I know I cannot have the beautiful Gulfstream III, IV, or V in FSX....but I can't stop WANTING IT! Please, let's do something in 2011 to finally get one. I, for one, would be exceptionally grateful.Stan

I'd take a Global Express, Hawker, or Falcon... high quality payware of course!

I'm with Ryan, a Falcon or Hawker of high quality. The Gulfstream looks neat but flies like a truck! A 737 is more fun to fly! For that matter a Bonanza or Baron is more fun to fly than any jet!

I'd rather have a Duke or a Mercure or a Citation X....!(all above excluding the Mercure are Flight1 ones)Dave,

I'd rather have a Duke or a Mercure or a Citation X....!(all above excluding the Mercure are Flight1 ones)Dave,

Umm, Flight One has the Mustang. Eaglesoft has the CX....

Falcon 20 please!I'd also love to see a simulation of the wonderful Caravelle (with VC and authentic sounds). I think someone was making one but the project stopped.

- and FSX has a Learjet!:(

The Gulfstream looks neat but flies like a truck!

Huh?

I'm with Ryan, a Falcon or Hawker of high quality. The Gulfstream looks neat but flies like a truck! A 737 is more fun to fly! For that matter a Bonanza or Baron is more fun to fly than any jet!

What a bunch of clueless nonsense. Like you would know. I suspect from reading this that you must have never driven either a truck or a Gulfstream. You should be so lucky as to drive such a "truck"!!RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO

What a bunch of clueless nonsense. Like you would know. I suspect from reading this that you must have never driven either a truck or a Gulfstream. You should be so lucky as to drive such a "truck"!!RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO

I must agree with Bob; typical uninformed nonsense about Gulfstream aircraft. Even with my limited time (sub 200 hrs) in II's and III's I will say every minute was a pleasurable experience. John

This was the same guy that was trying to tell me how to fly a light twin a few months ago. He was wrong about that. I suspect the Gulfstream is a real pleasure to fly. And, based upon Bob's signature vs the good Chiroprator's, I would tend to side with the Colonel.Hugs and Kissuz,Bill in Colorado

What a bunch of clueless nonsense. Like you would know. I suspect from reading this that you must have never driven either a truck or a Gulfstream. You should be so lucky as to drive such a "truck"!!RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO

Sorry to ruffle your feathers again Bob. Being forbidden fruit for flight sim makes this topic come up again and again so the mystique makes it larger than life. I did drive truck by the way back in 1984 during the expansion at LAX, yes I drove a 34' end dump in LA traffic so I do know a bit about trucks. It's not that I don't necessarily like them but they are work, a sports car is certainly more fun to drive. No I personally have not taken the controls of a Gulfstream but in my circle of trusted friends I know plenty, Keith Washington for example former United pilot that now flies for Nike, Jim Lewis is the NW US and Western Canada sales director for Gulfstream and Scott Patterson a former G-IV pilot that now flies a BBJ out of Burbank. The comment by the way about the Gulfstream flying like a truck is a quote from Scott just a few days earlier so that is probably why it shot off my fingers and onto the keyboard. I would certainly be "lucky" to own one of those trucks! Getting to fly just about anything also does beat being stuck with the turkeys on the ground! Safe flying or simming whichever you are doing now.

If it looks like a truck, smells like a truck, and flies like a truck, it most certainly must be a truck!

This was the same guy that was trying to tell me how to fly a light twin a few months ago. He was wrong about that. I suspect the Gulfstream is a real pleasure to fly. And, based upon Bob's signature vs the good Chiroprator's, I would tend to side with the Colonel.Hugs and Kissuz,Bill in Colorado

Bill, I'm trying to remember this conversation. I'd love to know what I was wrong about.

Bill, I'm trying to remember this conversation. I'd love to know what I was wrong about.

Hi Dr. Gard,The post I referred to occurred several months ago. Someone asked about the proper technique for applying power in a light twin during the takeoff phase. I advised one should start the takeoff roll by increasing power on both engines up to approximately half throttle and then quickly glance at the engine gauges to confirm flows, pressures, and turns are even, then smoothly add the rest of the power. That way if one engine malfunctions it will be easy to pull both throttles back and control the airplane. Unless it is a short field. On a short field, one should hold the brakes as the power is added up to full power and then release the brakes. You jumped in and said the short field procedure (hold the brakes and add full power) should be used for all takeoffs in a light twin. With all due respect, such a procedure exposes the engines to higher rate of increase for the CHT's (delta T), exposes the props to potential damage, and, since the rudder has little effect at slow speed, makes the loss of an engine more difficult to deal with until sufficient airspeed is reached. It should therefore only be used when necessitated by limited runway length. Also, delay on the runway at a busy airport doesn't help with the orderly flow of traffic.Best regard,Bill in Colorado