can't decide

[awash2002]

OK now is where I could use some help with the departure time I can't decide if I want to start the flight at 6:30 or 7:30 Monday or Tuesday morning any suggestions on what time for the start of the flight should be?

[Molly - A2A]

I vote for 630, you'll get the more dramatic dawn take off

[pilottj]

Weather is one of the the biggest deciding factor in trip planning. If you are using real world weather, why not look at your trip as how you would plan it realistically based on weather. Go to meteorology sites and look at prog charts, winds aloft, area forecasts...etc.

As for time of day, the more daylight flying you can get the better, so I usually shoot for earliest light if I can.

Cheers
TJ

[awash2002]

I would like to be wheels up no later then 6:30 if I can but again depending on the weather conditions

[n421nj]

The earlier the better

[awash2002]

I'll be waking up at 5:30AM to get in the air by 6:30AM I'll spend a hour preflighting the ircraft

[trucker17]

Time is always an important factor in the flight.
You can leave at dawn and get the cool early morning sunrise, or you can leave after the sun has come up. Usually i leave early in the morning, when its cooler.

[n421nj]

Are we still talking flight sim here? 1 hr for preflight seems extensive for a sim aircraft. Even a real world aircraft that's pretty long.

[Bruce Hamilton]

Commercial airlines do a complete turnaround in less than an hour.

[awash2002]

In the sim I'll be leaving at 6:00AM tomorrow morning I just got setup in Calhoun back home but it may not be fore long here though