Dave,

As usual, Mark is right on!

I too have many ad-on planes and find the stock planes too bland. I have a hard time deciding between the CS 727 and the CS 707 when it comes to which one is more fun to fly. The level of detail is great and except for a few gremlins, both fly like the real thing.

In real life the 727 was a bit of a hot rod because of the large sweep of the wings and higher wing loading and nothing was more of a chore to land in a stiff cross wind. But I guess for me the 707 was a lot of fun because of the ocean crossings and having to navigate with those old methods of Loran-C and Doppler. It was just more work which made the trip seem to go faster. The later navigation systems like INS, IRS and GPS sort of took the "guess work" out of flying.  ;D

So even though I have other CS planes, I find myself going back to the old 707 & 727 when I want to enjoy the old days.

Even though I never got to fly the Lockheed Connie, I was in hope CS would give that model a try, because that would have been a real challenge to fly well.

Lou