20 hours ago, RichieFly said:

using old man voice: "I remember the old days...in P3D times, we had 2-3 good aircraft and we liked it like that!!"

I remember those days, things were so much simpler! :)

But really, we have so many high-fidelity aircraft now it is an embarrassment of riches. I did not fly yesterday or today because I spent so much time thinking about what aircraft I wanted to fly!

On 8/21/2026 at 12:10 PM, bofhlusr said:

What is wrong with me??!!!☹️😵

I have the same condition--I bought Phenom 300E months ago and have yet to fly it! And, same same w/ Citation I bought it and prefer Longitude, so it was just a mistake to buy the Citation X.

I am so stuck on my routine which involves Self Loading Cargo, BATC and GSX and what I really want and I don't know if any others beyond Fenix A320 exist is a plane I can walk up the air stairs, open a door, and walk into the cockpit. I got hooked on this ritual a while back when I discovered Fenix A320 supports this and I love starting flights that way with a walk around, then a walk up and into the plane. That aligns a bit better with reality than does Shift-C, though have to Shift-C to actually get into the seat after opening the cockpit door. IFly MAX 8's doors can't be opened from the outside like Fenix's can; and PMDG 777-200LR when its door is open which happens I think automatically when GSX air stair butts up to it for some reason won't let me walk in.

4 hours ago, Noel said:

That aligns a bit better with reality than does Shift-C, though have to Shift-C to actually get into the seat after opening the cockpit door

If you click the coat hanger in the cockpit, it initiates the Shift-C and places you in the plane. I also like this feature on the FENIX and it is another reason why it is by far my preferred airliner.

i am happy to say i stopped buying new aircraft a while ago. and i havent bought a single one since the ini a350 when it came out. unfortunately i now own 94 european payware airports :-|

1 hour ago, Cognita said:

If you click the coat hanger in the cockpit, it initiates the Shift-C and places you in the plane. I also like this feature on the FENIX and it is another reason why it is by far my preferred airliner.

Unfortunate demand for this, being able to walk into a plane as an avatar or what have you, must not be very high else devs would consider it making it happen. It seems like it wouldn't take much to let that happen. Why you run into a wall when you try to walk thru the open door of the PMDG 777 seems like it must be flagged to be treated as a solid object, the open door. And me too-Fenix is my favorite of all so far...all 5...😉

Edited August 23Aug 23 by Noel

7 hours ago, Noel said:

I am so stuck on my routine which involves Self Loading Cargo, BATC and GSX and what I really want and I don't know if any others beyond Fenix A320 exist is a plane I can walk up the air stairs, open a door, and walk into the cockpit.

You can now do this with the Black Square Rockwell Commander 114. Not quite the same with GA as it is with airstairs/airliner but you can walk up to the plane, move onto the griptape, and click on the seat area (assuming you opened the doors, which can also be done from the outside).