Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight: FS2004 General
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coolsanHelp with the heavies
Hey all! I have some trouble when landing with the heavies. I've been practicing with a 777, prior to that the largest plane I flew with was a 757, in which I feel very comfortable. But with the 777 I often end up with a collapsed nose gear. I touchdow...
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PoshNoshMissing Airports???
After I bought Flightsim 2002 I emailed Microsoft and informed them that they had missed an airfield off their game. Anyone that has visited Walt Disney World in Florida will know Walt Disney had his own landing strip on Disney property (right behind the ...
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patw737 Checklist
Where can I get a printed version of the flightsim checklist? Thanks....
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Turtle5x5ATC forgot about me
I was flying the 737 IFR from LAX to Skyharbor last night. Had traffic at 100% with Ultimate Traffic installed. I was given landing clearence on 26R but there was way to much traffic. As I was about to land, the plane that landed before me was still on th...
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SkorpionError msg when loading up FS2004
Can anyone help me get rid of this prob. I recently uninstalled and re-installed FS2004. I do not have any other aircrafts or other files except the original ones in the folder. Every time I start the game, I get a msg "Flight Simulator cannot find th...
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AlgWeb browser for the kneeboard.
One of this days I was searching on the net and I found something very interesting. A web browser for FS2004's kneeoard. I know there ise one posted on the fly away simulation download page, but this one is realy a web browser. It offers back and forward ...
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duarteVOR
Question. I filled a VOR flight plan from Logan airport in boston to kennedy airport in New york. The two VOR frequencies i was given were 111.40 which is PUT, and 115.90 which is kennedy airport. In boston airport i entered 111.40 in my nav1 radio, an...
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PteeerrrWeather Tornado
😎 - Hi. I have a problem with settings weather. The Area Oklahoma City is often extremly weather. My question? How and what using settings by fs2004. ptaszysko25@o2.pl...
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parameshtotal loss of radio contact
Hi guys As most of u know that there are many airlines around the world that fly over the poles to get to their destination faster .W'ell i just tried one of the routes and a lot of things came into my view while flying over the north pole. First of all...
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BearsdenRedCant land in Salzburg?
Er. i tried twice to land after flying from Stanstead to Salzburg last night only to be denied landing rights, kept saying something about IFR denied or something. How do i take screen shots to show this in game?...
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X_MANADF Help!
I'm looking at the Atlanta sectional and I have spoted several NDBs and several AM commercial broadcast stations nearby but when I tune my ADF to any of the stations (while in parking area) I don't hear the morse code, nor does the needle move. I have mad...
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RafiUsing Multiple Monitors
So finely I am back home after being away for 2 months. Among other thinks I both a new ATI 9600xt video card One of the reasons (except upgrading my system) is my wish to work with multiple monitors. So here is the “report”: The “Carrier”:Pe...
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coolsanTaxi to the gate
Why is it that sometimes when I arrive at an airport I don´t get the taxi to the gate option in the ATC menu. It's pretty annoying to fly 4000nm and then find out you can't get to the gate... :fear: I'm assuming it's because there is no gate available,...
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Velocity_BoyPeople's favourite use of MS Flight Sim
Hello everyone I was just wondering what other peoples favourite past time with MS Flight Sims was. I wonder whether on the whole people are flying airline style routes under IFR or maybe fast valley flying with a fighter. I tend to enjoy Flying the ...
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Fire_Emblem_MasterSomeone Email me the file!!!
HEEEELP!!! I accidentally messed up the FSUIPC.dll file for FS04! Can someone send it to me through my email??? It's fire_emblem_master@yahoo.com Please hurry if you can!!!...
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RedCloudAltitude Concorde
Hey, I just bought the above title but am having real trouble with it and their technical support is very poor to say the least!! I try to select the concorde to fly it and all I get the whole way is fs9 error can't load aircraft or one of its componen...
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Alec_in_FrancePrivate Pilot checkride - climb speed?
