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So, who managed to get to the Cosford 2015 Flightsim Show? I was at the front door a full 50 minutes before opening time. In fact, I think I scared off one or two other early arrivals because they thought that I was an official doorman with the UK2000 ID card around my neck! The show was even better (and busier) than last year. The queue shortly before the doors opened was very long, and they just kept coming for quite some time! A really impressive sight. I met three guys the night before at a local restaurant, and plenty more during the show itself. I also made "second contact" with others that I had met at last year's show. It was a real pleasure to talk to you all…

I departed Atlanta last Friday at a time when I've never seen it so busy. Lines were 200-300Y long from the initial screening point. As a result of the influx of pax, (maybe they do this during peak times and this was just the first time I've seen it happen), they shut down the north terminal checkpoint to anyone who was not pre-check and moved everyone to the main checkpoint area. Once you exited the holding line, they put everyone through about 8 rows of serpentine ropes. In the middle of this area they had a corral where two DHS agents with K9s were orbiting, sniffing each pax and their luggage at least twice. From there, TSA agents checked tickets and moved people …

Release Info: I'm still messing with it, so not much to say beyond the official blurbs. :smile: Free update as usual, just sign in and let it update. Have fun! http://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/

This is truly tragic. Listen to the cockpit to tower transmissions here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/american-airlines-pilot-dies-mid-flight/story?id=34262287

I just don't know........ These things look like an absolutely enormous investment in time, passion and money. I might be afraid to fly it, because if it crashed I might just burst into tears! But is it really the biggest?

Hello everyone. Before you all say to go to Fight 1 forums and post something there, I already did. Just trying to get help from all directions. I am having a problem with EZdok in which the mouse, when I'm in ML mode or if I'm pressing down the middle scroll button will not move the look at all. The only way I can look around is to to apply the hat button of my joystick... I have tried nearly everything, reinstalls, disabling antivirus, updating and downdating, several different config setting, I have googled it, looked at other forum posts, and watched millions of youtube videos. If anyone has an answer... PLEASE HELP!!! Avery Hammerman

And I must say some of the posts are funny :smile: "Just went on a European diabetes awareness website and it asked me if I accept cookies. Is that a trick question?" https://twitter.com/ADX_AvatarGuy

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/microsoft-buys-havok-from-intel.html Regards jja

Hi I am currently a senior in highschool, and I start collage planing, i do have to admit that I don't have good grades so I am thinking going to a community college and transfer to a four year college. I herd that if pursit pilot as career it is best not to go with a degree that related to aviation field but I can't find something else that I intrested about. So I am thinking about go with aviation science degree. My concernig is that can I transfer this degree from community college to a four year college? is this degree transferble? I live in southern california, anyone knows what community college have advantage in aviation science? Thank you

The new UK Consumer Rights Bill comes into force today, 1 October 2015. One interesting aspect of the bill is that it covers digital content, including downloads. The bill says: (Quote) The Consumer Rights Bill sets out what rights and remedies you would have when you pay for digital content. It clarifies that digital content would have to be: Of satisfactory quality, Fit for purpose, and Meet any description. If the digital content didn’t meet these quality rights, you would be entitled to a repair or a replacement of the digital content where practical, or failing that (that is, if the repair or replacement would take an unreasonable amount of time …

So much talent and skill out there. So much passion, that occasionally, somebody who doesn't see what they want on the market simply throws their hands up and decides to make it themselves. How many projects like that? Flightgear, of course, but how many others? Here are two you may (or may not) have heard of. Are there more? http://www.ysflight.com/ http://seveng-f18.com/about.php

This software is great for a break from flying. It is a freeware (beta) software that models the entire known universe with a mixture of real and procedurally generated stars, planets, and galaxies that you can traverse at up to 300 million light years per second. I've been playing with it a few hours and it gives you an amazing sense of the size of the universe. What's most incredible is that it's all the work of one man. http://en.spaceengine.org/

