Dear Colin,
Why don't you stay just until the next FSX arrives, and then see what
happens?
Melissa's back. All's right with the world again...

I guess I need to consider it given all the excitement you guys have for it.
Couple of questions:
On how it works..  do you sit down and press a hot key to have it calibrate
your position?  In other words, I don't want to spend half my time leaning

I want to buy a jet as real a it can be with a very good working FMC.
I want to learn and program the FMC, but i can't make up my mind
and choose between PMDG 747-400, 747-400F, 737NG and
flight1 levelD767 or is there another jet that have a very good FMC?

Well, I've been at this since Dec. 6, and my impression so
far is that packagers of most downloadable aircraft are very
sloppy sods. They assume people have every gauge and effects
file already nestled safely on their hard drive. Many of

I can never remember how to turn on the status line of text that shows
at the top of the screen. It shows your position in Lat Long, Altitude,
etc. Does anyone know what the button(s) are to do it?
Thanks for your time,

I cant hear the voices of the Air Traffic Controlers on Flight
Simulator.  I followed the instructions on changing the ATC Settings
from the help file but I still do not hear the instructions when I am
at take off or see the text.  What other settings should I put in place?

Hi, does anyone know how you check the magnetic variation for your current
location in FS9?
I'm currently (in real life!) at EGDL in the UK and according to my latest
ICAO chart, EGDL is between the 2.5W and 3.5W isogonals. This puts me ~ 3W

So, now that Colin is gone, does that mean the Frapper map he set up will
become a distant memory?
I had just gotten around to assembling a group of pics to post, but now I
wonder if it is worth the time?

Just wanting to better understand these devices...
The movement of your head controls your "view" in the VC correct?
My assumption is that you don't have a virtual view device in front of your
eyes so you need to keep some kind of view of the monitor, right?

Do any sims such as MS 2004 simulate thermal activity?
TIA

This looks interesting. It's free, too.
http://81.169.129.72:8080/FSPilot/content/index_eng.html/
FSPilot - universal autopilot, EFIS and flightplanner for planes and
helicopters

I've been out of the simming scene for a long time, but if there's
something I remember well it's that rarely do sim players agree with
simulation reviews.  I want to get back into it with a modern combat
sim, LOMAC in particular.  Is there anything quite ridiculous about

This is SWEET!!
This just keeps getting better and better!!
http://www.fboweb.com/antest/ge/intro.aspx
This makes me hope that MS with integrate GE into FS10.

I was following this discussion (http://tinyurl.com/8b2ht) on Airliners.net
and began to wonder:
Wouldn't it be a total and complete bummer if you were a gazillionaire, but
afraid to fly?

Hi y'all,
Is there a way to tell what version of directx is being used by a game?  I
think CFS3 is using 8 and FS is using 9, which might account for why my 3D
glasses are glitchy in FS, but work fine with CFS3.  Also, if that's the