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JVD

Dubai shot.

Where did this guy get that AI Antanov and new colours for the Lufthansa 747 ❓ Here's the pic. Just look at the terminal and you'll see what I'm talking about. Sorry I don't know how to resize it. https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/image...

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Elkinallen on
Bartholomew

first officer

How many posts must I have to become the first officer?...

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Bartholomew on
megafoot

MEGAFOOT'S MOVIES: New post: Gone Fishin

its easier if i just make a thread that I can refer back to every time i send a movie up to tradebit for y'all to see (and hopefully not hate) http://megafoot.tradebit.com/files.php/2001 they are kinda big movie files but hey... they dont call m...

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megafoot on
wullie60

First Flight without error.

I flew from Dyce to RAF Leuchars in a Cessna. Never overshot the runway and flight was smoother than a pint of heavy :O) now i jus need to work on landing jets....

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Guest Ed on
PierreL

Autogen trees end of runway

I think I saw less than two months ago a post regarding trees at the end of runways that can be eliminated by some editing in some cfg file. Does that ring a bell? Thanks, Pierre...

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PierreL on
ranald

Good smoke effects

Were can I find a d/load that will give me good smoke effects on touch down and water spray when the aircraft T/O or lands on a wet runway?...

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RadarMan on
marcopolo40205

Help w/fs2004 crashes

OK, I am at a total loss. Tried FS2004 on TWO laptops and it works (and crashes) identically on both. I get the main menu, all the flying lessons work fine, including solo take off and landings but if I click on Fly-now! from the "Create a flight" menu,...

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Guest on
flyer152

Keyboard emulator

can anyone say what sort of keyboard emulator to get. Are they available in the UK, i can only find them in the USA (Import charges). i was looking at the KE72 emulator. hope you can help, thanks Andrew...

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The-GPS-Kid

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

Hi All, I have finally gotten FRAPS to work on my PC (all thanks to TTT 😂 ) but ..... OH NO! ...... I don't have Windows Movie Maker on mt PC :cry: Can anyone recommend a cheap Internet outlet in Europe (pref UK) where I can get a copy fo...

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The-GPS-Kid on
Paiute

Long Overwater Flights

Some of you out there make Transatlantic flights, and other long distance flights over water. I was just wondering how you sustain your interest in the flight for that length of time. You look down from your aircraft and there is nothing but water down ...

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twistedsucker on
RCNextGen

Whats in the pilot's wheelie bag??

Hey, I am a mad flight sim fan and was just wondering I see a lot of pilots with their little wheelie bags that they drag around with them and take on board into the cockpit...does anybody have any ideas what the pilots actually carry in them?? I would...

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DonWood on
nottobe

an Ultimate Traffic question

I remember after my first installation of UT I was so delighted to see all the airports are equipped with boarding decks (is this what you call? cant think of the name on top of my head), and all kinds of maintenance vehicles. but something happened, so i...

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RadarMan on
tomthetank

TTT has left the building

Well its time for old https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/images/forumimages/6262/ttt-has-left-building_245afe003b77ced93b509b822c51420d.jpg to go and recharge the batteries in his old knees and get some much needed R + R Im off to the sunny (I hope)Alga...

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COLINR on
Vin4evr

Landing Gear

hey All, When is a good time to extend the landing gear according to FAA rules for landing?...

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Elkinallen on
Blake14

Flight schools

Hi, I'm 15, I live in the US (Georgia), and I really want to start flying. First I wanted to know if i could start flying at my age. Also, I've been doing some research for flight schools, but I really want to hear about people who have actually taken le...

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twistedsucker

Best freeware ATR?

Can some please send a link to the best or one of the best free ATR models you can find? I really need one, I haven't still seemed to have qualified to completely fly the boeings yet so I need practice with some smaller planes. Thanks to anyone who helps....

