NZFF

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:39 am**

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.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:11 am**

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 :lol:

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:39 am**

Andrew

The MONEY-SHOT alright ! :thumbup:

love it

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:05 am**

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 :thumbup:

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:04 pm**

All awesome Trolly, but 4:39 am?

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:31 pm**

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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!

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:54 pm

by 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

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:09 am

by Florian_S

Fantastic stuff Trolly!!

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:31 am

by johanfrc

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

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:09 pm

by 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?

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:22 pm

by 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

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:39 pm

by 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?

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:25 am

by NZ255

Trolly wrote:
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

NZFF

American 687 (MIA-SXM)