Hmmm, some great points there guys, thanks. I think I may try replacing just a few aircraft at a time, leave the UT stuff intact but replace the aircraft in the aircraft.txt with AIA and FSP ones. That sure seems like a ton of work though, all the repaints, models...etc. Also seems like it can get a bit ridiculous with how many aircraft are in your aircraft folder too. I may just leave it alone too! Hornit

I admit this is the dastes way, but at the end of the day, you do not know, what models you actually have in your aircraft folders except by opening each folder and checking the model-name. I therefor keep everything tidy and you can tell by the folder's name which model is in it. e. g. "AI-B737-AIA", "AI-B737-PAI", etc.Wolfgang

>BTW does anyone know how to turn off ATC and still have AI>traffic? When online the FS ATC tends to be the same ATC freq>as online ATC and frequently it starts playing in the>background when the online ATC is talking.>>Regards>>ShezOn the options-sound menu turn the volume for ATC all the way down.Doesn't solve the problem, but ignorance is bliss!

If I may be so bold, you didn't read my post correctly at all.To use your example:If I have a 737 model by Aardvark, but I want to use Hiro's FDE, I would leave Hiro's FDE AS IS, only copying in the LIGHTS and CONTACT POINTS section from the original Aardvark aircraft.cfg, to assure that aircraft would use light and contact references for the Aardvark model. Hiro's FDE remains otherwise unchanged, but uses that Aardvark model, lights, and contact points. We now have an Aardvark model that flies with Hiro's performance.It's a very simple procedure that I have done 100's of times in the past 3 or 4 years, as better FDE's have become available. The only testing required is to spot the aircraft at the gate, observe lighting locations, and how it is sitting on the ground.

>The test is excellent but unfortunately a bit old. So the>only ARNZ (MCH) plane featured is the FLYABLE Bae146. Since it>is flyable its fps are bad. In the meantime ARNZ has released>quite a huge fleet of real AI (beside their flyable models)>with great (=low) fps.>When it comes to AI my favories re. fps are AIA, FSP and ARNZ.>For exotic models and liveries PAI is the only alternative.>I sometimes think it was better, if the guys at PAI, who did>soooo much for the FS community and AI, would concentrate>themselves more on fps than on the effort of creating as many>different models and repaints as possible. >>WolfgangIf you follow the PAI forums, new models are on the way and have been released within the past week.http://fsgateway.com/frank/fs9paibeta.jpg