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Not quite on topic, but it is to the title of this post, at least long ago. Prior to PMDG, or me hearing of them, I had the Just Flight 744. Like PMDG includes manuals on the shelf in the cockpit, so did they. I wanted my simpit I was building at the time to be exact and a few weeks ago going through storage I found this. It was the exact one from the shelf in the cockpit. Took ages to find. The moral being you never know how much a diehard sim freak will seek out that you put into your model. Sad to say that my search still continues for a worthy PMDG Pogo Stick! Something I totally think PMDG should sell in their store. Just saying.

Sweet! Looking forward to it, Paul.

Old topic, but a good'n. Just wanted to share my $.02. In the last couple months in getting P3d and back into simming, I've bought 28 airports haha. I have many more than that now, but only thanks to FlyTampa and Orbx for the free updates from FSX to P3d. My favorite two are a close tie, Flightbeam and FlyTampa. I can't say enough about Flightbeam. I only wish they had more than 4. I have all of FlyTampa's, FSDT's and at least 20 Orbx. I have none for Aerosoft. Aerosoft (to me) is too annoying. No updates, or barely and they always say they have too much to update blah blah blah. They don't take the time to even update their own store. They actually have some products updated but many months later only refer to that via their forum, not their store. I will not part with a penny if it isn't assured to me where I buy it (their store) that it works. Sad too because I have their very inexpensive Boston X and it's incredible (I miss their innsbruck approach). FSDT is great too. I have them all other than their Hawaii series. Orbx is not last because I'm listing them last. Lately they're all that I use since I'm loving their Northern and Southern California. I've spent more money on Orbx stuff than any by far. Here's my P3d list, all P3d V3 ready. This is from my notes so I don't of course have something that has "(want)" next to it It has most of what I have. I may have forgot recent purchases but it looks 100%.

Thanks, Norman. Such a great thing to be thanked now and then, really. I loved doing those tutorials and to be honest, when I was forced out of finishing them I had that on my mind for years. I still have 8 or more bluray discs with raw video of the completion but things spiraled out of control as if I was in a flat spin (haha, sorry, just caught the end of TOP GUN). Seriously though I loved it because the 1 in every thousand that said kind words like yours. I had so much video saved up because I had issues with After Effects at the time and couldn't render. I'm a bit of an OCD person too and the removing the mouth clicks in my voice was 10x's the work on my videos. I HATE to listen to a tutorial where I hear the persons spit while they talk, haha. A 10 minute video took at least 3 hours of removing that noise in Adobe Audition and my videos were normally 20 minutes or more. I remember I got a corrupt preferences file and despite deleting all signs of it and countless posts on Adobe's forum I fell to far behind to bounce back. Then she happened... Killing her wasn't the problem but getting rid of the body just took to long. Haha, jk on that last part. I also had weeks of DCS video gone to waste because of the same issues. Literally broke my heart to have to stop them. Anywho, thanks again bud. Really appreciate the kind words! @ Dan - I think before I get any other airports I will get the rest of Flightbeams. I agree 100%. They really are smooth as silk and the detail is just insane. My 4hr flight took 5 because I stayed at the terminal so long changing views and checking things out. I have yet to install EZCA or any of my addons that give me the ability to free move around the area. I'm glad I don't/didn't actually because I'd be on hour 24 of my 4hr flight and still be at the gate!

Thank you gentlemen! Nice to see you both! Really great to see so many great people still around @ Dan Downs - I bought Flightbeam's KDEN HD. All I can say is wow! Still a way to go but spent a grand already on my return haha. Sad part it that I haven't even looked at controllers yet. I had a good flight yesterday from KDEN to KTPA with the 777. Good meaning I landed her with barely damaging the aircraft

Thanks, Dan. I love Flightbeam and the last few weeks I have downloaded everything that had P3d updates product that I already owned. Flightbeam's KSFO I have and love but KSFOHD is surely on my list for next shopping spree! I have just got new installers for all my FlyTampa airports that I also love and downloaded all new installers for FSDT (and many more). Thanks for the tip on PFPX. I'll look into it. One thing I always loved about simming was the planning and route creation. In some ways I enjoyed it more actually. I love flying Alaska routes. Very challenging indeed. I did lots of flights there with the J41 all the time. I hope to see the J41 reborn for P3d. That became one of my surprised favorites of all times. Sadly I bought the NGX right before leaving simming and other than using it to do the paint tutorials, never even touched it. It was a hard choice last between which to buy but will get it next for sure. Thanks again.

