ETOPS - Engines turn or passengers swim

"Seat belt switch' commonly known as the" sit down and shut up " switch.

I am always impressed by your videos, Matt. You make flying these jets look easy even without a copilot. Love to hear more about where your passion comes from.

This was an absolute joy to watch every single minute was enjoyable. Huge fan of your Chanel and flying and love this video the most as i am from Sydney and glad you took the time to do this 17 hr!! flight, i know this video is old but it is one of my favourite and hope to see you do more like this in newer video's. Thank you, Mitchell :)

would love to see more of this type Matt love the 777 maybe you could do Air New Zealand LHR-LAX-AKL

Best flight sim video of the year without question! The videos keep getting better, thanks Matt!

Brilliant video Matt! And terrific achievement! A bit heart-in-the-mouth moment when the FMC blanked out after almost 15 hours! Very glad it worked out ok. :)

Awesome video bud. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep up the awesome work.

Matt you are a legend Thanks for flying into Sydney it was an awesome video and I look forward to many more.

i love flying to sydney the approach into sydney is awesome - i live here- keep up the good work matt

Thanks for making my morning better at work!

Thank you so much for this great visor Matt.

I love these long haul flights. Without a doubt, best video yet!!!

Another successfully video from Matt Davies, I really enjoyed by it, THX Matt

Matt you're a machine! Thanks for the upload and well done handling that x-wind. Have fun at worldflight.

Matt thank you for yet another amazing vid. Happy landings

Matt I am glad you made this video. I was set to do a Flight last night from LAX to Fiji and I had my fixes in as well and like you said I had a huge FPS drop. I could not figure out why it was happening. I just gave up after doing all the planning. I even tried to continue with the flight but, my fps was so bad that I was yawing thing plane to stay on the center line and my FS lagged so bad I ended up on 25L while departing from 25R. I now know what the issue was thanks to you!

Superb flying! Please do more of these ultra-long flights. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Amazing flight and video Matt ! Thank you very much

Beautiful flight Matt, liked it a lot ;-)

+Matt Davies You should do more videos like this.... This was an amazing video and I enjoyed every last second of it! Cheers man!

I fly this loooonnnng route often as I live in Oz but my dear old mother lives in Vancouver. I must have done it half a dozen times now. But soon, I'll be able to go straight from Brisbane (where I live) to YVR on the new 787 Dreamliner. That will do away with the extra YBBN-YSSY leg, which amounts to 4 or 5 hours all told.

Awesome Video Matt As Always.

Nice video Matt. Wow a pretty long flight, I have done DXB-SYD and return (with a week ¨layover¨) in real time, I fly the first 2 or 3 hours, then go to bed and take over again 1 or 2 hrs before arrival. And like you say, a great sense of achievement when you touch down without any problems. Keep up the good work.

A very interesting video, Matt - even though I'm not a massive fan of long-haul normally. But I always enjoy hearing the VatSim interactions and that stuff about ETOPS sounded good, too . Might even use it if I do a transatlantic from my home in Florida to my original home in England as I start to get back into simming after being mostly absent from it for a couple of months or so with some (now hopefully resolved) health issues. Incidentally, the TOM1VB Worldflight stream has been brilliant as always.

Well done Matt! thank you for this

Video very well done and great flying :)

Hey Matt, great video! Just to let you know when you mentioned about 34L or 34R landings, both runways are used for landing and takeoffs, although 34R is often used more for domestic and light aircraft takeoffs/landings.

great video matt! Thanks for the awesome video ☺

wow. i have only just started watching you matt and your vids are amazing. keep up the good work 👍

Very nice video Matt and by the looks of it a very pleasant flight aswell. I certainly enjoyed every second of it and would be happy to see some more videos down under, maybe some regional Qantas flights on the NGX would interesting? See ya on twitch, cheers.

