Hi Guys if I may try to contribute something, I have FSX Gold boxed edition installed, and for some time now, when one goes to the "home" tab you get this screen (I have taken two screenshots of it because you need to scroll down to read the remainder of the message. Maybe our friend did follow these instructions and landed where he is now?
Just a possibility? seems that's the only possible way of getting your boxed FSX to have the "steam edition" label -as shown in his screenshot???
Best wishes.
Khalid
Either that or hire a Denzel Washington to fly it for you! (the movie Flight was largely based on the Air Alaska tragedy, and also blamed the jackscrew)
Exactly my thoughts, Michael. Despite having only done a couple of hours in a Hughes 300, even I was able to tell that FSX / FS9 do not represent piloting a helicopter adequately.
The Airspeed Ambassador is a beautiful aircraft. As a youngster I thought that triple tails and double tails were superior to singe tail fins. I remember from childhood reading an old comic whereby the hero, a teen boy, lands this aircraft after the pilot becomes very ill.
Your photo essay is as crisp clear and excellent as the rest of your work. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Best wishes.
Lovely photo essay Michael. Interesting to see a helicopter pilot flying fixed wing on FSX, I am yet to see someone posting pictures of rotary wing ships on here. Well, to all intents and purposes the pictures you posted are lovely.
Best wishes.
Khalid
Lovely set of shots of a magnificent bird. I remember as a teen there was one derelict not far from the air club in Baghdad and I once decided to explore it, I went inside through the side door and I was surprised to fine the access to the cockpit was through a ladder that takes you to a trap door at he floor of the cockpit. You were quite elevated as a pilot when sitting there, like looking down from the first floor of a building. I include a screenshot of the repaint I have in my hangar: