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Jonathan, Enjoying 1.3 so far. Helicopters feel better and all aircraft have been given new life. As you know, I'm a Microsoft FF2 user since that stick came out. I've been simming for well over 25 years now, and I've never been able to enjoy flying WITHOUT Force Feedback, and I've TRIED. I have been using Russell Dirk's FS Force in P3d for well over a decade, and I used XP Force for MSFS 2020 and 2024. Your FFB-Bridge software beats them all! I will only use FF-Bridge in MSFS from now on. I've deleted XP Force. P3d is still fine with FS Force UNTIL you make FFB-Bridge compatible with that sim. All I know is that flight simming seems "dead" when there is no force feedback. Of course, that's my opinion. The "hold back" on simmers moving toward FF is the total lack of good sticks out there. I stay alive by buying FF2 joysticks on Ebay (I have 5 now, just in case) since they are no longer made. Hopefully we will see a new interest from the manufacturers, like Microsoft, to produce a state of the art FF stick. I believe it will actually rejuvenate the world of flight simming as it exists now. Keep up the excellent work, Jonathan. I'm sure many others besides me, really appreciate it. Stan

Thanks, Ray. We are SO looking forward to this holiday. Taking Mr. Branson's Airbus 330 out of JFK to Heathrow.

Sorry but the cost of AC has come down considerably over the years. Today in Eastern U.S. we are concerned about the toxic air quality that's occurring because of massive fires in Canada. The air in Pennsylvania smells smokey and doctors warn that you must stay inside...and hopefully turn on your AIR CONDITIONER. Opening windows is certainly not recommended, nor are using fans that are attached to windows, obviously. This has been going on now for close to a week, and our weather has been in the 90's (F). Air conditioning set to re-circulation helps considerably in this situation. Immuno-compromised, asthma sufferers, and seniors are the ones most affected by the air outside now. My wife and I are leaving next week for Cornwall, Wales and London for about 10 days. Looking forward to all the history to which we will be exposed. Stonehenge is just one of those places on my bucket list. Sure hope the hotels have AIR CONDITIONING!

Wow! I would fly with her always. She is so good. Love this video.

Noticing today (late today) that AVSIM has speeded up. Hope it stays that way.

Is AVSIM really slow and seemingly bogged down lately. I know it's not my computer, because everything else is quick and responsive. Just want to know.

Yesterday I purchased, from the MSFS 2024 Marketplace, the Textron Aviation Citation CJ3+. I was looking for a business jet that had some decent speed and I love the Garmin 3000. To my surprise, this plane does NOT have an autothrottle. I really would like to put one in this plane so I don't have to "babysit" it on a long journey. I enjoy the way this plane flies, but the autothrottle, or lack thereof, makes it so much less enjoyable to fly. So, is there a way to put one in this jet, or a way to just set it at the speed I want it to stay at? I've tried Shift + R and CTRL +' but neither of those commands works. I would appreciate some help on this if you know how to accomplish this command in the Citation. Thanks.

Is the traffic missing in MSFS today? I see no other planes at airports I'm flying from or arriving at. Did I miss some news on this?

I'm a huge advocate of Active Sky. Use it in P3dv5.4 always. DID use it in MSFS2024...however, for the past month I've been using MSFS real weather, and I'm extremely pleased with the weather and especially the cloud formations. In my humble opinion, I'm staying with the built in weather that MSFS provides. I'll bet it even gets better as we go along.

Yes. I did use the comma key to adjust correct altitude. I try that for barometer. Thanks. Yes. Love my personal "jet"!

Yes. I did use the comma key to adjust correct altitude. I try that for barometer.

Flying the Vision Jet the other day, I wondered why I really could not get it up to speed. When I increased the Barometer setting, the jet seemed to kind of level off and the speed increased (on Auto Throttle). I did hit the B key to supposedly set the barometer correctly over 18,000 feet, but that really had no effect. Question: Sorry for this obviously basic question for you serious pilots, but I really don't know how to set a barometer correctly in MSFS 2024. Is there a basic tutorial on this or can you explain simply what I have to do to learn how to employ this important function the correct way? Thanks.

Just out yesterday. I downloaded it. What a jump up to 610! My last one was 596.49. Wonder what the deal is?

No. I'm sorry I didn't respond. In my library, I did follow your advice and I uninstalled whatever I could. However, some of the things I downloaded DO NOT give you the option to uninstall. I did see that under other options, you can CANCEL the download. Would CANCELLING the download be the same as Uninstalling it in those cases? I also read above in this thread this comment from Reader: "To refer back to my first answer to your question, if you want to stream data, you should not download any. If you want to use the data that you have already downloaded, there is nothing left to do, except to use it. "Streaming" means coming down the internet. Installing means using data that has been downloaded and stored. You cannot stream downloaded data, but you can just use it." Seems that this situation could have been better explained somewhere. Maybe it was, but I certainly don't recall seeing it or reading it. Thanks, Stan

Stan