Anthony W.

Great suggestion on the GPS, RLJR. One of the planes I fly on an almost weekly basis has a GNS430, and I know the operations are essentially the same. Perfect plane, Sweetwater. My father had 2 Cessna 421C's and I've always loved that design and the derivatives. I didn't know Flight1 made one lol

Well, my FSX machine is out of commission for the next 9 months till I can build a new computer. I melted the processor while doing a real time around the world flight in the A2A Stratocruiser. SO, after I finished real world ground school, I loaned all my controllers to them for FS9. Every so often I get on it to demonstrate something or just to fly if weather has me grounded in the real world. That brings me to the reason for this post. I'm looking for a good cross country plane - propulsion doesn't matter nor does the number of engines (piston, turboprop, or jet is all fine with me), fully IFR capable. Needs to be able to cruise between 270-300IAS with no wind, have a range of over 500 miles. I need it to have a good (or at least half decent) VC, be able to set the autopilot to follow the GPS, but not be a major frame hog. I'd prefer it be heavy enough to fly ILS approaches in 40kt+ winds. Preferably freeware, but I wouldn't be opposed to looking at some payware.