I just got FS2002, it was given to me by an elderly neighbour who didn't want it anymore. It came with British Airports Volume 1, and a couple of scenery packs for the central south and east of england.At first I just thought that this would be another game to just mess about on, but it's turned serious! I have really gotten into it, and discovered my favourite aircraft is a 737-300/400/500.I thought it was hilarious when I discovered the autopilot on these planes, started to doubt my need for the joystick I bought, lol.I then discovered that damn, landings are HARD! Seriously hard. I went back to the cessnas to practice straightening up it was that bad. Never got anywhere near the runways at first. Then I was reading through here when I saw ILS and landing in the same thread... So I started reading!I have started to get the hang of things now. My favourite destination is Heathrow at the moment, going from places like stansted, glasgow, east midlands (not nottingham east midlands! I'm a local, it should be Derby East Midlands or something!).Heathrow makes it easy to remember ILS frequencies etc. I'll give you a rundown of what I do in a normal flight from say, stansted to heathrow. You could give some pointers or other tips. Let's see if I can remember exactly what I do though, it is starting to come automatically when I am in the sim now.Ok, I usually set an IFR flight plan. I always start off at a gate, and taxi to the designated runway. Added a mod that starts the plane cold. As I get near the end of the taxi, I'll set the flaps to about 5 (two notches anyway). I'll obviously go through the standard chat with ATC through all this. When I get on the runway, i'll set the autopilot to the cleared flight height, and the runway heading (they always say runway heading) and the speed is usually about 200-220, unless its a longer flight from glasgow etc, to which i'll go 245. I'll start my run, not whacking the power straight on, but gently easing it up ahead, but still getting good acceleration. Once I get to about 160, i'll pull the nose up between 5 and 10 degrees, and wait a bit to let the bird slowly move off the ground. i'll hold this position, and then put the auto throttle on, then click the AP and let the plane take itself up. at about 1000 i'll bring the gear and flaps in, then start following ATC instructions on directions. en-route i will set the radio to pick up the ils for the runways at heathrow, and click them on (109.5 for 9R and 110.3 for 9L, from memory, hope its right!). When i finally get routed round to the approach, i'll drop my speed to make sure i am doing about 180 or so before the approach, then follow the ATC guide to go to 2100 (always that height, lol), and lower the speed some more. i'll have the gps open at this point and when i get near the green glidescope icon on that, i'll hit the APR button on the AP and bring down the speed (using manual throttle and speed brakes if need be). this will be about 135-145, depending on how well the descent is going. Then i leave it all the way down, and then use the joystick to raise the nose a touch, add a bit of power, and then bring the power down, is this called flaring? this usually gets me a nice landing, no bumps. a couple of times i have gotten that bit wrong and gotten a big bounce (about 3 secs). After that its the normal slow down and taxi.Well, thats what I do, any suggestions, tips? new routes or new ways to do things?A funny story from a couple of nights ago... I got my landing clearance, and started my approach when i heard ATC telling another aircraft to be number two landing on the same runway. I thought, cool, i'll see them landing behind me when i come off the runway and start taxiing. I touch down, and start slowing down, when i hear SOAR2864 (<-random numbers) go around go around. The damn thing was touching down right behind me, and GA'ed right over me! Scared the hell out of me that did!Now for my questions...I wanna land in thick snow, how do i set that up?I remember seeing a pic of O'hare, of about 6 or 7 planes taxiing on behind another, is that possible normally in game? If it isnt does someone have a link to an addon that could make that possible if i go there?And the last one: I have downloaded a flightplan add-on, which needs certain planes to look right etc. Except, one of the sites that is listed as having quite a few of these planes is unreachable.www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.ukANyone know if there is a new site or something?

Hi Dan, And welcome to the forum. You are embarking on a great hobby (if you so choose). You have already discovered it is not a "game" but a challenging adventure you can make as realistic or as casual as you prefer. You may find yourself part of this hobby for many years to come.To answer a couple of your questions:There is snow but not "thick" snow or icy effects really in FS2002. You just need to go into weather, then select Advanced Weather, under precipitation click the drop-down box and select snow. It's so-so snow. Rain looks a little better in FS2002.To see other planes at the airport in need to engage AI traffic (AI stands for Artificial Intellegence). In the game go to Options/Settings/ATC and with the slider you can select the % of AI traffic you want to see. Granted the amount of traffic is dependant on the number of parking spaces created at the airport but that is beyond the subject of this thread. Bigger airports will have more traffic.To find certain aircraft, do a search in the Library here. The are 10's of 1000's of free add-on's created by all types of simmers just for sharing... a great part of this hobby. Suggest you read up on how to search in the library.Also, probably every question known to man about flightsimming has been answered here so its also a good idea to search the forum when you have questions or problems.You neighbor has actually given you a great gift that you can use to explore this entire world with and explore aviation. I'd suggest playing with FS2002 for several months. Then if you become "addicted" like the rest of us you might consider upgrading to FS2004 ... of course your PC will need a little more horsepower to get everything FS2004 hasd to offer.Good luck and keep flyin'