If you haven't tried Sailors of the Sky(www.sailorsofthesky.com)
yet, then you definatly should. Good flight dynamics
and glider handling. More included glider types (18)
than any other glider sim. Includes an editor to easily
create more. In fact, about 10 additional gliders
have already been built by people other than the program
designer. Comes with 4 soaring sites (Minden, Kufstein,
Ocana & Mafikeng) with the full version. Includes
a terrain editor to create new sceneries. In fact,
several have already been created by others. Finally,
it is currenlty the only Glider Sim that allows for
multiplayer flying across the internet. This includes
both pleasure and competitions. There is an active
multiplayer and competition community which has formed.
Check it out.Later!-MarkAt 20:06 14 September 2003, Eggs wrote:Thanks to everyone for the great info regarding plans-built
gliders. I'mstill doing some research, hopefully will find something
soon.In the meantime, anyone have any suggestions for a
good PC flight simulatorprogam for soaring? I've loaded the trial version of
'Soaring FlightSimulator' and it seems pretty impressive, but before
I part with the $70registration fee, I thought I'd ask you gurus for your
opinions.I also have Microsoft FS 2000. Would it be worth the
upgrade to 2004? Isthere a way to make it a better, more realistic, soaring
sim?Questions, questions. Someday I'll have answers to
share too.Thanks!Curt[remove parentheses from (@) in address to reply directly]