I just picked up DCS Blackshark from Best Buy ($40). What are the going opinions on this sim currently?Also, given the Russian text in the cockpit, how do those of you (us) that don't know how to read Russian play the sim. Is it possible? Thoughts? Thanks, John PS I have not opened the box yet...

Finally, my time zone files are now compatible with FS9 (FS2004 - A Century of Flight). They're also compatible with the latest public release of "FS Real Time". The files must be installed manually as explained in the readme file in order for them to work with both programs. My time zone files...

Here we have a demo of a flight simulator system from Evans & Sutherland circa 1981. The CT-5. It was used in various flight simulators for helicopters and...

Hi, First off- anyone know of a good tutorial for flying/learning the aircraftt. The info that comes with the plane imho leaves much to be desired. 2nd- anyone have experience with how increasing the RAM from 512 to 1024 M affects performance and fly- ability. I'm using a HP P4 3, 512 M Ram, 128...

Feeling nostalgic... I installed FS 3, 5.1, and 98 again. I also have FS2, but that one I have only runs on a Commodore 64/128. And my FS3 came on a single 720KB floppy. And boy is the detail in this version very barren! About only 8 buildings around Meigs Downtown Chicago). Grant Park is just a...

I'm curious -- why don't flight simulators include an option to show real-time / real world traffic (now that these data are available)? The MSFS "AI traffic" just isn't good enough to capture my interest... It seems to me this would be a boon to flight simulation in terms of "realness" and to...

Amen George Orwell wrote: The Rise of the White Male Sycophant With the rise of the left wing homosexual acceptance movement here in America and the rapid feminism of America driven by Chinese and Russian influence the white male sycophant has risen to new heights in America.

I noticed I have a scenery.cfg file in the root directory of FS2004. I thought the scenery.cfg is suppose to be in c:\document and settings \userid\application\microsfot\fs9 In here I see it also aalong with the fs9.cfg. I installed new scenery and it seemed to ahve screwed up the scenry.cfg...

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Hi, Is there any fix to the time zone issue in FS2002? It's not very good at recognizing when you change time zones. Thanks,

Started to have problems with FS9. Get the famous 'send report'. It complains about D3D9.DLL. Goggled and it something with Directx. I was trying to get to run Directx and see if all the componets are okay. Does anybody remember where I run Directx to see whic versions and components are...

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Would anyone know why I cannot back up disc 4 of this Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. I use it frequently and fear that I might damage my one and only copy. If anyone has been successfull in backing up disc 4, could you please let me know what back up software you...

After getting my sim, I am very frustrated trying to find an active user's group to get some answers to basic questions. Am I in the wrong place? One immediate question: Is there some way I can identify airports as I fly cross country? js

Can someone recommend a quality helicopter simulator? (Yet affordable by an individual enthusiast/helicopter student) Esp. I am looking for one with Schweitzer 300C/CB/CBi (Hughes 269C) model. What do people think of the helicopter models in X-Plane and MS Flightsim? Thanks.

Ready to pay up to 20$

Can anyone give me the true bearing and distance from the island of Pagan to the island of Iwo Jima?

Don't know if you guys know about this or if anyone is interested, but go and check this out... it's pretty cool! http://www.flyeaa.com You can do your PPL, CPL, ATPL theory & exams through online Flash animations at a very good price! Also a nice online aviaton community... Well worth it!

Y'All, This is my first time on this group. I have close to 20 years on your companion group without the S aat the end. I also go back a while in simulators and flight instruction. I flew Link trainers for a couple of months waiting for a ship home after the war. I was the mechanic operatior of...

Does anybody know where the Italian Scenery Designer web page has gone ISD