Flight Simmulation enthusiast and FAA instrument-rated private pilot. Volanta: IslandSimPilot.
I flight sim in the Caribbean, with my "home base" the island of Anguilla. I fly GA aircraft like the C152, Piper Warrior, Britten Norman Islander and TBM 930, and also love flying the PMDG 737 and the ATR 72-600.
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An especially warm greeting today to the petty folks running AVSIM, who have now taken to removing any of my content from their forums. It is topical, relevant and of interest to their members, as evidenced by the two threads started about my 2020 vs. 2024 video in the last 24 hours, but instead of serving the interests of their members, they insist on serving their own (infinitesimally small) egos. This also begs the question as to what other content is either pushed or not allowed on AVSIM based on the self-interests, perceived or otherwise, of the moderators and staff, rather than on the interests of flight simmers that visit their site.
As I've said before, the membership at AVSIM deserves better. Which they clearly will not be getting. It would be nice to see a group of small men put their own hurt feelings aside for the interests of the flight sim community, but holding your breath on this one will lead to suffocation. The day that site dies off will be a day of celebration for me, not because of my hurt feelings, but because it will be addition by subtraction for the best interests of the flight sim community as a whole.
Someone should start a family-friendly, open and unbiased flight sim forum. I think it would draw a lot of interest.
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Hi all,
For those that haven't heard, I'm recovering from my first bout with covid. Doing much, much better and I can talk to an extent, but not enough to be able to host a group flight today. Sorry about that! We will be back in gear this coming week for sure. Thanks for understanding!
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 65
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Hi all, I will be away for the next 9 days or so, heading off to my favorite sim location, Anguilla! The wife and I are off to celebrate our first anniversary and just get some down time. So I wish everyone well, take good care of yourselves, and we will talk when I get back.
Best,
ISP
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Hey all, I’m going to do a landing video today, sharing some insights on how to improve your landings in the sim. The question is, do you want the basics or do you want to learn about crosswind landings?
2 months ago | [YT] | 30
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Hey all, I am hoping to have a group flight today at 4 as usual but I can't get multiplayer working in 2024. I've tried everything save for resyncing my account. I'm going to try that but if it doesn't work we're out of luck. I would say let's fly 2020, but I'm in the SU16 beta, so that doesn't work either.
2 months ago | [YT] | 6
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Hey everyone, if you have some time this weekend and want to learn more about instrument approaches, please check out this video from my back catalogue! Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
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RE: Air India 171. So far this morning I have seen a retired senior airline captain with tens of thousands of hours of PIC time in Boeings and Airbus saying he cannot speculate as to the cause, much as people would like him to; AND I have seen a huge flight sim YT channel guy with, to my knowledge, zero hours of actual flight time figure the whole thing out and post a video about it.
No words.
3 months ago | [YT] | 135
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It’s go time. N56125 at KRME. We have some rain coming in from the west so I’m going to stay in the pattern, get at least 3 in to regain my currency. Expect the video on my channel in the coming days, provided the audio cable works!
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We are scheduled for this evening at 8:00 PM EDT / 0000Z for the debut of the PMDG 777-200ER from Dallas to Miami in MSFS 2024. We will be flying for American Airlines virtual with the Rolls Royce engines. More flights to come Saturday and Sunday. Glad to take any carrier and route suggestions, preferably under 3 hours.
youtube.com/live/0aPy4qC2dgk?si=neCR9XAhSHVx-Fxr
Thanks!
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Hey all, I have the honor of previewing the PMDG Boeing 777-200ER for MSFS 2024 this weekend. I may get in an evening stream around 8 PM on Friday, but will definitely be flying it on Saturday and Sunday for everyone to see. Be sure to tune in!
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