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GALLERY / Re: TWE E145 P3Dv4

« on: March 09, 2022, 04:31:40 AM »

Holy Cockpit Batman !
You running multiple computers to handle that or all through one Video Card ?  I have been on the prowl for a RTX 2080 video card since last September.  All you can find are the scalpers charging 2x - 3x the MSRP.

Those ERJ's look super in that TWA dress !

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kACARS_Free / Re: Can't install due to newer version

« on: February 15, 2022, 05:33:43 PM »

OK, see if this will work for you.  Do you have another computer or laptop that you don't use for Flight Sim?  If so, you can install the version 1.0.1.1 from the TWVA FLEET, New Arrivals Section on it.

If so, I believe it installs to C:\FS-Products folder.  Copy that folder to one of your data drives of your Flight Sim Computer (preferably not the drive with your newer version of kACars installed on it).  Then try launching the kACARS.exe from that folder (as administrator) to see if it will let you setup a VA Profile for TWA and use that launch location for the v1.0.1.1 that the TWA site requires.

I was able to do that on my non-FS computer and get it to launch and connect to the TWA site.  However, it does not have flight sim on it to test connection to the simulator.  I believe it will work, as I think kACARS looks at the registry to tell it where Flight Sim is installed.  All of its' settings regarding VA and user profiles are stored in a config file of whatever folder you are running kACARS from.

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GALLERY / Full Moon ... or is it ?

« on: November 20, 2021, 05:21:17 PM »

Early evening flight into KBOS.  Although the A320 I was flying in FS2020 has little resemblance to an X-Wing fighter, the only thing running thru my mind was ...

 "Red 6 Standing by" 

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GALLERY / TWA hit MSFS2020

« on: October 31, 2021, 01:37:02 PM »

Have been looking for TWA liveries for MSFS2020 since almost day one.  Got directed to this site:  https://flightsim.to/ and ... BAM !







Feels good to be flying again in TWA skin.   

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GALLERY / Re: Inex-Adria flight 1308 22 Oct 1981

« on: April 05, 2021, 07:47:01 AM »

There is a guy on youtube that does some pretty informative "recreations" in FSX.  They say it's best to learn from the mistakes of others, so I've watched a few.

His channel is:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRRGxJkqoOgI3htdVuK5F3A

I searched, and he did not have one on this incident. 

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GALLERY / Flying into KBUF - FS2020

« on: March 14, 2021, 06:57:15 PM »

Snagged a few shots coming into KBUF on a recent flight.  Yes, I ignored the ATC messages and gave the passengers the scenic view.   

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GALLERY / Re: TWA MD-11F freighter - repaint

« on: February 12, 2021, 04:50:10 PM »

Gorgeous .... simply Gorgeous !
Well done, sir ... <salute>

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GALLERY / Re: TWA BOEING 737 MAX 8 P3D

« on: December 09, 2020, 05:14:20 PM »

Beautiful !  Nice shots, <salute>.

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New Members of TWVA / New KLAX Pilot

« on: November 06, 2020, 11:18:48 AM »

Please join me in welcoming Rick Corsie, TWA2397, to TWVA.
Welcome aboard Rick !

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GALLERY / Re: DC-3 by Airline Heaven: finally, a production DC-3!

« on: October 10, 2020, 02:59:49 PM »

WOW just doesn't seem to do justice to the that paint work.  Most superb job there, sir.  <SALUTE>

Your "Hurculean challenge" most definitely produced excellent results.  As the say down under, gobsmacked!

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GALLERY / Re: Ozark DC3 in XPlane 11

« on: September 26, 2020, 07:20:00 AM »

Nice shots!  Gives  you a real perspective of the amount of wing area on the DC3.   

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THE LOUNGE / Re: Is anyone else gonna take the plunge?

« on: August 29, 2020, 03:43:37 PM »

After several days of adjusting graphic settings, regular mode vs developer mode, and so-on-and-so-forth .... finally completed an IFR high altitude airways flight from KLAS-KSFO.  Some very crude and un-retouched shots with very low anti-alias settings and middle of the road sliders:

Taxi out of KLAS:


Downtown KLAS: not one of their "hand crafted airports":


Climbing out over mountains:


Live Weather Foggy KSFO ... notice the fisheye effect with the uber-wide 3 monitor setup .. another setting to research:


This was taking during an early evening flight a few days ago when settings were still set pretty high:


Has potential.  Will have to look at some hardware mods and maybe getting away from the uber-wide setup.  Still lots of work for MickeySoft to do.  Autopilot is on crack or something .... 

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THE LOUNGE / Re: Is anyone else gonna take the plunge?

« on: August 29, 2020, 09:40:07 AM »

I'm planning to get it, however, I'm going to wait a few months so all the bugs can get fixed.

In hindsight ... think that is wise.  Waiting for a "patch" next week to hopefully stop the program crashes when entering a new scenery area.  It is amazing though to go thru the official forums and look at all the "this worked for me" posts.   

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GALLERY / Re: TWA DC9-51 Repaint

« on: August 27, 2020, 04:46:38 AM »

TWA operated DC9's out of KLIT.  Back when I was at General Dynamics and the Sparrow 7M missile program, took many a flight on the DC9's to KSTL then onward to KDCA for program reviews at the Crystal Palace.   

Beautiful work, Mike, <Salute>

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THE LOUNGE / Re: Is anyone else gonna take the plunge?

« on: August 25, 2020, 05:43:53 AM »

I am early on in checking everything out.  Have yet to complete a "full" flight .... (found out last night that 'active pause' ain't really a pause) 

FSUIPC support is needed for kACARS and most ACARS programs.  Not sure if they are developing their own internal to the program or if it is a back burner thing with what I expect is a mountain of bug reports on their plate.

That was one of the many things I liked about XP11.  You can download the full program and run it in demo mode to get a feel for and test out the product.  It limits you to a 15 mile radius of KSEA and to 10 minutes at a time.  I did a lot of take off and landings for about 2 months checking it out before buying.  Once I found a freeware add-on ATC module and an online flight planner that would export files that can be loaded by the default XP FMS, I pretty much quit flying P3d.