Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight: FS2004 General

Mikbrynt

How to add "[OLDMODULES] DLL=1" to the main FS9 co

Can some one please tell me how to access the main FS9 config file? I can get to the FS9 config folder. But there's 37 files in there. I need the file that will allow me to override the FSSOUND.dll warning I get when I fire up the game. Any help at all wo...

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Last answer RadarMan

ShockAndYaw

Issue with kneeboard

Has anyone seen this problem before. I open the kneeboard and the entire image from the top of the knee board goes black (no matter where I move the board). It doesn't crash or anything, I just can't see anything. http://i36.imagethrust.com/t/98598/...

23 answers 7085 views

Last answer Guest

fmpjb

Dumb Question?

I was just wondering how you tell when you are on the correct path for an airway, be it jet or victor? Is there an instrument(s) that will tell you? sorry in advance about the dumb question....

10 answers 4375 views

Last answer Don Wood

Guest

Landing and Overspeed

EVERY time I play flight sim I get two problems: First is 'overspeed' I get this all the time and I am aware that I put full throttle on for take off but then to stop 'overspeed' coming up do you reduce the engine thrust using F3/F2? Doesn't this slow ...

8 answers 4294 views

Last answer BashDaBish

ceetee

747 Virtual Cockpit

I have a problem: When I fly the default my Boeing 747’s around (the Landmark Airways one for example), the virtual cockpits appear fine, with all the correct textures etc, but when I install repaints for the default 747, I go into the VC and everyth...

2 answers 5256 views

Last answer sheac114

JTH

The lowdown on moveable propellor planes?

I think they're called turboprops. I feel I've outgrown my Cessna 172 to some extent, and I'd like to try a plane with a moveable propellor like the Cessna 182 or Beechcraft Baron. But I don't get what you're meant to do differently now that you have the ...

12 answers 4824 views

Last answer Tailhook

nap_guy

Whoa

I just flew from Dubai to Frankfurt (in real life) on Emirates, wow. They have this cool nosecam that even the jokers in coach like me could watch on our own personal little screen. A full fledged menu for coach, choices of hundreds of movies, I mean it w...

3 answers 3928 views

Last answer hms_endeavour

CrashGordon

Strange weather

I had this happen on a flight from KLAX to NTAA.I was at FL320 and the entire sky turned light grey as if it were fog.. Couldn't see the ocean or the sun. This continued until the end of the flight. I could just barely make out land details during land...

6 answers 3430 views

Last answer beerbadger

igor.rant

How to make an ILS landing?

Hello! I'm new in the world of the Fs2004! Can somebody tell me, how I make an ILS Landing? B.R. I.R....

29 answers 8701 views

Last answer Don Wood

tomthetank

Fireworks

😀 Happy new year to you all 😀 Just in case you missed them.......turn the clock back to 00.00.01 making sure youve got the right date 01 01 2004 and fly from any major airport and you should see a firework display somewhere near by ...

9 answers 5330 views

Last answer JTH

JTH

How do you know which runway to land on?

Hello all, I'm still pretty much an FS2004 novice. Can anyone explain to me how you know which runway to land on when instructed by ATC? Say when ATC says "you are cleared to land on runway 8R", how do you know which runway is which and how to approach it...

24 answers 10857 views

Last answer Don Wood

SteveT

Laptop..

Hello. I was wondering cos my brother seems to be on the computer all the time and I don'r particulally have time to go on it! Do any of you good guys know any really cheap laptops (link if possible) or any good second hand laptops. Or do any o...

15 answers 5540 views

Last answer Greekman72

crosscheck9

Flight too short to reach cruise altitude

I was just thinking about previous flights I've completed, and I found that often, the distance of the flight was so short, there wasn't enough time to reach cruise altitude. Is the aircraft supposed to make a quick transition from climb to descent when ...

5 answers 4891 views

Last answer originalgrunge

JTH

What does a pilot mean when they say this to ATC?

What does a pilot mean when they say to ATC something like they're inbound to land "with Juliet" or "with Hotel". I've always wondered what that was all about. Thanks in advance for any help... Oh and P.S. what does the "bleed air" switch do? I see it ...

8 answers 6149 views

Last answer JarJarBinks

Liono

payware weather radar

Does anyone have the Reality-xp weather? I was wondering if it's any good before I get the old mastercard out. It can be found here if anyone's interested ➡ http://www.reality-xp.com/products/WX5/index.htm...

1 answers 3864 views

Last answer CrashGordon

JTH

Fuel question regarding Cessna 172

On the Cessna 172 there is a switch beside the lighting switches called "fuel pump". Could anyone explain what this does and when I might use it? Also, beside the throttle there is a blue "mix" knob. I assume this has to do with fuel as well but I have...

10 answers 13202 views

Last answer WarHawk42

mikee747

UK2000 Serial Code Help (not asking for a serial)

Hello, You probably think that I am requesting a serial. I am not! Anyway to the point, I have UK2000 Scenery. I only have the 16 digit serial code yet to download a UK2000 scenery product you have to have an 12 digit one. How do I find the 1...

