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Why are all of the images spinning? LOL

Hi,I have been using the FSX built in screenshot manager BUT, the files sizes are much too large.What is the best screenshot software out there that can save in smaller file sizes?

Is there anyplace/someplace or someone that have an idea of the average number of MS flightsimmers? I imagine AVSIM have knowledge of the number of participating visitors to this site and perhaps others.Thanks . . . .

After 10 years of off and on again effort that left many people wondering if this super-ambitious fan based effort would ever be completed, Wing Commander saga has now been released!This stand alone game, based on the Freespace2 game engine as modified and heavily upgraded by the dedicated coders and modders at the Freespace Source code project over these last few years, Is voice acted by fans, written by fans and is released totally free as a stand alone download to the public and to the Space-sim community!Give it a try! Downloaddemonews.degamershell.comatomicgamer.comshacknews.comwcnews.commindcrushers.deemumovies.comrapidshare (1.5GB links)rapidshare (400MB li…

Just curious... I've been wanting to reinstall it for a while now.

Hello guys... can you give a good software for HD screenshot capture for my FlightSim 2004... Thank you :(

Can anyone tell me where I can buy colour prints of a/c gauges. I am building my own cockpit and have so far purchased the multi saitek panel, and the radio panel, but cant afford to buy the six main fundemental gauges, alt, vsi, turn co-ordinator etc so would like to obtain/buy a glossy printout of these gauges to fill my home built cockpit up till Im able to save for the saitek gauges. I dont have a colour printer as this woulkd be the simpler option.

Hello Captains...I have a question regarding the 737-800's battery...specifically Delta's.I'm setting up the NGX, and I'm wondering if the majority of Delta's 737-800s have dual or single battery packages.I thought the dual battery package was implemented on aircraft fitted with an ISFD. At this current time, only 2 Delta 737s have an ISFD. That'd suggest the majority have a single battery package installed. However Ryan Schmidt of Delta VA seems to have a different opinion.http://www.deltava.org/thread.do?id=0x192b3So what do you guys think?

Hi everyone,My old Cyborg Evo is getting on for 9 years old now, and as such is getting pretty squeaky, so I thought I'd try and find a HOTAS Cougar on eBay (there's one on right now actually), however, I'm running Windows 7 Pro 64 and was wondering about compatibility since the stick is quite old now. Anyway, I've Googled it and found mixed statements, so just wanted so see what the general consensus is around here.Thanks,Charlie

OK, answered my own question.

Please dont flame, and don't read if you don't like stories of success and failure. :) But I put this to digital ink recently (just now) and felt I wanted to share. It's got enough aviation in it to belong here. :) So, I hope you enjoy.Link to my blog post, personal page:http://wp.me/p1ubSy-c8

I'm 19 and currently doing the last year of my A-Levels, I've taken Biology, Chemistry and Computing, and it looks like I will end up with 3 B's overall.I was wondering if it's possible to be trained by an airline straight out of school, or if it would be better to go to university first before looking to become a pilot? I was planning on studying Medicinal Chemistry which is completely unrelated to aviation, would that be a problem?I'm also short-sighted and have a red-green colour deficiency, how will that effect my chances of becoming a pilot?Before applying to an airline, would I need a PPL?Thank You,-Sam :)

Hey fallows,i have just purchase the first video from Justplanes, the air canada 777-300/200ER, from Toronto Pearson to Narita airport, i must say,their videos are very impressive is anyone else saw their video? it's amazing.Moved to MS FSX Forum - Mod SFMoved to Hangar Chat - Mod CK

HiA friend of mine sent me this link of Waterford Airport (EIWF). Makes for an interesting portrait of the day-to-day activities in a small regional airport in the south-east of Ireland:http://www.rte.ie/pl...yer/#!v=1142185

While perusing Google results for helicopters one evening, I stumbled on this company's website, RotorWay International. For a very respectable price, around the range of 98k, you can have yourself a fun DIY project and a pretty sweet two seater helicopter to fly around in your free time.http://www.rotorway.com/index.phpSome specs I pulled from the site:http://www.rotorway.com/talon.htmlWould you consider the homebuilt route if not for a helicopter, then with another aircraft? Why?If I had the money and the time, I definitely think I'd go down the homebuilt route for at least one of my aircraft. Whether or not a homebuilt would be my first purchased aircraft is entirel…

