One word: Cloudshttp://www.airliners.net/open.file/0530475/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0217653/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0910957/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0437994/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1083365/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0291857/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0429120/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0199668/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1095406/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1089978/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1092325/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1096533/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0888946/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0441247/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0599802/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0444427/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0403522/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0430518/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0407462/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0311172/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0411802/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0854888/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1024270/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1045166/L/

Thanks, but we need a vacation first... ;)

Well, I've been requesting this the most from TELL_FS ever since I knew about it and they got ONE kind right:http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0430518/L/

>One word: Clouds>>http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0854888/L/Is it just me or are the instruments in this shot turned off? Is such a thing possible while flying? Worrying thing is the same pilot has taken another no instruments shot flying over the alps as well. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1086611/M/

Clouds like that would be mind blowing.:(

The instruments aren't actually switched off, they just look that way in the photographs because of the image's contrast settings. If you save the image to your desktop and then use an image processing package to decrease the contrast you can see that the instrument screens aren't blank.

Or if you have an LCD monitor: Stand up. ;)"Let me help you out. You're cleared to taxi any way you can to any runway you see."

>Thanks, but we need a vacation first... ;)Nice try. But greatness doesn't take a vacation. Good, yes. Great, no. :) j/kThere are some really great artists over there at ACES, and if they can turn that energy into the "new" sky it would blow us all away.I am (and always was) and FS animal supporter, but to paint the "animals of the sky (clouds)" no one ever looks the same, shape, density/color, whispyness, so a pilot never knows what to expect.Adding to the immersion (I've heard that word from ACES before!), and to immerse one needs to trick the person into thinking they're there. What happens when you turn strobe lights on in a cloud? (day or night?). A totally gray or white screen with only instruments can definitely disorientate a pilot, but varying darker/lighter hues as one travels through a cloud (i.e. where the cloud is denser it would get darker) REALLY throws off your senses! Perfect.Thanks for listening - and take a break already (that is, once FSX is released) ;)