Omg, I lost it when Matt said "that makes me slightly ill" after checking the flight distance to Sydney. Thanks!

absolutely amazing Matt. love to see AC flights! the -300ER does the route from late Nov. to spring for the northern hemisphere. absolutely great! love the long haul stuff. especially AC. +MattDavies

Epic vid for an epic journey brilliant Matt! I think its safe to say you deserve a rest now lol

Nice vid as always... I was hoping my shoutout on Seattle Center would've made it on the video! :P

Absolutely love your vids keep up the good Work m8 ;)

Wow I'm watching this with a 4K tv, looks so amazing. I would love to fly on a flight simulator but I can't cause costs a fortune on a decent pc to run fsx on but watching your videos is so enjoyable, keep up the good work

+Matt Davies Your ASN was doing just fine on arrival! the -23C is the fuel temp!! Cold soaked after a 14+ hour segment, perfectly normal. Below 10K the TAT temp is a good indication of OAT, otherwise you can always look at the SAT temp which is closest to OAT on PROG page 2. Cheers, and keep em coming!

I like the idea of speeding up the taxi :D You could put up little information boxes (like you do when introducing the flight) that show the taxiway signs :)

Very nice video Matt, 10 out of 10.

What an epic trip, nice video.

The light after the sunrise looks very convincing!

That was Epic! It's been a long time since of flight simmed.

1:12:40 - They did actually use the -300ER for a a while on ACA033. Captured it in my Sydney Spotting video. Think they've gone back to -200LR for now. I like both so it's a treat seeing it arrive every now and then. And on another note, when you turned to intercept the ILS for 34L, you pointed out the temperature indicated on the EICAS as -23 degrees. That was the temperature of the fuel, not the TAT which was indicating +21 degrees in the top left hand corner. Think you might have just been tired after a 15 hour flight.

I actually REALLY enjoy the night flying Matt

Nicely done, sir.

Poor old Active Sky gets blamed for the fuel temperature hahaha. Great vid Matty!

51:27 "Lets put a bit more speedbrake out" *puts full speedbrake out*

Loved this :) I would love to see a flight from Manchester (EGCC) to either Havana (MUHA) or Varadero (MUVR). Scenery from uk2000 from MAN is good and Taxi2gate stuff in Cuba is outstanding :) I agree with your point on the feeling of accomplishment.

I can't believe how far Flight Sim has come. I started out on the C64 back in the 80s. I packed it in after buying FSX and it kept crashing! Then MS dropped it and left us in the lurch. I have recently come back into it after coming across some of your You Tube vids Matt. I was looking to see if there was a fix for FSX .It looks like Steam has the answer. Great stuff keep it up.

Brilliant video

Nice to see you back in Australia Matt! Just to answer a few things you weren't sure about - 34L and 34R are both used as arriving and departing runways. 34R is used for pretty much all regional flights (Dash 8s, Saab 340s etc) and quite a few domestics (B738s, A320s, some A330s) and sometimes a few international flights, mostly just B738s and A320s to New Zealand. 34L is the main runway that handles anything 'heavy', like 777s, 747s, A380s etc. If required it does get used for anything regional or domestic that won't fit on 34R. I hope that makes sense! Obviously when the wind is the other way around, 16R is the main runway and 16L is used for the regional and domestic traffic. 07 and 25 are only used when the crosswind on 16/34 is too high. Because there's only one cross runway you get lengthy delays when that happens. It's also pretty common for it to be windy and gusty in Sydney.

Love this kind of stuff

Hi Matt. Great video as always. If you want to learn more about ETOPS, there are two very good guides on the Aerosoft forum. Unfortunately, I can't post a link here, but simply search for "ETOPS PMDG 777" on the Aerosoft forum.

I enjoy watching your videos

Matt. First off.. Great as always Mate. Here's something else.. My parents Flew to Australia via HongKong. They said the flight goes Toronto - Hongkong Direct Over the top (Up and down the other side lol) Then got a Flight from Hong Kong To Brisbane. Don't want to Keep the Toronto Theme going but shit, it's only 50 miles from here.. :) Although Air France from Rio to Paris Seems like a great idea also.. :) You rock!

Keep up the good work great videos

Great Video!

best video so far!!

I think he sent you via Papa is because taxiway width restrictions, all three years I've spotted at the Domestic Departures Observation Area, never seen anything larger than a 767 going down Juliet right next to the terminal. 747, 777, 787, 330, 340 all get sent to Papa regardless of the direction of flight (RWY 26 or 08).

I certainly enjoyed it! :) missed the good old cruise music you're always using :(

LOL 23:30 I couldn't stop laughing

Those frame rates are to die for...

