I wonder how much longer our FS9 skies will be supported for FS9? I keep a record of what Ai airlines I have and their current seasonal status. As of today 865 airlines (does not include GA which swells everyday) either Win 09/10 or now starting over to Sum 10. A few are Sum 09 but with the great work by AIG, WOI and a few independants I can keep my skies alive and current. I just wonder how much longer they will be going? I must mention one repainter who has recently reuploaded some great Ai files in Billy Rutherford..... I salute you.Anyone else keep the skies alive without using the commercial packages????MilesPS Will not forget the retro Ai guys who run me back to my childhood with memories. :(

Anyone else keep the skies alive without using the commercial packages????

Hell yeah! I have loads of AI and I add / manage it all myself. Started off with a few years ago by downloading everything that WoAI had done and installing it, and then used the 'http://worldoftraffic.de.ki/' website to go through systematically country by country until I had pretty much everything covered. On top of that, I have lots of GA and various newer finds fom Avsim / Flightsim and other libraries... Yes, it took me a while to finish that project :)The great thing is that a lot of the serious AI modellers / planners etc are still FS9 users, so I can see FS9 traffic staying alive for a long time. Also, even if there is a gradual move towards FSX, there is nothing apart from the models themsleves that couldn't be converted in minutes...Geoff

Hell yeah! I have loads of AI and I add / manage it all myself. Started off with a few years ago by downloading everything that WoAI had done and installing it, and then used the 'http://worldoftraffic.de.ki/' website to go through systematically country by country until I had pretty much everything covered. On top of that, I have lots of GA and various newer finds fom Avsim / Flightsim and other libraries... Yes, it took me a while to finish that project :)The great thing is that a lot of the serious AI modellers / planners etc are still FS9 users, so I can see FS9 traffic staying alive for a long time. Also, even if there is a gradual move towards FSX, there is nothing apart from the models themsleves that couldn't be converted in minutes...Geoff

Yep the AI to me is one of the most important things that keep this sim alive. Your own virtual real world.CheersMiles

Hell yeah! I have loads of AI and I add / manage it all myself. Started off with a few years ago by downloading everything that WoAI had done and installing it, and then used the 'http://worldoftraffic.de.ki/' website to go through systematically country by country until I had pretty much everything covered. On top of that, I have lots of GA and various newer finds fom Avsim / Flightsim and other libraries... Yes, it took me a while to finish that project :)The great thing is that a lot of the serious AI modellers / planners etc are still FS9 users, so I can see FS9 traffic staying alive for a long time. Also, even if there is a gradual move towards FSX, there is nothing apart from the models themsleves that couldn't be converted in minutes...Geoff

:( :( :( Could I borrow your hard drive for a day???? That is a fairly impressive feat you've accomplished! How do you keep it all up to date?

:( :( :( Could I borrow your hard drive for a day???? That is a fairly impressive feat you've accomplished! How do you keep it all up to date?

To be truthful, I guess I don't really keep it up to date. I maintain the airlines in the areas that I regularly fly the sim (Northern Europe) and then also I try to make sure my traffic is authentic for places I've travelled IRL. Apart from that I just update stuff when good flightplans (like AIG) are relaesed. I suspect that in many areas the traffic is totally out of date... but since I've never been to most places IRL, how do I know ;) I just see plenty of traffic...Geoff