OK! The "acid test" for AS2004 :-hah!This was my first flight over the "pond" in FS9, and I really wanted to see if AS2004 would deliver over the water, unlike FS9 does. Man, did it ever! The flight was from Toronto to Helsinki in a B747-400, leaving at 08:10 EST Toronto time. It was scheduled to be a 7:15 hour flight, but that's not allowing for tail winds. I wasn't sure if I'd have any tailwinds over the ocean as I know everything gets "quite calm" in FS9's world when you get over the North Atlantic (yeah, like THAT's as real as it gets :-fume!). The GCR (Great Circle Route) took us from the Simcoe VOR on the STARS/Vectors out of Toronto, over northern Labrador (just north of Nain), over southern Greenland, crests the northern tip of Iceland, then down across Trondheim (NO), near Malmo (Sweden), then on into Helsinki. It's a long haul of 3566 nm, with a LOT of water to cross.Anyway, I left the Labrador coast at FL370 and headed out over the sea. The ride up to that point was smooth with no weird gyrations and lots of changing weather under me. But it was crossing the ocean that I was really interested in, and I wasn't disappointed at all! At first I had clear skies, but then the clouds rolled in, and I had a mixed bag all the way across. The winds varied from 25 kts to 85 kts, and only once did I notice a rather sudden shift. That was very acceptable in my books. The passengers never once reached for the barf bags (yeah ok, the autopilot was flying, not me - big deal :-hah). Over Trondheim I ran into a bit more weather there, but it was all well underneath me. Of course, by now it's night, so I can't see much below, but still you can pick out sudden changes in weather, and I didn't see any.The dynamic weather worked extremely well, although I was using online "live" weather. EFHK was low overcast and snowy when I left Toronto, but by time I got my update over Trondheim, it was clear and getting colder, at -10C. Winds were rather gusty from the NW though, as a cold front must have just gone through (earlier they had been easterly, so the signs of a frontal passage were obvious). I planned for the Mades 1A STAR, but got vectors for the VOR/DME approach for RWY 33. It went without a hitch until I hit short final, then the airplane started acting in a really strange way. I thought I had hit a major windshear, but when I checked my ASI, it was still reading 195 (Vref + 20). So, not sure why the erratic flight path, but it wasn't AS2004 that did it. Will have to check that approach in daylight (I was using the FISD EFHK scenery package - man does that look NICE on approach!!!). Anyway, we got down ok, and pulled into Gate 25 at Helsinki ahead of schedule (6.3 hrs). I obviously had good tailwinds most of the way across.Verdict? OUTSTANDING! Terrific flight with variable weather and only 1 or 2 stray "bumps" from the weather generator. No complaints at all!http://home.cogeco.ca/~gdfs01/NWA/NWA001.jpgLow sun at midday over the east coast of Greenland from FL370. Note the Cirrus well below me. Only complaint? We need to get Chris Willis to see if he can make the Cu look much further away/below than they do. FS9 never gives you the feeling of high altitudes with their clouds. Chris? Do-able?Thanks to Damian and the Crew! Terrific job, and the more I get used to the program, the easier it gets to work, and I'm finding it extremely reliable.

PS on this, I had turned off "Rendure to Texture" and got no flickering of the screen at all on the flight. I also turned on the De-ice (pitot heat is always on) right after takeoff and go no ASI dropout either. FYI.

Super Job! I love reading your posts!!JimActiveSky Support

Thank you Jim :-). Appreciate that.