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Got this from AVflash today. Couldn't stop laughing. Thought I might share it with you guys.Enjoy!LAWN CHAIR LARRY RELIVED: On July 2, Adam Savage was contracted by anAustralian TV company to re-create the flight of Lawn Chair Larry for an upcoming special on urban legends. You may remember the story of Larry Walters, who in 1982 tied more than a few helium balloons (about 45) to his lawn chair in the hopes of hovering above his backyard. Walters ended up over the Pacific Ocean where he was rescued ... after floating over Los Angeles, through LAX's airspace and reaching 16,000 feet. Savage's flight took him to a relatively modest 50-100 feet and after 12 minutes of film…

I'm a recent Fly12k to Flly!II (Mac to PC) converter. I would like to add ILS to the Palm Springs airport so as to keep from crashing on manual approaches. First, can this be done? Secondly, can it be done relatively simply? Or, has something like this been done already and I'm just not aware of this? Any help with this would certainly be appreciated! :-)Private email is okay with me if you wish.John [email protected]!2K MAC/Fly II PC UserPalm Springs, California, USA

Help! I was flying my PMDG 757 on a scheduled flight from KCMH to KPHX, and had just broken out on top. The clouds suddenly started changing from the beautiful "cbbroken" types to the chintzy Fly!! defaults (one thing: Fly!2K had better weather than Fly!II)! I then got a "FOG.raw file not found" error, and the sim crashed to desktop.I did a search of the forum for the subject, and found Rich Harvey's reply to someone experiencing that error to the effect that FOG.raw was an integral part of startup.pod, and that the error either means that the .pod file is missing or corrupted.So, I reinstalled Fly!II. Now, immediately after the Pilatus startup screen appears, the sc…

After reinstalling Fly II I have downloaded the TBM 700 at least 12 times both from the ROTW site and the Avsim Library. I place the files into the FlyII Aircraft Directory as I had in the past before reinstallation, no problems then . The TBM 700 shows up in the Aircraft selection page. Once I select the TBM to fly ,the screen goes black and the following message appears. I am then returned to the Windows screen. I have not changed anything in my software or hardware prior to or after reinstallation of Fly II.Subsystem is not registered (Tbmf)File susbystem.Cpp line 254 Checking the QTFO file I get the same message as above except for the addition of Error=2 (no such fi…

Did a little flight test with one of Grant Millikin's beauties:http://ftp.avsim.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboa...rum=DCForumID47Same flight, Part 2:http://ftp.avsim.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboa...rum=DCForumID47

Shot taken at Bex (Switzerland) unfortunately not in Fly! II's database.http://www.avsim.com/flylinks/pa28.jpgEnjoy!

Probably my last 747-300 repaint. First cut. This weekend.Pete

With info provided by JR Ewing, I have added missing Outer Marker and Middle Marker beacons, adjusted DME transmitters, and worked to resolve frequency conflicts at the following NoCal airports:LVK - Livermore I-LVKMOD - Modesto I-MODOAK - Oakland I-OAKRDD - Redding I-RDDSAC - Sacramento Executive I-SACSCK - Stockton I-SCKSFO - San Francisco I-SFOSJC - San Jose I-SJCMRY - Monterey I-MRY & I-MTBSMF - Sacramento International I-SMF & I-HUXMRY and SMF have the dreaded reciprocal approach conflicts that are sometimes caused by identical frequencies in Fly!II. They are not perfect, but I have included options to make them operational. Study the Readmes carefully.

After spending some time in The Other Sim's choppers, I decided to hop back into Fly!2's Bells for a bit and do some more practicing. I had forgotten the size of those panels!!! Is there some cfg file I can edit to reduce the panel so I can sit in the cockpit and see the panel and still see outside too? The choppers are difficult enough for me to fly as is.... never mind not being able to see outside. Thanks. Uh, strangely enough, I didn't remember the panels as being so large. Maybe there was a fix that I forgot to reinstall??-Lindy :-wave

Hello everybody.Maybe my brain is getting a bit slow,and I have missed an update or fixfor the autopilot button in the King Air.Mine wasn't working,so I changedthe panel file.Now it appears to be OK.Did I miss on this one,or is it something worth uploading?Jan

Hi All,I have just uploaded an almost complete database update (minus COMM and Airways) to the library. It adds a few more airports and runways, corrects existing ILS and adds over 15 new ILS to the database. Over 250 waypoints have been added and all waypoints now reflect the 13 Jun 2002 Australian Enroute Supplement. TACANs have been added, but I don't think Fly 2 can use TACANs yet???I will upload all of my taxiways tomorrow (over 250 airports).Cheers,Danny VickersAustralian Fly! Group

