This may not be the place to post this, but here is where the people are.  I broached the question of whether or not a Simviation Museum would be a possibility with Pete, he pointed out (and rightfully so) that by my own admission,  I could not contribute much more than the seed of an idea.  Maybe those of you who like this idea, and are willing, with your time and talents, might create a large hanger-like building or buildings, into which we could place static versions of our favorite aircraft, chosen by a vote of the SimV community, from within the download pages of  Simviation.  There could be a place for Civil & Military aircraft, both past and present. There might even be runways, so we could fly there.  I would be happy to give of my time to help in any way, other than artistically.(I can't draw a straight line with a ruler)  Maybe, if  there is a desire, discussion, and an agreement, for such an add-on, it could find a place here at Simviation to be worked out.  If you have any thoughts on this, both positive or negative feel free to PM me.  I maybe slow in responding to your PMs, I am on dial-up with a family who also needs to use the phone, but I will respond.  Thanks for taking the time to read this rather long post.

                                            Fido   

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  Explorer   I think the location should be decided by a vote, just like the aircraft.  No one person should decided. If  it is possible, multiple locations would be nice, maybe near by a large body of water, then the seaplane folks could anchor of shore and visit.  I hope this "museum" would belong to all, therefore, everyone needs to imput ideas, not just one person.  Where would you like to see it located?

                                 Fido

Sounds like a great Idea, how about the mandatory wright flyer? and the B-29?

One thing you should realise. Static scenery objects, particularly static aircraft, tend to be graphics intensive. These can only be converted from reasonably basic designs. I find that FS98 models work best as static scenery objects although not all will convert. This would mean finding suitable FS98 versions of each particular aircraft. Also getting permission from the authors to use them.

I think the best method would be to make these "static" aircraft AI Traffic. This makes the whole thing more complex. Although you could use the latest aircraft, not all are suitable as AI traffic. This would also depend on the sim. It wouldn't be possible in FS2004 until the new AFCAD is released. For it to be practical everyone would need the basic aircraft. You would end up with something like the PAI project.

Fido. Please don't think I'm trying to put a damper on this. Not being blessed with much in the way of imagination myself I like to encourage anyone with that talent. I'm pointing out the snags as I see it. others might have different ideas.

Project AI is a clever way of adding AI Traffic to FS2002 for those without the necessary skill or experience to do it themselves. A group of talented developers created a series of special AI Only drones & traffic tracks to go with them. I've not tried it myself but understand that installation is a piece of cake with the included installer.
http://projectai.flight1.net/

OK Fido. I think you could do a lot worse than try the latest FSSC here. http://fssc.avsim.net/
I'm not sure which sim we're discussing here but it includes a tute & basic sample airports for FS2002. These should also be compatible with FS2004.

You mean you want to build like a Virtual Simviation Base?

Sounds like a good idea, although the bit about having it full of aircraft models could really kill your frame rates.

i think that every member (just the ones from the "we're simv"-pic) should choose his/her favourite plane for the display.

as for the place ,i suggest iceland: plenty of water, politically neutral, nice landscape, much room.