Thank you for all your help so far. I did end up purchasing the tu-154m, and I get an error in FSX:
"Would you like to designate this module(E:\Games\FSX\GAUGES\Tu154MBase.GAU) as 'trusted' software?
Select Yes to automatically load this software whenever you start Flight Simulator.
Select No to load this software for this session only"
This happens twice. The second file name is Tu154M.GAU
I click yes, and FSX Crashes. I have also upgraded to FSX service pack 1, and now instead of crashing it just hangs. Someone has suggested on another website with the same problem to replace the gauges with gauges from another plane. would that work? How would I know if they are compatible?
Is there anything that can be done to fly?
Thanks!