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twistedsucker on
Albert Fuentes

Charging for my AIRPLANES

Hi, why???? I found that at this site you must pay to download files. Incredible, there are million of other site that do not charge!!!!!!!!!!!, such us SURCLARO. And what this site says about membership at Surclaro is real, they charge 18 Dolars a year...

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FL050 on
mypilot

Cookies?

I've heard people talk about "cookies" what are these things? Are they good or bad? 😕 ❓...

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mypilot on
guest

lining up, with autopilot, how?

The nav hold button doesn't follow the course you set in on the nav. window, that follows your gps/laid in course, which is a bit confusing, which is different usually to the runways direction so you can be pointing at the airport, but not at the runway. ...

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Agus0404 on
Wile E Coyote

Weired problem with the auto-throttle

This problem has never occurred in Flight Simulator 2002. I have my 737 in cruise altitude with all the autopilot features I need turned on: altitude hold, nav hold, yaw dumper and airspeed hold (auto-throttle). When I fly with the autopilot I change t...

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Shatterer

Pitch problem

I have a major problem with the pitch, where at default, my plane always pitches up when my joystick is centered. So I adjust the pitch trim a little bit, but it's very difficult to find the perfect spot on the pitch trim where my airplane will fly nice a...

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puma2212

new card

anyway still me with lots of problem.....story of my life....... got new card and this time it.s a xfx nividia geforce 5200 128 pci...i got that right this time,,,,,,,, but,,,,,,, put it in its fit ....the only thing its up side down and don't work...i f...

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Fire_Emblem_Master on
chuckabob

Chase plane view mode - 747

Has anyone else experienced this: In chase plane view screen of the original 747 that comes with FS2004, the plane is very distorted - like super stretched in every direction. It started happening, then stopped after I flew another plane, then came back a...

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Guest on
warwick30

FS9 ATC Sound "stammer"

Hi. I have developed a problem with the ATC sound. I get stammering or stuttering (can't think of a better description) in some point in some of the transmissions - not all. I have changed the DirectX sound controls from no hardware acceleration all the...

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mypilot on
The-GPS-Kid

Performing the FLARE

Hi All, Was just wondering if most of you perform your landing FLARE purely by gently pulling back on the Control Column ? I've always done this but I saw in one of my real life Aviation DVDs that the pilot was using the TRIM button on his Yoke to a...

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Blake14 on
megafoot

Aeronautical jokes

I got this from: http://isaacrtree.tripod.com/aeronautical_jokes.htm F-111 Chicken: Crosses the eight-lane highway both ways! F/A-18E Chicken: Crosses the road ahead of schedule and with less cost than expected TSR.2 Chicken: It tried hard t...

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FighterJock on
belcus

Screen Flickering with Active Camera

Hi all, After my problem of brakes, I got another one with my Active Camera that I would like you to help me. When I click on the Active Camera option "use mouse as.... " the screen is frickling when the camera got too close with the aircarft. Can anybod...

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RadarMan on
robbier

FS2006 When?

I was wondering, does anyone have any information on FS2006?...

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Guest on
robbierguest

United Virtual Airlines Exist?

hello, I was wondering if there is such thing as United Virtual Airlines? if so, please post a link to their site, as if there is such thing as united virtual airlines, i'd like to join....

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Agus0404 on
alanj7

Help with Settings FS 2004

Hi, I'm new to the forum and have very little knowlege of the many things that make up this site and about FS in general. I have FS2004 Century of Flight and before I changed my video card it seemed my graphics and everything was ok ( I am just "pla...

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RadarMan on
DJ-DaN

PMDG 737NG FMC

Can someone on these forums put together a Tutorial for the FMC please and E-Mail me djdan43@gmail.com That way i can understand it 🙂...

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DJ-DaN on
nottobe

vectored to establish ILS contact and circle to land?

everything is like normal ILS landing except for being additionally instructed to "circle to land, downwind left traffic"...... how do I flying taffic pattern while maintaining ILS localizer and GS? Is it a ususal ACT landing precedure?...

