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I love the picture of the guy washing it. He has a massive house with a Ferrari and a Porsche.

We don't have any evidence that lights or radios make a difference. Most of the time I fly a direct course and have little problem. I always fly with lights on as well. I probably only encounter the cops 15-20% of the time, but when I do I always end up getting caught, that's why I was wondering if it was at all possible to outrun them.

Wow a lot of great ideas here. I had no idea that the 1k altitude limit didn't matter. I turned off dialog and subtitles a while ago because I was sick of hearing my stupid copilot blabber. I'll try deviating and flying higher. Unfortunately all of the cops I have encountered have been over water.

I've done so many clandestine missions and when it comes to cops there are basically two kinds. Either they appear on your HUD for a second and then vanish, or they appear and stay and eventually catch you no matter what. I have tried a bunch of times but have never been able to get away if they stay on my hud for more than a few seconds. Now I just crash the plane so I can start again. Has anyone ever been able to lose the cops in this situation?

To get rid of the copilot nonsense, go to option and disselect subtitles and dialog. Then you'll no longer be bothered by that sillyness

I found it easy enough, but it did take a few passes before I was able to get in a position where I could get in low enough and then get out once I got it.

Still wouldn't mind, after all I'm not the only person in Flight. There are new users coming in all the time so it's still new to them. Finding the daily aerocache is roughly 5-15 minutes of flying time. That's really not that big of a deal to lose if you've already found it.

I don't see a problem with repeats. It gives people who missed it the first, second, or third time a chance to find it.

For me it's really dependant on the aircraft. I could be happy flying in Hawaii, I would just like larger aircraft and more missions. Things like more rescue operations or putting out fires, etc.

I've flown RC aircraft before, just never an amphibious one. Stumpwiz while Flight has a lot of things you can do as a simulation, flying on a computer will never compare to the real thing.

I have a large electric heli too. I put my GoPro on it so I could take some aerial pictures. I've never flown an amphibious plane before, seems interesting. $200 doesn't seem a bad price for a plane of that size.

That's quite an interesting read!

Been looking for a house all week and while driving around I stopped at a hobby store to stretch my legs a little. While inside I saw this. They had a Stearman as well but the Stearman I wasn't so surprised about, but the Icon was definitely unexpected. They have three of them. Kind of want to buy one! The wingspan is 50-something inches with a 30-something length.

That's the point of a forum. We're not yelling at Microsoft, we just having a discussion. If nobody talked about things and expressed opinions this forum would be pretty barren.

First off, I was never complaining. I have stated that I would love a June release, I just don't believe that it's coming. Today is the 2 weeks out for the 27th so if we see something in the next day or so I will be more inclined to believe a June release. The first month actually, had specific information about the Hawaii DLC. Let's not confuse a single plane with a regional DLC. A plane takes much less work to accomplish than a regional release so we can safely put those two in completely different ballparks. Prior to the release of warbirds, they actually tell us what the plane is. That's really as detailed as you can get with a single aircraft, and with Alaska that same level of information will come with available missions, planes, and some new features (if any), which we have yet to receive. I'm not asking for specific details about the aircraft performance and a map of every airfield, but I would at least like to know what aircraft are being included and some of the new missions that can be expected. I will agree that they have been good with the last Wednesday releases, but this is a completely different animal than a single plane, and therefor much more complex.

In the beginning of February we had a lot more information prior to the release of Hawaii than we currently have of Alaska. We knew that the Maule and P-51 were going to be in it, and we knew Hawaii was an optional purchase with the RV-6 included. We had webisodes showing off various feature of the game, including all of the upcoming aircraft. So by my criteria, the information we had on the 13th was more than enough to warrant a release, especially considering on that date they had given us the firm release date. Currently, we are 2 weeks out from the speculated release date with no new information as to what is included in the DLC aside from the landmass. The "historical documented trends" do nothing to support a June release.

Well I never said anywhere that I wanted a quoted list of every single feature, but something would be nice. I'm sorry but a link stating "it's big and has more missions" is not adequate at all. I mean of course it's going to be big and have more planes and missions, that goes without saying for a DLC of this size. But what are a few of the planes and what are a few of the missions? Literally all that link is is just some teaser screenshots. No hard information about much of anything. Sure we know we're getting all of Alaska, but what are we going to do with it? We have too little information to warrant a June release and to claim so is purely uninformed speculation.

Think about it, when has any company ever released DLC without giving people information about the contents? Companies don't just drop DLC without releasing any information on it. I'll be pleasantly surprised if it does get released this month, but the precedence just isn't there to support any claims that it will come out. It's all pure speculation so trying to put a specific date on the release is completely pointless and I would advise against it because it does nothing to further this thread

So then the clandestine missions would involve smuggling cocaine or hostages for the FARC? I'm down.

The two weeks before previous DLC I can understand, but there is a difference between a cockpit-less warbird and Alaska. There isn't much need to build up a release of a warbird. What I am talking about are the specifics of Alaska, missions, planes, features, etc. I wouldn't expect a release so soon when literally all we have are a few random screenshots of terrain. That is hardly anything. They really haven't been talking about Alaska much, it's mostly been speculation on the part of the fans. All we've heard officially is that it's huge and here are a few screenshots. Now if in the next week or so we start hearing a lot of details then I will beleive a June release. But here we are, just about 2 weeks from the 27th and we haven't seen anything about this massive DLC. Basically we've gotten the same level of information we got for warbirds, just a few teaser images. I'll always be hopefull, but I'm just thinking realistically here.

I really think it's too soon for Alaska to be released. Not trying to be a nay-sayer, but realistically we still know nothing about it and it's generally not like a company to keep people in the dark about a DLC a week before it's released. Prior to the release I would expect more information about missions and aircraft, so some buzz can be generated before they just throw this release out there. I know we're all waiting for this, but I just don't see it happening this month.

I used to have a 7 as well, but had to sell it because it was nickel and diming me to death. So now I just have my 8. Took it on many laps on Nurburgring and Hockenheimring, as well as Laguna Seca and Thunderhill

EastCoastGuy you drive an 8? I own one as well :) When I looked at the way they plan on releasing DLC and some of the achievements placed in the game, it reminds me of an MMO. It seems as though MS will never have plans to release a new flight sim after this game, but rather just keep updating it with new things. Well maybe not never, but it looks as though MS wants the lifespan of this game to be similar to MMO's. You know I can be fine with purchasing multiple DLC packs for a game like this, as long as they all are produced with a high quality.

Now that I've moved to the US times will be a bit easier for me to make :) I'll be available on Sunday

For something as big as Alaska DLC will (hopefully) be, I seriously doubt we are looking at a June release considering we have such little information. For single planes sure a month is plenty of time to drop some teaser information to get people excited, but something of this size would take more time so if it does actually get released in June I will be very surprised.