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Many, many thanks Ian - very much appreciated!!! Cheers Jont

Hi Guys I have the BA paint for the aia E190 - but can't locate one for the aia E170. Peter - you very kindly helped re the Aer Lingus paints - but I think we'll have no joy here - have searched everywhere, to no avail. Just making this post in the last hope that someone may have a link. I fly within the UK and Ireland ( to all airfields with icao codes of EG** and EI** ) and as such, I am limiting my ai to aircraft and airlines which have their departures and arrivals within my flying area. The BA aia 170 is the only paint now missing........(it is used, for example, on the London City to Edinburgh and to Dublin flights). Many thanks Jont

Peter - what can I say :rolleyes: Many thanks indeed for your link. That's a great site. Just what I was looking for - thank you. Cheers Jont

Hi Guys I've searched but can't find any Aer Lingus repaints for the FAIB A319 and A320. They are there for the DJC models, but not FAIB. Does anyone know of any? ( I am aware that there is FAIB Virgin Atlantic A320 -opb Aer Lingus......). Many thanks Jont

Gwillmot - LOL

Hi all ......just crossing over to the 'real' world for a moment - do any of you guys use the Canon SX50 HS (50X super zoom) camera for contrail spotting...... I know the extreme spotters use a DSLR and telescope - but just asking specifically about this little beauty!! Cheers Jont

Hi Guys Did you know that FS9 runs much faster and more reliably with the default scenery alone - but how many of us use the program for pure flight rather than being fixated on trying to make it look 'different'? I say this because I spent the afternoon flying yesterday and was so engrossed with the procedural aspects of this (flight) simulator that, whether or not the terrain was anything near perfect, did not matter a jot...... Sure, we can make the ground look different - but even with the most enhancing of scenery packages, there is usually a glitch, or an autogen, or a tree, or a hill, or a river, or a road, or a railway, or a town, or a city that stands up and batters our (ground) reality to the point that we are put off or sent into an endless search for a tweak and a fix. Maybe we should master the flying first and become competent and confident in anything from the Wright Flyer to the latest and meanest of jets. Yesterday I re-discovered FS9 and of course, I remember now, this is a flight simulator. Just perfect and probably worth hundreds of times more than its asking price..... Cheers Jont

Ron and Peter. Your replies and information are much appreciated - thank you. Cheers Jont

Many thanks for your reply Peter - is PE's ai interaction just at an airport - or does it handle them whilst they are en route (you can hear this with the default ATC provided the ai are on your current frequency.....). I remember listening to ATC giving instructions to a cruising ai easyJet A319 and thinking that our paths would likely converge at a point ahead - and sure enough I could see its contrail coming from our left and pass safely 2000 feet below us. Impressive stuff!! Cheers Jont

Hi Am I correct in understanding that the default ATC is the only one that can interact with ai aircraft. Cheers Jont

Hi guys I notice that the default B737-800 soundai folder (to which I alias my own ai sound effects) does not include a reverse thrust sound - odd to have that missing - what do you guys tend to add there - or can't this be done? Cheers Jont

Had a similar problem - turned out to be a failing power supply. Cheers Jont

Again Martin - many thanks for this - but as I say not many are native FSX - which is what this thread is all about. Cheers Jont

Hi Guys Many thanks for all your contributions. Martin - your database is very, very useful and shows at a glance how few FSX ai military aircraft there are out there. As you say - John Young has created some absolutely stunning models for FSX and I hope he and others will continue to fill the native FSX ai hanger. Cheers Jont