One of the most compelling reasons for me to switch to FSX has been this 727 since I saw some really good screenshots of it posted a couple years back. I owned and enjoyed the Legendary 727 for FS9 in it's day, it's still one of my favorite sim aircraft. Well anyway, I've been running FSX for a couple months now and just recently I've finally purchased the 727-100 + -200 expansion.

I've been through the forums the past few nights and got all the good tweaks going, one problem I had was I'm running a non-accel version of FSX so I had to get the updated autopilot to get it working. Sound issue, reload aircraft; works for me. Got rid of the "don't sink" warning, and watched a couple videos on starting from C&D. Thanks you guys in the forums for having all this stuff figured out and making the info available and easy to find.

So, now after having her in my hangar for a few days, getting the bugs worked out, and learning to fly her, I finally loaded up the C&D @ KSEA flight last night and did the most wonderful, completely hand flown, by-the-numbers (sort of) flight to KGEG that's ever been done in the history of FS! This thing is awesome!

Since then I added a United 80s -200 livery I had for the FS9 version and did a nostalgic flight from KGEG to KDEN which is a flight I did often in the real world (as a passenger) back in the 80's. Well actually we landed at Stapleton back then and sadly Stapleton is a suburb now, but still pretty cool. (Oh how I wish someone would do a 9-Dragons style Stapleton for FSX)

Next I think I'll find a Western livery and hit Salt Lake City on the way to somewhere, maybe Portland. From there I think I'll work my way toward Ketchikan...

Jim