Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Acars Stops Flight progression

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Acars Stops Flight progression

DVA9900
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on June 29 2011

Midwestern United States

23 legs, 42.3 hours
20 legs, 36.7 hours online
22 legs, 39.6 hours ACARS
52 legs, 108.7 hours total

Posted onPost created on August 19 2011 13:51 ET by Nick Cyra

Hi, Im not sure why. Maybe I thought i could come here and ask for a suggestion on why. I was flying a rather short flight from ATL-JFK in the level-d 767. Nothing happened that caught my eye really and I noticed about 100nm from JFK accroding to the Fmc, Acars states im 179nm from the airport. The flight time still goes on but from that point till landing Acars stops flight progression by showing im 179nm away from the airport. Yet i wasnt. Dont worry, acars still had the disconnect buttonm and end flight button. I landed and taxied to the gate, ait didnt show a landing rate. And when I stopped to click end flight. It said it couldnt because It thought I was still airborne. So 2.3 hours was not wasted, its really the experience that counts, but that flight somehow got wasted. Im not blaming acars really, it was working fine before and i changed nothing in the computers settings. So I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion to say why acars stopped flight progression at 179nm from the airport and kept saying i was airborne.

Merci Beaucoup, DVA9900

Nick Cyra

First Officer, B767-300

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Joined on June 10 2001
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2,314 legs, 9,320.7 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,972 legs, 8,113.8 hours ACARS
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2,350 legs, 9,455.6 hours total
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Posted onPost created on August 19 2011 15:31 ET by Luke Kolin

I wonder whether ACARS was in an error state, or whether FSUIPC lost its connection to the sim. FSX?

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA9900
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on June 29 2011

Midwestern United States

23 legs, 42.3 hours
20 legs, 36.7 hours online
22 legs, 39.6 hours ACARS
52 legs, 108.7 hours total

Posted onPost created on August 19 2011 16:45 ET by Nick Cyra

Yeh I was thinking it could be FSUIPC could have been disconnected. Thanks for your help! Ill have to reinstall it

Nick Cyra

First Officer, B767-300

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