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Testing out some liveries of my own design. What do you guys think?

I realize that FedEx does not use the JS32 in real life but I was wondering if anyone has painted a FedEx livery for the JS32? John

Updated text as increase my experience as a program. Hello pilots! I confess I was already short of money, but I had to get this addon, wanted to test the novelty of having clouds moving and you go through them. Great job, it was a great idea, practical and beautiful. This will improve the experience of flying. I need to understand the textures, I hope I can change the textures, as well as anyone. The first impression was, this is amazing, look at these moving clouds and reflections. There is one thing better could be the resolution of the texture pattern of the cloud which is only 64 pixels. Therefore, the edges of clouds are unsatisfactory. I thought it had more cumulus clouds, but only with THIS ONE texture resolution. ANYWAY the look is good. On the issue of performance was very good, looks better than the standard, either with HDR OFF / ON in my system had good performance. I liked the Settings menu options. Below are some screenshots comparing the performance. I hope this helps someone. XP-10 Settings SkyMAXX Pro Settings , gives a good possibility to suit most types of machines . Cirrus HDR OFF Cirrus HDR ON 3/8 Cumulus HDR OFF 3/8 Cumulus HDR ON 6/8 HDR OFF 6/8 HDR ON Beautiful Overcast cumulus - greater loss of FPS 37 FPS Good Overcast Stratus - less loss of FPS 100 FPS Good conclusion: Comparing clouds staticas default, the motion feature and turn leaves more living environment with Skymaxx PRO. I am studying and testing the program, I recommend the program yes, and I expect updates and improvements. NOTE : I hope understood my English translated. Thank you Regards , Sabach .

Saw this article about the DC-10 being retired, and thought it might be of interest. "Remembering the DC-10: End of an era or good riddance? The DC-10, which makes its final passenger flight later, has been labelled a "death trap", hailed as a "workhorse" and even immortalised in a Clash song. For some, the controversial aircraft's last landing at Birmingham Airport will mark the end of an era in consumer aviation. But how will the rest of the world remember it? First put into service in 1971, the American-made "trijet" was one of several aircraft credited with shaping modern air travel. But its early history was marred by several high-profile crashes as the result of a fatal design flaw. 'Horrific accidents' A new, outward-opening cargo door did not latch properly, leaving the cabin prone to depressurising. In 1974, a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed 10 minutes after taking off from Paris, killing 346 people. Modifications to all DC-10 cargo doors were ordered by the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) On 25 May 1979, 271 people died when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed on its way to Chicago. A short-cut maintenance procedure which damaged hydraulic lines was identified as the cause. Six days later, the plane's poor safety reputation led the FAA to temporarily ground the aircraft while manufacturer McDonnell Douglas addressed issues with the plane's design. Even after it returned to the air, there were other high-profile incidents involving the DC-10. A Fedex employee attempted to hijack one of the company's cargo planes in 1994 while a French flight was blown up by terrorists over the Sahara desert in September 1989, killing 170 people. In total there have been 53 serious incidents - not all fatal - involving the aircraft. But the DC-10 has, until this week, continued to be used to carry passengers, and, in one case, been repurposed as an airborne operating theatre. It also remains popular as a cargo plane. Its expensive three-engine design has seen it gradually disappear from passenger fleets, with the USA's Northwest Airlines, which dropped the DC-10 in 2007, the last major company to use the plane. A brief history of the DC-10 1971 - The first DC-10s enter service June 1972 - Problems with the planes' cargo doors are identified after a depressurised cabin forces an emergency landing near Detroit March 1974 - A Turkish Airlines DC-10 bound for London crashes 10 minutes after taking off from Paris, killing 346 people May 1979 - A crash involving an American Airlines DC-10 kills all 271 people on board - the deadliest accidental plane crash on US soil 6 June 1979 - The Federal Aviation Authority grounds all DC-10 aircraft 13 July 1979 - DC-10s are allowed back into service by the FAA, which orders a number of fixes to the aircrafts' design 1990 - McDonnell-Douglas begins to roll out MD-11 aircraft to replace the DC-10 2014 - Biman Bangladesh, the last commercial operator using the planes, announces it will retire them Biman Bangladesh Airlines - the only commercial carrier still using the DC-10 - will replace its remaining aircraft with a more fuel-efficient Boeing 777. It made a final international journey from Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday, and will carry passengers for the final time on a one-hour pleasure flight at 15:00 GMT. Plane enthusiast Gordon Stretch, from Solihull, travelled to Dhaka to travel on the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight. He pointed out that, of 446 DC-10 aircraft built, a relatively small number were involved in fatal crashes. "There have been high-profile crashes for every type of aircraft," he said. "They only built 20 Concordes and one of those crashed. "I wouldn't say the DC-10 was an unsafe aircraft, there was a specific problem and the maintenance procedures at the time weren't up to speed. "Sadly these things do happen and the only way is to learn from that." Aviation expert Chris Yates agreed the DC-10 may have been unfairly maligned by some and too much focus placed on high-profile crashes. "There were some pretty horrific accidents a number of years ago and ultimately it was grounded for a while," he said. "But then it got back in the air and it was all go really." Some say the DC-10, which was capable of carrying 250 to 380 passengers, paved the way for mass long-haul air travel. Radio 2 presenter Janice Long worked as an air stewardess for British airline Laker Airways, whose flamboyant chairman Sir Freddie Laker introduced the DC-10 to Europe. Laker Airways DC-10 Laker Airways was the first British and European airline to use the DC-10 She remembers a luxurious plane where passengers had their every need attended to. "It had a bad press at the time but I had just turned 19 when I started on the DC-10 so I had no fear," she said. "It was fantastic; there were 345 passengers and 10 stewardesses. "For a girl from Bootle who had never been abroad to suddenly be flying on this huge plane was just amazing." "Laker was bringing flying to the masses, you just bought your ticket and got on the plane. "The passengers got everything, breakfast, lunch and liqueurs and they didn't pay any extra for it." Long is not the only person who remembers the DC-10 fondly. When the plane made its last international flight on Thursday, dozens of enthusiasts turned up at Birmingham Airport to watch its final landing. University Student Nicholas Chiu, 21, originally from Hong Kong, travelled from Edinburgh. "It's the last scheduled flight, so that's historic," he said. "I remember this plane used to fly out of Hong Kong a lot. I last flew on one a few years ago and I didn't want to miss the last chance to see it." Airline operations manager Rob Edson, 34, also turned up in the hope of spotting the DC-10. "I thought it was worth coming to see it," he said. "It's another old [aircraft] type disappearing to be replaced with a modern one. "It's sad that they're going; they've got a bit more character than the new ones." Gordon Stretch said he hoped the DC-10 would be remembered as paving the way for modern distance flight. "It's an airliner of the first age of long-haul travel," he said. Chris Yates said, despite its history, he believed the DC-10 would leave behind a "hell of a legacy". "It was one of the big jets which did essentially open up long haul markets to the masses," he said. "Without them I guess we'd be a lot further back than we are now." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26259236

