JanGerbr

Thanks mucho US, quite some reading required indeed ! It's the third time i'll have to buy the PMDG 737 but i enjoyed the first two so much. Haven't seen it in FS2020 nore 2024 yet so i probabely just forgat how good the VC looks. Just saw another video sporting the -700 and it's truly jawdropping, inside as well as outside, isn't it. Ok, i'll keep the L-1011 for later then. Thanks again ! 😎

I'd like to ask a question if i may : do i see quite a big difference between the cockpits of the PMDG 737-700 and the Inibuilds L-1011 as far as texturing/materials are concerned ? I just saw videos of both these new additions particularly designed for MSFS 2024 and i can't help getting the feeling that PMDG might have used the full monty of the 2024 SDK while Inibuilds might not have.... At first glance i'd say the 737-700 cockpit looks astonishing beautiful (i did fly the wings off of the PMDG MAX in FSX) while the L-1011 looks absolutely wonderful too but misses the superb sophistication of the textures/materials i see in the 737 cockpit. Big fan of the Tristar, fantastic to see it has landed in FS2024 but i can't already forget how exceptionally good the 737-700 VC looks. So how about it, FS2024 PMDG 737-700 pilots, am i on course as far as the (more or less) full use of the 2024 SDK has been applied for this "Best Looking VC Ever !" ??..... (only based on watching a video of it ) Thanks a lot for your answer ! ( for the time being it's either the 737 or L-1011, not both..;-)

A real world Spotter's main job is to stand along a runway whereever possible to watch aircraft land and take-off. i.e. "Fly-By"... That possible with this program ??... (No "Fly-By" option mentioned in the description..) Thanks!

Yep, it's the B-17 model itself ! Nasty one ! "Early Access" ??.... The proper phrase should be "Half Baked Access" ! (this dev didn't even bother to make the wheels turn. Here we go, skidding down the runway !....{ haven't actually seen that since.....FS4 (1989))

Sure i remember that lovely picture. It perfectly represented the fact that flightsimmers never stop dreaming. Even now with FS2024, right ?.. F.i. sofar i have yet to see a Jacob's ladder in 2024 as so eloquently represented in this pittoresque picture. Back then the whole setup *did* make me think of Bob Ross quite a bit.. The cool clear water is also something for us to keep dreaming about, isn't it. We *do* have to be thankfull for the fantastic new float plane water spray effects we have been dreaming about for so many years (atleast i know i did..) In any case, thanks for this wonderful reminder, AT, i can't really believe it's already 20 years ago ! How time flies, even virtually ! 🙂

Yes, and i reckon a comparison between your comment and a bunch of sour grapes will taste strikingly similar.

You can ! It just so happens that i *DO* have one in my garage.... Of course not as complete as the cockpit here discussed but it's still a complete Boeing 737-800 home-cockpit consisting of Open Cockpits, FlyEngravity and CP Flight modules (probabely the same as in the subject here).It also works with Prosim 737 software on two computers. It's in my garage (dismantled) because i moved last year. Have no room for it anymore, anyone who might be interested is welcome to pick it up (i'm in the Netherlands). We can discuss the price which will be only a fraction of what it is really worth (it's about 10 years old but looks and works as new).

What's keeping the accolades, cheers and ovations that are supposed to come with an add-on that is obviously heading for the number one slot in "The Best of MSFS2020/24 Add-Ons 2025 " (well, IMHO anyway and no matter what's still in the pipeline). Let me give it a shot if i may. For starters, i mean, what about more than 4 years of blatantly missing Fly-By and Tower View finally and absolute exquisitely corrected !! WOW!!! 😍 I have only just been assigning key- and stick bindings and that in itself is already a great joy ! I can honestly say that never in my give or take 40 years of flightsimming i have been so extremely happy and 110% satisfied with the views both externally and internally and particularly also with the process of setting them up and binding them. You begin to wonder why it sometimes turned out to be a nightmare (and i'm not pointing at FS2020 and 2024... Oh yess i am ! ) Actually the one and only reason i've been awaiting Chase Plane's release was just *because* i'd be getting my most beloved Fly-By and Tower View back. FCR promised that too but turned out to be a total disaster. So i didn't really have much hope it would finally happen with CP, i.e. "Seeing is believing ".... Well, i just saw it and i not only believe it i totally LOVE IT !! 😍 Sofar i have only experienced maybe 25% of what Chase Plane has to offer but if this was it i'd already be over the moon ! There's a certain feel of sophistication surrounding the program that makes you think that it might have taken years of development, dedication and testing. It's an absolute class act !! One little word not allowed : i'm a dedicated MSFS2024 struggler and this ChasePlane Wonder only works with 2020 (2024 version in the pipeline). So to quote the Terminator : "I'll be back ! " And i'm not looking for quoting this other terminator but IMHO " ChasePlane makes MSFS great again!! ". T H A N K S A M I L L I O N //42 !!

