I hope that information is wrong...but have we seen any post by the developer in the past 3 months or so, both in AXP and his own forums? From what I heard last week he has "disappeared" from MSN as well, which he had always used to keep in touch with friends and testers. After all most of us can only speculate. I hope he'll settle things on good terms soon and come back to the project.

I certainly hope this is not the case. I know who you are talking about too, as I have seen nothing in his forums either. Man, what a horrible feeling I just got. I don't know what to think. His talent is far beyond anything I have seen. However, being a long time customer of Dreamfleet, and seeing how Lou handles his business, He is always upfront and honest, and like I said earlier, if it was that bad, I don't think he would hide something like this just to protect future potential sales. The only thing we can do is try to be patient, and give them the chance to bring this promising product to market. It would be crushing if things came this far only to come to a screaching halt.

Whats all the huffin and puffin, its a airbus..hahaha who cares!Go Boeing!and now folks, the Boeing 787, and on time!oh airbus 380 where are you??hehe

>Whats all the huffin and puffin, its a airbus..hahaha who>cares!>>Go Boeing!>>and now folks, the Boeing 787, and on time!>>oh airbus 380 where are you??>>heheI have zero interest in a scarebus also, but that 787 they rolled out is not even close to being ready to fly. I hope Boeing can get it done on time, but they still have a ton of work to do before it can even fly.

Folks,I didn

>Portland was only a year late, I'm sure this airbus will be>to. I just hope it comes out before FS11. Actually, coming out when FS11 does will be just about right: it will take us another 2 years before we have the hardware to run FS11, so you will indeed be able to run their A320 then, as well as the default cessna runs on your machine now.Noel

Two quotes from the AirlinerXP wbsite:The Company does not warrant the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any of the information displayed on the site or the software provided; it is provided "as is," without any warranty, express or implied, whatsoever, including, without limitation, implied warranties or any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.This web site contains forward-looking statements regarding Airliner XP and its business. All statements regarding the company

I posted that I thought the AXP was headed for a 2008 release many months ago, and the vaporware a really excited user association jumped all over that as some sort of unjustified meanness.You heard it from me first. 2008. Maybe late 2008.Setting expectations like they did, and then expecting people to accept a 6-12 month delay due to a one month illness, or an endless string of delays owing to the personal woes of one member of the developer team, it's all great B-reel theatre. I would suggest that his product has never been anywhere close to the pipe-dreamish timeline suggested by its marketers, and a bunch of fine-print caveating doesn't negate the reality that they threw up a smokescreen of misinformation hoping to deflect folks away from FeelThere's A320 release.Funny now, in retrospect, because FeelThere and Wilco detracted more from their own product release than AXP's marketing buffoonery ever could have.CheersBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VSantiago de Chile

True, and even without such statements, plain old common sense says there's a little thing called 'life'. People get sick, personal crises, heck, just up and quit etc etc etc.My thing is, and has always been - a dev who shows previews does not have my money, only expectations of a nice addition to my hobby. I've seen people all bitter and DEEPLY disappointed over late releases, or no releases for which they've paid nothing - why I will never fathom.I take it as it unfolds - as it stands I'm still sanguine re the A320regards,Markhttp://www.dreamfleet2000.com/a320/custbanner2.jpgPC Power Silencer 470/3.2HT/2048mb/ATI X1950pro/SB Audigy

>>I've seen people all bitter and DEEPLY disappointed over late>releases, or no releases for which they've paid nothing - why>I will never fathom.>>I take it as it unfolds - as it stands I'm still sanguine re>the A320>>regards,>MarkI agree there. I can't see what all the fuss is about. If they release a great product for FS9, I'll buy it. If they don't, I won't have spent a penny and won't have lost anything - so where's the problem?

