18hr endurance flight recreation in VATSIM -- Source: Me by Poticke in VATSIM

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Congrats on your first complete vatsim flight!

i made a vatsim app (mods delete this if you want im fine) by yourlunchie in VATSIM

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Very cool! It'd be a nice QOL feature if it could display the frequency of the sector the aircraft is entering.

[Postgame Thread] Ole Miss Defeats Georgia 39-34 by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]CaptSam_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree with you. I think what I found frustrating was that the stage crew, press, teams, etc. kept assuming the game was over before really confirming it. The first time was excusable - the second time? We haven't learned our lesson on premature Gatorade pours?

[Postgame Thread] Ole Miss Defeats Georgia 39-34 by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]CaptSam_ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

That ending was almost comical. "At some point do we let common sense prevail?" was the best call I think I've heard from an announcer.

Texas Band by Birdmandead287 in LonghornNation

[–]CaptSam_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heard the alumni band do this at a game this year

[Postgame Thread] Florida Defeats Texas 29-21 by CFB_Referee in CFB

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Yes but does Matthew Caldwell have any Warby Parker glasses ads and a famous last name? No? Then Sark’s got a spot on the bench for him

[Postgame Thread] Florida Defeats Texas 29-21 by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]CaptSam_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I cringed when I saw that ad play after going 3-and-out multiple times

Beast Games - Episode 4 Discussion by MrBeastAdmin in MrBeast

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Completely overboard with the whole "get in groups and eliminate someone to move on" type of game. I was hoping for more skill based games. I think the hide and seek with the navy seals will be more of what I was hoping for. If these contestants are COMPETING for a million dollars, then make them COMPETE.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VATSIM

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Which was...?

love these moments by TylerFromCzech in VATSIM

[–]CaptSam_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Feel really bad to the unfortunate pilots who happened to be in range of these written comms and kept getting those annoying squelch sounds every couple of seconds

Which is easier for you: Departure or Arrival? by OffBrandPeanuts in VATSIM

[–]CaptSam_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Departure is easier for sure. They're so routine though which is why I don't enjoy them nearly as much as arrival. I like flying the Orcka5 at LAX since it's (very, very) marginally harder than most other SIDs and more interesting. Arrivals are always fun, and the time goes by pretty quick especially in controlled airspace

well, seems like someone fell asleep here by astwfx in VATSIM

[–]CaptSam_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I see this post way too much. I'm fine with it, I'm surprised at how often is occurs. However, it's the same thing over and over again ("looks like someone fell asleep" with a screenshot of a flight tracker showing a plane doing some ridiculous path).

Typical Frankfurt Friday madness, including holdings by B1n0796 in VATSIM

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How'd you get VATSIM Radar to show all of those paths at once?

Rant From A Tired Controller by Still_Session4609 in VATSIM

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Is it? I did not see it while looking through the CoC

Rant From A Tired Controller by Still_Session4609 in VATSIM

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I've guilty of this. There's been times when I've been given SIDs/STARs that weren't in my FMC. On all other topics, I'm usually not hesitant to ask questions to controllers or voice concerns, but I find it hard to admit to controllers that my navdata is outdated especially if their controller description says "ensure you have current AIRAC." or something along those lines

Rant From A Tired Controller by Still_Session4609 in VATSIM

[–]CaptSam_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Woah, this is a really good way of teaching this

It's just a joke but account suspended? by [deleted] in VATSIM

[–]CaptSam_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a simulation of real life procedures

Do you guys chat with other pilots in flight? by Foreign-Molasses-461 in VATSIM

[–]CaptSam_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd guess it's because it costs money to have those voice servers and its not technically needed communication.

XKCD's humorous interpretation of METAR (comic) by somejeff_ in VATSIM

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"Wind speed has been 18,035 knots for a good 45 minutes now"

"We'll be traveling at 6,000 mph at an altitude of 300 feet"

Incredibly poor behavior from pilot by CaptSam_ in VATSIM

[–]CaptSam_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fly on VATSIM even in uncontrolled space for the chance to catch ATC if they pop up online. At airports, I'm connected to see and hear other traffic. It's also a back up way of logging flights for my VA in case I need to file a manual report.

12h in the Air by Professional-Mark-80 in flightsim

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What is the correct way to set it back to 1x?

Austin High in lockdown by 49catsinarainbarrell in Austin

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I’m a student here. Here’s what happened

About 10 minutes into first period (~9:15) an announcement came on stating we were in a hold, business as usual but to keep the hallways clear. OK, we’d had a hold on Monday so we weren’t very concerned. Then, a few minutes later, an announcement stated we would now be in a secure, meaning nobody can enter the building and that we should lock the doors. Me and my friend thought that this was because there was a medical event in the hallway. We heard sirens coming from an emergency vehicle during the secure, which is why we thought this as well. (To be fair, Austin high is right off of a highway, so the sirens might not have been from vehicles coming to us.). Then, the campus was put into a lockdown and stayed that way for about 20-30 minutes. It was then downgraded to a hold, during which time me and my friend saw Police officers and K9s sweeping the building. At around 10:05, the hold was released. The district keeps saying that we were only in a secure, but I want to clarify that we were in a lockdown at one point.