On The Glideslope

Month: January 2017

  • Back In The Real Bird

    I had a flight lesson today and it was the first time up since December 6th. I was home for much of December, and had visions of completing the next several flights from the curriculum, but weather intervened. It was just not good flying weather for several weeks in these parts. Since the beginning of…

  • Power Adapters For USB Hubs & Saitek Yokes

    Saitek gear has had a very limited supply chain for more than a year now, and it’s making the aftermarket for some stuff a bit ridiculous. One of those things is the power adapter for the Saitek Pro and Cessna yokes, which are either on multiple-month backorder or being sold by some people on eBay…

  • Resource For Standard Radio Calls

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    A user in the PilotEdge Discord server posted this, and it’s a good resource for those learning standard radio calls. 

  • Look At This Kid …

    … and what he’s building in his garage: Very cool.

  • A General Update

    It’s been a bit quiet around here recently so I want to provide a bit of an update on things On The Glideslope … First, the guide to building your own basement GA sim. My original hopes of having it done over Thanksgiving were nowhere close to realistic, but I have been working on it…

  • This Is X-Plane 11

    Found this on Facebook. ‘Nuf said. https://www.facebook.com/neilrichardson.photography/videos/10154332036358693/

  • Make Your Own Photorealistic Scenery For X-Plane

    More than a few readers have asked about where to find photorealistic scenery for X-Plane, and for copyright reasons you pretty much have to make your own. The good news is that with the latest version of Ortho4XP, the process appears really quite simple, as I learned from this video: You can get the latest…

  • An Important Thing For Folks New To X-Plane

    If you are used to Prepar3D or FSX, coming to X-Plane can take some unlearning of old habits. Sometimes it reminds me of when I moved from PC to Mac, in that things seem a bit confusing at first, but over time you realize the new way is much more simple than the old way.…

  • My X-Plane Scenery_Packs.ini File

    Folks have been asking for it so I’ve pasted it in after the break. Someone who really understands X-Plane may look at it and point out things that aren’t optimal, but so far it’s working for me. Here’s a truncated version: I 1000 Version SCENERY SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KPDX – Portland International/ [OTHER CUSTOM AIRPORTS HERE]…

  • Important For W2XP America Users

    I came across this thread today re: W2XP America. If you use this scenery in X-Plane be sure to read it, and be certain you have these libraries installed: – OpenSceneryX – R2 Library – World-Models Library – FF library