>Two quotes from the AirlinerXP wbsite:>>The Company does not warrant the accuracy, reliability, or>completeness of any of the information displayed on the site>or the software provided; it is provided "as is," without any>warranty, express or implied, whatsoever, including, without>limitation, implied warranties or any warranties of>merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.>AirlinerXP is up-front about this, so there's no justification>for complaints about time-sscales is there?Begging your pardon, but these disclaimers are hardly "up-front". On the contrary, the only thing they're up-front about is that the company in question doesn't have to be "up-front" at all, since nothing they say can be considered accurate, complete, fit for consumption, blah blah blah.Not that such disclaimers are uncommon, but it serves to remind me what a ludicrously unbalanced system of responsibility we have today. In essence, the above disclaimer excuses any information given by the company as being the "stuff of a day" and that nothing it says can stick in the court of public opinion. It's a simple escape clause which basically states the company can say anything it wants without repercussion.Amazingly, the second part of that paragraph (again, not uncommon in our world today) basically says that a company can choose to MARKET a "complete", "world-class" simulated aircraft with tons of bells and whistles, but then release an unfinished product (maybe only its exterior!), take the money for it, and fall back on its exemption from warrantying the product's "fitness" or "merchantability".As an individual, I wish I had such rights. Upon arrest and reading of my rights by a peace officer ("..anything you say can and will be held against you..."), I'd love to be able to say: "Well, no, officer. Should I choose it to be so, anything I say today to you or to anyone else has absolutely no validity. I can change my statements at any time and you can't use them against me. Furthermore, I am at no pains to correct myself or change my statements and cannot be admonished if I do so because, in essence, I am not personally responsible for anything I say or do!"I'd settle for that personal exemption, wouldn't you? Maybe it could apply to anything said to your wife or kids, too. Nice! :-roll

>now i'm really looking forward to the end product, bugs won't>be a problem for me, there is no software that can be totally>bug free, but i expect a perfect/1to1 exteriour (its the>easiest part), a framerate friendly VC (same performance as>the default cessna), the best available fly-by-wire simulation>(this will revolutionize fs) and a release before santa comes>(beta tests will start soon)>>sincerely,Dart believe me it blows you away in every aspect :-)Andr

>I posted that I thought the AXP was headed for a 2008 release>many months ago, and the vaporware a really excited user association jumped>all over that as some sort of unjustified meanness.>>You heard it from me first. 2008. Maybe late 2008.>>Setting expectations like they did, and then expecting people>to accept a 6-12 month delay due to a one month illness, or an>endless string of delays owing to the personal woes of one>member of the developer team, it's all great B-reel theatre. >I would suggest that his product has never been>anywhere close to the pipe-dreamish timeline suggested by its>marketers, and a bunch of fine-print caveating doesn't negate>the reality that they threw up a smokescreen of misinformation>hoping to deflect folks away from FeelThere's A320 release.>>Funny now, in retrospect, because FeelThere and Wilco>detracted more from their own product release than AXP's>marketing buffoonery ever could have.>>Cheers>>Bob Scott>ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-V>Santiago de ChileHit the nail right on the head, couldn't have said it better myself.

>I'd settle for that personal exemption, wouldn't you? Maybe it>could apply to anything said to your wife or kids, too. Nice!Well put. And, no biggy if they do not ever release the A320. Would be nice to have another developer on the playing field (along with LDS and PMDG) since that would enhance our hobby by increasing selection and innovation.For me personally it might even be 2009 before I make an XP A320 purchase. Over the years I have developed my own software purchasing philosophy:1)Do not buy software and become a company

>>I'd settle for that personal exemption, wouldn't you? Maybe>it>>could apply to anything said to your wife or kids, too.>Nice!>>Well put. And, no biggy if they do not ever release the A320.>Would be nice to have another developer on the playing field>(along with LDS and PMDG) since that would enhance our hobby>by increasing selection and innovation.>>For me personally it might even be 2009 before I make an XP>A320 purchase. Over the years I have developed my own software>purchasing philosophy:>>1)Do not buy software and become a company