buedi, you are correct - FSX does not show pink, but in real life you can see the slight mix of the red and white. In the wide body aircraft the VASI or PAPI brings the gear just a bit too low for safety so that is why you fly the three white or the top pink.

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Bruce, It is a very cool mission and is doable! You have to work a bit to get into position, but I do it all the time without too much grief. Study the map of the area so you see all the obstructions you need to avoid during the vectoring. You need to be on speed for the flap setting so the turns are smaller - remember the faster you go the slower the rate of turn for a given bank angle. [ I can't remember the name of the pilot of the SR-71 who said your not lost, until your lost at MACH 3! At that high speed it would take several states to get the thing turned around. ]

Once you get on approach and lined up about 12 miles out is when the real fun begins. You must stay as close to on speed as you can because at the high altitude of this airport the ground speed will be very high even though the IAS looks normal. Then, inside the middle marker the computer introduces a wind shear - very realistic. Every thing looks fine and the bottom drops out. The GPWS starts yelling "SINK RATE" and if you don't do it right you'll either slam it on short of the runway, or go off the far end. I wish I could post the video of this approach so you could see how fast things go to hell in a hand basket. The best I can do is freeze the plane and do screen captures, but it's not the same. Too bad there is no way to copy the Instant Replay in FSX.

It's just about happy hour... see ya!  8-)

Lou