cked to add traffic in all relevant loca ons. The other is called "LSZH AFCAD & Performance configura on". Here you can select non crosswinds or different cross wind direc ons, and also ac vate or deac vated Night Effects at Lamps. I have le them as default. However, I prefer to do some tes ng to find out the FPS on my computer and will revert to this in the summary. To do this I have adjusted my computer se ngs in line with the recommenda ons given by Mathijs Kok of Aeroso to FSX flight simmers for obtaining good frame rates before this scenery was developed. You will find the file here: h p://forum.aeroso .com/index. php?/topic/30796‐why‐i‐get‐50‐fps‐in‐fsx‐ and ‐you‐might‐not/. Look for the Se ngs. pdf and download the file. It gives FSX se ngs recommenda ons.
Scenery I started to get an overall feel of what the scenery offers by taking a look at it in Google Earth and then in FSX. The airport in FSX is a good replica of the real thing. Terminal E is located to the North of runway 10/28 and is glass fronted which adds to the viewing.
The Main Terminal B and Terminal A are to the South of it. Terminal B is to the new 2012 design with the main building fronted in Glass with a beau ful sloping roof. Gates A and B run off it in the shape of the le er "U". Further South and to the right of runway 34 is an area called Mike‐Stands (so named by following taxiway Mike). It has open stands and is also used for cargo. This is where the SR Technics hangar is located along with more freight storage hangars. To the right of the beginning of runway 20 (east side of airport), you will find the Rega and Execujet hangars with outside road traffic passing by. To the le is a rather poor quality General Avia on Centre and Jet Avia on hangars, together with other unmarked buildings
Airside, there are loads of moving traffic such as petrol tankers, catering trucks, buses, luggage carriers etc, which really add to the realism and enjoyment. However, some sta c vehicles have their wheels half buried in the ground, which is disappoin ng. The Runway and taxiway markings are good. Night ligh ng is superb and a real pleasure to en‐ joy whilst landing at night. Landside there are numerous buildings adjacent to the extensive road networks that add to the scenery.
Conclusion My view is that this is very good scenery and will certainly add to any Pilots' enjoyment when flying in and out of this airport. However, I have found some sta c vehicles with their wheel half buried in the ground which distracts from giving this top marks, which I tend to do for scenery such as produced by Gary Summons for his 'Xtreme' series. Frame Rates were very acceptable when se ngs were made as per the recommenda ons given by Mathijs Kok. When on the start of runway 34 and in the default Boeing 737‐800 with heavy cloud and rain, my frame rates were around 26/28. When landing in medium cloud condi ons and taxing to Gate A49, at the gate the reading was 28/30, again in the default Boeing 737‐800. When parked at Gate AS7 with engines started in the payware iFly Boeing 737‐800, the reading was 15/18 FPS. Taxiing to runway 10, the reading was 14/16FPS. Landing in the iFly 737‐700 on runway 14, the reading was 16/18 FPS. Taxiing to Gate E43, they were 18/20FPS with 18 FPS when docked. I like this airport and fly in/out of it on VATSIM regularly, so now having it is a bonus. Would I pay €25.99 +p&p for the Box version or €24.95 for Download, (both include the FSX and FS2004 versions)? That is a tough one to answer. It certainly is a high price for one airport. I would expect vehicles with wheels half buried in the concrete to at least be patched, then I would say yes.
PC system: 3 years old. Vista Home Premium 64bit. Pen um i7 940 @ 2.93GHz Quad Core. 8GB RAM. CPUNVidia 280 GTX 1GB RAM DDR3. Hard Drive 1TB.
By: Howard Brennan (UKV1316) 11
A day at UK2000 Jersey (EGJJ)
Well there are certain events in history, that you always remember where you were the day they happen, one such event was the terrorist a ack on The World Trade Centre on Tuesday 9th September 2001, I was on holiday in Jersey. We had flown from Manchester on Saturday 6th with Bri sh Airways in one of the RJ100/BAE146 aircra and on arriving we did the short walk across the apron from the aircra to the gate 10 recep on room. The small airport with it’s palm trees and nice garden’s was busy with different traffic taxiing around serving the channel Islands of Guernsey and Alderney as well as traffic from mainland Europe and UK with holidaymakers. The airport was good for viewing aircra as the restaurant was upstairs in one open plan area that allowed almost all gates to be observed and with no je es, you were able to watch all the ac vity going on the apron.
In my flight sim, FSX (this scenery will be available for FSX, FS9 and Prepar3D furthermore, it’s also compa ble with OrBx FTX Global), un l now there has been no add‐on scenery that came close to my memories of the airport. So when I heard Gary Summons of UK2000 was developing it to go along side all his other wonderful UK airports, this was on my radar awai ng the release date planned for June.
Fly UK already have scheduled flights to and from Jersey and our Highland Connec‐ on is now flying there too and being developed, so what a great me to have some good scenery. To add to this we have scheduled our weekly online events on the 2nd , 5th & 7th August, to be out of Jersey and we are flying to Munich.
Installa on of the scenery is all automa c and finishes with the op on screen, to allows you to set your preferences. For the photographs I selected install sta c aircra , but I normally don’t have this selected, as most of my flights are online so I want the gates empty, also Install service fleet was selected, but my normal se ng is with this not selected as I use GSX for the ground crew handling. All the other se ngs are as the screen shot of the config manager, it can be used to improve your frame rates if required. My frame rate during this test was 52fps. With FSX shut down this op on program can be called up at any me from you main windows start bu on to make changes to your Jersey scenery. 12
As with all of UK2000 sceneries it is automa cally put in the scenery database so once the installa on program has finished you can start up flight sim and go straight to the airport.
I quickly set up a flight with the Fly UK Dash8 Q400 at parked at gate 10, and pressed ‘Fly Now’, then to spot view to survey the airport. I wasn’t disappointed! It was all there just as I remember, the very modern looking roof above the restaurant with its windows over‐ looking the gates.
Next a quick look around the airport. I found the Palm trees and gardens around the departure and arrival car parks, even the parked cars are very well modelled.
Next into my Fly UK painted F33 Bonanza GA aircra for a taxi around to look in the hangers and other areas on the apron, all good and lots of eye candy to see and explore, and the detail of the GA aircra , in the parking area on the grass next to taxiway Golf are beau ful.
Meanwhile on taxiway Juliet our Fly2 737 flight is on its way to Liverpool and our Fly UK A320 is loading up at gate 1 for its flight to back to Gatwick, London.
I’m up, up and away for a fly around to see this all from the air, and it all blends well with my scenery outside the airport area.
For me this is an airport I will be using a lot and it will always return me to the Summer of 2001. Thanks Gary, one happy customer!
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The Pageant of Power The Pageant of power was great, one of the ho est weekends ever. It was a bit cloudy but never the less they were low flyers. My favourite aircra was the Hunter. The Hawker Hunter is a subsonic Bri sh jet aircra developed in the 1950s. The single‐seat Hunter entered service as a manoeuvrable fighter aircra , and later operated in fighter‐bomber and reconnaissance roles in numerous conflicts. Two‐seat variants remained in use for training and secondary roles with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy un l the early 1990s. when I got home I tracked the plane on flight radar and it was flying over at 350Knots at about 1000 . The sound was amazing, you could feel the sounds waves pass through your body. Other aircra that flew over were the search and rescue team and Old Buckers. The aircra both have original Tigre engines and are liveried in the original Spanish Air force Squadron markings. Our display is an evoca ve presenta on of close forma on manoeuvres with sights and sounds nostalgic of the 1930's era.
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