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Hi folks,Having seen Steve`s post on this forum , I have been thinking a little.It`s disappointing to see someone else publish a repaint you have on your easel at the same time.As we all know ( or should know ) it`s "NOT DONE" to publish a livery wich has already been done by another repainter.Doing this we would have some kind of competition ,we ( at least I )would not like to have.I am lucky , I never had the problem, but one never knows.That`s why I would like to start a new thread ( starting with this post )letting the world know what`s on my easel at this moment.I hope all my friends-repainters will follow me in this on this thread.This will have two advantages:No di…

At 1525 CST Richard Harvey, passed away from the cancer that he has been fighting for so long. Rich is now at peace, let us hope that those of us who now grieve for him can celebrate his memory in the spirit he would have wanted.Fly! safe my friend, you are cleared for departureBrendan

We received the following from Tara Harvey this morning and felt we should share it with the flightsim community.Please forgive the format in which I have to pass this news along. I wish I could call all of you and let you know personally. Richard passed away at 3:30pm on Thursday after his seven year battle with cancer.All of you listed have played a wonderful part in his life, as well as in mine. Richard was blessed to have you as friends, physicians, colleagues, and family. I continue to be blessed by all of you.Services will be held as follows:A viewing will be held on Monday, March 17th at 7pm at Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home. Their address is 148 W. Church St. in L…

I wanted to share some of an email between Rich and I tonight...----------------------------------------------------------------RICH:> Hi Tom,>> Well, believe it or not, this "old" body just won't give out (yet). My> hospice nurse and oncologist figured I would be gone 3 weeks ago, and Ikeep> waking up and making it through the day. Realize, I have not had one dropof> nutrition/food of any kind in over 6 weeks. I'm nothing but skin and bones> now, and I have no idea where my body is getting the energy to even wakeup> each day, much less make it down the hall to sit at my computer or watchTV.> But, we do expect a turn any day, and my oncologist s…

I do not expect a reply to this post. I believe I understand the close and loving feelings of this group for me and my family, and those who wish to lift up silent prayers and thoughts, that is fine. I already feel guilty enough to expending so much web storage on my personal health.It is now time for me to say goodbye to each of you, and AVSIM, for the final time.I returned home from the hospital today, and nature will now take it's final course. I believe the time will be very short, and even now typing on my computer I can feel the weakness in my bones, and the very fact I probably won't be able to type in a week. I will be spending more and more time sleeping as my pa…

(edited to anchor)Well, the day has finally arrived (better late than never). After a very rough and bumpy year, the Fly! Beta team is very proud to announce the imminent release and availability of the "final" Fly! II patch. I have just released the files to the AVSIM crew, and hopefully they will be appearing in the file libraries in the next 24 hours. The final version has been tagged 2.50.240. This patch is for both PC and Macintosh users (another victory!). If you want to prepare your machines for the patch, here's what you need to do. For PC users, you need to already be patched to version 2.00.210 or higher (so, all of those already on patch 230 are fine). If you a…

Hello! Finally, this tutorial is ready! Initially, I thought it would be done in 3 weeks, it's been 3 months!!! No need to say it's not easy to write down ideas when it's not your native language! Now I know it's quite easy to put together some weird tricky ideas to make something funny, but go explain it after that!!!NOTE: This is not a tutorial on how to use TerraScene!!! This is a tutorial on how to enhance the output of TerraScene.It's out just now on Ken's website:[http://saltydogfly2.avsim.net/pascal/index.html]The french version is out since this morning (last night for some) here:[http://www.simvol.org/fly/_azzurro/pascal/]First, I want to THANK A LOT the gentle…

This anchored post will serve to help First Time Fly!ers get Fly! II properly installed and patched. Plus, it will provide direct links to the most popular add-ons as determined by the forum community.BEFORE INSTALLATIONYou might want to go ahead and download the patches.If you have the US release:1) Download the All Inclusive patch that brings you to build 210: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=10267If you have the European release:1) Download Patch Update 4 to go to build 210: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=98892) Download the 240 patch: PC - http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=24089Mac - http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=240903) OPTION…

I have the german version of Fly!2 and I want to reactivate it, but there is no way to get the needed patches. All the links mentioned in the FAQ#3 has the 404 error.Is there an existing download link, especially for the final 250 patch?Werner

Hello again This function (headwind and tailwind calculation) is mentioned in Fly! II' GPS manual (in "How to" folder)- and even with pictures of GPS panel with result of such calculation! But, when in-game, I wasn't able to get it working - I tried to set different TAS and course values at CAL7 page, both with METAR-set winds and weather-options-set winds. But headwind and tailwind values are always 0. What I'm doing wrong? Is this function broken (like weather radar)?

