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Good job by the flight crew, pls no childish scarebus comments...http://www.aerosocietychannel.com/aerospace-insight/2010/12/exclusive-qantas-qf32-flight-from-the-cockpit/

The Paris court has found Continental responsible for the Air France Concorde crash back in July 2000.They have been fined £170,000 and ordered to pay £1m Euros to Air France.Full article can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk...europe-11923556

Hi guysFSX Windows 7 64 bit.For a good year i have been trying to work out why IVAO IVAP module when running, decreases FPS. I am finding currently flying on cruise that if i window it, and make the size almost the size of the screen, the fps are better than if i go to full screen [less low-end spikes.]I have set the theme to Windows 7 basic, but is there more i need to do?Seriously any any suggestions regarding the above two issues, would be greatly appriciatedAlex

I'm looking to subscribe to a good flight simulation magazine...I like how to articles a lot, a magazine that you can learn a thing or two..recommendations?thanksbs

I've been aware of Lockheed Martin's licensing of ESP from Microsoft for some time, but they contacted me this week to announce the upcoming RTM of their custom OEM version of FSX/ESP (called "Prepar3D") for commercial use:http://www.prepar3d.com/They expect this to go RTM in about three months.This is good news for us, since our shareholders and partners needed a path forward to use our FTX products commercially. The interesting news is from Lockheed is that they are improving the codeline with bug fixes and improvements. I will certainly be lobbying them for multi-core CPU and DX10/11 support, and an extended animation engine.If we can get some current-gen tech smarts i…

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Hey guys! FSpro has announced their first project! http://www.freeskyproject.com/topic/41962-l-1011-tristar/

Distributed Denial of Service Attack at the host site at VATSIM, read hereWhat a stupid thing to do.

Hi,I didn't know where else to post this. If you live in the United States, I'd like to ask that you sign the petition and pass this information along to your friends and family members. Looks like the bill is one vote shy of passing in the Senate. If you visit other web sites, I'd also like to ask that you copy and past the info on these sites as well.http://www.change.org/911_environmental_action/petitions/view/tell_your_senators_give_sick_911_survivors_responders_the_medical_care_they_need_deserveThank you

For many of us, the movie "Airplane" rates as the high point of comedy. Its star, Leslie Neilsen, who played the doctor to deadpan perfection, passed away today at 84. "Airplane," along with the "Naked Gun" films, stood apart from the other comedies of their time.

NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Details Embargoed Until Dec 2WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_M10-167_Astrobiology.html

Over the past couple of years, several fired Boeing engineers including former phantom works and 40 year Boeing vet Vince Weldon - a man who literally played a key part in making the moon landing possible, who designed critical components on the 727, Apollo vehicles, and space shuttle- vehemently opposed the lackluster testing that has been done to the Boeing 787. He holds degrees in aerospace engineering and is a composites expert, having worked with composites for over 20 years. Weldon joined Boeing in 1960, in what was a 46-year career with the firm. He was first involved in the wing design of the Boeing 727 airliner, a design that incorporated high-lift devices such …

touching video.

In the UK they just can't deal with snow. I was supposed to fly out of Gatwick for Sofia today, very early in the morning - it just started snowing here and I was expecting delays, but to be honest I didn't think it would lead to the closure of the Airport. There was no warning this might happen from anyone.Any form of transport here has also crapped out completely - getting back from the airport took the whole day. I feel sorry for all the people who are still stuck at Gatwick.Any snow always causes mayhem with the transport in and around London. They are never, ever ready for it.

Having experienced a few near misses and seeing others that were not this is a rather telling video from aopa using fs flightsim to demo:Captain Sully may have gotten the most pr but it happens more often than the news reports...http://flash.aopa.org/asf/pilotstories/birdstrike/birdstrike.cfm

Hello, this may seem silly but I was wondering if there are any other sources out there to view satellite images. I am trying to get a close up of a resort on Isla Mujeres Mexico. Google Earth's image seems to have a lot of glare from the sun hitting the beach. Bing's image is too old - the resort was still under construction (it opened in 2009). I need to get close enough to be able to see the 3x5 pools on the roof top suites. I can also use a base map that I can open in ArcMap10 - I have it on my home computer.Thanks

Looks interesting:http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=591Al

The freeware group, the soft drugs of FS, who introduced me to the world of addons has posted some sad news on their website. Fans of the modelers should read the statement. http://www.projectopensky.com/index.php?showtopic=41855

Just recently bought the Flight1 BN Islander, what a fantastic plane it is. One of the liveries is of G-BOMG. My everyday job involves training Rapid Response Ambulance drivers high speed driving skills. The drivers operate nationwide on organ transplant work, they move patients, surgical teams and organs, often to meet timescales we have to use aircraft. I was curious then to see that G-BOMG in BA colours has the crest of the Scottish Ambulance Service on it. Further research showed that it was operated by Loganair and also used as an Air Ambulance. G-BOMG was lost in 2005 while carrying out an ambulance mission, unlike the recent Citation crash at Birmingham Airport whe…

I just found this website: http://www.flightprosim.com/A civil flight sim that I've never heard of before. My "shady" alarms are howling like there's no tomorrow; I find the fact that they spell it "Air Craft" particularly worrying. Does anyone know what the heck this is??-Scott A

Hi Everyone,I'm in the process of starting a statistics report, and I would like it to be about aviation.I am wondering if anyone here is able to suggest topics that I could work on for this project. I'd also like to know about some websites that offer free datasets that I could use.Thanks for your time.

Airports that do not have very good supply networks like smaller holidays islands; Madeira, Balierics, Caribbean Islands etc etc. Also, places like Toncontin in Honduras.Are those places able to supply fuel for aircraft returning to their bases, or must those aircraft carry sufficient for the return leg?

Hi, I was wondering if there is an "exact" copy of the Boeing checklist that they use available somewhere? Or can someone point me in the right direction towards one?CheersJames Andrews

Hi guys,As simmers migrate to Win 7, we are sure there are going to be numerous questions regarding the use of FS and other sims in this new system. We have opened this forum for the community to focus on that OS and the impact of FS use within it. I'm waiting for you there :--)Best regards,DavidDirect link to the Forum

Hi guys,Interesting feed here, looks like IVAO is finally pulling away from vatsim membership :)http://www.google.com/trends?q=ivao%2C+vatsim&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=1