Kevin wrote:
I appreciate all of the help thanks a lot. I have downloaded an A-319
that i have been playing around with. I am having soe trouble
maintaining the correct glide slope and speed. I am not sure what air
speeds the passenger jets approach at. If i am too fast and flare, I
obviously regain altitude. But, if i am coming in too slow and flare i
lose the runway view and hit the landing hard. Any pointers wsith
this? Also, how do i engage the ILS?
Again, thanks for the help
-Kevin


It sounds like you may be trying to land with a heavy fuel load.

Most mid to large size aircraft are sensitive to weight during landing.
The weight of unecessary fuel in the tanks also requires a higher rate
of fuel consumption. It's both impractical and uneconomical to load so
much fuel you will have more than about 20% capacity left when you land.
Excess fuel during landing will make it necessary to approach the field
with a nose high attitude or high airspeed just to keep the extra fuel
weight aloft. The additional airspeed at touchdown combined with the
higher weight also makes it MUCH harder to decelerate the aircraft to a
speed where you can safely turn off the runway. Use the simulator's fuel
and payload dialog to control your fuel load so that it's down to about
15-20% by the time you are ready to land.

You might want to practice a bit with medium sice planes like the
Kingair and Learjet before moving on to the 737, 747 and 777.

Tune the NAV 1 radio to the ILS frequency and set the OBI/HSI course to
the localizer heading. Localizer/ILS frequencies and headings are
available on the maps in the simulator. Be aware that SOME fields are
equiped with ILS or localizers that are at an angle to the runway. Use
other means (often heading hold) to guide the aircraft to intercept the
localizer (horizontal component of the ILS) at less than a ten degree
angle. Intercept the glide slope (verticle component of the ILS) from
below with flaps and gear ready for landing. In most aircraft you WILL
need to take over from the autopilot a few seconds before landing. Make
sure you disengage autothrottle, which requires a different keystroke
from disengageing the autopilot.