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Are you referring to the logbook entries or something else?

Michael, This was posted by Nels in the New Software forum and may be of interest.It is a good protocol for content creator to follow, and will help people with searching. "As file librarian, I used just such a standard format. I once wrote up a highly detailed document on how a good file description should begin: Template for Perfect File Description Part 1: Title If the file is an aircraft the title should contain the following parts in this order: 1) What flight simulator(s) the file is for 2) If it's an airliner, what airline livery 3) The name of the company that built the plane 4) The model/type of the plane 5) Additional descriptive information such as: a) aircraft registration numbers b) terms like "fleet" if multiple planes are included Sections 2 and 5 are optional. Examples: FS2004 United Airlines Boeing 747-400 N747UA ------ --------------- ------ ------- ------ 1 2 3 4 5 FSX/P3D Delta Airlines Airbus A320-200 ------- -------------- ------ -------- 1 2 3 4 X-Plane Piper PA28-181 Archer II ------- ----- ------------------ 1 3 4 If you remember the old file library, you saw this standard format on every aircraft file. Scenery is done in a similar manner, adjusted for the different information required. What you have to remember is you're not just writing text, you're actually putting down a whole list of tags that the search engine will use to find the file. So further, an ideal description should include every possible term under which it might be searched. For example, airplanes often have an official name and a nickname, i.e. F-15 "Eagle". Someone looking for that plane could possibly use either of those terms in their search. You also run into cases where multiple terms are used for the same thing, i.e. "USAF" and "US Air Force" and "United States Air Force" all mean the same thing. In scenery what I've seen lately is people won't fully describe what and where the scenery is. I.e., they will include the ICAO code for the airport, but NOT include what state or country it's in. So now that the uploader is responsible, it's up to you to provide a description that will make your files findable by people doing reasonable searches. Hope this helps " "

I have gotten into the habit of checking the online user list on a daily basis. First, NO I'm not stalking anyone. Rather I have widened my appreciation to so many recourses I hadn't even thought of searching for. Once on the list I look to see what others in our community are viewing. Various aircraft, scenery, tutorials, past discussions, hardware issues, etc. This greater community of users, all of you, have spiked my interest to read and learn, download and fly aircraft I didn't even know existed, add scenery and fly to airports of interest around the world, And for this, I thank all of you, and I do confess, I will remain a watcher of the online user list. Give it a try, we can learn through the interests of others.

The devil we deal with on a daily basis. MS aggressively pushes into your life, constantly trying to tell you what to do, rather than ask you what you want to do.

Getting to the solution! That's someone I'd fly with.

Well, our actual call sign was Greyhawk, but for an exercise it was changed to Rocketpilot. I'll wager that someone didn't clear that properly.

Too funny, been there, done that. And in case people don't think it happens, I was flying from Yuma AZ when I heard my callsign with directions completely different from what I was doing and where I was in reference to the airport. I was a Marine CH-46 and a USAF F-16 had my IDENTICAL call sign/number (Rocketpilot 25). Thank heaven it was not in the IFR environment.

I would have students listen here on the busiest days possible. Helped them "tune" their ears for when actually flying. Good site.

VERY Nice!

Great job! The Ercoupe was born when the US Govt. had a competition to design a safer aircraft. The Ercoupe had NO rudder petal since everything was coupled so you could never cross-control or spin. Cross wind landings were done in a crab all the way to touch down (up to 30 deg from runway heading). Fun plane to "drive" around the skies. Used to fly around with the windows slid down open, like in an auto. You entered/exited by sliding the center overhead panel left or right out of your way (not a forward/aft sliding canopy as was done in some earlier FS versions.

Bill, I could have sworn I read in the POH that the Vision Jet has a button to press to fold it down to suitcase size. Then it can be your carry-on for the cruise. Bon Voyage!

I guess push back has become a full contact sport!

Yes, if my memory serves me correctly I was received this call from the tower... "You are cleared to take off runway 5 south field and cleared to land runway 22 north field." Not even two separate calls.

That some rugged terrain under you. Desolate and grand.

I sense a story in here somewhere...

Great flight Nels. And a fun idea for all of us to search the charts. It also allowed me to sim relive a moment of my youth. US Naval Aviation (USN, USMC, USCG) does their initial flight training at NAS Whiting Filed in Sant Rosa FL. Whiting is actually two separate airfields that are situated side by side. North Field is for FW training and South Field is for RW. On a foggy morning in 1978 a solo student got confused and landed a T-28C on Rwy 5 at Sth field when cleared to land on Rwy 5 at Nth field. The taxi/tow road between the fields was being renovated and unavailable for aircraft movement. On the following day I was on the flight schedule for what would be the shortest solo flight of my student years. I departed Rwy 5 at Sth field, made a tight left turn and was immediately cleared to land on Rwy 22 at Nth field. To this day looking at a 0.1 hour flight in my logbook makes me smile.

Figure that you'd find that one!

Exactly the point I've tried to explain to others. I've even put the actual file name in the description.

I think this is the real question also. I think that the reports stated "burns" (which many interpreted to mean heat burns), when they most likely should have said "chemical burns."

Yes, was only required for the KingAir. All three showed up and were selected from their management app.

I downloaded 3 aircraft (F-86, Kingair, and Bell 407), could only get the F-86 to load, but it would not operate at all. The Kingair kept crashing FSX if selected. Uninstalled and all back to normal. Anyone else have installation issues, it might just be something with my computer.

Agreed, which makes it even better.

This has to do with the flash point of diesel (52 and 96 °C or 126 and 205 °F)) compared to the flash point of gasoline (-49°F or -45 °C). Even with an impact it is difficult for diesel (or Jet-A/JP) to ignite.

Don't you hate when the real world gets in the way of our sim lives?

Nice! Must have had your headset disconnected, I'd venture to say LAS Tower was shouting at you.