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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I have been flying a 757 around the country (US) and to some international destinations. For this airplane, I have been using the call name United 752. I decided to check this flight number out to see if it is a real world flight, so I went to United's ...
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Questions: :oops: Cowl Flaps (what are they for and do I adjust them?) Pitot and pitot tube? VOR2 Indicator (what's it for? Do I set it somehow?) Boost Pump (do I use this? What for?) Why the reference to Altimeter 2992? Are we stuck at t...
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Whenever i try to take of a plane in flight sim 2004 it just veers off to the left!! Can any1 help?? I never had this problem with flight 98 and 2000 Dan...
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Does intercepting the localiser simply mean 'turning onto runway heading'. I realise in the 737 you should be at flaps 5, 180kias at this stage. But at what distance from the runway? Because theoretically you could turn onto runway heading at any dist...
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Radarman, you were right. I am at our local Detroit (KDTW) and taxiing after just purchasing Ultimate Traffic. The terminal is full of Northwest, as I would expect, also UPS, Southwest... the airports have come alive. I want to let everyone know that a...
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While sitting here,,5:15 AM my time ..Happily reading and typing away I noticed something I have never seen.... A PURPLE DINO next to my user name........OK now....How did that get there and just what does it mean??????lol 😳 You must thin...
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I bought flight sim 2004 last week and my number four(4) disk is corrupted. When I try to download disk 4 all I get is distortion. Is there anything I can do about this problem?...
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Being a Kid Again: Before last night, I was a very casual and very new FS user: I appreciated the graphics, was fascinated with gauges, knobs and physics, and have always had a healthy love for planes and trains. I have never piloted a real life plane ...
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Hi everyone, I can download aircraft but cannot install the no-cd for my FS2004, any help would be appreciate...
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When I switch A/P off whilst landing (or even in the air) my nose shoots up and I find it very difficult to control the plane. I realize that this is probably because I have flaps down. What is the best way to control the airplane without it shooting up w...
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:help!: OK, I have a question, I want to set my Sim (FS9) at 1600x1200x32 permanently, but my desktop is 800x600x32, old eyes prevents me from setting the desktop any higher. I'm tired of changing the settings every time I want to launch the Sim. How? ...
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I've lately had occasion to fly a couple of turboprops, specifically the Beech King Air 350 and the Beech 1900D. Once in the air, they are great machines, but on the ground, they drive me nuts :wall:. At minimum throttle, they taxi so fast, I have to ride...
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How can I find the ILS Frequency on Flight Simulator 2004?...
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Hi, I posted the following in a news group, and thought you might enjoy this bit of news: TCP/IP News Service report: Headline: Crazy simulated bush pilot lands her plane *inside* Mt. St. Helens! Melissa (aka "simulated bush pilot") defied ...
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Just got FS 2004, uninstalled FS2002 Pro, installed 2004 successfully to my G: drive (it told me "Install Successful" at end). Clicked "Run Now", it told me to insert Disc 4, which is in the drive! Agh! It won't even run at all! I also found FS2004 .flt f...
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Just moved to fs2004 and can't seem to get the weather to work. Am leaving Southampton for Bournemouth and setting overcast 8/8 at 1000 to 2000 yet sky is still clear. My idea is to do an ILS into Bournemouth. Any ideas anybody. Same settings work fine wi...
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All right, thought i'd share some wisdom with you guys. 🙂 If you're doing a long flight and don't have anything to do, here's what you do. 1.Cruise climb (choose ONE after you set autopilot and headings) 1.Go and get a glass of water 2.Get ...
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I have a new Sony PCV-W1 (piece of sh**) and unless I run in safe mode the instrument panel is blank. The mouse pointer still shows instrument descriptions but just a black hole where the instruments should be. The radio stack and GPS display come up OK? ...
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Hi Folks Wonder if you can give me a hand on this little stickler. When I start a new game and my plane is sitting on the runway, as soon as I start to move a lot of the surrounding buildings flicker in a weird way. Alsmost like its going from light...
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HELP! I'm getting a litle crazy with this, I have an Athlon 2400+ 512Mb de Ram Geforce MX440 64Mb Live! Ethernet card DVB Siemens 1.5 2 HDD 40Gb Windows XP SP1 ENG. Flight simulator installed at d: After playing 10 minutes some...