Anybody else find that the pleasant-sounding (but hard as nails) examiner expects you to climb at 100 knots (or within 10 KIAS) which is very hard work indeed in the Cessna 172? Try climbing out at a more reasonable 80 - 85 K and its an instant failure...
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appache701ct156 - Harvard II
Where can I get the CT156 adds-on for FS2004... tx...
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SabuWhere are FS2004 folders?
This is my first attempt to add an airplane to FS2004 and I cannot find the FS folders on the C disk under My Computer. Where are the folders? Sabu...
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BayouTalkerScreenshots help please
How can I take a screen shot from within FS2004? Does this require an add-on program?...
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uni_max_zeroI am trying to find info on a plane
ok... there is a movie called "Night Flyer" its about a vampire who flys around at night in search of fresh victims to do some neck sucking, ok my question is this... what was the type of plane he flew I think it was ether a cessina or a piper... I have b...
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ArkydaveAVC vs RogerWilco
VATSIM is pretty big on AVC, and they seem to imply that it is superior to RogerWilco. I'm using RW now, and am more or less happy with it. Does anyone know of a driving reason for me to change? Thanks in advance....
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patwNetwork link - anyone tried this
I would like to network my FS9 with my laptop so that I can have the panel on the Laptop and cockpit without panel view on the main computer. If anyone has tried or using this method, please let me know how you did it and is it working well. Thanks...
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PaiuteChange ATC Names for Our Aircraft??
I downloaded several aircraft from web sites. They are painted in airline livery, but ATC uses the "tail number" for the aircraft. Is there any way to change the name that ATC uses-- such as "United 742" rather than the tail number?? 🙄...
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ArkydaveFSNavigator Linkup with AP
Took off in my ATR-72, turned on AP, then enabled the FSNav flightplan I had entered earlier. The plane immediately began a turn away from the intended track and began a shallow descent, rather that a climb 😳 . I disengaged the AP, manually flew t...
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Velocity BoyNav 1/2 Questions :-)
Hi there I have been flying the Lear Jet a fair bit, and am really confused about the Nav1/nav2 readings. The switch doesn't seem to switch between any different readings on the display.(I have the nav 1 and 2 tuned to the correct frequency..IE both t...
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coolsanLearjet
How do I shutdown the engines in the Learjet. I've looked and looked but haven't managed to find anything....
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RobertoREngine management tutorial?
Hi all! Please, is there somewhere an engine tutorial oriented to turboprops? How and why and within which limits to manage interstage temperature, EGT, oil pressure, torque etc.? The fs2004 lessons seem to aim at piston engines only, and with no much ...
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manogolHow to use DP and STAR?
I´d like to know if DP and STAR are used in every IFR flight or only in specific circumstances when in real-world navigation. I have used them in FS2004 by establishing the waypoints in the flight plans but ATC doesn´t give me the corresponding vectors....
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Guest2004_64Help--- Saitek X45 CDs lost
can some good soul post me a link where i could download the content of those lost CDs?? else i cant update my Saitek drivers 😳...
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leadfootNo palm trees
I have noticed after flying all over southern California that there are no palm trees. I thought that the new scenery was supposed to put "appropriate foliage" depending on where you are. I did see palm trees at Las Vegas, but none in San Diego. I've been...
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Velocity BoyLocaliser misery
Hello guys. I'm a real noobie at flilght sims and am having some woes trying to find out how to enable the localiser (on the 777 300 or 747 400) in MS 2004. I was hoping that someone might be able to explain what I need to do to get sorted. I have spen...
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amdk6iiHelp FS2004 crashing!!!!
Can someone help me....I have FS 2004 installed on my pc and it keeps crashing about 5 mins into the game...I have and Abit kt7e mobo 512mb 80gb WD HDD WinXP PRO...I have try 2 different cards, the FX5200 and the Radeon 9500Pro...FS2004 crashing about 5mi...
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i the guestfs 2004 is now cpu-bound!
i am proud and unhappy to announce that now the problem with getting maximum quality out of your fs2004 will be cpu bound, as in there is no cpu out there ready to take full advantage of the new 6800 and X800... so graphics card are no longer 'the problem...