I've generated another italian area (Geneva), very different than the previous one. There's a strange road in the first screenshot (still to check OSM data) but I like the result a lot!

settings>>joystick and equipment>>keys>>view>> flashlight_wht

You must have HDR on,then you assign a key to turn on the flashlight.

There are still a few of them flying around Canada, not in passenger service, but hauling cargo. I hear one go over our house some nights, and it is very obvious when it is a DC-10, because it is LOUD. The same goes for the 727's, you always know when they are climbing out of Vancouver, because they are quite loud and have a very distinctive sound.

"Let it snow" !!! really great work, John.

WOW!!!

^^ Stunning! ^^

Harry not that long ago we were at odds, thank you for the positive feedback! We are committed to brining the very best to you guys!

Sunday Beaver Update 12 Hello, time for the Sunday update and today I can actually show some new pictures. At least something visual today. This week I kept myself busy with a few more changes to the cockpit interface and I sent the new version off to the test team a few minutes ago and I hope they come back with positive results for their external equipment. If so, all this re-work was worth it. My plan is to finish all cockpit animations and controls by the end of next week and then maybe two or three days on the external ones. Then I will have all the visuals in place. After that I will dive back into the more technical stuff like flight modeling, systems coding and sound again and I am really looking forward to it. The visuals I can show today are for the Beaver pilot. He got a headset now and it not looking so tanned anymore. You will also see two shots of him in the cockpit, but don't be afraid that he will be there forever. He will only be visible in external view. I just did these shots so that you can get a better impression of what he looks like. You all have a nice Sunday!

Hi, video of Airbus A321-231 IAE Engines (by Peters Aircraft). Sorry for mistakes, I hope you like

Landing the Q400 at night in Toronto City

A couple of screenshots generated in the Netherlands around Amsterdam. This is an incredibly detailed area inside OSM, and the results show. People have mapped forest types, and correctly tagged landuse, forest types and even the height of almost every building. This just shows the potential of using OSM data inside X-Plane :-)

What should you do when there is a Winter-storm going on outside? You get into your home cockpit and fly to a place with better weather

What airport is that?

The car phase continues XD. Today, I flew the father of all supercars, the Miura

As another FedEx guy +1