MaxRenn

Not multiplayer, no. I had just chosen the Stearman intro from the mission select screen. Don't know what happened, but I will try that same one again a bit later today.

Wow, those were the days... I remember watching my older brother trying to land in that sim; it was next to impossible.http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001797I think one of Flight's biggest improvements is getting rid of that annoying stuttering with a far better game engine.

Don't worry, I'm 37 and it took me a few goes to get past that balloon mission (It almost reminded me of that horrible mission in PSX game Driver that had to be passed to play any further.)I tried flying with the mouse but it was a bit awkward, so I tried the keyboard which I've used in FS2004 quite a few times and thankfully managed to complete it. It wasn't entirely clear where I was supposed to fly near to or next to or around those balloons... But maybe I just misinterpreted the instructions and visual cues.After opening up Free Flight, I dragged out my old Nostromo dual-analog controller and plugged it in (I like how Flight detects it while running) and that made flying a whole lot easier. I may unbox my Saitek Cyborg Evo stick instead.

If my friends have the Hawaiian Pack (sounds like a chicken meal I can buy locally, lol) but I don't and we are flying together, do I get bounced back to the main island when the boundary is reached?

Game crashed for me just now, though not completely. During the Stearman intro checklist there was a crash sound, a brief loading screen, and an external view showing two Stearman's fused together. Otherwise it had been running fine on High settings on a Dell laptop.