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simon123

Discovery Wings

I have that channel thank god! Sometimes its ok but what do cars and other things got to do with flying I don’t know? Like saying dose my bum look big in this. Nothing to do with flyaway. Anyway im happy I have it. It doesn’t start until 7pm UK ti...

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Habu

VERY NICE SITE !

Go here and check out some great videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZgwky7WEkg rob...

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simon123 on
k_camacho11

Nose Pitch Too High

In another forum, I was explained that the higher you fly, the thinner the air is. So for example, if I have Speed Hold indicator to 385 KIAS...i just have to change the SPD to MACH on the autopilot? But the problem I have is...why does the nose tend to p...

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Tailhook on
chimpy

how do i get the planes to work in FS

Hi, its probably right in front of my face but how do you get your downloaded aircraft to work in FS2004 i always get the files but whenever i click on the aircraft it says the file is corrupt or cant be found, please help....

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nik_simpson on
amckenzie2006

Aircraft Initialization error....

Hello people, not long ago I had to re-install FS2004. Installation process was fine and all four discs installed on my computer. However when trying to click on the FS2004 icon to run the program i get an error: "Aircraft Initialization failure Gmax...

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fourby on
HowardsRock

Question for the board.

Guys, please know that the post labeled "Active Airport Software" was posted by me. I didn't realized I was no longer logged in. Unless I'm crazy, I swear I heard somebody mention this "active" airport stuff (boarding ramps, trucks, luggage carts, foo...

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originalgrunge on
Guest

Britains Airfields

Hi guys, Deano here. Hope all is well. 😀 I received this email yesterday but I have only just logged on to my PC. The following text mainly applies to the flight simmers in and around England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland. It is to do with (a...

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Pro-Sim on
M-FLO

how to pan view with joystick

Hi people. When i first saw FS2004 videos.. (chopper in las vegas), i notticed that we can pan camera in a 180º in the cockpit (or virtual cockpit) view. But i can't do it with my Sidewinder Joystick. Any help would be very appreciated 😉...

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M-FLO on
k_camacho11

NAV/APP Hold???

What is the difference between the NAV/APP Hold?? I use ILS to land and the aircraft picks up the runway perfectly with the NAV hold. What is the difference if I choose APP hold?...

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tomthetank on
robbier

need help

Hi guys! I have a problem- whenever I start up FS, i see the FS load screen, but it never goes away, and the main FS screen where you select aircraft and stuff never appears, the FS load screen just is always there, and when i check into ctrl+alt+del it ...

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Greekman72 on
JVD

Found it.

A few posts ago I asked wether anyone could find me some great effects that I saw in a video. Well, I found the effects and how to install them. This is the type of effect I'm talking about: First go the link below and scroll down until yo...

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Tailhook on
Jamier

CD4?

hi guys, went to load fs when i got home from college and its asking for cd4 even tho its in the drive? FSPassengers screws up then my disc 4 doesnt work :/ Ive rebooted pc and stuff and its not havin it. Anyone else had this problem? Looking a...

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Tailhook on
Guest

Seat Belt Sign

Seat belt sign button? Anywhere I can download this?...

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switchdoc on
k_camacho11

More Realistic Flights

If u have noticed...in FS2004 when u climb to about 30,000 ft + and u put maximum thrust...your plane wont go past 400 Knots and the nose tends to pitch way up like if its climbing but its not. That is nowhere near being close to realistic flights. Today,...

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CrashGordon on
Guest

FS2004 Doesn't start ??

Hi all ! I've got a big problem : When I want to Start FS 2004 , I get only a Black Screen and land again onto the Desktop. I've got a "Dell XPS M170" Laptop with a NVidia GeForce Go 6800 ULTRA integrated. Can you help me with my problem ??...

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Micah on
laspiapoeta

Flight Plans on Google Earth

Hello all, I made a little page that you (I hope) will find interesting and even useful. On that page you can upload a FS2004 flight plan (extension .pln) and obtain a kml file that will show that flight plan on Google Earth. And you can download o...

