I hope in CS's future considerations after cleaning up on the Boeings, is some activity on some other very underrepresented manufactures and popular aircraft. To me the Lockheed and Douglas/McDonell Douglas aircraft have really been under served. The few models that do exist were made primarily for FS9 and didn't even do that sim any justice. A Super Connie 1049, Lockheed 188L Electra, or a Convair 580/640 would be very good classic examples of piston and turbo props, the latter two using the same or simular Allison engines as used on the C-130 Hercules. One very neglected airliner is the Lockheed L1011. What is available in pay-ware; (two I think), are nothing exciting and have very crappy VC's. A good DC10 does not really exist either. CLS, has one, but again ported from FS9 and has a really poor VC as it is one of their earlier ones before they started getting more proficient at creating them. A fully functioning and stable DC8 is non-existent for FSX, and a good DC9 wouldn't hurt. Since the demise of Microsoft Aces studio, it looks like FSX will be with us for quite a while. Much time to do these popular but under served aircraft in the FS community. I'm growing weary of paying $40 for something akin to junk because the screen shots look good. I would rather part with $100 and get something that is very satisfying. Currently Captain Sim is #1 among a very few that can deliver in this department.

Cheers,
Thad