Agreed.  And the service pack makes it even better.  My favorite FSX aircraft. I hop from this to the FA-18 and back.

It'll be perfect when they fix my sound related crashes, but the work around is fine for now.  

I hope they look for a way to make the JATO provide functional thrust.  Half of the reason I love this plane is because I take it into and out of some rediculous locations.  Functional JATO would just add to my fun,  I'd be laughing away like a madman.

Solar, have you ever tried these deployables?  http://www.captainsim.net/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1137777216/2

And did you ever get your trackir yet?