what do i have to name an aircraft to make it show up in the aircraft manager, i have several like the dash 80 in my files, but they don't show up when i change the aircraft in fs2002, apparently there must be some place else that controls this ???Ralph

Check to make sure the aircraft that doesn't show in the Aircraft Selection Menu have panel and sound assignments. Also you may need to check the *.air file for that aircraft using a program like AirEd and make sure record 105 is set to 0 (0 for normal aircraft)and NOT 2 (2 is the setting for AI only).