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Arriving at 8:00am to set up BAW1459 for an 8:30 departure. Perfect opportunity to see the sunrise and night lighting in X-Plane. As it was a winters morning in Edinburgh it really was cold and dark! As someone was asking, here is terrain on the ND Mission Complete! Post number 4770, same number as my CPU

Some cockpit seats!

And around $4,000,000.00 new, the same goes for the King Air lineup. Although, you could pickup a C90 for around $500,000-800,000. I wouldn't necessarily suggest purchasing an aircraft before you begin your training, especially since some people very quickly realize that they don't want to, or cannot become pilots (there are a variety of reasons why this happens). For just getting your PPL, you may as well just rent a schools plane, and then when you are done your licence, purchase what ever piston single you are interested in. If you want to get a twin, get your multi-engine rating in a similar twin, or purchase the twin, and get trained in your own aircraft. There's no reason why you couldn't get your PPL, and then move straight into multis. The only challenge going into multi-engine aircraft, and this is really type dependant, is generally learning to deal with turbochargers (most nowadays are automatic waste gates anyway), constant speed/full feathering propellers (which are fairly easy to operate, but are fairly complex to gain a good working understanding of), and retractable landing gear (and not just remembering to raise and lower it, but also knowing how it works, and how to trouble shoot when something breaks). The other issue most people have is getting used to handling an aircraft that has a GTOW upwards of 6,000 pounds (when they've been flying 152s at 1670 pounds GTOW, and 172s at 2400 pounds GTOW), and one that cruises 50+ knots faster, and lands damn near at cruising speed for most training planes. I should also mention that just because you get a multi-engine rating, doesn't mean you are really qualified or capable of handling one as PIC solo. With ten hours of multi time in my logbook, I was more than capable of getting a great mark on the flight test, and completing the exercises/drills in a competent manner, but I wouldn't want to try and go out and fly the aircraft by myself without more time on type.

Yep thought so, when I ran my own forum I wanted to make sure it wouldn't make another request before implementing certain rules for users of the forum. Thanks for proving a point nonetheless. Back to the airplanes... Dassault Rafale over Tahiti

You could upload to Cameron and he could include the files into a modification folder to any buyer that wish it.

I decided to take this project one step further , which means much more small detail . 747-400 United_2 by mtaxpfan, on Flickr 747-400 United_1 by mtaxpfan, on Flickr

I'm hoping that there will be one sometime soon (this 787 looks absolutely incredible so far! And freeware!). It seems like in general lately, the quality of freeware is slowly rising (other add-ons as well), and there are now several freeware aircraft that probably better than some low-end payware. I don't know how Michael's school works, but I think a lot of schools are out for summer vacation now (so hopefully work can resume)... I do agree with shishkabab though, kudos for focusing on school and your exams first!

That is right and I need to apologize for not having done any updates for some time. However, I have to take care of a few things at the moment which are much more important than a simulated aircraft. Thanks for all your patience and understanding!

Some color and functionality coming into the panel!

The front area of the cockpit is now essentially finished! I still have to add some details on the side window but the main shape is there which was the tricky part.