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I remember that. I was unable to get any Reno Air MD-80's for my FS. And I believe it was American Airlines that did it. If I am not mistaking there is suppose to be a specail copyright for any one that uses AA or any of its other names
As far a where I go for my fills I hit the big three..flightsim.com, avsim.com and here. This site, as a few have stated, has the best forum.  Each site has really good points about them. Avsim updates faster, search feature is ok. Flightsim updates can be a bit slow, the search feature is great, but for some it can be a pain to log on. Simvaition updates are ok, always can get on, search feature could be better. Not much for the percent of a match.

euh...will i be kicked if i say something else than SimV ??

i think there's no winner in this contest,because  every flightsimpage has its advantages and disadvantages.
i like the design of avsim ,but they don't have a large database.
i like the database of flightsim,but they require logging in (i hate that... ).
i like simviation for it's REALLY huge database, but i don't like the speed (takes too much time to build up the site,even with broadband internet) and the search engine (okay,no flight sim site has a perfect search engine.you should at least choose your sim.).

guys,you forgot the Historic Jetliners Group with it's thousands of repaints for their DC-8 and B707.

SimV is the best I hate flightsim because of the login and Avsim has too small of a collection. but SimV has a weak search (I can never get the results I want ).

Having got most of the bits and bobs I need from the various flight sim Sites over the years now, it's the SimV Forums which I find an absolute delight every time I log-on.
There is nothing quite like it anywhere, for the fun and friend-ship which it brings to me... 8)...!
It's as though all the members were just next-door... ...!
A fantastic lot of pals, and loads of fun....!

Cheers all... ...!
Paul.
(England).

Man, there sure are a lot of Brits that visit here   

No French though, or are they afraid to let anyone know?

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Hi Pete,

I'm not an expert in search functions, but if your search utility can pick up pages, could it pick up bookmark URLs ??? However, the major drawback would be that a bookmark would be needed for everything, and that would be a pain

I'd actually have to say nobody.  I've only found one add-on aircraft I've ever liked.  The rest were, well, "lacking".  In number of downloads, I'd say Simviation (of course!) and flightsim.  Simviation is good for browsing (as aforementioned), but flightsim is good for searching.

As I appear to have a Node problem I can never get on at Avsim.  I like Simviation these days mostly for the Forum.  I think I have just about all the planes I desire for fs2k2 and cfs1&2 until I look at the latest pages.......

The thing about this site is that there are no condescending people at all and even when rare serious disagreements occour the parties can usually sort it out without resorting to violence.  I became a brief member of a Forum about the game "Mafia" and was insulted after my first post so I got annoyed and left.

In addition whilst the search facility is bad is does make you find some interesting things that you may not have found otherwise.  Usually however they have little to do with what you were trying to find.

My main bugbear is about speed.  It can sometimes take ages for each page to load, I have a 64.0 Kps system at home and access to broadband at work and there is often little differance in page access times.  The download speed is about par for the course (I get 3-8kb/s) but the forum can be a complete nightmare at times.  The only request I would make is that some of the old pages from the various topics be removed in an attempt to speed things up.

Will