Beautiful ! Thanks very much, Dave ! 👍

Another question if i may : would you recommend a touch screen as a 14" secondary monitor ? Would that make my life easier ?..... Thanks !

Qurious to hear about how you change between the two monitors you want to work with. For example, you have your FS VC on monitor A while you get your plane set up and ready, you have the manual PDF on monitor B and need to scroll to the next page... Would that be just a matter of pushing a dedicated "change monitor" key or a mouse click somewhere ?... Thanks for your help! 😉

Thanks very much for your input, gentlemen ! Particularly the use of a second monitor i completely overlooked...(thanks for the tip, prolixindec and Dave !:) Afraid i shall have to go back and reconsider my strategy. 😉 Not much of a fan of Apple. I 'know' an iPad because my ex has one and when she asks me to help with something i get hopelessly lost in its stucture. (imagine you have to download and install an app first to get Windows Explorer....). I might still consider a tablet instead of a laptop but now there's this second monitor to consider as well... If it was money to add to the decision i think i'd go for the second monitor but since that not the case... i've always kinda liked such a laptop but never saw the need to have one. Here's my chance then... Remarkable non of you uses one... ;o) Decisions, decisions.. in any case thank you all very much again, i'll certainly think it over a bit longer now.. 🙂 Cheers, Jan

Indisputably gorgeous, Jan Kees. The problem is diving into them... A problem that still exists after 40 years of MS Flightsimming... The sad thing is that they have been on the virge of finally correcting it. Ironically this happend to be with the one and only 'black sheep' in the MS Flightsimulator franchise: the unholy MSFlight. With MSFlight, having been a total disaster as far as development is concerned, the new team clearly tried to enhance the flightmodeling but also scenery display including cloud rendering particularly when flying *inside* a cloud. We do that a lot, don't we and even in MSFS2024 MSAsobo failed to develop a better technique to take care of that. It is still the same old boring and cheesy looking transparent bmp's coming at you at the speed of grandma driving her 1920's Ford Model T. For the pinnacle of flightsimulation that is MSFS2020 and -2024 nothing but a real disgraze. Not so with MSFlight ! Everybody that flew the adventure "Take a photographer up above the clouddeck" will have to agree that flying thru 'the murk' and especially getting out of it into the glorious sun-drenched blue sky was an experience never seen before in FS. And,after the sad demise of MSFlight, never seen again in FS.... It shall probabely remain undisclosed forever how the MSFlight team managed it but the shreds of clouds whizzing by at the correct speed when you fly thru them at say 140 knots was a sight to behold. No airliners to try but the sense of speed must've been awesome. Ok, back to grandma's T-Ford then.. Sorry for my ramble but the fact that flying in and out and thru clouds even in FS2024 is still non existent still gets my goat. 😝 Still a beautiful shot, Jan Kees ! 😀

Thank you, Keirtt! Sjeezzz, that Navigraph prog looks amazing after viewing a small tut just now. Must say in FS2020 as well as in 2024 i've just been puttering around in small ac to enjoy the scenery. Time to get a bit more serious, i do love the looks of these new airliners in FS2024. Would you say an iPad is big enough to read manuals and work with LNM and Navigraph ?.. Thanks again !

The question is: when you buy a new (to you) complicated aircraft do you read the manual ? And if affirmative do you take it with you while flying and - what this topic is supposed to be about - : how ?? Do you print the manual (i figure not likely....), do you break the immersion by having a look at it on the same monitor or do you have a laptop or tablet next to your FS monitor ? I am asking because i want to stop printing manuals (because it's getting ridiculous and expensive and i need to change glasses all the time..). So i am planning to buy a laptop to have not only the manual but also the flightplan, enroute- and terminal charts and other docs right there with me in the cockpit. I have a cabinet full of out of date Jeppesen enroute and terminal charts (talk about paperwork !) and always loved to use them. It gave me something real in my otherwise all virtual flying world and helped a great deal in the immersion. ( from the Promenade deck at EHAM Schiphol many years ago i could see the pilots in the cockpit struggling with the enormous Jeppesen enroute charts ! I felt proud to get to stuggle with the same enormous Jeppesen charts at home 😉 ) Alas those days are long gone, we have Little Nav Map now and i even forgat the names of earlier digital flightplanning programs. All Jeppesen terminal charts are on line... I could just throw my paper Jeppesen collection away but i certainly won't. They remain very dear to me ! ;o) So what do you recommend, gentlemen, is having a laptop next to my FS monitor the best option to have manuals, flightplans, charts etc. with me in my virtual cockpit ? Does the size matter ? ( thinking of buying a 14" ). Thank you very much for any tips/hints !