Jim that is Great about KLAX etc...I would love it if you possibly could indulge me by assigning TWA to building 3. I hope I am not asking too much. It brings Real memories to me.......1970 - 1990.Thanks.Abe

>>>>LOWI approaches -- great one to do. However, >>I am not sure if the AI can handle anything >>other than a straight-in approach. ??>>>>Sure they can>(!!)Wow, I have been told that AI could only do straight-ins. Obviously those who told me this, did not know. I know you have researched it and so therefore you bring good news.This gives my thoughts about MHTG a whole new direction.To me MHTG is the circling-approach-to-end-all-circling-approaches.>>Matthew Ministry wrote a short tutorial and added it to his>readme for some of the curved approaches found here on AVSIM>such as KDCA's river approach. >I will take a look, thanks. RhettAMD 3700+ (@2310 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 2.5-3-3-8 (1T), WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian case

Try thisLoad the default AIGo to PHNLSet the winds from 260 at 15 ktsSet the visibility at 2 nmForce a reload of the AI by opening the map and changing your aircraft heading by 1 degreeWatch the B747 make a nice offset LDA approach along the beach from Diamond Head and a perfect 45 degree turn on 1.7 mile final under 700 ft AGL to touchdown on 26LNow many AI aircraft created by some fantastic modelers will not stay in the air. Many of their flight dynamics are default B734 tweaked to only work on straight in approaches.That may require changing the flight dynamics to get the performance.But danged right AI can fly curving approaches.I've watched the PAI B733 Alaska Airlines schedule - make a perfect descending circle to land at PADU - Unalaska. It flew in on a GPS approach, overflew the NDB and circled in to land right on the numbers - on both ends. Without touching the terrain.This was in FS2004 - but FSX has the same behavior.I'm disappointed that this behavior works so well during IMC conditions - under three miles visibility.Yet during VMC conditions - the aircraft fly straight in through the mountains at the same airports.FS has the capability for AI aircraft to fly these alternate approach procedures in FS2004, and FSX.Why is it only in bad weather that the logic tree for assigning an approach other than an ILS is used?