Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight: FS2004 General
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Chaplin15Landing and crashing
sorry about the "new uy" post but i havn't played FS since the 1998 version.. i was wondering about the landings because i never used to be able to get the time right and know when to descend and land.also what happens if you crash, coz in FS:98 the scree...
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crosscheck9definition "recon"
It's currently 3:00AM, and I'm going to be heading to the airport in about 2 hours. I was just watching a few airbus video clips, and at landing, the GPWS warning calls out Recon below 10 ft. Does that mean it's asking the pilot to flare, or what? Than...
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pearlygatesukFSPassengers
I know this may seem like a really obvious question. But I've just d/l the demo version of FSPassengers to see what it worked like. Now the whole idea of the add on is to get a simulated experience with passengers. According to the demo there's 107 p...
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CoasterXtremeSaw something strange in best buy today...
I was looking through the PC games and right next to flight simulator I saw a box labeled Airbus A380. It claims to have a 3D virtual cockpit and a virtual cabin. I never saw anything like this in best buy before so I just figured I'd post about it....
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pearlygatesukMach vs. Speed hold switch (my final post)
This is my final question for now... I wondered if anybody could explain to me the necessity of whether you use mach hold or speed hold selector switch. From my limited knowledge, I believe its something to do with the altitude you fly at and the wa...
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Silly_SausageI can't find airports
Is there a way to find airports, i look on my GPS and it tells me im above them but I look to the ground and there is ntohing there, can anyone ehlp...
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daveflysawayactive cam 2004 problem
i downloaded a link for flight simulator 2004 and it dosenet let me have the passengers view of the plane plzz could somebody help me am finding it very hard to work out.also please could somebody give me a link were i might be able to get it free. thank...
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Bob BAChristian Virtual Pilots
Does anyone know of anywhere for Chrtistian VP's to chill out and meet other pilots? If so please reply. If not however, would people be interested in starting one up with me. Please no time wasters reply to this post or people who have different views....
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atreyubetter taxi/landing lights
can you get better taxi/landing that look more real? if you can where do you get them and are they easy to in install? thanks for the help....
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mypilot"Adv" Folder in FS2004 Directory - What is it?
I found that foler in the flight simulator folder. It is 0 bites. What is it? Do I need it or can I delete it?...
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crosscheck9a340.net
I've been trying to go to the website, "a340.net", but it is not working. Are you all having the same problem?...
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SamIntel[ Poll ] Yoke, Stick, or Side Stick?
Which do you preffer?...
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CP16SSW tutorial
hi.. I have the a310 ssw, and I have got every tutorial of each parts of the aircraft, but I would like to have a complete flight tutorial, like the KMIA KJFK flight of a340 pss.. thanks 😀...
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nottobeany way to adjust force feedback in the aircraft cfg file??
I just bought F1 C172, and found out that it doesnt have the force feedback when airbourne..... I use sidewinder force feedback joystick....when the 172 moves on the ground, I can feel the force feedback, but once airborne the force is gone, and the joy...
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nottobehow to fly IFR using VOR?
when i make the flight plan, there are only 3 choices, direct GPS, low alt, and high alt..... but low alt and high alt are all navigated with GPS...... how can I fly IFR if no GPS is equipped ??...
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CP16PMDG cold and dark cockpit
hi please anyone could tell me if there is any way to start a 737pmdg flight with the cold and dark cockpit mode. thanks...
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CP16rw lights
hi What’s it? MALSR VASI RAIL TDZ CL ALS HIALS PAPI ALSF II REIL I found this on charts I Know what is VASI and PAPI, but I don’t understand the difference Thanks...
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Oberkomandodrivers
i need help with my drivers, when i try to play fs2004 it woun´tlet me, i need to download drvers?, if it is can u give me a link to... thanks 😕...
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CoasterXtremeSomething strange...
I was coming in to land at orlando and they have a runway for ILS and yet they told me to land on runway 36L and this was a visual landing at night and when I got lower I noticed it was raining hard so I couldn't see. By the time I saw the runway I was w...
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Merchant123Wont start
Hi all Need help. After i install FS2004 and go to launch it a window appears asking me to insert disk 4 into the drive (note: the disk is already in the drive). After ejecting and reloading the window still appears. I have tried re-installing but to ...
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OberkomandoA-380 Vs B-787
what can we say?...
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hutchinsonAncient monuments accounted for.
I took it upon myself last night to see if the game depicted the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, so I put myself in a Curtiss Jenny at the Giza airport and took off. It then occured to me that I had no idea where the Pyramids were in relation to the airp...
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ACA370Problem with landing lights in FS2k4
Hey all, Hope someone can help... I just noticed that for some reason I can't see any landing lights in the 2D view. I'm aware that some aircraft brought over from previous versions don't work, but NONE of my aircraft show landing lights in 2D view....
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RCNextGenI wanna fly VOR 2 VOR!!
hey, I am having some trouble on the flight planner. I want to fly way point to way point like real pilots would...(thats vor to vor isn't it?) But when I put in heathrow (london) to Kennedy intl and select vor to vor it tells me it can't find the r...
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JaredAeroworx King Air is GREAT!!!
I just got the aeroworx king air and it is m favorite FS addon ever. I absolutly love it. I didn't get the PMDG 747 simply because i love GA flying and private flying. It is a blast to fly and i recomment it to anyone who loves turboprops. The panel, VC, ...
