Ben Morton

As a general rule listening to ATC in the UK is not seen as a crime though it may go against certain UK Acts of Parliament, and i have heard that in the UK certain police forces around the airports actually use "spotters" to be on the look out for suspicious activity. I have often used a scanner sitting at a UK airport and no one has said anything, but this is not the law, so please dont take it as that. I dont believe LHR is on Live ATC, as most UK airports are not either. If you are in the london area my advise is get yourself down to LHR and watch the aircraft, and listen to them if u own a scanner in person. Your other option is take a Radio Telephony exam authorised by the CAA and then u can listen to ATC as u wish. I in no way say any of this as Law, just my understanding of it, as a CAA licence holder. Ben Morton

PMDG do not make simple planes, they make quality! therefore if you want a quality product you have to wait. A really simple car takes days to build, a world class super car takes months. Same principle Ben Morton

I have just bought it from Simmarket, total time from starting to sign up for a new account until download was complete was about 4 minutes!

Hi Jim I dont believe i have aero commander installed. What is it? I have had a look and i have 2005, 2008 and 2010 all installed on my system. Cheers Ben

Hi Jim I hope this is what u need to see? ================================================== Process File : fsx.exe Event Name : Stopped working Event Time : 06/10/2012 20:29:16 User Name : All Users Exception Code : 0xc0000005 Exception Offset : 0x646243ae Fault Module Name : aeroStyle-dll.dll_unloaded Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Process Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\fsx.exe Report File Size : 29,694 Report File Path : C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_fsx.exe_37436cbcc4da8b5ccca50ea124971df61cab06d_0551ad74\Report.wer ================================================== Cheers Ben

Hi, I hope someone can help. I have receently been getting CTD while on approach. All runs smoothly then bang! I have a few (over 20) add on airports on my system. Could these be causing my issues? Is it possible to have to many addon airports in FSX? If anyone can help or suggest anything it would be great. Cheers Ben Morton

I know they dont like other developers being mentioned/ bashed here but aerosoft have given updates as to what is wrong with the A320. I will not discuss what they are here as its not the place. But i have to agree with the idea that no date is better than a date and then changing it. Its ready when we see it available to buy. In the mean time just enjoy what we have. Whether thats ur NGX, or ur MD11, etc just fly them into the ground and then when it happens u will have a new kite to fly. Ben Morton

Its gonna be DXB-NCL, i know the exact a/c isnt on the first release (773) but i will do it anyway. Until now its been an A330 op on the rte but i just cant wait to hear the 777 roar above my house. Anyone know a good DXB scenery addon (payware if possible). Ben Morton

If it was a joke i wouldnt have asked. All you have to say is yes or no. I have no idea if they are or not. My Royal Mail is good at International stuff so i would be ok with it. Ben Morton

I am seriously thinking that for the first time i will buy a set of manuals, but i want the Chief Pilots set with the colour upgrade. I know its a little off topic but does anyone know how reliable USPS is at international shipping. I am in the UK. Its an extra $100 for fedex. PMDG state "USPS international services do not provide strong tracking data or guaranteed delivery times. Choosing USPS for international shipping is done AT YOUR OWN RISK." I know there is a risk, but how much risk? Ben Morton

I had the same thing, if you go into your REX settings have a look at what you have the "maximum wind turbulence" slider set to, for some reason i can only get rid of this problem if i set it to 1. Mine was originally at 4 or 5. Since changing this has not happened again. Ben Morton

Thanks robertWhat about scenery for fsx?BenPsI sent u a message before christmas, did u get it?

ok so the previous microsoft flight post got locked...to quote the previous "Microsoft does not exist to do charitable and benevolent acts for the niche that is the flight sim community"No they dont...but they charge for the flight sim product the same as any other microsoft product.They do research and development. They do this with word, excel and flight sim. Yes i know the vast proportion of the budget used to end up in flight sim, at one point it was 70% but we pay for it like any other client.Now i am sorry to say that the new "flight" from MS is simply a game to expand their online gaming. It isnt a simulator! That is the top and bottom of it..But unless someone can develop the current FSX coding which is possible then we are at the run off area to use a flying term. FSx does have potential, it will just take someone with the money to do it.Trust me people i would do it if i had the cash.Ben

PMDG have proven themselves as the best provider of aircraft addons to the flight sim market. I was wondering that could PMDG not expand themselves and look at the design of addon scenery, and maybe even develop their own flight simulator, specifically engineered to provide the best platform for their aircraft and if possible scenery.When i say scenery i dont mean necassarily small airports, maybe say large scenery areas, large hub airports across the world.What are people and the PMDGs thoughts on this???CheersBen

MS Flight looks awful! It looks like a game not a simulation. Normally i would buy the new FS on the day of release but i will not be going near this. Plus i dont wanna lose my NGX. If i was to invest in something new it would be XP10.