American 687 (MIA-SXM)

[ardypilot]

I've been seeing lots of screenies of FlyTampa's St Maarten filling various forums recently, so I thought I'd jump on the band wagon and fly a heavy airliner into my favorite Non-NZ addon for a change.

Today's route was American Airlines flight 687, from Miami Florida (MIA) to Princess Juliana, St Maarten (SXM)- with a flying time of approximately three hours. The assigned aircraft was the Boeing 757-200, model by Project Opensky, with a 40% fuel load for this journey.

Below are 16 shots, selected from the 100 or so printscreens I took- 1.42mb in file size.

Departing a cloudy Miami:




Cruising over the Bahamas:





Descent into the Caribbean:





Welcome to Maho Beach, plane spotters paradise!


Here's the money shot:



And finally at our arrival airport:



Righteho, time to get some sleep. Hope you enjoyed browsing.

[AlisterC]

Very nice Andrew! One of the more popular routes for flight simmers. AA use the 757 on that route every day Can't say I'd mind being a 757 Captain for AA though, what a hard life it must be

[Ian Warren]

Andrew The MONEY-SHOT alright ! love it

[creator2003]

Nice stuff Andrew ,the guys and i did TFFJ to KLAS via miami over night ,Scott still hasent slept yet ,nice trip all up almost 11 hours later ,,
id agree about the money shot

[victor_alpha_charlie]

All awesome Trolly, but 4:39 am?

[ardypilot]

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One of the more popular routes for flight simmers. AA use the 757 on that route every day[/quote]
Yep, I went to the AA website and found out the route information before flying- you can see the AI counterpart which left a few minutes behind me at MIA overtaking my 757 in shot 4. I followed it in on appoach and parked up next to it as you can see in the very last picture!

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All awesome Trolly, but 4:39 am?[/quote]
Cheers- I didn't get to sleep untill 9am the previous day, so after sleeping at weird times I was wide awake all night!

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[AlisterC]

You probably know the site already Andrew, but for flights in the USA, you can save some time by going to Flightaware:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL687

http://flightaware.com/live/fleet/AAL

http://flightaware.com/live/airport/TNCM

The last link might give you other ideas of who flies in and out of there

[Florian_S]

Fantastic stuff Trolly!!

[johanfrc]

Now you just need AES by Aerosoft to get moving jetways, fuel trucks, cargotrucks and catering trucks. Almost a must-have.

[ardypilot]

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ow you just need AES by Aerosoft to get moving jetways, fuel trucks, cargotrucks and catering trucks. Almost a must-have.[/quote]
I haven't heard too much about this addon, and the Simmarket page about the 'credits' is confusing.. could you explain the basics of what the package consists off and how it works?

[benwynn]

Basically Andrew

You get the Main Packae, and then buy credits. A Pack of Credits will consist of different ones for different airports. So you may be able to use Fly Tampa KSFO 5 times, and Fly Tampa TNCM 3 times. The only thing against this is yes, you have to keep buying credits every time you run out and want to use the program. Big Scam IMHO

[ardypilot]

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A Pack of Credits will consist of different ones for different airports. So you may be able to use Fly Tampa KSFO 5 times, and Fly Tampa TNCM 3 times.[/quote]
So every 3 times I land at the airport and use the AES addon, I need to go purchase more 'credits' before I can see the ground vehicles again?

Another thing I don't get is how are solid 3D jetways that are built into the scenery moved to fit your aircraft?

[NZ255]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Jan 24 2008, 12:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So every 3 times I land at the airport and use the AES addon, I need to go purchase more 'credits' before I can see the ground vehicles again?

No, I think you unlock the whole airport (use it as many times as you want, but you have to buy creidts to unlock different "supported" airports)

Nick