On multiplayer, I sometimes hosted a gliding event, no one joined. And the events I joined, all people liked to fly the airliners! Is there something to this that I have different interests?

I've noticed that a lot of third party A/C (ones that fly and display beautifully in external views) will not function as AI traffic. Is this a common problem? With a simple fix? I have added them all into my A/C database with TTools, and have been very careful to do all that properly, and have...

A woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and being drunk on an aircraft, police said today. ... Read more...

A woman who had a friend call in a bomb threat to the Philadelphia airport to avoid missing her flight to London was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison. ... Read more...

When you are on final approach, dealing with the altitude, airspeed, and power equation while compensating for a crosswind, you feel the magic of flying. After landing, you'll find yourself wanting to go up again and try to do it better.

Hi all, I know this has nothing do do with flightsims but i have just had my satellite broadband installed & it is very fast. I can download at a rate of 4mb a second.

Hey ! Does anyone have this for sale .... ? http://i15.tinypic.com/2chonwi.jpg I'd like it ta have the box & manual, as well.

Looking for a used GTX 327, I dont need the rack or any thing else, just a working unit.

I have the latest version of X Plane. Why won't the brakes stop the plane? Flying the default Cessna, I can set down as slowly and early as possible and still roll right off the end of the runway. Tried both "regular strength" and "max strength" brake application.

Who likes this crap??? It's garbage.

Does anyone know much about x-plane, and is it worth my while to purchase it for my mac? -KB

if i buy the x-plane available in mac stores, are the global scenery cd's compatible with the x-plane from the stores? In other words are these one in the same?

I have just bought x-plane and am having problems with it. I am a retired pilot so am at home with aviation terms but find parts of the application itself difficult to follow. Firstly, none of the civil aircraft seem to have any DME indications The C-119 Boxcar, a favourite of mine, has an OBI but...

Hi colleagues! If you is looking for a developer I have a large experience with FS9 and X-plane add-on. I would like to build other airports outside my country. I invite all colleagues to see some sceneries and aircrafts published in these URL's. www.worldsceneries.com (commercial...

I've just red about X-Plane, but I wanted more feedback on it. I'm also looking for a simulator that allows you to fly a WWII JU88.

Can X-plane be used to design aircraft? I've been trying to design aircraft in it, but most of my designs just crash immediately as it starts in a fraction of a second, even though most of the details are pretty reasonable (if the engine horsepower is 0, it just sits there, if its 1, it crashes...

Did all X-Plane fans see the current issue of Popular Science Magazine (the August issue)? It's a flattering article, talking about Austin's work and style, and compares features to MSFS. Check it out. jw

After reading the great article in EAA Mag about the X-Plane flight simulator, I went online and bought a copy. I installed it and the scenery disk per instructions, even logged into the online help and downloaded the Cozy IV airplane. I can fly it from my home airport (ksrq) in Florida. I have...

Can you make your own flying saucers, or not?

I've just tried x-plane under wine and it works well except for a few issues. 1) joystick(s) won't work. I've got a logictech USB flightstick and x-plane won't see it. The joystick works under linux as /dev/input/js0 as well as /dev/input/event0. 2) udp data output isn't going out. I've turned...