Flying to Non-Scheduled Desitinations

[Rehnn83]

I'm gearing up for my first flight for as a member of ASU (Air Source Union). One the reasons I considered joining Air Source. Is the ability to fly to destinations not on the schedules of my regular VA. Now I've looking at Flying a Europe to Hong Kong trip. I have Fly Tampa's excellent Kai Tak scenery.

Lets say I took a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Hong Kong. Am I able to fly to Kai Tak (former Hong Kong airport) instead of Chep Lap Kok (the new Hong Kong Airport)?????


Also as I'm looking at a Long Haul I may want to occasionally leave the flight deck (e.g. Meals, Answer the Phone etc...). With ASU is there any requirment for regular Position Reports?

[Buckeye Roy]

First of all, welcome to Air Source Ben.

To answer your questions, unfortunately we do not have any scheduled flights for EGGF to Hong Kong (Kai Tak- VHHX). All of our schedule flights are based on real-world present and past flight schedules. We do however, have 34 scheduled Classic airline flights listed which arrive at VHHX. Just go to the Pilot Operations/Schedule Division page and in the "Traditional Flight Search", leave the departure airport blank and type in the airport code in the arrival airport. You will then be presented with a list of all the flights we currently have available. One other thing, if for some reason, you may have to divert to an alternative airport for some kind of restriction, emergency, weather, etc., make sure you include this in your PIREP comments, so your flight will not be removed.

Secondly, on long haul flights, if you are using ActiveAirSource (AAS) the program will stop recording if there is no mouse movement for more than an hour. So, if you need to step away, just pause your simulator and the AAS program and when you return you can resume where you left off. All information is saved in the AAS program. If you are using MyAAS (MyActiveAirSource) you will not have the mouse restriction, but as with AAS you can also pause and save your flight data information.

Hope, I answered your questions Ben.

Just remember, our first priority at Air Source is to Have Fun!

[Rehnn83]

Cheers Hugo - Thanks for the explanation.

I know there's no flights from EDDF to VHHX. That was just a example, as there is a EDDF to VHHH in the Schedules, so I was just asking what would happen if I landed at VHHX instead of VHHH.

As I now understand it, my PIREP wouldn't be accepted (unless I had a valid reason, not just "I fancied landing at Kai Tak ).

[vic365]

Ben...you could fly it as a personal flight...but then YOU pay for it...not the other way around .

[AS380 Mark Richards]

Ben...you could fly it as a personal flight...but then YOU pay for it...not the other way around .

And of course you can't fly a personal division flight in other than a light aircraft so such a long flight wouldn't be logable.

[vic365]

Ben...you could fly it as a personal flight...but then YOU pay for it...not the other way around .

And of course you can't fly a personal division flight in other than a light aircraft so such a long flight wouldn't be logable.

I hadn't realized that. Never mind

Vic