G'day to all Fly!ers! I'm flying in Fly!2K for two years, but only couple of months ago I discovered a whole world full of all these magnificent addons made by community (many thanks to you all!). And now I'm in search for Flyscripts (I have 1.2 version, but can't find patch 1.2.1) and - especially - C4TO for Fly!2K. I already made a search in Avsim library, but only thing I was able to find were 3.x dll versions for Fly! II. It looks like these files are completely disappeared not only from Avsim (I have read about 2009 hack attempt...), but from the whole Internet. Does anybody know where to find this files for Fly!2K? Thanks, and clear sky to all!

Good day all! Who still has the PMDG 777 for Fly!II? I could not find a copy of it, it is now almost impossible. Thank you in advance!

Hi Everyone who may still use Fly2. Hope you have had a happy Xmas and I wish you a prosperous New Year Ian

Has anyone been successful running in Win 10? I finally had to upgrade my system to be compatible with some upgrades for my professional tools. I successfully installed Fly!II (copied original directory over from my Windows 7 installation). After working around some graphics issues I got it to run nicely in "letter-boxed" form at its original resolution. However, the menus' text/fonts don't look very hot and overlays/pop-ups (like the GPS) come up empty (nice frame of the GPS, but with nothing on the display but a black screen). I have other simulators but would hate to lose Fly! - I had been running it about once a week. Any ideas?

Hello everyone! I've been playing "Fly! II" for the past week, downloading some scenery, and also creating some scenery with Terramodels. I'm looking for "Taxiway Editor" by Peter A Jacobson, which I see referenced in several files (mostly by Wayne Roberts). I have not been able to find that program anywhere in the library. Can anyone help me find it? Has anyone had any success in getting "Fly! II" to run in Windowed Mode? I see no option in the menus, nor the INI file. ALT + ENTER doesn't do anything, nor does adding "-w" or "-window" in the shortcut properties.

Hi Everyone, It's been a while, in fact a long while, since I visited Avsim. Nice to find that my old login was still there! I haven't done much at all with simulators for a number of years as I just don't have the hardware nowadays to run them. I will try my old copy of Fly!2 though on this little desktop; it is probably as powerful as the one I used to run Fly! on all those years ago. How many are still here, apart from Randall, Ken and Flyfisher? Colin

Wishing all Fly! er's a Very Happy Christmas and a great 2020!

I now have 2 airport scenery areas where the tarmacs/parking areas have disappeared. At both Dulles (IAD) and Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) airports all tarmacs are gone (aircraft and buildings are sitting on grass). The taxiways are all there, but the buildings appear to have shifted a little also. Anyone else ever have this issue?

Hi, I have the excellent PSS Airbus 320, but do not know how to:1. Make it airborne. The runway is not long enough even if it is long.2. Fly the aircraft manually. i.e steering with sidestick and so on.Any help will be appreciated.

Hello Fly!ers! I still use Fly!II more than any of my other sims. In fact, due to my schedule, I'm just getting around to flying the PMDG 777 & 757 for the first time! I know that seems strange, but I always knew I'd get around to them when the time was right. I'm semi-retired, but as I've started a new business, my flying time is still limited. I've run into some anomalies with both aircraft. I figured some of you might still be flying them. I know that they became very popular - I can't recall that there were a high number of issues, so I'm hoping that my questions might be easily answered. Before I spend time listing the items, I'll wait and see if those o…

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Fly fans. Ian

Wishing all my fellow Fly!ers a very Happy New Year!

Hi, Wishing all Fly enthusiasts a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Ian

Hi All Fly enthusiasts, I am wondering if any of you have upgraded to Win 10 and, if so, how does Fly run? Ian

Hi Guys: Does anyone have the S3d to 3ds converter by C. Wallace used for importing truespace objects into fly!2 It is not longer available at the avsim library. Many Thanks