2 answers 5054 views

Last answer Liono

Fire_Emblem_Master

Check out this bad boy (1st failure EVER in Fsp)

This was absolutely incredible! The thrill you get as you grit your teeth during the last few seconds above the runway, knowing the minute you touch down there's gonna be a cloud of sparks and the screech of metal against pavement is priceless. FsP was en...

7 answers 4197 views

Last answer KurtPStevens

damon80

Flight Sim Running When Minimised???

Anyone know if it's possible to keep FS running when it's minimised? I've got it running in a window on my desktop, but everytime I click off the window, it pauses the simulation. I've got the autopilot running, and i'm doing a trans-atlantic flight...

7 answers 4619 views

Last answer Greekman72

madbrit

A nice endorsement.....

Topic from the latest AOPA infomail. Posted in a couple of places so it gets visibility (no pun intended) 'FLY' REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS IN WEATHERWISE ONLINE COURSE Low ceilings and restricted visibilities are aviation's most deadly killers. But thankf...

2 answers 3714 views

Last answer tomthetank

Ren_Hoek

FedEx AI flight plans?

Where can I find them? I have been using Project AI's installer things, which make it incredibly easy to add flight models and flight plans for all sorts of airlines. However, they don't have a FedEx PAI installers. So I'm wondering if someone coul...

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Last answer sylvan

MarceloK

PMDG 747 All displays gets black...

Hi, any one knows why my displays only works for a few seconds?? I'm using the FS2004 - PMDG Boeing 747-400 v1.02 Thanks!...

2 answers 8348 views

Last answer Jared

Edulon

Memory space problem

Sometimes during a flight and when I change from internal to external view I have a message "no enought memory in hard disk". When this happens I have 70 Gb free space. Pentium IV, 3´2 Sapphire X800XL 512 Mb 2 Gb Ram...

13 answers 5108 views

Last answer mypilot

Jared

My Article About My Cessna

Well I desided to do a flight in my Carenado Cessna Skylane 182 RG II. Truely an amazing plane. So here are about 8 pictures and the story of my flight. We start off at the Gran-Aire tarmac at Timmerman Field(KMWC). Today we have overcast skys and a ce...

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Last answer Jared

Guest

Help for the Lessons?

Hello guys! I'm newbie to flight simulation games. I just bought a saitek evo stick and flight simulator 2004. my english rn't that good but i keep on trying to understand most of what the teacher in lessons says.. Can u please tell if there's something l...

20 answers 5623 views

Last answer Greekman72

baseballfool22

JOHN TROVOLTA HOUSE DOWNLOAD OR AIRPLANE

where can i find his plane or maybe his terrain download, an what other good planes do u guys like to fly, an ne other secrets u have or nething plz feel free to Im me at baseballfool247 on AIM i wanna know all the secrets stuff i dont already know t...

6 answers 11073 views

Last answer freedspeak

roger123

FS Cargo

I wondered if anyone has purchased this add on? Crash G posted about it on November 10th. I purchased it after shortly after following his link contained in the post. I can report - that it is an excellent add on. Well worth getting. The authors ha...

6 answers 7085 views

Last answer CrashGordon

crosscheck9

Navi confusion

Please refer to the diagram below https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/images/forumimages/9787/navi-confusion_a3af603ce5713328eb0aea0b0a615f44.jpg My Questions... Let's say I navigated out of XYZ on radial 360 to point A - Now I want to go to poi...

3 answers 3655 views

Last answer Don Wood

ANThrx

Good places to fly..?

Just wanted to know if there was a site I could go to look up good places to fly... routes/courses. Maybe flight plans I can download or something... or even if someone just has a suggestion depart/arrive. I know how to set up the flight plans in fs9 j...

5 answers 4775 views

Last answer Bindolaf

cheekytrolly

Re Fueling!

Im having some issues trying to refill my aircarft at the petrol pumps in fs2004. Firstly, when I pull up to a pump in Corsica (just downloaded addon) nothing happerns to the fuel gauge. I switch my engine off right next to the pump (like 30cm away) an...

8 answers 4431 views

Last answer JTH

leachus2002

Crash guide to taxi-ing an aircraft

Hi Peeps, I am having real trouble getting my 747 from the gate to the taxiway - I always seam to have too much power. Can anyone give me a rough guide on the speed I should be doing on the taxiway and how I should be doing it? Leachus...

4 answers 4152 views

Last answer CrashGordon

GTbrett90

Don't have paypal or the use of a Credit Card....

I really want to sign up for FlyAway Simulation but, i dont have paypal and i cant use a credit card. Would I be able to send it through the mail? If so whats the address?...

2 answers 3567 views

Last answer RadarMan

Guest

change flight level

is there any chance of changing flight levels with ATC support like in radar contact. next to that I would very much like more planes in the Air New Zealand livery....

