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Spirit of St. Louis (FSX Native)

Bomber_12th

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I had the great privilege today to test out one of Full's most recent FSX conversions (yet to be released), that being the Ryan NYP, better known as the Spirit of St. Louis. To me, this is what makes our hobby so great, and continues to make it better. As of up to last week, the only way anyone could have flown the Spirit of St. Louis in FSX would have been through a 'port over', and now it is completely FSX native. Thank you Craig!

When released, it will still require you to have the vast majority of the files for the aircraft from FS9 (which can be found on the FS9 discs easily enough, if you don't have it installed), just like the Curtiss Jenny and DeHavilland DH.88 conversions. I think you'll all agree that the aircraft looks absolutely fantastic in FSX.

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Hi Dave, all of the FS9 aircraft can be found on the FS9 Disc 1. Pop the disc into your CD/DVD drive, and then within "My Computer" right click on the disc icon and select "Explore". All of the aircraft are found in the "MSGAME 1" cab file.
 
Thanks a lot, Craig :medals: :applause:

It's still an excellent looking model. Very impressive when you consider the fact that the original FS9 model is almost ten years old.

Greetings
Tim
 
She's beautiful, Craig! Thanks a bunch! :salute: Flew a short flight (no radio...just like Lindy) and was almost run over on final approach by a 737. :icon_lol:

Brian
 
The replica that is owned by Kermit Weeks is very original and doesn't have a forward windscreen built in like the EAA example does, with only the almost useless periscope and the side windows for visibility out of the cockpit, just like the original. Although it hasn't been flown in quite some time, Kermit has stated that it scares him every time when it comes to landing it - stating that, although you can poke your head out a bit out either side window, when doing so to look forward when landing, you tend to stray in the opposite direction from the side you are viewing. So the best way about it, is to side-slip it in a bit, until when you finally level out, you just use your peripheral vision, looking straight ahead, to guide you straight ahead (same as on take off).
 
Bomber_12th said:
The replica that is owned by Kermit Weeks is very original and doesn't have a forward windscreen built in like the EAA example does, with only the almost useless periscope and the side windows for visibility out of the cockpit, just like the original. Although it hasn't been flown in quite some time, Kermit has stated that it scares him every time when it comes to landing it - stating that, although you can poke your head out a bit out either side window, when doing so to look forward when landing, you tend to stray in the opposite direction from the side you are viewing. So the best way about it, is to side-slip it in a bit, until when you finally level out, you just use your peripheral vision, looking straight ahead, to guide you straight ahead (same as on take off).
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Lindbergh was used to flying biplanes from the rear seat, like the DH4's that he was operating for the U.S. Mail Service when he put his plan to cross the Atlantic in motion.
It was more than natural for him to poke his head out to one side, looking past a long nose for landings.
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/airmail/
 
Bomber_12th said:
Hi Dave, all of the FS9 aircraft can be found on the FS9 Disc 1. Pop the disc into your CD/DVD drive, and then within "My Computer" right click on the disc icon and select "Explore". All of the aircraft are found in the "MSGAME 1" cab file.
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Thanks John, I looked at that cab but did not originally unpack it so I did not see it was broken down into directories. Once I unpack it I found all the planes right where you said they would be.

This plane is a handful to fly. Forward vis on landing basically looking through a toilet paper tube. :icon_eek:

Dave
 
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