Thanks, Sander. Nice to see you still around! Hope all is going great with you! Well folks, it was a long night into the wee hours of the morning, but I made my first purchases of sim stuff and am looking at a long day of continued installs. To start with, I got; P3d Pro FTX Global FTX Vector Rex Texture Direct / Soft Clouds bundle Active Sky Next ... and last but not least the PMDG 777 and expansion. I've read more in the last week than I thought possible and got some great advice from sim friends on facebook. Lots still on my must have list but please feel free to give any of your opinions. So far so great. Everything looks smooth as silk and newly upgraded comp is handling it all well.

Hey Alex, No on the trip screens as of now. I've been waiting for the longest time to upgrade my last standing monitor from my last triple setup. I just upgraded last week but bought due to need rather than one of the two monitors I was holding out for (PG27AQ or PG348Q). My rig is primarily for video editing heaven (thus the titan z and multiple ssd's). I got tired of waiting for the monitor of choice and really didn't want to be one of the first to get either, so settled for a DELL S2716DG 27” ( 2560 x 1440 @ 144Hz). Cheapest good monitor I could find with G-sync. For a TN panel it's incredible with great viewing angles unlike the nightmare of them I read about. 3 monitors down the road for sure but before I invest in 3, 4k monitors I want to see video cards and monitors with Displayport 1.3 or higher I screwed up hard on buying the 128gb of ram. The best processor out one would think it supported the same amount of ram one of the absolute best motherboards on the market did. Especially since it's constantly being paired with the 5960x. Anywho, apparently after I couldn't get the motherboard to keep my xmp set for the ram I learned the processor only could address 64gb. Haha, what an expensive mistake! 64gb would have saved me major on what I spent on the 128gb kit <sigh>.

I think out of all the new things I've seen hit the sim community over the years, this is my fav. Looking forward to it!

Nice! Just downloaded it. My first sim addon/program to touch my comp in years. I don't have either P3d or FSX installed yet but have spent a few hours getting ready for P3d in downloading new installers for upgraded airports and cities. I'll be buying P3d this weekend. I ran the stand alone exe and was able to at least see it and play with it for now. Very nice. Thanks Dan! And hi back, Lamar!

Wow, thanks for the welcome gents. So nice to be amongst friends again. Cory, sorry the tutorials didn't yet work for you. Sad I had to stop that just as I was getting to the bump mapping I think. Hopefully down the road I can finish it and help clear up what you're having a hard time with. Thanks for the thanks. Much appreciated. Hey Dan! Thanks, I love the MD11 and that one I bought long ago (a huge vector graphic). You made me laugh with saying "but now I'm single" right after saying you had the two hiatus, haha. Women have kept me from my hobbies all too often. My last ex is ex'd because of such a thing. You still doing your freeware files? Great to see your names again, makes me realize how long it's been. Thanks and a big hello Rick, Rob, Alexander! It's funny but when I first signed back in, I instantly saw the turkey face and laughed. I decided to change it because there were so many people upset with it haha. Back then I kept it for that reason and of course it was technically the only aviation pic I had, but figured I'd finally change it to keep the peace

Thank you gentlemen. Sean, A lot just changed in a short amount of time. I was laid off and moved around a bit to chase work. Once I got back on my feet I just put my time back into music (piano). Still more focused on that but I will soon start to slowly get back into my simming passion. I've watched my facebook friends, Doogie and Alex post their screenshots and videos over the years and allow them to tease/tempt me, but having more time lately to spread into more than one hobby is the main thing I've lacked til now. Hope you're all doing well!

Well hello folks! Long time no type. I have been on quite a long layover let's just say. So much has changed and I see most certainly for the better! Very exciting products and love what I'm seeing. I recently built a fellow simmer a rig and got him P3d to go with his new toy for a Christmas gift. In my research it lead me to investigating what else had changed. Glad I did and continue to do so. P3d was just starting to be talked about (but barely) when I exited the runway. I feel like such a noob now, haha, but it too is exciting. I used to enjoy giving help to those with questions and now it's me with a few billion of my own. The fog is lifting from the field and I'm almost cleared for visual approach (much more reading ahead). I'll save my questions and continue to happily see how much more great things I can find. Hope everyone is having a great new year!!!

Thank you, Jim. Glad you liked it. I love to learn and putting together tutorials will normally teach you more than you knew to start with, so it's win, win for me in doing these :smile:I learn a lot of video editing in the process as well, so that's a bonus. I like to ham things up as well, but not sure our overseas friends will know some of the intended humor. That's one reason I tossed in the fart. The universal quick "haha" moment for all ;)

Very cool, Robert. I have it but haven't had all that much time to play with it yet. On the review side of the fence, I'm one that prefers user reviews over anything else. I have a User Review forum and tons of tools to make your review look better than the average web review. We're always looking for a nice thorough review so if you're ever up to it, come by and write one up. I also have a hidden forum for review and tutorial writers that's available upon request. That way they're free to do a little at a time, rather than all at once. That way also they're free to try several methods before posting and ask questions on anything they may want to know.