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I am new to this board. I have FS9 I live in Mobile, AL. However I have had FS since a kid in the 6th grade. I'm only 25, so *beep* the old geezers. Ha! Razz

I understand to get the DME to work I have to set the GPS switch on the Lear 45 to GPS and of course set the GPS to KMOB airport in the NRST section as well. Ok, from what I understand I must also set Nav 2 to something as well? I would love to learn how to set the AP to Approach buttom and actually watch the plane land itself. Also, I saw that French guys tutorial on ILS/VOR, where he flew from Turkey to Greece. How do I get the ATC to give me all of the options the frechman got? All I can get is either the tower or the ground to talk to me. A lot of this other stuff is confusing to me, and I have a college degree...lol! Confused

Also, do any of you guys know of any flight servers to go flying on? If not we can fly in Hovercontrols server so long as we stay away from Hood River in anything heavy and large. You can most likely get away with a Lear. But, those darn planes are heavy and it takes 'em most of the runway just to stop.

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:16 am Post subject:

Guys I did not mean for the beep icon to show up. I am so sorry. I said *beep* the olg geezers. I apologize.

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:30 am Post subject: Ignore the "beep", we do.

The "beep" thing is the profanity filter doing it's job, making us all smarter trying to figure out how to go around it. Laughing

Just kidding, we try to run a relatively clean site. As for finding servers to fly on, try going over to www.chocolatesoftware.com and checking it out. They have a little program that searches out the net for all fshost servers online. There is also vatsim and a bunch of others, private and public. Also, check in to the multiplayer forum here at Surclaro and sign up, then check back every once in a while. There are also the "flightboards" available by a link from the Surclaro home page. When your eyes have stopped spinning, let us know how else we can help.

You can also host a flight from your own machine, check in the Fs9 help for more info. or search here and on the web.

I dont know about old geezer, but I am a relatively old squirrel.

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:45 am Post subject: lets see...

ok, so your 25
you've had fs since 6 grade
in 6th grade your about 11 years old...
25-11 is 14
2004-14 is 1990...
There was fs in 1990!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!

gee, i can't imagine what fs would have been like back then...

about every 2 years, fs gets better, now if you keep going back 2 years, fs gets progressively worse...gosh, i can't even imagine what the scenery or planes were like back then!!

did you run it on like Windows 90 or a mac?

hehe, sorry, had to do this, sorry if i did the math wrong. Embarassed

i'm not quite 25 yet. almost that oldy moldy...

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:31 am Post subject:

Uh it was a Windows machine...pre-386....lol

FS was just the same as now except the graphics has gotten WAY better. The GPS thingee is lifesaver. Razz

There was no Control Tower to talk to back then, just directions. But, then they came out with one version of FS that you could create your own airports runways, etc. But, in a way I disagree that FS is getting better. Microsoft needs to build a better engine to build the game upon. Beleive it or not but, MSFS9 is built off of the same original engine as MSFS1. So, it is time for a totally new FS game for us die hard soldiers!

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:41 am Post subject:

lortiawhak, go to this site and checkout the original A/C cockpit and scenery in the original FS.

http://simflight.com/~fshistory/fsh/index.htm

TRS-80...that was a high speed piece of machinery!

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:45 am Post subject:

I refuse to reply to that...I shall let Groundsquirrel do this one. But, check this out, in the meantime:

http://simflight.com/~fshistory/fsh/start.htm

EDIT: darn you rick!!! Wink

btw, I LOVED those 8" floppies!!!!

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:48 am Post subject: Ahem....................

Quick Rick' has done the deed. Replied to the post with incredible speed.
It seems the statement made was bad. Refer to the link and you wont be sad.

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:48 am Post subject:

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:52 am Post subject:

"Beleive it or not but, MSFS9 is built off of the same original engine as MSFS1."

um...I just can't let this tidbit go by cause some people may actually read that and NOT know better, however I find that very hard to believe.

What are you smoking? FS9 is a 32bit based game. FS1 was an 8 bit engine. This is a totally new engine from fs98. And MOST of it is different from fs2000. So to say its the same ENGINE as fs1, sorry, but that has got to be the stupidest statement I have read in a LONG time.

- Greg

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:57 am Post subject: Alright gentlemen,

just a little reminder to all. Back to the topic please. I believe the esteemed member needed more detail on the approach settings for autopilot and info. on Nav2 in Fs9. As I am still to learn these myself, I shall let the "real" pilots fill in. After all, I am just a humble master auto mechanic, so when you guys finish breaking 'em, I will be happy to fix 'em.

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:59 am Post subject:

thanks guys!

the first few version of fs look really hard to fly! all you see are a bunch of lines and some other stuff.
have all you guys been using fs since it first came out?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:59 am Post subject:

sorry i made this topic go so off topic. hehe. i tend to do that.

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:02 am Post subject:

Old geezer! I remember flight simming on the sinclair zx-81! also commodore 64 Microprose stealth fighter and gunship! steath was new back then and the aircraft was nothing like the F-117,because it did not exist nor photographs of it where seen. i remember a spitfire sim on the acorn electron i can`t remember the name of it but it flew under a bridge i think the golden gate in San Fran. also F-16 fighter pilot for the 64. How things have changed. Any one else remember there first sim flights? yours old geezer of 34!

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject:

SORRY for being taken of the original topic!