A warm welcome to vgbaron (Vic) who has been appointed as an AVSIM Moderator. He will be working all forums here at AVSIM but you will probably see him most often in the P3D Forums. Vic has been a long time member here at AVSIM and has contributed many posts to our forums. We think Vic will be an excellent addition to the AVSIM Moderator Team. Let's all congratulate Vic and wish him success here at AVSIM.

http://www.rexsimulations.com/environment.html They got me interested right away! Current;y in alpha testing. Environment Architect gives the user complete control over key elements of their flight environment while the flight simulator is running... in real-time! Cloud Coloring Dynamically change the hues, brightness and contrast of the cloud tops and bases in real-time, while in flight! Alter the clouds for a more realistic appearance in regards to the weather situation. If the weather is stormier looking a user can change the colors of the tops and base of the clouds to make them more dark and menacing. Cloud Transparency Change the transparency of c…

They no like the drones. :Shame On You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F8sPBsR9Lo

Squak 7700 An aviation autobiography by Peter Buffington. Takes the bling out of airline glamor. From false job hopes from aviation universities after your $$$ to small time night freight operations to a regional airline Hades. Sub human wages and personal treatment to match. Chances of a stable family life slim to nil. Any youngsters with airline dreams should read this. I read one pilots advice in a fourm to an aspiring youth once. He said to spend that money on Med School instead, then you can aford to fly your own plane all you want.

Good Morning everybody. I don't know if this is the right place but I just wanted to introduce you my newest flight computer app, just released on the App Store both for iPhone and for iPad. With MyAeroCalculator you'll be able to: - get current METAR - get Transition Level (where valid), also automatically for Italian airports - barometric conversions - calculate Crosswinds and Headwinds - calculate TAS and Ground Speed - convert between °C and °F - get Heat Index and Wind Chill - convert between Km and Nm - estimate T/D and descent rate - convert between liters, gallons, lbs, and kgs The app can be also improved with further features, just let me kno…

Hi guys - First of all - i am aware that its a long path and many years of studies to be an airline pilot, so it has got nothing to do with that. Lets say you master a plane like for example the pmdg 737, or the 747-400 - well, anything from PMDG - would you be able to land a plane for real if the captain fainted or something?

I mean this one: http://www.a3xxflightdeck.com/ because have long been trying to find additional info, even youtubes, but there is very limited info from users. ​

Hi guys anyone has a direct link to an official document reporting correct runway markings signs for Europe? I find this from Jeppesen disposed by ICAO: http://ww1.jeppesen.com/documents/aviation/business/ifr-paper-services/airport-signs.pdf Does anyone know if there is something specific for european airports?

Let'a have a bit of enthusiasm and motivation for the Cosford 2015 Flightsim Show! Only eight days to go, and I can't wait to get there! I will have a UK2000 Beta Tester ID card around my neck, so there are no excuses not to introduce yourselves :smile: See you all there bright and early!

Dear Simmers; Its hard for me to say this, but since FS2002 I have been only flying Heavies. Now I fly the PMDG 737/777 Aerosoft Airbus. My passion to heavy A/C started as a kid being in the cockpit jump seat (My father and his father all made it to captains and then senior instructors within the same airline), so it was very natural for me to be 'attracted' to lets say a T7 vs a small GA airplane since it was already very much familiar to me. Last week I decided to give the Orbx Global freeware airports a chance. I was very much pleased with the results, in addition, all those airports are freeware, so why not? I loaded up my flightsim and selected the default Duke. …

I fly a lot of my time online, and I went over to the Pilot Edge site to check out my 50 most recent logged flights. If you haven't heard of Pilot Edge I seriously suggest you check it out - they have a decent trial period: http://www.pilotedge.net/ P3D 2.5 - 48% of my last 50 flights on PE were flown in P3D2. Fifty flights logged since May 2015. I do fly some offline but I think I split all three of my sims for that time. Oddly enough, FSX boxed and XP10 shared 26% each of my flights on PE as well. I don't fly any other sims at the moment. Anyway those numbers bring some conclusions for me. I like to fly the latest n greatest. I like shiny new tech (P3D…

Can someone confirm you need to pay to access the AIP of Switzerland? Unlike the UK where its readily available. Cheers

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