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CrashGordon on
FSisFUN

Xbox Controller

Hey guys, I was wondering does anyone have a recomended setup for an Xbox Controller? Maybe someone else is using this to play the game or a link. Iam really struggling to get it sorted cuz i dont know what each term means or does, its really compla...

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RadarMan on
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MS flight sim 2004 and google earth

This is soo cool.. have any one of you tryied MyFsgoogleearth? you get real time flight tracking in google earth connected to your flightsimulator 2004....

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Jamier on
yankeeflyer72

Re: Landing Lights

What settings do I need to change to see my landing lights from the cockpit. Aircraft.cfg, fs9.cfg, etc. The landing lights are working as I can see them from any view other than cockpit view. The aircraft doesn`t have a v/c. The spotlight bmp is show...

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Tailhook on
leachus2002

Assignment for the Autopilot SPD switch?

Hey peeps, Only me 🙂 I was just wondering what the default assignment is for the SPD switch on the autopilot as I cant seam to find it in the assignments window. I am trying to set up my joystick at the moment so I have got everything in ...

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leachus2002 on
skennedy04

Approach hold switch

How do i use the approach hold switch on a 747-400...

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Agus0404 on
k_camacho11

Elevator Pitch???

I've noticed that when I take my Triple 7 up to 30,000 ft and put Max throttle...the airplane goes about 370 Knots but the nose pitch is high...it looks like the plane is climbing but its not...the same thing happens when u go 250 knots under 10,000 with ...

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CRJCapt on
beerbadger

On screen recorder?

Is there any free easy to use on screen recorders? thanks in advance, beerbadger...

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Greekman72 on
Doyley

FSP Failures

Hi all, When setting up my company I set the failure percentage to 10%. Im now sick of all the failures but I dont want to loose all my company info. Is there a way to reduce the percentage and what would you recommend for a realistic setting? Tha...

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Greekman72 on
PanAmerican

[ Poll ] Autoland

I hate Autoland it is so stupid. It takes all the fun away from flying....

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99jolegg on
nottobe

how to diversify the sky?

My Ultimate Traffic only provides 3 or 4 makes of the GA aircraft, cessna, piper, mooney, piper, for GA trffic.....I would like to see more variety of AI aircraft in the sky, is there any AI package out there?...

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RadarMan on
njdevls

Airspeed

I was just wondering why is it that the higher you fly, the slower your speed inicator shows? The mach indiciator is till the same but the knots/hour gets lower....

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nik_simpson on
k_camacho11

FSPassengers (Need Help)

How do you take off the Flap-Freeze and Gear Jam in FSPassengers? It's annoying!!!...

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Greekman72 on
ceetee

In Memory of Sir Freddy Laker

Sir Freddy Lake, a British born pioneer in aviation passed away on the 9th of February 2006, aged 84 last Thursday. He was the man who created the no-frills airline concept and run his own highly successful Trans-Atlantic “Laker Airways” during th...

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Aldeeb on
-Jester-

FSpassengers help

Hey guys I just got FSpassengers and when I go to unlock the real thing it comes up with an error message saying "Username or password wrong, try to copy and past your username and password" well I did that about 20 times lol so does anyone know what is g...

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fourby on
SteveT

*My Europe Tour*

Hey everyone, At the moment I am doing a tour around Europe which includes various flights around the continent. I will be flying in my Michael Aviation (painted my Davec), in my A319 for all my legs of the tour. I will post some reports on how eac...

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SteveT on
crossland99

Bravo? Foxtrot? Huh?

Sometimes, not all the time, when I radio a tower that I'm ready to taxi or whatever, the audio for "my voice" says something like "Soar 207 ready to taxi, with Foxtrot" or something like that. I know that Bravo and Foxtrot are part of the military alphab...

