Does anyone know of a really high quality vintage biplane made for x-plane 9/10? I like the Stinson that came with x-plane 10 but want to do a virtual barnstorming flight from the east coast to the west with real world weather dialed in at each waypoint. It would be cool to do this in an old WACO or TravelAir biplane. I really want super high quality (Carenado standard quality). So far what I have found has been cartoonish in the cockpit. I haven't started the flight yet but if I can't find a really nice open cockpit plane I will go with the Stinson. I will request Carendo to consider making one really detailed vintage biplane. For me the fun in a sim like this is not in flying blind with electronics and GPS, but rather stick and rudder flying with weather challenges and navigating by sectional map and a stop watch and basic navigation tools. What I hope to experience is something I always wanted to do -- fly across he country in an old plane without even VOR and avoiding controlled airports. Maybe pretend it is 1935 and make a side trip to Troy Ohio. I guarantee if I was a teenager in the mid 1920's I would have beelined to Troy Ohio and would have swept floors and taken out the trash to be part of the WACO factory.I am a private pilot and can't afford to fly anymore. Even if I could air traffic is much more intense these days than even when I got my license back in 1979. I suppose the first farmer's field I side slipped to land at I would wind up on CNN and be destroyed in a media circus. I have had about 4 sessions with x- plane 10 so far and am really amazed, especially my last flight set at night. All the cars on he road have headlights! So far I am very amazed at the immersiveness of x- plane 10.I think sims have lent themselves to instrument flying making flying heavies and using highly complex electronic equipment in those cockpits very interesting to a lot of flight simmers. I have been after an immersive flying experience, feel of the airplane, weather flying, challenging airports and simple flight with my head out of the cockpit more than in. Am I in the minority? There are certainly more "heavies" being produced and few to none really interesting stick and rudder planes that are a challenge to take off and land and more of a challenge in really interesting weather.

Hi,Go to the following http://forum.avsim.net/topic/356599-f33a-bonanza-xplane-10-bank-problem/ and look at post 21. I don't know what aircraft that is but you can maybe ask Leen about it. It does look vintage, plus it looks good too.

I don't think that you are in a minority, at least not a complete minority,(whatever that means), That's the way I roll too, I mainly fly what I fly in the real world.