10 Minute Ghost Flight Tutorial by Real 737 Captain

[@phipsd8388]

I love your videos, when I bought xplane about 3 years ago, I first watched your tutorials and learned how to fly the 737. Now I have about 1100 hours in xplane. Love you videos, keep up with it!

[@SteveSalisbury]

Thanks Captain. Very busy, short flight. Don't get time for a even a sip of coffee! Will definitely be giving this a go.

[@flightdeck2sim]

Thanks Stephen, enjoy! FD2S

[@alanhughes5420]

Thank you Capt for another very informative tutorial. Will use this idea to practice to get good enough to venture onto VATSIM.

[@directive5216]

Another amazing video from my absolutely favorite flight swimmer. Great video man.

[@flightdeck2sim]

Thanks a ton! Glad you enjoyed it :-) FD2S

[@ian9988]

i love flight SWIMMING too 😂

[@iamtheAtomicPenguin]

What a time to upload a video - it's 11:37 PM (CEST)! Can't go to sleep now...

[@KEITHGEE1000]

Slick and professional as always. Very interesting and yet more learning!!! Thanks.

[@flightdeck2sim]

Glad you enjoyed it KEITHGEE1000! FD2S

[@b9bot148]

Learned something new. Didn’t know they did this for aircraft.

[@captainmonster1829]

Oh, what a butter! 🧈

[@meer-cha4985]

V/S to finesse... genius, that's something I'll use for sure

[@flightdeck2sim]

Just passing it down, I was taught that day 1 of my line training! FD2S

[@tonyh9473]

As always a professional and informative video, giving a very good insight into the world of commercial aviation. A great tutorial delivered with gusto as ever! There's always something to learn from your first class and 'must watch' videos. You are a superb Trainer and airline Captain! Thank you, Sir!

[@Milokikoooooooo]

literally answered the question i had in my head, seeing all these aircraft taking off and landing at the same airport seemed weird, a small aircraft is understandable but seing commercial airliners i assumed the pilots are just bored

[@flightdeck2sim]

Hahaha!

[@andrevdw747]

Thanks for the great tutorial 👍🏻

[@christopheratkinson5231]

Great video after flying the Airbus for years in Xplane and now msfs I feel a transition coming 👍🙂

[@Taylor314T5]

Love it. Thanks for doing a video on this.

[@Taylor314T5]

I have much to learn. Lots of take aways from this. Programming the FMC with the base legs and awareness rings was interesting.

[@flightdeck2sim]

Thank you! You can even do this on the ground to save more time, just be wary ATC might need you to fly the full SID! FD2S

[@jetPower1960]

Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@linaensa3042]

Hello I love your work and implication. I just wonder why you don’t make other tutorials like this and the other videos since 2021. I know it is a lot of work but we miss it!..

[@ldee247]

Thanks captain 👨‍✈️ I just like you, surely you never fail to impress at all what an amazing short tut flight with tons of gold dust information keep up the great work.🙂

[@sidderaal6030]

Hi captain, just a quick question. Where can I find if a SID is a noise abaitment SID or not? I do own the Navigraph charts but I just don't know where to see if it's an NADP SID or not... Thanks in advance.

[@Samjones11203]

NADP is noted under DEP on airport charts. It will either describe the procedure or list which it is (1 or 2). I’m not sure how navigraph works but in my company, this is how it’s listed. If no procedure is noted, assume to be NADP 2 - at 1000’, accel to flaps up speed and retract flaps on schedule until passing 3000’ then accelerate accordingly. Also, the departure chart may list any specific noise abatement procedures for the specific departure. Hope this helps

[@garethroberts9223]

Love this al be it a little lateto the party. Quick question if you need to do three of these do you full stop and reset the FMC or touch and go with 2 visual approaches? Thanks in advance! Can you have Rout 1 and Routh 2 set up identically and switch between the two when departing to get back on the SID?

[@rohitshastry2007]

Really Nice Video Captain, Loved it!

[@Simleybob]

Great tutorial again captain! Will defo use this soon for some short flights! Thanks for explaining it all in full. And we’re in Bristol, my local airport :)! Thanks.

