Hi, welcome to simV

Here's a couple good Ac I can remember now

F-16 by Kirk olsen here
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military2.htm

XB-70 here
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military12.htm

Eurofigter EF-2000
http://www.simviation.com/fs2002military39.htm (its fs 2002 but works with FS9)




A couple good places to take off
Nasa Landing Facility X68
KMKO huge drops on both side you can fly under the runway!

theres hundreds more just do a search for "Easter eggs" on the forum.

As you can see I don't have too good of a memory so i'll get back on you on this one

Any new FS9 user will want link(s) on the desktop to the HTML Help files which are located in FS9/FSWeb folder. "How to Use the GPS" MUST be printed out (42p.) Good Luck.
bill

FS9 is the ninth edition (the latest so far) of the flight simulator series by Microsoft. So FS9 is really Flight Simulator 2004.

Ben

Add-ons really comes down to where you fly and what kind of kites you like, you'll get as many answers as there are minutes in a year with this.
Best bet is to go to our downloads pages, and just browse, or if you have a specific desire use the search function (both are available on the front page here).
Oh one add-on we don't have here that everyone should get is the Airport Enviroment Upgrade package, its at avsim.net and the filename is AUE_MX.
Another must is the Enhanced Water Textures at http://www.simviation.com/fs2004scenery11.htm

Ozzy

o and another question is buffalo/niagra int'l airport on here i live by it ad i see plane on final fly oer my house everyday. and is niagra falls airforce base there. home too (forgot sqaudron numbers) of a refuling sqaud. so i seee kc130's and 135's alot

kewl hey thanks

As for freeware addons -- I love repainting airplanes.  I use the free DXT Bitmap from the MWGraphics website [url]http://fly.to/mwgfx/[/url] and Paint Shop Pro from JASC Software.

I second Ozzy's motion in recommending the free Waterzone Enhanced Water Textures.  The view at night is awesome!!

As far as learning the abbreviations, MS Flight Simulator 2004 comes with its own tutorials, dictionary, and flight lessons.  I highly recommend that you start with the flight lessons before you try anything heavier.

Don't worry too much about spelling.  A lot of people post to public boards.  Some of them cannot spell.  Other people don't have English as a primary language.  I'm a bit of a spelling nerd myself, however, I'm not a jerk and will not reply with anything catty (even though I am the Graycat).  If you have MS Word (or another Word Processor program) simply open a new document and type the text of your message.  Run a spell checker.  Make corrections.  Copy and Paste your corrected text into the Forum message screen then click Post.  Leave MS Word running in the background.  Delete the first text then type a different sentence.  Spellcheck again.  Post.  Exit MS Word when you are finished.  If the program asks if you want to Save click No.