He programmed the FMC. ROUTE: LAX.NNAV3.SXC.BETTE.R464.BAYST.OPEN..HNL. VNAV calculated. 73,000 lbs fuel. Flaps 5. Then he saw the weather report for Honolulu—scattered cumulus, light chop, visibility unlimited.
No answer. ATC was deaf tonight. Hitch shrugged and switched to Tower. Cleared for takeoff, rolling his own lights. -P3D FSX- PMDG 737 NGX Immersion
Outside, a default AI 747 taxied through his fuselage. Hitch sighed. FSX gonna FSX. But inside the VC? Perfection. He programmed the FMC
The P3D loading bar crawled across the screen like a dying man crossing a desert. Captain James “Hitch” Hikaru didn’t blink. He’d flown this route—KLAX to PHNL—a hundred times in the real world. But tonight was different. 73,000 lbs fuel
“PMDG 737 NGX, loading flight model,” the sim murmured.
He pulled the throttles to idle. The RAAS callout— “Two hundred… One hundred… Fifty…” —and then the main gear kissed concrete. A gentle puff of tire smoke from the PMDG effects. Reverse thrust. The deceleration pressed him forward in his seat.