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I spotted Dakota's 2008 package as well. His AFCADs are mostly minor tweaks to mainly small default airports, often little more than some extra parking. He uses Flight 1's Airport Facilitator X (AFX), which is based on Lee Swordy's famous AFCAD2. His AFCADs are very useful if you have lots of AI, but don't expect much eye candy. He does ask for modest donations, especially if you want him to design an AFCAD for you. I don't know if he is still designing, because it's some time since he uploaded anything. There is - or was - some association with ImagineSim. Ray Smith's AFCADs are based on Airport Design Editor (ADE), a freeware CAD-type airport editor and designer which is much more complex. His AFCADs are re-written from scratch and are much more realistic. He does rely on default objects, which keps frame rates low. He specialises, though not exclusively, on X-wind runways, a technique which allows AI to use runways in all directions simultaneously. His AFCADs are usually for big airports. Ray does not request donations for himself, although he has hyperlinks to ScruffyDuck, which distributes ADE, and they do ask for vluntary donations. Both designers make a valuable contribution to the AI community.

I've checked further. There is an organisaion Smith Graphics, run by Dakota Smith, and they do airport AFCADs. They do ask for donations. They will also create an airport on request - for a price. I think they might be connected with ImagineSim. They have nothing whatsoever to do with Ray Smith. Smith is a very common name.

Ray did an FS2004 version of YSBK (Bankstown) 9 years ago, with a small update a year later. He does include his Email address on his more recent downloads (search for Ray Smith in the AVSIM FSX AFCADs library). There's no reason why you shouldn't ask him if he would be willing to do an updated version for FSX. The hyperlinks included in his readme take you to ScruffyDuck. They do offer you the opportunity to make a voluntary Paypal donation to them. Ray's only connection with Scruffyduck is that he uses the popular ADE. I don't know where you got the SmithsGraphics idea from. None of Ray's downloads I have mention it at all, If you have any of Ray's downloads which refer to it please tell me about it, or ask Ray himself.

It's unlikely that his FS2004 AFCADs would work in FSX. But why bother. He has FSX ones for most of his FS2004 ones anyway, and if he doesn't, you could ask him to create one. The Paypal donation that you mention is not for Ray Smith. All his AFCADs are freeware, and he doesn't request any donation. He does, however, suggest that voluntary donations to the creators of the Airport Design Editor, which he uses for his AFCADs, would be welcome. There is a link on the ADE website.

May I add my appreciation for Ray's excellent AFCADs. They are frame-friendly, and they work well, especially the cross-wind ones. Not many people know that it's a family affair. Ray's wife Jillian specialises in textures for helicopters. Look her up in the AVSIM library. David Hanstater Administrator Flight 1 UT2 Forum

I think you will find your answer here.:http://www.fsdevelop...ation_%28FSX%29

I recommend any FSX AFCADS by Ray Smith. Just search for his name in the AVSIM library.They are easy to install, very frame friendly, and very high quality. He is paricularly good at x-winds, where airports have runways in different directions.

I think the reason World of AI are so popular is because of the high quality of their packages, together with their ease of intallation with their dedidated installer.But you can goto the other libraries and find hundreds of AI aircraft, models, textures and flightplans, though they do involve rather more work.

OK, got it, thanks, and I've written to him.

I've downloaded and installed lots of Ray Smith's excellent AFCADs for FSX. I've found all of them to be of a very high standard, easy to install, and a vast improvement on the FSX defaults. This is particularly useful for me, because I have Flight 1's Ultimate Traffic 2, which generates lots of AI traffic, sometimes too much for the default airports.He doesn't include any contact information in his downloads, so having just downloaded and installed his latest one, for VHHH, I would just like to say a big thank you to him for ll he's doing to make FSX a much better experience.Keep it up, Ray!

No. UT2 is placed there by default, and there is no option to put it somewhere else. If you are having space problems on your C: drive, the UT2 installation is probably advancing the time when you won't have enough space to boot up the computer anyway.By default, many programmes place data files on Drive C:, such as Microsoft Word and most Graphics programmes. FSX is on Drive C: unless you use the option to install it elsewhere. I have now configured my most memory-hungry data folders to an external USB hard drive. When it eventually fills up I'll buy another one.Many older computers, including my old one, have a very small boot-up Drive C, with a much bigger drive D, either virtual or real. More recently, computers now come with much bigger HDs, so space isn't a problem. TrafficToolBox from Microsoft's FSX SDK can remove AI aircraft in sight.

I also prefer the old site. it has everything I need.

I'm so sorry to hear of the sad passing of Billy Rutherford. My condolences to his family.I doubt if there's a serious simmer who hasn't benefited from his work.He will be sadly missed.David HanstaterAdmin Group, Ultimate Traffic Forum.

It's OK now, thanks. Well done.

Ye, I'm getting it too.I thought it was my computer at first, but it looks like a temporary fault with the website.

maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that Microsoft had closed down its Flight Simulator team, and that there would be no further developments. So where has "Flight!" come from?

I've just downloaded a couple of Ray Smith's latest uploads, with no problems at all. I'm using Firefox 3.5.3 web browser. Is that any help?

The two files which were 'not available' yesterday are now available, and I've just downloaded them without problems.Thanks once again to the AVSIM staff for acting so promptly.

I've just tried to download woasejv1.zip, and I get an error message that there is no such file. This is a newly uploaded file from WoAI. I've had the same problem with another file today, Ray Smith's EGLL AFCAD for FSX.

A big thanks to all at AVSIM now that the library upload is back.It's been a long haul, and it must have been a traumatic experience for all of you.David HanstaterAdministrator, Flight 1 Ultimate Traffic Forum

Update. It seems that the ProjectAI website has quietly returned, without any announcement, and still without its homepage.Anyway, it's great to see it back. It's still one of the top libraries for AI aircraft models & textures, as well as flightplans and lots more.

Have you any further news about the ProjectAI website?

You are correct. I should not have included that link, and I'm pleased that it has now been removed. thanks for pointing it out.There does seem to have been an increase recently in sites being hacked. It is important to ensure that you have good security, and that it is regularly updated.

Normally I would agree with you, but unfortunately some people who either had poor or out-of-date security did not receive the warning, and were infected.Most who try to access the site receive the warning immediately, get no further. and are safe. However, the 'block' does give the option to ignore it. I wanted to make it clear that the risk of being infected if you do this is very high.I did think hard about the advisability of posting the warning, but because the risk is so high I felt it wise to do so. I was not the first to do this; there was a thread about it on the Alpha-India forum started some time ago, and a Google search for The Fruit Stand comes up immediately with a malware warning.