can anyonme recommend a good download for flight sim x?

First thing comes in mind: FSUIPC by Pete Dowson. http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.htmlFor me the most important thing to install after FSX. Most of all, because it makes the wind behavior much more realistic.

Good Scenery: free photo scenery at www.blueskyscenery.comGood Flightplanner/map/flightfollow: Plan-G at www.tasoftware.co.ukGood replacement for FSX flight recorder: FSRecorderX at www.fs-recorder.netGood source for finding addon scenery: http://walhalla.mine.nu/fsx.phpGood chopper resources: http://www.hovercontrol.comThere are weather programs, terrain enhancement files, replacement textures for water, ground, sky.Downloadable missions and utility programs; enough World of AI flights to just about drag a computer to its knees, etc. etc.Thousands of aircraft and repaints.... and helicopters, and boats, and starships, and motorcycles, and cars, and trucks, and tanks and... and...What are you looking for specifically?Loyd

Reading the question a bit differently, if you are looking for a place to download FSX, no, it is DVD only.

Reading the question a bit differently, if you are looking for a place to download FSX, no, it is DVD only.

Microsoft does sell a "download version" of FSX Gold via their online store. However, the SDK is not included in the downloadable version, so be warned!