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Well, I picked up a package for the Maule (mumble, mumble) and even though I've done everything it says to do I can't find the planes in the plane list. File names are m7260_v1 and _11 ! !!! Can anyone help me get these to show? ??? ❓...
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Just wanting to ask is anybody running FS9 with 2GB of ram? If so what's the performance like?...
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I finally got that ***** to pass me on the private pilot checkride! I have no idea what I did differently this time, but she was in a good mood last night. I was starting to think I'd never get around her! (She never likes my steep 360 turn). LO...
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The Island of Barra is located near the southern tip of the Western Isles. The Airport lies on the north east coast of the island. Washed by the tide twice a day it is the only beach airport in the world to handle scheduled airline services. Destination ...
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Hi all...Have been real busy this weekend...Getting pool ready to open...Ugggggg Drain and acid wash....Big job....Anyhow....... I did find time to install and play some........... Real Scene is awsome......It seems to add about ,,lets say 40 % rea...
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Rooky pilot needs advice. My biggest problem in flying is making the turn from downwind or base leg to final. I know that a real-world pilot would have the runway in sight throughout this maneuver, and would be able to correct early on for alignment. I ca...
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In FS2004, whenever I go through a cloud or just make the camera look at a mass of clouds, the framerate will drop to 10 fps or skip every 4 or 5 seconds, or both. This also happens when it is raining. It is worse when I'm in virtual cockpit and spot plan...
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I'm on Windows XP, my system is... 160GB HD 516MB Ram Radeon 9600 (Drivers uptodate) I've had trouble running FS2004 - either the game would freeze, knock off and send me back to the desktop, or reset my computer completely. It was that bad that ...
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Hello, i have Flightsimulator 2004 a few days. And when i'm in the air.. i see other planes like Mc Donnel Douglas/boeing DC83 and Douglass dash. But i cannot take that planes in the create a flight list. Maybe i have to earn some medals or something els...
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Has anyone got ProFlight 2000 to work in FS 2004 ❓...
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I enjoy FS2004 very much but would like to repaint some of the aircraft. I have experimented with the texture files but all that has happened is I screw up the default paint. When I select the aircraft, it shows up as basically a gray silhouette. How...
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😎 I just saw this in a newsletter that I've been getting for 5 or more years. Its a "hard drive cleaner", it's supposed to get rid of all the "junk" that accumulates on the drive, Yeah right. I thought I would give it a try (by the way it's free...
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Why I get these strange ,,well,,video echos while flying???? Looks as if I'm seeing a desert mirage...Airports at 3,500 ft. and only a few miles away seem to just flicker.... Also looking down at altitude,back all three directions looks clear,,BUT...L...
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In FS9 when you click FLY NOW your plane is ready for take off, engines running. Is there a way to start at a gate, start the engines, do pushback then taxi to the runway? Thanks, MWB...
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Been looking for a replacement for my Logitech Wingman Attack 2, which was never very smooth. I like to read as much customer feedback as possible. What I read was a little discouraging because everything in the $50-and-under range had a horror story ...
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everytime i fly a ifr flight atc tells me to turn a differnt heading i am moving in the right direction when a get my landing directions i turn to the heading they tell me but it seems way off to whre the runway is is this a problem with the game or is th...
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Hi, I am flying my B747 and at an altitude of 12000 ft, when I go over around 450 knts a ticking sound starts happening and a message saying 'overspeed' flashes up. Why is it doing this? What am I doing wrong? thanks RC...
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Though generally running fine, I am having an occasional problem with video breakdown. Specifically, touching any key on the keyboard freezes the video. It starts slowly--just a brief hiccup--and within a few minutes degrades to where any keystroke free...
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Hello, I have installed MS Flight Simulator 2004 in a Windows XP environment, everything was okay, but when I try to run the program, I get an error message, saying that it can't find the CD4 (I tried with and without the CD4 in the CD reader). Anyone ...
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The only problem I have with the pushback command is I can only go strait back. The 1 or 2 key command for left or right does not work. More times than not, I can pull back myself with thrust reversers or beta if I am flting a propjet....
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What is the best way to delete out aircraft? I know you can go into the aircraft folder and delete but how can you remove the actually "name" of the plane from the list in Flight Sims 04? :unsure:...
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😕 I am logged on, but when I click to download something it knocks me back to the old you must join screen. Anyone have any ideas what may be wrong? Thanks, Mike...
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