[@flightdeck2sim]

Glad it was helpful Simley! FD2S

[@kishansn3145]

Nice tutorial! ❤️

[@nathanwildthorn6919]

That was informative and super fun! Thank you, Captain Coool!

[@flightdeck2sim]

Glad you enjoyed it! FD2S

[@tomstravels520]

Have you done a tutorial video explaining IAN and how/when to use it? I know basically it’s to make an RNAV approach look like an ILS for simplicity but I’m guessing it cannot be used on RNP(AR) approaches and needs to be for straight lines. And have you done one for an RNP(AR) approach like Madeira or Salzburg?

[@markogorman540]

Good Job Captain 👏

[@cadefoster9279]

I thought I'd hear you say "Ghostrider01" for this flight.

[@onebigflappyboi8276]

This video motivated me to do a gost fight as well

[@jnattress]

Great info, cheers.

[@trippelle7793]

NICE! LOVED IT!🤩

[@hejurcite5080]

Still waiting for you airbus videos 😏

[@Gui1971]

Hi Capt! I don´t know why, but after takeoff, VNAV never engages. I follow all the procedures step by step as you do, but just LNAV works. Do you have some recommendations about this? Cheers

[@Flightsim760]

Who ever thinks he is really on to Airbus 😂. As usual great video

[@barnabastasi710]

I would actually pay for being a passenger on such a flight these days. They should be selling tickets for these! Would be a Win-win! Nice tutorial btw, thanks!

[@noah9130]

I think Thai Airways did that

[@markjones7395]

Great Vid as usual Cap.. Did u leave the Trim Air off for a reason or was that just a overlook on your part ? Ok. I asked that because I saw it was off when you looked at the overhead panel after takeoff. When you panned up their on landing the Trim Air was on. LOL. This is why I edited my statement. Did u just notice it and turn it on ? Thanks

[@flightdeck2sim]

Hi Mr. Jones, the tutorial had to be recorded over two parts as I had audio issues in the sim downwind on the first recording. I had to reset the sim and reconfigure the aircraft exactly the same way (time/fuel/everything!) and resume recording downwind. Looks like I forgot to select trim air on one of the recordings (to answer your question on it stays on throughout the duration of the flight). FD2S

[@trafficsnitch3505]

I regularly see Jet2 performing these out of LBA

[@Dannyp010]

I saw those indeed in the UK, at first it didn’t make any sense for me. Thanks for clarifying!

[@flightdeck2sim]

Glad I could help! FD2S

[@onebigflappyboi8276]

I have a question captain have you done a irl gost flight?

[@virtualaviator21156]

Ghost!

[@dannielleb4988]

how to get that stairs? I’ve activated it on Avitab on ground services and nothing is happening outside.

[@Aviator738]

Make sure that door is opened, then activate the airstairs from the Avitab.

[@mineisthelefthandseat4768]

you need to enable them on the tablet under Settings and Features / Display and Variants / Exterior, Airstairs is the second one down, you also need to open the FWD Entry door before you click on Airstairs on the Ground Services page or they won't unfold

[@dannielleb4988]

@@Aviator738 Oh, thanks. I’ll try it later.

[@dannielleb4988]

@@mineisthelefthandseat4768 Thank you, I’ll try it later ☺️

[@roryheap533]

At 10 minutes in, did you mean to say 59 degrees Celcius?

[@amccall999]

Hi Rory, I hope you're well. Yes, the captain was putting in the assumed temperature for the takeoff engine derate.

[@flightdeck2sim]

Hi Rory! You did indeed hear me say 59 degrees Celsius, this is called the assumed thrust temperature. The engines on the 737 are flat rated at 30 degrees celcius, this means they will give full thrust whenever the temperature is below this. When the temperature is above 30 degrees celcius the engines will produce less thrust as the air is less dense. Full thrust is not often needed for take off so one way of reducing thrust is by telling the engines via the FMC that the OAT is much higher than the ambient conditions. By telling the engines the temperature is 59 degrees Celsius the engine will give us rated thrust for that temperature. Hope this helps!