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The 737 is the gold standard of flight simulation. I don't think you can find a single individual who hasn't flown on this glorious bird. I remember as a small child my two favorite books were on how they built the 747 and the 737. You've got the whole flight sim community awaiting your rendition of this beauty, give it your best!

And don't forget to take some time to get used to it. When I crossed over from MSFS, I did not like X-Plane 9 at first as it was just ... different. But I told myself I'd give it a fair shot. Now I love it. Jan, thanks for the update on the 737! It sounds like it will be a complex simulation when finished.

Or ... People could just chill out and do something else with the crazy hours of freetime it looks like everyone has? It really just seems to me that when a project is announced people start feeling that they are somehow entitled to its imminent release. If we all start from the point that nobody owes us anything ... ever ... (side note: they don't) then I think we'll all be better off in the long run.

Read my post in the general discussion forums... lets try to avoid claims that are not absolutely certain. Hence his use of the word "hope" prefacing his desire/sentiment for a release this week, but hardly a claim. Appropriate given the fact that remaining issues surrounding release are in the hands of others.

Only downside is that it uses SASL and crashes my sim when I have gizmo installed. This I logically tested by removing gizmo and having it work flawlessly every time then re-testing with gizmo installed and having it crash every time. But, a nice piece of kit nonetheless!

Relevant link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity On a side note, works with my i5 m520 @ 2.4 gHz laptop with mobility Radeon HD5650. Not exactly a gaming machine, but holding out hope.

This is incredible. I've yet to try it in the sim as I'm reading through the documentation right now, but what a resource! Updates with navigraph nav data (of course you must subscribe to navigraph for this function), is chock full of features, and assumes same functionality as the real unit except where explicitly stated in the manual (which is not that much stuff). And it appears that our very own Theo and Javier had a hand in its creation as well. Good jobs guys. Check this one out!

Also works for iphone and ipod touch if you have one of those. Though I find the refresh on the displays to be quite slow on my 3rd gen itouch, to the point that I mostly use the app for the autopilot/fms function only.

One of my first payware purchases as well, and probably my best flight sim experience. Looking forward to an X-Plane version!

Great video! The plane is already on my "to-buy" list, seeing it in action just reinforces

Top 2% here, but only because I never knew what I really wanted to do, so I just did everything. Now all my slacker friends have figured out their passions and are doing amazing things in the working world, 'ole top 2% here still works crappy low-wage jobs because I still have no clue. So there you have it folks, what you teach yourself is worth infinitely more than what you are taught in school!

sleep!

I forgot to mention Oliver, this was a fantastic series of screenshots. Thanks for posting.

Hrm, I'm actually headed to Spain at the end of May for a wedding. About that in-house training ;D

I like that you said "planes"

I can definitely appreciate that kind of attitude! Regarding the review itself, my overall impression as a regular reader of XPlane10's Blog reviews is that it was decidedly negative compared to past reviews. Sure there are platitudes, but they are by and large framed on all sides by negatives. Almost like an aside. I'm just wondering if maybe an "non-editorialized" first impression might better be made during waking hours and not on the heels of the issue regarding whether or not a review would even be made. Just my two yen opinion, that is all. I personally would expect more regarding an FMS based on the price point, but it sure is some nice eye candy!

Aloha had a nice run. The inter-island market is and has always been brutal so a shift in balance was all it took. That being said, it was sad to see it go.

Celebration indeed! Where are you going on vacation after this thing is out the door???

No sharks here, but I did end up take a nice long "siesta" once when the barracuda started showing up.

And for this, both I and the cooling fans on my poor laptop thank you.

I never bother with scenery because while I always seem to be able to make frame heavy aircraft work fine, even basic scenery sends my fps plummeting. Would love some good looking well-made scenery that won't cook fried eggs on my computer case...

Absolutely fantastic news. Thanks Philip for stepping up to the plate! Just a quick question: Will there be an option to turn off the persons in the cockpit? Understandable if not, just a personal preference so I thought I'd ask.

I personally say, "Don't feed the trolls," but as frustrated as you must feel defending your freeware offering to the rabid masses, showing up and responding personally on this public forum shows good form. Thanks for taking the time to do so.

TBA at a later time. We can still speculate endlessly though, right? I'm gonna guess Reno.

That's a real smart looking livery! Not overdone, but a nice splash of color.