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So after upgrading my Mac Pro which I run FSX on via Windows 7 via boot camp, I decided to take a stroll down memory lane with PMDG and some of the great airports I like to fly to. Partly as a system integrity test posy upgrade and partly because I had a few favorite airplanes I hadn't touched in a while since the Trippler came around!! For those of you who are die hard PMDG'ers, you will appreciate this. I departed CYVR (Vancouver BC) for Seattle in the 747-400. I forgot what a beauty this airplane was to fly. I love the PMDG pop cans and love to set myself up in the observer seat to watch things happen. Trule a great airplane. Made my final descent and landing in to KSEA (Seattle WA) taxied to parking and then switched in to the Jetstream. WHAT A MACHINE!!!! Flew down to Portland, past Mt St Helens and had to contend with some crosswinds but taxied to parking, shutdown and then set myself up in the MD-11. This massive machine is one of my favorite that PMDG has ever done. I have always found MD products to be the perfect blend of technology and pilot. I found this to be true with my time in the MD-80 for JetsGo - now defunct in Canada and the same bodes true for the MD-11. Just a great blend. After loading up the "three holer cargo bird", I headed off for Denver. Overshot due to traffic on the runways - thanks Ultimate Traffic II - lol, came around visual and laded, parked and shut down and reset myself in the NGX. This baby Boeing is just awesome!! I feel bad that I have neglected it as such as I have since the 777 came along because on my way to Chicago, I remembered the hours of fun I had flying this airplane around. I remember trying to purchase that machine on launch day and the issues I had with the servers being down. Finally, in Chicago, it was time to take the flagship 777 for a short trip to New York. There is nothing more that I can really say other than wow!! It simply an amazing machine and pretty spot on to real life. Being an RP, I don't get a lot of time below 10,000 feel on the bird except in sim, but it all works the same. Aside from the smell and barometric pressure changes one gets when flying a real airplane, this thing is amazing. I have showed it off to other pilot buddies of mine and they are stunned!! With all of that being said, what dawned on me was just how far PMDG has come. From the first 737 I bought to the 777 and literally everything in between, each and every product has been nothing short of amazing and really well thought out. The level of detail and realism in each new airplane they have produced never stops amazing me. All of this because very clear when I flew the entire fleet on Saturday. Hats off to PMDG and everyone involved in the organization. The only hole in your fleet is the 757/767 and boy would that ever be a treat. That would sure round things out nicely!! In closing, I would encourage each of your try what I did so you too can see just how far things have progressed. Because after all, its truly amazing! DR