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crosscheck9Vatsim E-mail
I've been trying to sign in to Vatsim, and everytime I enter an email address, it tells me that it is not an authenticated email address. Where can I get a free email address that will allow me to work with Vatsim. I have tried, hotmail.com, and emailac...
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crosscheck9Engine start
In the sim, when you start the engines during pushback, they sound a lot louder than they do in real life. Is there anything we can alter in the fs9.cfg file that will fix this? Thank you...
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Jtitus07FS Flight School
Need Lessons? Got Questions? Go to: http://groups.msn.com/FSFlgihtSchool(Type with the typo) **The name explains it all** This is a new community to help out those pilots who need a little extra help in simming. Please check it out and see what you th...
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SamIntelPC Specs
I was just currious what other peoples computer specs are. Mine: 256 MB of RAM 40 GB Hard Drive 64 MB video Card Intel Pentium 3 1.80 GHz Dimension 2300 I'm going to be getting a new one before FS2006 comes out....
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crosscheck9ATC add-on
When listening to ATC, I realized that they do callout speeds, and ask for aircraft to maintain certain speeds during the approach. Is there an ATC add-on that incorporates this into the sim?...
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crosscheck9GPWS callout
What does it mean when the GPWS calls out "minimum"?...
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atreyuturbulence
is there a way to have turbulence in the game? cuz i think that will make it funner. 😛...
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KUautopilot and ATC
right i really am sorry to be such a pain but being new to fs2004 i really want to get the most out of it anyway on autopilot when i used to use it fs2000 i used to be able to use the autopilot screen from the task bar (pressing alt), but i notice thi...
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crosscheck9help evaluating this photo
Please take a look at the photo in the link below. The description at the bottom says that the aircraft was on takeoff. Does that look like takeoff? Why would it's attitude be so low? Here you go. http://images.airliners.net/open.file?id=880169&WxsI...
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Petie BProblems with ATC for decent/landing
hey, I have been trying to use ATC for a complete flight recently and it all goes well until landing. The only way I seem to be able to get clearance to land is when the airport pops up on the 'airports nearest you list' and I can then tune the tower. ...
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SamIntelDisable Z Rotation
Is there a way to disable the Z Rotation(rudder axis) on my Logitech Extreme 3D PRO joy stick. I want to do this because I have rudder pedals that I like to use with my joy stick, the rudder axis(Z rotation) interfears with the rudder pedals....
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Agus0404Time to say goodbye
Dear all pilots, No, I'm not leaving Fly Away forever, but I have to say goodbye to all. Tomorrow I will be traveling to Argentina for 2 weeks. I'll probably come back to Portugal in the last week of August. After that, when I come back, I have to lea...
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dinodan14how do you hook up to a gate
i cant find gates in flight simulator...
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FGuidoSFS Flight Controller - free to good home
After fruitlessly trying to get my SFS Flight Controller to work with Windows XP (ran fine on my Win95 gaming machine), I am looking to send it to a good home. This is the "old" (non-USB) joystick and throttle combination. If you're interested, send me an...
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JaredGrumman OV-1D Mohawk
WOW. Pretty cool airplane. CrashGordon I know that you like this airplane. It is a good airplane. I saw it performing at EAA 2005 today. The cool part was when it was taxing and the pilot put full reverse thrust and backed it up and looked like he almost ...
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JarJarBinksboeing 757 @ 767
yes i was just at simvation or something like that and i saw a few boeing 757`s and 767`s but i cant figure out where i download them at thanks for help :help!: :drool: :drool: :drool: ...
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spudditaxi to parking/gates
last week i took a triple 7 to Fes (saiss). when I landed I was handed off to ground. i selected "taxi to parking options" menu but there was only 1 option which was to change to "taxi to take off options" menu. there was no option to ask for parking/gat...
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xcxf88unzip
how do you unzip files?...
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Fire_Emblem_MasterThe Flyawaysimulation screensaver
I've created a screensaver from just a few of the awesome screenshots we hvae here on flyaway. You can download it from yousendit when it's done uploading. My internet is being as a 2 years old boy, so it'll be a minute yet. By the way, fans of the Fin...
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99joleggBeta Testing
Hi all, How long does Beta testing on products last? I thought it'd be around 3 weeks to just test the product and fix small problems but the PMDG 747 has been in beta testing for over a month now 😕 Thanks in advance 😉...
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Guestmissing airport
i set up a flight from boston to virgina go to the destination air port had clear weather could see everything atc said airport was 2 miles at my ten to report runway insight but it wasnt there can anyone help with this. thanks. is this common. also what ...
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megafootAnyone know where i can get photo's of Rush Limbaugh's jet?
Yes I will admit it. Rush Limbaugh is a personal hero of mine. He has a private jet that I saw a picture of once on a pamphlet. it has EIB 1 painted on it. I wanted to get a photo as refrence for a virtual EIB 1....
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chrisparrFS 2004 won't run
Hi All, I've spent a few days at this now and I give up (hence my post). My machine meets all the minimum requirements and I have version 9c of direct X. I have run all the diagnostics suggested by the trouble shooting. I have installed it many t...
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robbierI'm a First officer!!
Hey guys, robbier here! I am a first officer now!! i know that u guys probably dont really care, but i am just excited cuz i posted 50 posts and made it to the first officer mark!!...
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robbierAvatar
you know that picture in the upper left corner? i think its your Avatar? anyway, i went to the my personal page, went to my profile, i wanted to upload a new avatar directly from my PC, like i did in the first place, but i went into the Avatar list, and ...
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