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Don Wood on
kianok

Airports.... the best of the best

Anyone have their favourite airport lists? Spent hours as a newbie flying to my unimaginative airports and just wondered if anyone had a list of favourites...

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JVD on
grampstergeek

altimeter setting

Hi Folks, New to this forum and need a little help. How do I set altimeter in fs2004? Thanks for any help you can offer....

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99jolegg on
k_camacho11

Boeing 777 Panel with Autoland???

I've been looking for a B777 panel that has the Autoland feature. Does anyone know of one? Thanks!!!...

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Tailhook on
nottobe

wonder how the airports clean heavy snow

they can't spread sand and salt....plough? doubt it...then how?...

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-Jester- on
chrisennever

Very slow frame rate

Having recently formatted my HD and reinstalled my FS 2004 I find that the frame rate is exreemly slow almost zero. I also find that I have no menu bar at the top, so I cannot make changes from the menu bar, neither can I exit the program using Esc. I h...

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Guest on
kianok

VFR scenery

Just wondered if anyone had used it and if it was as good as it claims. I'm interested in the UK volumes 1 to 4. Be good to hear your thoughts. Thanks chaps....

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kianok on
Africa 1

FS Force

anybody out there tried FS force used with force feedback joysticks? I'm trying the free version (10 flights) but finding a few bugs, any reviews would be appreciated....

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Tailhook on
crossland99

Capitol Buildings!

I was surprised enough when I got FS2004 and found that it: 1. Included this little tiny airport in Fryeburg, Maine that I knew well from when my Aunt Sharon would fly in to visit us in her Cessna. 2. Had the correct dimensions and height of Pleasant ...

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nottobe on
Guest

Midair/Climb Stall

Im in a 747, trying to climb to a crusing altitude of 35000. I'm doing alright till I turn on the autopilot with the setting at 35000. I usually hit the autopilot at around 25000. My airspeed the proceeds to slowly drop till I stall. Should I be hitting a...

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CrashGordon on
PanAmerican

The Ugliest Aircraft in the sky

What do you think is the ugliest aircraft in the sky?...

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SeanGa on
Jamier

sites?

what are the other sites i can download planes from? went ot check my bookmarks and theyve all disappeared, only one i can think of is projectai and avsim. which others is there?...

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RadarMan on
fourby

Changing cloud/weather settings

It may seem a dumb/ass question 🙄 but is it possible to set the settings in FS9, to get cloud layers in the pics I've included ??? I've just been reading about clouds/weather etc thats included in the FS9 tutorial, but it does'nt give me the ans...

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fourby on
Doyley

737 Landing

Does anybody have any tips on landing the 737? Ive only tried it a couple of times and I dont pitch up in time so I always land too hard....duh....

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hinchoo on
switchdoc

Autopilot / Waypoint question

Hey all, I have no doubt this question has been posted before, but a search for autopilot and nav gave so many reponses I couldn't find it. My understanding is, if I have a flight plane and its loaded into the GPS, if I turn the autopilot on, s...

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Guest on
chrissie

Approaching the runway for landing

Hey everyone, Im new to flight simulator and I am loving it. But, does anyone know how to approach the runway, or what correct buttons in the cockpit to push? I always think im in the center of the runway and always land on the grass next to it....

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CRJCapt on
Mustangfreak

When is it a good time to start decending?

Im ususally flying a 737 or qa 747, I cruise anywhere from 32,000 to 35,000. When should I start decending to my destination? An hour to it? 45 min to it? when I say what time, I mean on the GPS ETE....

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CRJCapt on
Unregistered

Refueling

Is there any way to refuel on the ground or in the air?...

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CRJCapt on
tardius

setting user defined waypoints in FS 2004

I am unable to set a user defined waypoint for a field in the Soloman Islands. The reference is S9* 49.15' E160* 10.93'. Can anyone give me the secret. I've tried following the instuctions with no success....

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