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Fire_Emblem_MasterNew problem
Allright, i'm really mad now! During a flight, my airspeed indicator suddenly stopped giving me a reading, or, it would give an incorrect one. This happens ONLY when i load up a different weather scheme other than the default weather. It's happened EVERY ...
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bigred1i cant get these aircraft carriers to work
i just downloaded these 18 aircraft carriers from this site and i cant get them to work. The bad thing about this is that i dont understand the intalation directions. i will copy and past the directions so you can see what i have . ...
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tomthetankWhat sort of pilot are you?
😀 RadarMan got me thinking(so blame him) What sort of pilot are you?Do you fly cargo or passengers?Local or international?Big or little? To start off then I mainly fly passenger and medium size jets (B737/A320)In and around Europe But have been...
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ArkydaveATC Anomaly
On two occasions recently, while flying IFR into KOAK under AI ATC, I've had near misses with other aircraft, and not a word out of ATC. 😳 Both times I was getting vectors to an ILS approach, and both times I was flying a slower turboprop, and wa...
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Rich123ILS Help
Help ! I can not figure out how to set up fs2004 to have autopilot land the 737. I am trying to get the feel for landing and need the help. I set the autopilot for gps and set the nav1 frequency for the ils that I want....
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rharteafs2004 versus fs2002 radio/nav stack
I have fs2002 and was thinking about purchasing fs2004;however I need to know if the radio/nav stack looks the same (presentation) as the fs2004 version. I also have x-plane, and their radio/nav stack is awesome in precision and detail, unlike the fs2002....
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PaiuteWhy No Mooney ADF??
Every time I fly the Mooney Bravo in FS2004 I notice that it does not have an ADF. There is no ADF receiver in the radio stack and no needle on the panel that would function as an ADF needle. At the top of the radio stack there is an annunciator light l...
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MJG145CAPWhat Happened To the Tire Smoke ??
When I first installed FS9 I remember seeing tire smoke coming from the landing gear tires when touching down. My first thought was, "wow, that's cool". But since having first installed FS9 and messing with just about every variable setting in the sim, ...
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Fire_Emblem_MasterWhat is the URL???
Hello all, I trust you are having a good time. Well, I've got a question for you: The other day at skool, i saw a post that showed a URL to a webpage for plane downloads. I can't remember the post, or the actual URL, but the title was like "Chris's Hangar...
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slip-streamspeed brake question
When you arm the speedbrake does it mean that the aircraft will automatically use it if and when it needs it or does armed mean it is on until you stow it? Keith Sandford....
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dkozinSR-71 Tandy Computer, my first sim
My first flight simulator, which was on the Tandy Computer (1982-1985?). I ran into two screen shots: The goal was to take photos over the Soviet Union. I just wanted to take a step back and see where we have come, and realize that I was able to...
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harleymanVery Strange Indeed
After fooling around with my new Ultimate Traffic some the othwer day,,loading more traffic into the game so there would be more traffic in the air and at airports,,something strange happened....''I was at Tampa International,In Florida USA...Was setting ...
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Falcon.DKOrg. scenery removes water reflection.
I have been playing MSF2004 for a few month now, and yesterday I installed a scenery pack "european enhanced terrain". When I started MF2004 there were water reflections. And it was bautyfull. I though it was part of the scenery pack I had just install...
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LrefsAI TimeTable
I got the AI TimeTable from the Internet, I try to get the status of some flights, but they don't show any detail on it. does it mean I need to have the registration in order to view the flight status. Could you tell me how could I get the code from?...
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Falcon.DKHELP ! I can't install abacus- euro enhanced terrain!
When I try to install I just got the message "01/01/1980 is not a valid date". And then the installation hangs. AMD XP3200 Radeon XT9800 1 gig. PC 2700 Audigy 2 Saitek X45...
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parameshLanding Lights
Hello everyone, Now i think most of u who were using fs2002 must have noticed this. While Taxing during the night when i on the landing lights or the taxi lights for that matter i can"t see a thing.Those lights are supposed to be transparent but i find...
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