LORAN! Being a retired 'yacht' and charter captain...I remember when we first installed that system....it was almost like cheating compared to our old ADF radio ADF on the boat was nothing like ADF in the plane!

I was flying an older version of Flight Sim many years ago when a friend of mine gave me a present of an add-on to the simulator.  It was called Captain Sim 727. My friend knew I had thousands of hours in the 727 and he thought I'd get a kick out of this third party aircraft.  I was blown away!  The level of detail and the way the plane flew brought me right back into the cockpit.  Even the worn-out paint on the yoke and all the other details of the 727 cockpit had me hooked.

That was a long time ago.  There was the 707, 737, C-103 and all the rest of the CS planes that brought a new level of realism to computer simulation.  Now I'm flying the CS 757/767 and cannot believe the models could get any better, but they have.  My favorite Boeing plane was and is the 757.  The plane was a joy to fly.  Sort of like driving a high-end fancy sports car.  The CS 757 and big sister the 767 are without a doubt the best of the best.  It's fun to make up my own flight plan and then en route make changes in the FMS and add fixes or delete them just as we did in the real world.

Now that were all stuck at home more than ever I find flying the 757/767 in P3D-5 a really fun way to keep up my old skills.

I have to wonder what will come next? 

Stay safe...
Lou

I'm not around much lately, work has kept me pretty busy......but.....

HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all! And Here's hoping everyone gets a 757 in the stocking!! (Come on CS..I am dying for a new 757 in FS 2020!!) 

Agree with pretty much all you said Lou. 2020 reminds me of the launch of FSX, it took a LONG time to work out all the bugs.
That dam download is a real PITA.....it has hardly worked correctly since day 1....the only work around I found was to click on links that shouldn't have anything to do with the download, then wait forever to see what happens.
If I hadn't lost all my FSX stuff with a PC crash, I would be back to flying FSX until they get 2020 correct....sighhhhhh.

Mark,

Thanks for all your help with this simulator. I've been downloading another MSFS2020 after uninstalling the old one as you recommended.  Not a very friendly voyage through the Microsoft pages to find the page where it let me start the new install.

I started at 1300 local time to install around 190 GiB.  It's now - 2030 local and I'm just approaching 30 GiB.  Maybe by tomorrow it will have finished installing - maybe! 

I do like the scenery for some places, but grass airports are really weak.  Yes, I know there a lot of them but in FSX and P3D the small fields are a lot better.  The C-172 is my go to plane.  I find it flies pretty much as the real one that I flew for thousands of hours.  The 747 is like NOTHING I remember.  I still think there is way too much bouncing around with the surface wind at 4KTS and no where near mountains.

I really like the rain depiction in the weather drop down. I wish there was a fog button as well to simulate fog and ground fog so important in scud running.

I'll let you know how it works. 

Happy New Year to you and all the CS simmers.

Lou

I/m not sure about the 30 GiB...
I see 109 GiB.

My download speed is pretty good too.

I'll let you know how it works.

Mark,

Yes, I thought you were saying the sim was 30.    My bad!

I went through the new install and even though I bought the top of the line install, when I opened the new install now I have to install all the better airports and there were NO PLANES, so I went and installed the C-172 only just to get it going.  My download speed is: 245 GiB.  How does that compare to yours?

I see a few changes to the sim as far as selections of various adventures and landing challenges, but the sim still flies the same.  I don't know if you have an in on who made the bouncing so strong.  In the C-172 with surface wind 4 knots and flying over flat terrain the plane is always bumping along. That is NOT realistic.  Sure if I was crossing over hills or mountains with a bit more wind I could expect a lot of bumping around, but not what I'm getting at 2,000 feet over level ground with hardly any wind. 

Since you are so far ahead as the earth rotates, HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Lou