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Last answer lkw

Newboy

PMDG 737600/700 ILS landing

Hi Guys, On the normal fs2004 aircrafts, when ATC starts the landing sequence, they tell you that you are cleared to land on a certain runway. Once I know what runway has been assigned, I then go to the map and have a look at the ILS frequency and set ...

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Last answer originalgrunge

Jared

Carenado Releases Their Next Baby!!!

The Cessna U206G Stationair 6 II is the newest model that Carenado has made. I don't have it but I can garuntee that it is great. After having their Cessna 182RG, I know that this airplane with be as good as the 182RG was. If anybody picks it up, please l...

9 answers 4553 views

Last answer originalgrunge

HardLanding

Aircraft behavior, vertical speed

Two questions, at this point: Generally, while flying the 172SP in fair weather, I notice that, most of the time, I can't really trim the plane for perfectly stable flight--usually there's some pitch oscillation that I have to pay attention to. I'm not...

4 answers 4389 views

Last answer Don Wood

ok would fs2004 run good

ok would fs2004 run good on my pc?

im thinking about getting it... heres system specs... processor:amd athlon{tm} 700 mhz processer videocard:NVIDIA STB velocity 4400 memory:320 mb ram ty 😀...

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Last answer Michael_H

cheekytrollyGuest

Microsoft Flight Sim Font

Hey guys, I really wana make some spash screens and signitures (as I mentioned in another thread) but I dont know what font Microsoft use. Could someone please tell me it or post a link to a free download? Cheers, Andrew Microsoft Flight Sim Font...

1 answers 7693 views

Last answer RadarMan

Captain Underpants

Extra 300 doing burnout video

Check out this video I recorded of my doing burnout donuts on the runway in the Extra 300c at the runway on Union Island. I would upload it to a gallery if I knew where to find one of fs2004 videos 😕 Click the link below to watch the video...

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Last answer cheekytrollyGuest

TSK

Altitude?

I was flying from KSFO to KDEN at FL320 in the PMDG 747, suddenly my altitude goes to FL340 and I get an altitude warning. Next thing I know, the aircraft is shaking uncontrollably, I am getting all kinds of errors and my joystick is barely effecting the ...

4 answers 4316 views

Last answer TSK

adamfearman

Release Date

Does anyone know what the release date of FS2006 is ❓...

4 answers 4179 views

Last answer Tailhook

leachus2002

Dual Monitor Problem

Hi, I have recently set up my laptop to run with a second monitor - but FS2004 will only display on the laptop screen and will not let me drag any other windows over to the second monitor. I know that people have done it in the past. Can anyone ple...

2 answers 4160 views

Last answer leachus2002

originalgrunge

Now THAT is an emergency landing!

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/us/2005/11/17/vo.ga.plane.gear.landing.affl&checkAgain=false&wm=native_nm This was a clip from CNN (wait for the commercial to finish playing for the video to start). The King Air had to make an ap...

22 answers 7227 views

Last answer Littleal100

tomthetank

Radar Contact

This new release looks interesting ➡ http://www.jdtllc.com/...

2 answers 3770 views

Last answer JTH

cheekytrollyGuest

Spash Screen Help!

I want to make some of my own spash screens What are the fonts that are the default Microsoft spash screen use and where can I download them???? I dont have any have Jasc Paintshop Pro or Adobe Photoshop, and so far I have only found templates to m...

7 answers 5980 views

Last answer JTH

fuchsias

d 6 skybus. zip file

Hi all, Can anyone please tell me were to download the d 6 skybus. zip file needed to fly the Twin Otter.I've downloaded a couple of aircraft but cant seem to locate this file. Is it me am doing something wrong? 😕 thanks fuchsias...

6 answers 5534 views

Last answer Tailhook

JTH

Best throttle?

What's the best throttle you can buy? I've been looking on the CH website and they have a "twin engine" and "multi-engine" throttle quadrant. I assume the best one to get would be multi-engine (for flying jets?) If anyone had it and could give an opinion ...

3 answers 4514 views

Last answer costring

cheekytrollyGuest

Does This Happen to Anyone Else?

While I have been playing Microsoft FS2004, I have noticed the following issues with my game: 1) Whenever I start or load a new flight, autopilot is always already turned on, and I have to disable it before I can take off. 2) My aircraft always vee...

3 answers 3808 views

Last answer fmpjb

MRGPS

SIDS/STARS & ATC

Hi guys, When you are flying an IFR, how do you know when to ignore the ATC and use the SIDS or STARS for the Airport. Do you ignore the vectors that the ATC give you and just fly the STARs. Also how does the FS9 know that you intend to use the ST...

5 answers 7740 views

Last answer CrashGordon

Guest

ILS signal lost??

Hi! well something strange occures with my Simulator (2004), when i am on the ILS aproach the signal always goes away when i am like 3 miles from the airport 😕 I dont know if it is a Glitch or what?? Has someone experience something like this with...

6 answers 4428 views

Last answer Guest