Users of this freeware toolset may like to know that a new version is now available. The main change is an update to the magnetic variation (declination) table using the latest IGRF10 model. This table is used by the toolset in lat long (including great circle) calculations. Pilot's Assistant is...

I have discoverd an error in FS2004 in one airport, CYRV,(Revelstoke BC Canada)The airport seems to be below the lake level and is impossible to fly into or out of the airport. Does anyone know of a patch that can fix this? Thanks

Hi to anyone at all Using new laptop and cannot send/receive e.mail. I am receiving newsgroups messages so need to know if this message is being received anywhere? regards Dave Wightman

Mainly Military Aircraft, with an emphasis on WW2, but other eras from WW1 to modern covered.......nealry 700 manuals and thousands of blueprints....see website www.military-aircraft-photos.com or email

Anyone know of a generic USB interface card that will accept inputs from 4 pots, and 4 spst button switches, and report them to XPs 4 axis, and 4 button custom setup on the game port? Is there a better way to do it? I would like to fabricate some life sized controls. I realize they are already...

Using FS2004 and a 3rd party B747 more realistic than the stock model, has any of you ever tried to voluntarily crash on the Pentagon ? I mean taking off with the full load of fuel, cargo and pax, manually aiming to the point - unmarked on any aerial map, like a SID/STAR or even an intersection...

Hi all, Anyone get the Garmin G1000 simulator to work with CH yoke and pedals? I've tried two versions including the latest G1000 trainer I just got in the mail. I also downloaded and installed the CH Control Monitor for assigning different settings to different programs. Basically the CH Yoke...

Computer went on the blink Re-installing XP all over again Which drivers are people using for the Geoforce cards I have an GT 880 512 meg card Is 185.85 the version to download

In X-plane 7.0, I have reached 240,000 ft in altitude with an F-16, and 290,000 with an SR-71. Now after 80,000 where the atmosphere is thin, apparently the jet engines with afterburner are still pushing the aircraft with the same force (no oxygen around). I wonder if this accurately shows the...

gatt wrote in : Helen Waite wrote: Mxsmanic wrote in Not necessary. I completed an Instrument Proficiency Check three weeks ago. I wasn't even due for it, just did it anyway. ...

What does "Three axis of control" mean? See: http://www.pcaviator.com/shop/viewAProduct.php?pid=21

New update posted to the F-15C flight simulator website! http://www.f15sim.com. Four pages of news. Thanks for reading! g. --

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I am looking for a simulator yoke that closely resembles the Saab 340's yoke. I found one on the internet but I have lost the url. Hank

Hi. Does anyone have the Saitek X45 Joystick and Throttle combination. Got it at Best Buy recently. Are you happy with it. Can you suggest assignments for it's numerous buttons and controls? Should I keep it or return it? -- Dave Schwartz Commack, NY

Mxsmanic wrote in : You are not at MDA during most of the flight. If you can see outside, you're not in IMC. If you are in IMC, you use only your instruments. Wrong again, dip ****. You don't even know the definition of...

I am buying a new computer Question I am getting 2 hard drives a 320 gig and a 500g 320g will leave as the C; drive The 500 gig should I partion this drive into two smaller ones or leave it as is? Is there a benefit to partioning? I am using Window's XP PRO

"Angus Lepper" wrote in message ... It may be being used, but it is not certified for use. I.E you can't log flight hours in it. As far as I could tell, I couldn't be bothered reading it all. There is no point in it...

I just installed FSX and tried out the 172 with G1000 panel. I have never used a G1000 panel, but I'm curious. Strangely, if I click on the "NAV" button on the upper left corner of the panel, I can only change the digits to the right of the decimal point, not the integer portion of the...

" wrote in news:845081e2-95d9-4a7e- : On May 20, 3:50*pm, Helen Waite wrote: Are you really that stupid? *Why does the weather conditions matter. Sho w us from the FARs...