I was going to fly from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to Bogota, Columbia. It would not track the VOR steadily, instead, snaking back and forth, but I think that is an old issue, and perhaps not entirely unrealistic, if I am correctly recalling old discussions. Manually lining up things with the heading knob works fine, and I assume that's how people are doing it. During climb I had my hands full, trying to remember my speed, altitude restrictions, etc. until I settled into an uneventful cruise. Then the babysitting started. You can't walk away for more than a quick trip to the head! After a while, I looked on the map, and I had covered a discouragingly short distance.

I have a lot of fun doing taking off and landing from the same airport with the 727, but I don't see my typical two or three hour flight happening. So those of you who have the stamina and attention span to fly technologically simpler aircraft have my admiration!

Yip, the Newer Jetliners are Boring !!

that why I only Fly Old Vintage Jetliners like ;

707
727
The Comet Jetliner
L-1011's
Convair880's & 990's
DC-8's

Lockheed L-1049's Constellations
Boeing AT32 Condors
DC-2's
DC3's
DC4's
DC6's
Howard 500's
Convair 240's
and the likes !!

Ol' Loud & Smoky Jetliners and Propliners that my Style , anything from the 1940's thru the 1970's era, anything beyond that is sour Milk !

Heres 1 of my Favorite ol' Propliners to Fly, the Boeing 247D Propliner !

Jetranger

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