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ToroGuns on
JVD

I'm surprised

The other day when I flew down to Hong Kong I went to the cockpit to say hi to some pilots I know but the strange thing is that the one was practising for his landing at Chek Lap Kok while the other was racing their actual flight.They both had the PSS A34...

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Guest on
belcus

parking brake not release

Dear all, Can anyone help me please. When I create a flight, the parking brake did not release. I tried evry thing on fs9 sttings/assignments/, I use a joystick (CH SIM YOKE, Pro pedals), I tried on the fsuipc setup options, etc. but nothing. Tx...

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nottobe

why ATC has to cover the whole oceans?

i have not done cross ocean yet, but the learning center says the ATC covers the entire oceans, different from the real world. So for IFR cross-ocean, you pretty much have to sit there and listen to the ATC hand over, if you leave and dont respond, the IF...

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nottobe on
ranald

CPU

My dad wants to get a new CPU fan.I dont know anything about them so could please inform me on the makes and best deals.He is looking for something now more than £100-$160...

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tomthetank on
rifty

Controls - Rudder Sensitivity - Tip

Having had weeks of frustration with an over-sensitive rudder, and finding no-where to correct it on my system ( I have an auto-configuring stick ) I finally discovered the control. On advanced joystick sensitivies, you can see aileron, elevator and th...

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RadarMan on
Guest

PLS OPEN need MSVCR70

i need the file MSVCR70.dll its normally found in C:\Windows\system 32\ please i you have it mail it to me my address is spawn112@hotmail.com thanx...

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JVD on
Bumbyter

Instant Replay

Is it posible to save an instant replay?...

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Bumbyter on
raceway40

Good Logbook Programs

Can anyone tell me if they know of any good logbook programs like fs flight tracker that basically logs everything....

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RadarMan on
Liono

FS9 failures

Does anyone really use it and if yes how have you got it set out ❓...

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FL050 on
Bumbyter

AFCAD

ummmm....what does AFCAD stand for? Is there a glossary of abbreviations available? If not, there should be, it would certainly help noobies understand what people are talking about in the forums....

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Bumbyter on
n287s

freeware addons

anyone have any REALLY good freeware addons that arent from simviation or flyaway? if you could post links that'd be great. thanks!...

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Jared on
Andy2005

Fs2004 flight instructions

I find that some of the instructions in flight simulator 2004's flight notes don't don't always make sense or are contradicting. For example, in the 737 flight notes it says set power to 90 percent n1 and pitch up to 6/7 degrees to climb at 250kts. Howeve...

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Andy2005 on
marcusflight

ADF2MOD.DLL

Hello, I have installed some new airplanes. I tought that i've done everything right but now i have the message : flight simulator has detected potentially incompatible aircraft or software : ADF2MOD.DLL do you want to load this software, click yes/no...

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RadarMan on
puma2212

AGP 8x/4x work on pci slot????

is anybody knows if a ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics 256MB AGP 8x/4x would fit in a dell 2400 dimension with a pci slot??????? please im in pain cause i just bought one....

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BashDaBish on
JVD

Instant replay or video

When I watch an instant replay there is no traffic . Is there any way for my instant replays to show traffic ❓...

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JVD on
JVD

Red Text.

I've got a question concerning my next video.When ever I use the slew mode some red text pops up on top of the screen, can I get rid of this ❓...

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JVD on
JVD

Another Video.

I thought you may like to watch an excellent video that I found. It's from Virtual Air Canada. To display the video in full screen mode you need to right click over the video,click on zoom and then choose fullscreen mode. IT isn't a download. Virtu...

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JVD on
twistedsucker

View rotation and virtual cockpit

Is there any way to do the view rotation on the keyboard, alternate to rotating the HAT on the joystick. I don't have a joystick, and I doubt I'd be getting one soon. Anyway can somone please help me, I really need help with this. thanks to anyone who hel...

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