raymar

I spent a bit of time trying to create an account for the free download. System failed. I was unable to add my address due to a required zip code in the UK. I live in MS. duh. I used my UK temporary suite at Buckingham Palace. Worked like a charm. Lots of steps required to setup account, get free download and walk through the install process. Make sure you remember you account password - you will need it for the inststall. Hopefully the airport will be worth the effort. First look is encouraging. Lots of buildout here. Lot of static aircraft. Military Refueling Wing has a couple of double stacks. Could be from anyplace. Maybe iniBuilds will figure it out. Very nice big airport. Regards. Ray

Whatta you know. I found a neat little tidbit in the history books. I was personally invited to become an Avsim Reviewer by none other than Tom Allensworth himself. Interesting reading. . .July 14, 2010 Quality standards near rock bottom on this review - AVSIM Reviews Feedback - The AVSIM Community Top of Page 2. Regards, Ray

Hello Ed, Can you recommend some of these new sites that you are speaking of? Links would be great. Regards, Ray

Well, I've been writing reviews with the Avsim tag as a Contributing Reviewer, which was attached to my Avsim membership until someone seemed fit to remove it. I was also listed as a Contributing Reviewer along with the Avsim Staff for many years. (12 years or so) A simple search using your engine of choice (DuckDuckgo, Bing, Google) seeking "Ray Marshall, Avsim Reviews" should give you a few pages with a short description for each including recommendations and comments should give one a feel for what the cyber community has as records. Regards, Ray Marshall

That sounds easy enough, but, it is impossible to post there without rights to post. I tried last week and was not able to add content to the REVIEWS section. Closest second choice would be wasted in Hangar Chat. Bob, I personally do not know a single Reviewer that buys a copy of a product and then decides to spend upwards of 100 hours writing a review. I would venture a guess that practically all Reviewers are provided evaluation copies and that source can usually be found in the Credits section of the review along with others that may have contributed input and/or screenshots. Times may be changing along with management, but, some facts remain. The last 5 Avsim hardware reviews that I contributed that are still listed on the first page have a total of something North of 100,000 views. Someone once said "You may have thrown out the Baby along with the bathwater" of something similar. Best Regards, Ray Marshall

Maybe one of our outstanding Moderators would step in and carry the ball to get a few 2024 reviews published. I personally have two hardware reviews almost completed, but, no one to send them to for review and publishing.

Avsim does not have a Review Editor or anyone providing that function AFAIK. No new aircraft reviews have been published since April 2019. No new hardware reviews have been published since April 2018. No new scenery reviews have been published since August 2021.

Thanks for the post, keithb77, I nabbed the BQ Bonanza and Baron bundle for $43. Regards, Ray

I jumped over to Simmarket and grabbed the C414 and KBOS with really nice discounts. Very happy with both buys. Thanks for the post gang. Regards, Ray

I suppose my biggest concern is whether the 3rd party planes that I am buying today will fly in FS2024 or whether we will be purchasing a bunch of upgrades. Ray

Thanks for the post. Ray

Six months from now or 6 months after release of FS2024? Regards, Ray

Do you expect a mass shift from MSFS2020 to MSFS2024, like from FSX to MSFS2020? I wonder if we will be able to jump back and forth between the two for some period of time. Surely Microsoft/Asobo will not abandon MSFS2020 anytime soon. Thoughts? How about the major 3rd party guys, do you think they will shift priorities to the newer sim? Just wondering. . . Regards, Ray

Bert, this one works just fine for me. Thanks a million and more thanks to Robert for this masterpiece. Regards, Ray

T45, it is the two G1000 cockpit screens. Totally blank, no data whatsoever. Thanks. Thanks JYW, I will check out the BS Analog Bonanza. Sounds like just what I am looking for. Ray Hello Robert, I am so very glad to hear from you. Hang in there Buddy. I am looking forward to your DA62 creation. Best Regards, Ray Got your PM. Great to hear from you. Yes, LTNS, but, things are looking up recently. I am making a slow return and enjoying the flight sim once again. Ray

Thanks. Ray

OK. so can someone suggest some pointers on how to get the Bonanza mod working again? Surely it must be possible, it was such a huge step forward - Turbo plus all the other fixes. Ray

I have the v4.1 mod, but, I get blank screens. Regards, Ray

My guess is the A2A Cessna 182. A lot more airplane than the C172 Trainer. Regards, RayM

Here is a link to the Avsim review of the Realair Turbine Duke WBW. REVIEW - Turbine Duke 2 by RealAir - Aircraft - The AVSIM Community In the body of the above linked review you will find several more links to other reviews of Duke models for flight sims. They are all highly recommended reading. Regards, Ray

Straight from the Dev stream. Do you really think MS gives a chit what Goggle thinks?

I agree the thread title is way off base if he is thinking this WU13 is for Hawaii. It is not, maybe a little bit here and there (one airport upgrade on the big island), but, the bigger picture is the 13 countries with island chains: Jorg Neumann has revealed on Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest Developer Stream that World Update 13 will cover the remainder of the continent of Oceania, which includes 13 pacific islands spread out over 8 million square kilometres. The 13 countries being covered by Asobo and Orbx, who are working on the update together in a partnership, are Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Additionally, the Cook Islands, Guam, Easter Island, the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, and more will benefit from the update, along with the entire continent of Antarctica. These areas will take advantage of orthographic data gathered from the latest satellite imagery. Jorg said on stream he was also seeking to get a hold of photogrammetry data all of these areas, especially Hawaii although at this stage it is proving difficult simply because the data either doesn’t exist or Microsoft are having a hard time getting hold of it.

Thanks Dave, but, I downloaded the BS Baron manual from JF and it specifically says we can install the free PMS-750 so I am off to make the purchase. Neat. Regards, Ray

Thanks Dave, I am continuing to use the free PMS-750 so maybe someone (er Scott at Just Flight or someone from BS) can chime in and verify it is the FREE PMS-750 that you are referring to. PMS has a paid version and a free version. I think TDS only has the paid version. Regards, Ray

I'm curious to know if the free PMS-750 can be installed in the BS Bonanza and Baron panels. Regards, Ray