Hi, I have been trying to add the upgrades to the basic program for a few days without a lot of progress, I can get to the first upgrade and all it keeps telling me is that the " old file was found ect" I have turned off the MIDI in the sound system and deleated and reinstalled till I blue in the face. This is a new system with xp pro that I had up and running but had other problems that I had to fix and now Fly is the last item . Can anyone HELP !!!!Intel 2.4512memgf4 4600sb128 Really do like my fly !!!!Thanks Tony

Duisburg, GermanyHenk vdS

Is there a database withing Fly!II where I can get a listing of all the airports in Alaska? Or in any other state or country.What I would like to do is add airport scenery or taxiways to those airports that do not have anything.Keep FLYing

G'day all,This in regards to the error message I was getting, see posting 16th of June. Well, first of all many thks to all you good guys with your inputs, advices etc, really appreciated.The bottom line, tried hard, even dis-abled, deleted relevant sceneries, no dice. Still too many vertices.Got mad and booted the lot out and re-installed Fly2, including all that was needed to patch or update this Sim.I am now systematicly adding all the "eye-candy" back again and doing test flights after each one.I am now about 3/4 done and glad to say, everything is looookin' goood!So all you guys, thanks again. All the diff inputs I received have definately enriches my know-how a tiny…

Afternoon all:Received error message and crashed to desktop with the following message:"Can't load TEXTURE PCT2AVSIM.TIF: File not found.File: Texture.cppLine: 1376"Is anyone familiar with the above file? If so, how or where can I get the file?Thanks in advance for any assistance!!Curtis

Richard Harvey did not reveal anything new. He simply reminded us that FLY3 did not have funding. He is still committed, like all of us, in helping out. The aircraft developers may or may not be with us, but let's face it, if we get a few more quality planes like the citabria, the 757, the cherokee,and the tbm700, we've got plenty of planes. So let's not forget that the recent threads only emphasized the fact that there are still plenty of us still committed to FLY2. If this spirit continues, several things might happen: the sim will eventually be picked up by a publisher, the sim will eventually become open source, or it will continue to get small but important changes b…

I'm getting ready to do a major hardware upgrade and I thought I'd ask the group if there is any REAL advantage to partitioning my HD into multiple drives. I'm going to be using an IBM 41GB ATA100 drive with Win 98 SE as an OS. I've read posts where people have setup a small partition just for the OS in case of having to do a Windows reinstall but it seems to me if I have to reinstall the OS, I'm going to have to reinstall the applications anyway. So what is the advantage of partitioning a drive this "small"?

....... because I've been busy learning "the other sim." And I've been really enjoying that other sim quite a bit. Then just this evening, I loaded up Fly!2, picked a 3rd party airport that I knew I liked (Chillicothe, I think it was..... and BTW the default startup there has your plane parked nose up to a fence! Any way around that?) Sorry I digress.I set myself up at Chillicothe in the Malibu (sorry, Sahara) at dusk and just took off. I flew over some lovely mountainous scenery. Using the Vector Map, I located a nearby airport and headed for it. The plane kept acting as if it was being bounced around by winds -- I did not set any weather parameters -- and possibly,…

Hi people ,I`ve so many problems with FlyII , maybe You can help me?-In a night flight the landing/taxi-lights of the traffic are extremely bright andyou can see them about hundrets of kilometres away.(That`s the main problem)-When the aircraft traffic is "on" , I often get an error message:" atc. stack full " (in this way , I don`t really know)-When I want to land in St.Petersburg (Russia) there is a green squareon the airport!Yes , that are three problems which are so annoying particular the first and the second!!!!!!Please ,please when you know one of them - Please help me!Thanks!!!

Just packed her off to the AVSIM server. Should be available this evening?Pete

and give your support for a Panel Maker that is being developed. The author asks whether there's interest and I say this could be a great boost to our beloved sim. So please go into the other forum and give your support.tony

Summer holiday is back and I can once more enjoy flight simming, creating new airports (Kona, Hilo, Waimea, Hiroshima) and taking part a bit more often in this forum. Here's my latest flight with the PC-12. Enjoy.http://www.avsim.com/flylinks/a.jpg

YOUR NEW WINDOW UI PROGRAM hmmmm!PLEASE ANSWER ME THIS?HOW CAN YOU ADD THE INSTURMENTS TO THIS WINDOW SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE EXTERNAL VIEW ,ALL OF THE INSTURMENTS CAN BE IN THIS NEW WINDOW THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY JEFF AKINS

I am still trying to access the Fly2 multiplayer server, and "no joy." Since Monday, I have been seeing the "server unavailable" message for the test server, and no response at all from the main server. The multiplayer "client" is apparently trying to locate the main multiplayer server, but I just keep seeing "checking" in the dialog box. The client is not finding the main server, or the server is not reporting back an unavailable status. Is everyone else still having this problem?Richard Harvey, can you help?Thanks much!!Wayne