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There was a while, shortly after release of MSFS, when that was all some people (Well, one in particular) could bring up!🙄😊

It's Got Friends who created those avatars, or avitars as they call them. Here and here.

To be fair, he is on another planet🛸

Scrambling to an aircraft whilst wearing a parachute was harder than doing so without it, so it was common to have it sitting on the tailplane. The pilot would put it on whilst the engineer was starting the engine etc, with assistance from another member of ground crew. It was more practical than leaving it on the wing where it could slip off or impede ground crew with their preparations. In this Pathe film, you'll see a pilot running towards the parachute at about the 5 minute mark.

And besides, it's not like building a real aircraft - I can't see it really mattering logistically which one they complete first.

If you want to write down the names of all those simmers, I have a postage stamp you can write them on the back of.

It may not be censorship but it's not plagiarism either. Nobody's been passing off the posted content as their own. Maybe there's a valid concern on MS's part regarding the occasional ammendment to the updates but it does feel more like trying to increase traffic to their own site. I get pretty much all the info I need on this site so this move won't steer me over there. They could simply have asked/insisted that a link be pasted with the post for readers to check for ammendments.

It does look like one of those terrible AI-generated images!😄 Absolutely. The Boeing Clipper may get all the glamour love but the Sunderland is by far my favourite of the two.

Unfair!😶 The RAF may have flown it, but it's a US ordered, designed and built aircraft.😛 A better offering (and in the spirit of Asobo often giving us planes with limited production runs), I submit the Supermarine Nighthawk. From the company that gave us the Spitfire came this brute in WWI, which took an hour to reach 10000 feet, it was that low on power! Only one built, unsurprisingly.

Very old if the history is correct. I've only ever heard it on old kids' shows and comedies. I'm more from the 'really believe' generation (whilst stroking an imaginary goatee).😁

‘Chinny reckon’, to use an old UK term.😄

Luvvly Jubbly! The A400M will be very welcome in my hangar, and I do love a weird airliner conversion!👌

I think your problem is that you have used "Throttle 1 Axis" and "Throttle 2 Axis". I use "Throttle 1 Axis (0-100%)" etc. I also have "Reverse Axis" unticked. I don't have the Fenix yet, so I don't know if my settings will work with that, but they work with and Airbus I've used. Edit: Glad you fixed it.

Me neither. I do note that in most cases, the newer aircraft won each face-off, for whatever that's worth. Can't believe more people voted for the Pipistrel than the Staggerwing!😶

Well at least Boeing's winning at something! Always love a shot of Dirty G-IRTY, as I call her. She's a real beaut in real life too. And talking of real life, that Tomcat screenshot is another example how how real this sim can makes things look.👍