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Laughing now. How soon before someone quotes Mark Twain?

Ben, yes. However, my original problem remains.. climbing above a solid undercast that vanishes, leaving clear sky below.

Yes Cameron. I also see the problem. I do see that you are working hard and the app has been steadily improving. However all you have to do is take a look at another small shop, the one that makes Active Sky. Say what you like, their product looks a lot more like real-life. And they have the added bonus of not having a prickly and defensive guy leaning on his customers when they point out legitimate shortcomings. One of the virtues of X-Plane and this community, is the wide and deep pool of thoughtful users and developers. Your own IXEG as an example. They listen, respond, and don't get their backs up when someone says their product needs work, here and there. Hope you take this in the spirit it's intended. Best, Marshall

The capriciousness bugs me but I tolerate it as long as It Just Works. When it doesn't, that's a problem. I still think, on balance, it's the least bad of the bunch. But the divergence is narrowing. As for learning/unlearning. Final Cut X freaked a lot of people out. As a video professional, I watched my organization rush to Premiere. However, as a video professional, I also saw Final Cut X actually develop into a kick-ass system. But they blew it. And they broke a lot of faith with users.

Well, I have more tolerance for the "magic BS". With the strong exception of iPhoto. The irony is, the big iMac has the power.. if the monitor were 3K not 5 ah well

ben, making a Hackintosh tempts me. But all the futzing ultimately defeats the purpose of owning a Mac. That and I do like to see people get paid for their work.

Ben, thanks. I certainly will. I purely wish there were a powerful enough Mac to fly X-Plane, at 4K and do it smoothly. We're close, but not there yet. And Windows gaming rigs just keep getting faster. I love that your plane is not a frame-hog. I hate that I'm stuck on a platform that, although improving, always manages to piss me off. Best, marshall

Hi all! Loving the plane. Making YouTube video after YouTube video with it. Can't get enough. However, my Windows install badly needs fixing. If I remove the plane, using the Control Panel uninstaller, will I have any activation hassles re-installing it on a fresh Windows setup? If so, can anyone suggest some work-arounds? I need to take the machine down today and am obviously trying to minimize my 737 downtime. It certainly is addictive. Best, Marshall

Well, I'd be happy to teach Jan The Mighty Dash, in exchange for lessons in The Classic Seven, but I suspect he's been there and done that--and no jet pilot longs for turboprops, except the completely eccentric. And he's not quite that weird. Best, Marshall

Thanks, Jan. And to mmerelles, it's not that. I can park the plane full and it reloads empty. Best, Marshall

Title speaks for itself. 1.03. XP 10.45. Worked before, in 1.02. Now loading the airplane in Ready To Fly frequently loads with no fuel. Reloading using the IXEG "bump" menu solves problem. Still, very annoying. Best, Marshall

I've been having intermittent problems when loading the airplane in the Ready To Fly condition. Every third or fourth time or so, it loads with zero fuel. Also, despite choosing imperial units, the three fuel gauges always read in kilos. Best, Marshall

Frank, Okay, will monkey around with a few parameters and see what I can reproduce for you. Best, Marshall

Flight testing is a noble profession. Just ask Yeager and Armstrong. I also like learning, firsthand, the ins and outs of a well-modeled airplane. Best, Marshall

Frank, Are you sure this is desired? I can assure you from the weather conditions, it's not scud. The metar was fog, low visibility, 100 foot ceiling. Therefore climbing off the runway IRL would mean climbing into hard IMC, not climbing into ever-clearing visibility and VMC. You would lose site of the ground, not steadily gain it. I'm sure the feature you speak of is in fact a good one, but that's really not in play here. Climbing into an overcast should mean climbing into an overcast--not having it vanish beneath you. Can you please investigate further? Best, Marshall

Weird problem: Using SkyMaxx Pro in low fog or overcast areas finds the low deck retreating as you climb, until it goes to the horizon and you're in CAVOK. This is with and without the RWC. With and without the NOAA plug-in. With the ground transition settings in SMP either at max or min.It seems to be SkyMaxx's problem. I've got some screen grabs to illustrate--first with SMP, then without. Now climbing See.. it retreats! And, again, it's the same whether RWC or NOAA is operating. Now with SMP disabled: Then up. Then up some more. See? So what can be done? I'll be posting a video walking through it all, shortly, under my full name, Marshall Arbitman Best, Marshall

Perhaps an original USAir (not Airways) livery? Best, Marshall

Captain, On a more serious note, I'm just now learning to fly for real, but have always been a keen observer, whether from the right seat of a small plane or the passenger seat on an airliner, of the sensations of flight. Yours is the first airliner that feels like flying. I floated an arrival on my latest video--to be posted shortly--and it felt spookily like the float I experienced on a flight into KEWR. The pilot flared just a touch too early, then had to finesse it onto the runway. The kinesthetics were damn near identical. Bravo! (How's work coming on the FMC?) Best, Marshall

It's an Easter egg. The real one says, "Cut that out, A-hole!" Best, Marshall

Ben, Keep it up. Without your videos, I'd still be groping around in the dark with The Mighty Dash. (Not that groping around in the dark isn't fun--as long as it's with real cabin crew, not fake flight decks) Best, Marshall

Agreed. I've never flown a plane from seat 22F