WW1 Top Gun: Revealed was a show broadcast by the UK's Channel 5 on Tuesday last, so I expect many here won't have seen it, being from outside the UK. It was basically about the competitive development of aircraft during WW1 between Britain & Germany, and was fascinating for anyone interested in vintage planes. Sadly it isn't available as an online re-run (rights issues, I'd guess).The best thing about it though, was the appearance and flight of planes built and/or renovated by the New Zealand company called The Vintage Aviator, of whom I'd never heard before this...http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/They build reproductions from scratch, using genuine parts if obtainab…

http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/delta-air-lines-plane-rolls-off-taxiway-at-atlanta-airport/story-e6frfq80-1226298734274http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Plane-Runs-Off-Taxi-Way-at-Hartsfield-Jackson-20120313-am-sd

Boeing today unveiled its latest Boeing Business Jet, a new 737-700 with luxury appointments fit for a king.Among those appointments are Honeywell's Ovation Select digital system, which Boeing said "offers the latest technological advancements to deliver seamless and easy connectivity -- whether passengers are connected via their BlackBerry, using their laptops or iPads or conducting a video conference call...The modular, lightweight and flexible cabin management system provides component command and control, high-quality, crystal-clear surround sound audio and vivid full high-definition video, which is stunning to watch on the 42-inch and 46-inch high definition monitors…

I just got a smartphone and looks like I need an app to access forums.My question is what is in your opinion the best app to use for the job ? What is the Av you use for your mobile ?Thanks

Hello,For those who would like to be on the AVSIM Teamspeak Management team, let's meet on Teamspeak at 12:00 Noon Eastern Standard Time (New York) on Saturday, March 24th in the AVSIM Hangar Chat Room. Please bring any ideas you may have as to how we can make this exciting new venue useful to our membership. If you can't make it, please send me a PM with your ideas and I will put them forward for you.One of the things we would like to accomplish is a timeline for deciding what to do and implementing whatever we come up with. One of the options we will discuss will be whether or not we can schedule and staff AVSIM flying events where we can fly online together in multipla…

So listen, I'm really not in the mood to get flamed over this. So if you want to breath fire, please go waste your energy in the FLIGHT forums or something.Anyways, I'm 18 and I've been dating my girlfriend for just over a year now. I don't want to sound confident - nor can I look into the future - but in the next upcoming years (if all goes to plan) I would really like to marry her...This poses a problem, as she just turned 18 this past week and now has a criminal record. Long story short, her friend pressured her into popping something into her purse and walk out of a Walmart with it. Airports are not the only places with those "criminal detectors" that seem to go off w…

Saw Virgin's midday flight to Orlando just now, it goes straight over my house, climbing out from Gatwick, you can see where it is right now! http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/VIR15Not sure why, I just found it quite exciting, I was on that flight in July last year, and it's always cool seeing flights and wondering where they're going. We get lots of the flights approaching both Gatwick and Heathrow so on a clear day you can see one every minute, or around that. It's great. Makes me want to be flying one of those birds, one day. :( Just wanted to post it somewhere LOL

While preparing for a trip later this week, my wife found a bunch of old suitcases up in the attic, and decided to get rid of them. I took them downstairs and went through to see if there was anything of value or any incriminating evidence, but found only this old baggage tag, probably from the last time we used the bag:Midway last flew in 1993. These were old hard-shell Samsonite bags, which used to be popular but nobody uses anymore.

On a STAR/approach chart you are given the minimum safe altitude. What is the radius when not shown. See example below.Thanks,Chris Porter

This was mentioned on another thread so I thought I would post a follow-up...This morning my good friend Kerry and I got to shave the heads of two New Zealand MP's (Member of Parliament) to raise money for the Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand organization. We made it on National TV in New Zealand, I'm the ugly bald guy in red in this video:http://www.stuff.co....shorn-by-natureCurrently we are on all of the news feeds here in New Zealand so I am not used to being on TV like that :( But it is all for a good cause.Cheers and have a great day everyone :(