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  1. TO ENABLE PARATROOP OPERATION oOpen Paratroop door while on the ground oParatrooper lights OFF. o110 mph with wheels and flaps up oMinimum of 800 ft above ground oRed Light ON - 2 minutes before arriving at drop area oGreen Light ON - after 1 minute or so. Paratroops jump
  2. Hi again Rafay, I don't think I can be of much help. I completed the tutorial here a few years ago but pretty much have forgotten what I learned. I do recall checking different sources for the imagery. I feel that there are others on this forum that will be able to provide you with the help you need. Jim F.
  3. Hi again, I have default scenery for the area. I followed my advice and, by golly, it worked! Looks good. Jim F.
  4. Hey Rafay, You may want to try this. Put the BGL in a folder called Scenery and put the new Scenery folder in another folder called KBMT. Activate the new KBMT folder and put it at the top of the scenery library list. This is all very generic but simply a place to start. Jim F.
  5. Hi, Access to the Games for Windows Market place has been very spotty lately. I was successful in downloading Flight and all my previous purchases to a new computer a couple of weeks ago. I had to try multiple times. It may be a coincidence but I believe I it worked after I didn't rely on any stored info but reentered my email and password from scratch. No problems starting Flight and multiplayer has been available. Jim F.
  6. Let's put it this way. If you successfully emulate her last flight the mystery of her disappearance will no longer be a mystery.
  7. My money is on you successfully emulating Amelia Earhart's last flight.
  8. Hi, I don't know why the original link is not working. The mission is still on Box and here's the link I just copied. Hopefully it will work. https://app.box.com/s/48nhw6jq41a5vylleidrtc3tjiui19tz
  9. Hi daniel, Yes. The same scenery created for the disc version will work in the Steam version. Jim F.
  10. Things are going well! I'm not certain but I think the following is the case. If you download the free Flight Toolkit it allows you to set two different modes of operation for Flight. In GFWL mode you can add things like new repaints of the aircraft that you have available in Flight and I'm not exactly sure what else but in Non GFWL mode you'll have acess to all the addons that were available while they still could be purchased. No charge. Flight Toolkit was created by Stonelance, a former developer of Flight for MS. I never purchased any of the aircraft that didn't have a VC but I have them in NonGFWL mode. In NonGFWL mode all of the original Aerocaches are available. The major drawback is there is no multiplayer capability. About 2 months ago I read that DTG was basing a forthcoming simulator on FSX technology so I decided to go back to Flight and see what was happening. The GFWL servers were not working until the 25th of last month. I just kept checking as I wasn't aware of what was going on with Flight Toolkit. So I'm pretty much a newcomer when it comes to what's happening exactly. One of the tools available with the toolkit allows conversion of the FSX scenery for use in Flight including all the world airports. As you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear some of the scenery still looks like crap: unless you like gray runways in a brown or green rectangle. And it is a work in progress and I suspect that the more people that express an interest in Flight that will be an incentive for Stonlance to continue with the fantastic work he's done so far.
  11. Hey Jack, The link I posted only gave me the Flight demo (I was trying to start Flight completely fresh on another computer). I started a new GFWL account but then I couldn't download anything I purchased. So I gave up on that. I found out that by going to XBox Live and submitting my email address I was able to get my gamertag and change my password. This was not what I was trying to do but just stumbled on it. I really recommend you try to get your GFWL stuff. But if you can't and you get Flight Toolkit I think you can get every addon that was available in Flight, plus you can convert the FSX scenery for use in Flight (assuming you have FSX). The conversion isn't perfect (yet) but at least the whole world is available in Flight. Check the Flight forum at Avsim for more info. I'm pretty sure just having the demo is enough to get you started but I'm not certain. When I read that DTG was basing Flight School on FSX technology I decided to revisit Flight and check into the advances that were made adapting stuff for it. Jim
  12. Hey dogdish, That link doesn't work for me either. You probably purchased the Hawaiian pack thru Games for Windows Live so lets try that route. If you don't have the Games for Windows Live App installed Google it and you'll probably find the way to install it. Once you do and run it, and if you can remember your log in password you'll find, not only the game but the Hawaii pack as well. You can install from there. If you want to install other than the default in the GFWL screen there is a settings tab that will allow you to point the install to where you'd like. I recently went back to Flight and at Avsim I have a whole slew of posts with questions and helpful answers. Post either here or there with any problems and I'll watch and help you if I can. A lot of expansion will be available to you. Jim F.
  13. Hi, I just found out that the basic Flight program can still be downloaded from MS. It along with the expansions permitted by Stonelances' Flight Toolkit seems to make for a pretty sweet deal. I'm downloading on another computer right now and except for downloading at a molasses rate it seems to be working. Here's a pic: And here's the link: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9800616 Jim F.
  14. I'm not familiar with any fspilotshop missions. Jim F.
  15. Hey daniel, Rather than prolong this I've uploaded the mission to Box. Although the mission was released as freeware I wanted to give anyone who may have been involved in it's creation an opportunity to weigh in. Here's the link: https://app.box.com/s/o641257tix6cx2n68pklww3aywa0utbt I think it demonstrates rather conclusively that, if delays due to human reaction and the need for voice communication were factored out of the equation the aircraft could have landed safely on a runway. It's also probable that the collision with birds would have been prevented if the radar data had been properly evaluated. If all the data available had been properly networked and evaluated these human errors could have been removed. Heck, we could even call the system Skynet! Jim F.
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