I'm a new X-Planer, and I've been having a lot of fun flying various
aircraft from Spitfires to 747's to and from Vancouver International
Airport. I'm now able to land more or less safely most of the time
(depending on the aircraft), but I often have trouble stopping the
aircraft after landing. Just now, after a perfect three-point landing
with my Spitfire, the brakes only slowed it, and I ended up turning
off the runway and crashing. How in heck to you cut the engine? Does
the same control work with all aircraft, or do you have to set it
separately for each aircraft?

Another question related to brakes is this: On all aircraft, when I
run the engine(s) up to full power, the aircraft starts sliding
forward even with the brakes on. That doesn't seem like a very
accurate simulation. Is there a way to control that?

Another question (I have lots of them, but I'll end with this one): I
can barely get the Concorde to lift off the runway. It's hard to
believe that the main runway at Vancouver isn't long enough. In fact,
an actual Concorde visited Vancouver during Expo '86 and must have
used that runway. Am I doing something wrong. There don't seem to be
any flaps or controls for flaps.

Bob Ingraham
Vancouver