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It's great shots such as these that make me think, "Hmmmm, maybe I'll get back into simming." I started back when computers were steam-powered and went through the Big Bang of simming, when all the scenery-creating and airport-altering stuff first came out (unfortunately, a lot of those guys have passed). I got a free copy of Fly! when it first came out, at Oshkosh. To think how long I sat and watched the data sets download so I could generate realistic roads inside Fly!. I've even gone through building my own CRJ cockpit using Project Magenta and Go-FLight stuff. One day I just got tired of it all, sold it all and rarely look back ... well, almost. Funny how ultrarealism is the norm now and how hard we tried way-back-when just to have accurate runways. Anyway, glad to see you guys are having fun.

Thanks for the link. It is important to note the passing of people such as Capt. Brown, not only in aviation but in other walks of life. They were forged in a different era, in a world made of different stuff with a different attitude. We owe him and others so much. May he rest in peace.

Wow, quite a monster. Can't wait to read your next post ... "What gives? I'm getting stutters over New York on a cloudy day will all settings maxed out!!" Ha Ha. (I'm fighting, really fighting, the urge to get back into simming and plucking down my retirement cash for a new rig.)

C'mon, guys. Give me a break already. I sold my flight sim computer and all my stuff some time ago because I got a little bored with it all, having been at it since the very early versions. I even remember getting my first, free copy of Fly! at Oshkosh. A money pit and all. But it's screenshots such as these, and all those posted with the new V3 of P3D, that are making it extremely hard for me not to rebuild my home cockpit. The hobby is growing by leaps and bounds to point where all I'll need is the wind in my hair (or rather over my old retired bald pate) to make it real. Anyway, great shots there, HL. JTW

Beautiful shots .... and such screenshots always make me wonder: Are the vibrant colors due primarily to the monitor you're using, to the fact that they are screenshots or the screen on which I am viewing them?

Wow, I remember that sim, and all the times I spent buzzing the big dish on Half Moon Bay. I think FU II is as high as I went. Don't know what I did with the CD; but thanks for jogging the memory.

Stop it, you guys. You're giving me a nostalgic headache.

I occasionally look back to see what stuff has become "stuck to my shoes" as I walk through life (I'm 63). Sure, there are those bits of "toilet paper" that I can't seem to shake (ha ha), but then there are many good things .... a love of jazz, books, model sailing ships, airplanes, flight simming and, of course, AVSIM. It seems I really got going in simming with FS2004, but I do recall being amazed at a "flight sim" I had for my old Commodore 64. And amid it all came Avsim as a wonderful resource of great people who contributed their time and efforts to "crack the code" and create scenery, airport editors, AFCAD programs, etc. Many of the great names have since passed on .. and I mean really "passed on." Visiting Avsim has become a "must read" in the morning over my laptop and coffee. So, Tom, just want you to know simply that I appreciate all you've done.

I have a samsung tablet. Just download the adobe reader, then use your browser to download .pdf files from Airnav.com and save them to the tablet. Then just fire up the Adobe reader when you need a chart. Simple, works great. Give it a try.

Never mind ... it was the simconnect settings.

I recently moved, and in the process, I did nothing else but unplug all my peripherals (yoke, goflight stuff, pedals, monitors, etc.), transport them to my new place and plug them all back in. However, some gremlins must have intervened, because now nothing seems to work. Can't for the life of me figure it out. Yoke and rudder and throttle quadrants work fine, but GoFLight stuff stopped interacting (I can program them with FSUIPC, but GoFlight data bridge doesnt seem to connect) and even some USB keypads using HIDMacros for AP and GPS control no longer tell P3D what to do. I haven't yet put in Internet, but I dont think that has a bearing. The GoFLight config program shows everything plugged in. All folders still shared, etc. As I said, nothing has changed, yet everything changed. Almost ot the point of giving up simming. Does anyone have a clue as to what might have happened? I thought perhaps it was a USB hub problem, but, as I said, the computer shows everything normal and plugged in. Thanks in advance for any help (this will probably get bumped to hardware, where few will see it). John

They really are nice shots, Craig. Are we to assume this is FSX? And thanks for showing pics from inside the cockpit, where all the business is conducted. John

Ahhhh.... just a nice day to be flying along, taking a couple of passengers to Pokemouche. About halfway there from Moncton. Sim: P3D V2 Aircraft: Beech V35 by Carenado Weather: ASN Virtual air: Canadian Xpress Other stuff: FSXEFB and QuickPlan by FSWidgets, VPilot, EZDOK (It's like asking someone the time and he tells you how to build a watch, eth?) I tell you, simming is such an enjoyable hobby. https://www.dropbox.com/s/7bs6ro4v6u2clf5/cda4%20pic.jpg?dl=0

old news.... just ask Tony Stark. ha ha And I thought it was cool when I got my homemade FreeTrack system working ... and then said, "Nah, not for me." This, though, I could get into.

I agree with you guys. What exactly is the purpose of extreme realism at an airport I've never been to in real life, will probably never go to in real life beyond walking into the terminal and onto the plane, and certainly wouldn't fly my little Skymaster into since I don't even have a pilot's license? If I want an airport to be even the slightest bit "realistic," I use Airport Design Editor to add a few planes here an there, a couple of trucks and cars and a fence or two. Same as in X-plane, whose airports are almost always bare of buildings and hangars. IF Im going to fly there, I simply fire up World Editor and quickly add a terminal, some fuel trucks and such ... anything, just something to taxi by and up to. The thrill of flying is managing a proper takeoff, navigating and setting it back on the ground. And if the flight is longer than, oh, 45 minutes, then forget it. Too boring. I've even raised the issue of whether the sim needs to waste cycles and textures with outside views of the aircraft. I mean, how often in real life do you step outside and admire the view of plane against clouds? I do love simming though, and you can't blame those with the talent and skills to build an amazingly realistic world inside Flight Sim (just take a look at Orbx's Palm Springs) trying to turn a few dollars. As for me, I save my money for switches and panels and monitors .... Just sayin' John