If you want, there are guides on ETOPS in the PMDG T7. Also the Just planes video of this route/flight tells a lot about ETOPS on this flight. Some small things like the rings for the ETOPS in the FMC should be set to 60 minutes or about 435NM because after 60 mins you enter ETOPS. There is much more to learn if you like. No criticism just trying to help you learn if you want.

Absolute fantastic video love watching your videos keep them coming. Whoever disliked the is totally wrong

I believe the 300ER operates this route during the Northern Hemisphere's winter and the Southern Hemisphere's summer and the 200LR operates this route the other way around. I do know for sure the 300ER has operated this flight before though.

Matt, I enjoyed this and I would like to see more :)

Absolutely stunning video Matt. Fantastic effort as well considering it was such a long flight. Nice to have the vatsim in there too. Thoroughly enjoyed that. The little speeded up taxi with the simcity esk music amused me too. Just one question. Why were you routed OVER the airport before turning into the circuit? I really don't know but I would've thought the director would've routed you out over the sea and then turned you into base leg?

I'm hopefully getting the pmdg777 soon and this is going to be my first 2 flights.... Rip Love your vids Matt !!

Thought I'd stop by and say hi again. Spoke briefly while in OAK CTR.

Good explanation mate

Wow, congratulation ! I'm still at trying to learn the 737 so no very long flights for me yet :)

Cheers Matt, must have a flat botty after that, most enjoyable, Oakland OCA would have topped it off for me. Good luck with world flight :)

That sexy intro. That is what I wait for :D

+Matt Davies Great video! Your hard work is appreciated! Please fly to San Francisco some day.. flightbeam's KSFO HD is gorgeous! You wouldn't regret buying it.

I was one of the a/c at Sydney Also love your Aussie vids, keep them up

Hey ! I love those sort of Flights ! If you like, I can suggest you this flight UAL862 from VHHH to KSFO in a 744. Really is a wonderful flight even if you have to get up early to do it :c ! Cheers Matt !

Nice video! Really enjoyed this one. Just one thing, you might want to start using Shadowplay for your recordings as it is better (than OBS) for your fps apparently. Just found this out and wanted to let you know! Do what you want to do with this info as I ,and I assume everyone, will enjoy your videos anyway:) Cheers!

Great video mate. Could you please do a flight in the 777 (or 747) from Gatwick to St Lucia.

I loved that drunk Beechcraft king air pilot on Vatsim thought...

great flight

Welcome to vatsim. You got that right. :)

hey, to use comm 2 you have to disable the speaker (twisty knob with the arrow) on comm 1 and have the comm 2 knob enabled

I have seen a massive drop in fps when entering FIXES in the fmc. EDIT I see you covered that, this is what I get for commenting before finishing the video! A little tip for oceanic waypoints you want to set a specific mach speed usually .82 or .83

The "welcome to VATSIM" comment really cracked me up :'D

Nice vid Matt! Could you do a Heathrow to Seattle flight on the British Airways 777 or if you could do a video on fsx, the 747?

Im early so i will make a joke That Head wind

Incredible

very good!!

I would really love to see someone do Sydney-Ezezia it's pretty long but I think it's worth it. very cool transpolar route

all the best on world flight.

Matt the sun rises in Sydeny for me about 5 past 6

Hey Matt I love the long haul stuff. I like the 777 and the 737 but I think it'd be very cool and unique if you did some Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767 or Airbus A330 flying. Like from Seattle to Honolulu or San Diego to Honolulu 🙂

please keep these long hall flights coming Matt

I hear that Boodz G has finally stopped requesting his flight, but his memory will live on: Matt, can you fly a Saudi Airlines a320/a321 from Jeddah to Riyadh? And then can you fly a Saudi 777-300ER from Morocco to Jeddah? Love the videos as well, keep up the good work, Matt :D

Matt, It would be great to see a BBS A340 vid. I know it's not the best, but it is flyable. Take your pick on the route/airline. I just love the A340.

ETOPS - "Engines Turning Or Passengers Swimming". xD

Loved the flight, would like some more long haul flights, maybe London gatwick to sangster intl, Thomson flight TOM95. Oh and can someone tell me what rudder pedals Matt uses. Thanks

Would like to see more long range flights!

Hey Matt, can you do flight from Bermuda to Gatwick or vice versa. BAW2232 or BAW2233