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Excellent. I obviously missed that bit. Thanks for the heads-up.

Apologies if this has been asked already and I've missed it (I have had a trawl through the last couple of days of topics...). I bought my NGX on DVD from Flightstore a while ago. Is there a mechanism via which I can download the latest SP and install it? I can't see anything obvious on the main site. Thanks, Ian Pearse

This looks fantastic. I love the old radial birds. I hope this is the first of.... several, if not many! :( Would love to see a DC-7C too, so I can do some BOAC routes in the real airplane! Looking forward to this immensely.

My votes... for an oldie - VC10, properly modelled systems and all, with RAF variants.For a not-so-oldie, Avro RJ series... some proper stuff to use out of EGLC. The Embraers are nice, but the RJ is so...... British!For a newbie - 787. Gotta love that new cockpit!

I looked at the assignments, and it gave me Doors-main and Doors-Other or something like that. Set up a combination for the Main doors,and L1 and L2 opened when I hit the keys. Not too bad. When I hit the other combination it opened all the doors on the starboard side and the cargo hold doors - a bit over the top, I thought. I then noticed when I hit the combination again, that those doors closed but the two emergency exit doors on the upper deck opened instead... bizarre! I used Shift+D for the Main and Shift+E for the Others. Just wondering if Shift+E means something elsewhere...

Thanks, Jim, I'll give that a go when I get the chance.

Michael,Thanks for the info. I'll have a go and see what happens. have to say that the 747 looks fantastic so far. One small gripe though - no opening doors! Guess I've got too used to some of the others I've been getting to know.Ian Pearse

Just bought the 747-400 - amazing! I've bene working my way through the cockpit procedures to get this baby warmed up and ready to go. One question though - I seem to see what looks like a pushback gauge at the end of the pedestal... but I can't seem to get it to do anything, and can't find any reference to it in the manual - help??!

Jim,Yes, you're right - I had the wrong aircraft model - no stairs! The fuel planner I wanted was something like the Excel sheets I used to use for my Dreamfleet 737 and PSS 747. Anyway, I'll check out the one you suggested, thanks.Ian

And I've got a couple of queries... firstly, I followed the instructions in the manual and set up the suggested key combination for the stairs... but nothing happens... am I missing anything? At the gate, door open, engines off, apu running with power on..? Also, I'm toying with the idea of converting the fuel preparation/planning bits in the manual into a spreadsheet to do my fuel planning - but I'm missing a vital bit of info - what would be a reasonably accurate basic operating weight to start with? Alternatively, can anyone suggets a rady-made fuel planner for this aircraft? I've not had it long but have to say it's looking good.Ian

Nice shots, my mouth is watering.... can't wait to see the finished product. One query though - where are the Rolls Royce engines then??:-hah