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F-4 was the greatest converter of JP-5 to black smoke that ever existed. Damm, I miss the aircraft. Whos' aircraft model is that Rick, payware, freeware, etc?

I agree, maybe 1 in 10 FS2004 to FSX actually work for me, Hats off to those who do the conversion and then publish the file here. I Have several of those.

Same here with FSX Gold with tons of addon scenery, etc. Never have frame rate issues. Just slower startup to load everything. I have created file sets for scenery and aircraft that I use to minimize the load issue.

Absolutely a great pic Bill! Glad someone took the time to look outside and gaze at that wonderful sky.

My parents used to tell me that my love for flying is all due to the Connie. My mother was "very much with child" when she flew in a Connie from Wichita KS to Newark NJ. She said the low vibration of the engines kept future me calm an quiet for the whole 4.5 hour flight. In FSX she is one of the really fun aircraft to fly.

No!?! lol The more we all work the site and see how to get around, the sooner we can find any actual issues, compared to preferences. The site's coming along nicely. Thanks again for all the effort.

Says it all!

Hopefully this will improve, as so many other member observations have, That's what this forum topic is for.

Thanks for that tip Mac. I don't have DC-3 time and haven't read the flight limitations, yet. Reading up more it seem that there are airplanes that are far easier to wheel land than to three-point, such as the Globe/Temco Swift, the Beech 18 and DC-3. The J-3, C-170, definitely did numerous 3-point and main wheel landings. If a pilot is not current, or does not have a lot of tailwheel time, and if there is not a strong or gusty crosswind (each individual pilot has to define strong), a three-point landing is usually the better way to go. There is less kinetic energy to deal with during the rollout, and flaring at the wrong height or making a hard landing is no big deal, so the pilot can concentrate on just one variable, directional control. It is the more conservative landing in most airplanes, and when in doubt, the conservative approach to dealing with a moving object is often the better one. I consider myself one of the lucky ones, no ground loop... yet? Here what the US FAA has to say about tailwheel transition per Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3C), https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/15_afh_ch14.pdf

There's also the whole tailwheel vs trike landing discussion. Most landing with a tail wheeled aircraft are done on main gear, rudder for directional control, tail wheel settles as get slower, then rudder, rudder, rudder, until engines off in the chocks. Of course for short field landing a three-point landing is the best, slow sleep, lots of wheel friction, and don't forget gentle brakes, on/off/on/off.... Add a cross wind and this is not for the feint at heart. The more we make sim flying realistic, the higher the challenge and greater the reward. OK time to try a short field, over the trees, crosswind landing with a J-3 and then a DC-3. I'll let you know how it goes!

I am personally glad I still have my FSX Gold on disks. Just pop into drive and go. Don't see what the problem with that is. And not dependent on my ISP or modem/router. I think this shows the best part of our community, we have myriad ways to access and enjoy. A portable DVD RW USB drive costs $20-$30. I get to keep using all the DVDs I've bought through the years.

With at least one "Eagle, Globe and Anchor" in the set, its always a winner! Great pics again!

I've not had this issue. What searches/downloads is this occurring with, so I can see if it duplicates here. Thx

Fights on! Wow! And thx for the links. Wish they were also all on FlightSim.

This is so true for all the sim aircraft we fly. Understanding the procedures and limitations of the real aircraft let us fly the simulatoed on in a more realistic manor. Also, just visited the OVA website. Great work being done there.

Nice well rounded selection of aircraft. Well done.

I also tried abilene.zip with no success, however when I searched abilene I found it right away, Not sure why the search sometimes works with or without the .zip. Could be that the search is for text fragments within the body each page, not the file?

I've been using the "Search" selection within the "More" tab on top right of page. Works Great!!! Been finding more and more things. As an old Mamas & the Papas song used to say... "It's getting better every day..." Thanks for all the hard work on the new site format!

Thanks Wim, I did also, but not in FlightSim.

Now you're talkin' !

OK, then don't know what to tell you. Can only day this works for me.

I search by: A) Clicking the "Popular Downloads" tab, then B) Clicking "Download Portal" or the more specific folder, then C) Putting my search word(s) in the Search box directly under the tabs at top. I hope this helps