Harpsi - Just start a flight - any flight, any airport. Press the 'Y' key to put you in slew. Go down to the ground. Press the 'Y' key. Change the aircraft for the default Cessna 172, taxi to a parking spot, and then shut it down. Save the flight as "Cessna 172 at (airportname)" and be sure to put a check in the 'Make this the default flight" box at the bottom-left corner before you actually save it. Exit the simulator, then restart and you shoud now be in the 172 at that same parking spot - on the ground.

Harpsi - Just start a flight - any flight, any airport. Press the 'Y' key to put you in slew. Go down to the ground. Press the 'Y' key. Change the aircraft for the default Cessna 172, taxi to a parking spot, and then shut it down. Save the flight as "Cessna 172 at (airportname)" and be sure to put a check in the 'Make this the default flight" box at the bottom-left corner before you actually save it. Exit the simulator, then restart and you shoud now be in the 172 at that same parking spot - on the ground.

I have already done this... and the "new" saved flight begins... on the air :Dharpsi

Hi, Harpsi .. do you mean the airplane IS on the ground, but the altimeter does not read zero ?That is not an error.. altimeters show altitude above sea-level. If the airport is above sea-level, then the altimeter shows that altitude when you are on the ground, at that airport.And the altimeter needs to be adjusted for the current, atmospheric pressure.This stuff is covered in the learning center... 'cockpit basics' / 'altimeter' ...Or.. start here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altimeter

Then there's something wrong - corruption - somewhere, because that problem should be fixed if you properly saved a default flight. I have no other suggestion, other than remove SP2, and do a repair on FSX, then reinstall SP2.When did this start happening? Did it always do this - right from the first installation? Have you tried rolling back to an earlier Windows Restore Point?

Then there's something wrong - corruption - somewhere, because that problem should be fixed if you properly saved a default flight. I have no other suggestion, other than remove SP2, and do a repair on FSX, then reinstall SP2.When did this start happening? Did it always do this - right from the first installation? Have you tried rolling back to an earlier Windows Restore Point?

HiYes. It was always like that...harpsi

I also can't believe that it is that hard to start FS and then switch to the flight you want to fly at the time.

It is when you have lots of scenery on HDDs: Your load time goes through the roof because FSX wastes time by first loading scenery that you don't need. Quite annoying.Cheers,- jahman.

Those extra 2-3 minutes must be really rough.

This is a long shot but also "check static_cg_height" in aircraft.cfgI suspect...if it was set to 1000 for instance your saved flights would load at 1000' AGL.

The static height of the aircraft when at rest on the ground (feet). The program uses this value to position the aircraft at startup, in slew, and at any other time when the simulation is not actively running.

This is a long shot but also "check static_cg_height" in aircraft.cfgI suspect...if it was set to 1000 for instance your saved flights would load at 1000' AGL.

Checked. Almost all values between 3 and 8...harpsi

try turning on advanced animations

What does advanced animations have to do with the OP's problem?