John Heaton

The Kingaires worked as well - just removed the "Parent" file

Hi Nick -I am referring to the freeby liveries in Central that come from Impulse for the 320 - 787 - and flying Doctor On a number of occasions I have installed via Central - these liveries and when I have gone to Content Manager they have not been installed - so I always go back to Community and delete the lot - --the individual file and the parent file After asking you - I tried again with the 320 pack and they were not installed - so I deleted the files again - but mistakenly I left one of the single files - the "Virgin Blue" - and the next time I loaded the 320 the livery popped up Virgin Blue So last night when closing down - I got Central to install the 320 and 787 pack again - and in the community file - I removed only the "Parent" file - and a couple of liveries I didn't want - and have just brought up the sim again - and blow me down - all the remaining community file liveries were available on aircraft selection Maybe others might have tried these freebies and got frustrated like I did - and the good work of someone at Orbx by placing these on Central - wasted - and by error - I found the answer that might just help someone else So now I will try the FD ones for the king air

Last week I took my first flight over MSFS Hawaii trying to recap the route of the japs on Dec 6th and found the scenery good but dissapointed as usual with the treatment of boats etc onthe water eg marinas and to make it worse - the Missouri Battleship was in 2D So just spotting this - bought and installed and it looks very interesting - and one gets to use just about every aircraft in the default Hangar - starting in the air and live weather Missouri is actually better - somewhere between 2 and 3D Good value for the dosh

Thanks Nick - made another attempt and Bingo!! - and a check on community showed 20 GB maybe you might try something else -I have downloaded on 2 occasions the Impulse packages the latest ones and the older FD ones None have ever made it passed Content Manager not important but maybe someone should try these freebies

Those NZAA chappies are doing good - and so are you Season's greetings to you John

looking good for 30 years old - so are your pics

Delighted to see the work of Shunt now via Orbx-and worth every cent Spent a lot of flying time here and Noosa

Hi Ed - just got the mail from shunt - and absolutely delighted that you took notice (??)LOL of my suggestion in October Have downloaded the updated Sunshine Coast and now await the key for Caloundra from Shunts PS - you look much better on the forum today ---- than your avatar !!!

I forgot the SS in my earlier missive

Hi Nick - you know how thick I am - where do I find it? Is this it central log.txt

Tried again - this was the result - stuck for 3 hours File in MS community shows 1.3 GB I had removed from community what was there - prior to this attempt

and to you Iain - may your Xmas wishes be perfect exposures

I am having a problem loading this programme i bought 2 days ago - which - after d/loading 20 GB has stopped 3 times in unloading and installation -at around figures 28 -- 72 -- and 60 So now loaded 60 GBs for nothing - plus 6 hours non flying time Have restarted computer twice with no avail

Gerold I dont know about cheering you up - but you may have just opened a can of worms- but then again - this might help As you know - an so do many others on this forum - I have been spouting the benefits of 2020 when it gets to to X Box since the sim was first announced - 30 months ago Then last Sept the x Box series X went on sale - and the sim went on to it in Sept this year - and I still havent got my hands on a console as yet - neither have millions of others - so my large screen 4K HDR10 screen sits there - forlornly - awaiting a friend As I said - Then again - xbox and 2020 dont seem to be going to well together - limits to size of addons - DC 6 scrapped and money back - a number of other probs - so maybe - fate intervened - in that - something I wanted badly - I aint got - and would probably be even more frustrated if I had got one - just like you and many others about the Asia LC thing. Look at it this way -- just as the experts were ready to give all of us a xmas gift of OLC Asia - along came V5.3 !!!!!

may I have a smile to myself - at this mail Two of the smartest blokes in simming - helping each other

Well - apart from your very good pictures - is this some sort of - "Guess the Airport" I know its not the Gold Coast ! - and I'll let you cross the border on Monday - if you behave yourself I'll take a guess at the first one - Sydney ??

Thanks for that John - I never really got to know the latest versions of the old lady - my last flight was 38 years ago and that was Malaysian Airlines to the UK via KL None of the other airlines came close as far - as I was concerned to Qantas - and I flew with most majors - between 71 and 82 when I retired Their lounge in the 200 was really "First Class" - second was Pan Am - set up as a restaurant and bar - but that was the model with just 3 windows per side My final fling with a Qantas flavour - was the initial thinking behind the Qantas Museum in Longreach - back in 93.

I just came across a u tube video of a piece of history - the only one still flying commercially. The video is a story of a Boeing 747 - 200 - which is the aircraft that I spent 100s of hours flying around the World between 71 and 82 mainly on Qantas - on a Business - that was allied to the aviation industry. I often spent some time in the jump seat because I knew a few skippers - and I notice that the a/c still has 4 windows in the nose that was part of FC and the 4th window was almost always my choice of seat - 2A. Although this is now a freighter - the cockpit is still almost identical - and still has a Flight Engineer Although it will be for P3D - I cannot but be more patient for the release of this Oldie - by Just Flight - and even it means that I will still use P3D for some time to come - re-flying my travel logbook of the 70s - and meantime - trying out the one in MSFS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmijxHgnyr8&t=1634s

I forgot to mention I also built an extinguisher factory at the end of runway 33 People said I did that to keep and eye on my aircraft from my window

Definitely the original Aussie coloured regions - I still have the discs however - a very close second would be YMMB - Moorabbin where I did all my initial flying and where I kept all my aircraft - and Orbx got it so right !

Sorry John - Officially - here in OZ - summer started officially on Dec 1st Dec 21st - the date you used- is actually is our LONGEST day because the sun reaches its farthest position - South - and the next day - starts it's Journey back to your Northern Hemisphere It's sometimes called mid - summer's day - and there are no shadows at 12 noon along the Meridian If you look at your charts -- the line goes from Rockhampton - through Longreach traveling from Queensland to around Exmouth in West Australia - traveling over some of the World's most deserted and driest land for 2600 miles If you take the trip - you will also see some of the most colourful- scenery - but wait until MS do the Aussie update next month when - hopefully - they will bring the Maps - up to date Just a little anecdote ---- on the 21st Dec at 12 noon - I was about 300 miles out of Longreach - driving along the Capricorn Highway - which is mostly a dead straight road - Quietly musing about actually being on the Capricorn Meridian - no shadows it being 12 noon - and singing to myself - when a blue flashing light came in my rear view mirror and - Yes - I was doing 40 over the limit - and the musing cost me $350 - and the officer -wished me the compliments of the season !!

Thanks everybody - I have dumped the video because I wasn't happy with it because - although i managed to get the first one on the GC after UD 7 - the constant need to keep changing bindings and settings due to the bugs in the U D - after that - I made a mess of the video all together. @ Gerold - you are tempting me to do one at dusk so the afterburner shows up just as the demos done what we call The Brisbane River Fire event Any body know how to incorporate fireworks into the video - MMM !! - thinks ? - some sort of dubbing in the editing ??

Just as the title says - I took the new MS addition through another Orbx Cityscape after the video of my beat up of my Home Town - Orbx Gold Coast seen under videos

The Broncos Suncorp Stadium is already on Orbx Brisbane City - and no Bias - because so is the GABBA - where this weeks Ashes test will take place - no bias there either

Real Aussie Squadron based at Tyndall - livery FS.to