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Well, I've added alot of static aircraft to various airports and
aircraft carriers. It involved a LOT of "tweaking" so but it can
be done with a couple of tools that are readily available.

First you need the tool to make a BGL file ( the end result )
from a MDL file ( the input ).

MDLtoBGL.exe will do this but seems to be limited to older
aircraft models...FS2002 and before. I don't think I've ever
gotten an FS9 MDL to convert.

Along with the above tool you will need SCASM.EXE to
assemble the intermediate code produced in the process.
I THINK a copy of that came with the MDLtoBGL download
but it's been awhile so I don't remember if it did, for sure.

Another usefull tool is MdlDisAs.exe written by the same
person that did MDLtoBGL.

Basically the process will involve entering the LAT/LON coordinates
of the point you wish to place the static A/C  along with
other variables such as heading and altitude of the field.

  There are a number of output options in MDLtoBGL. You
can create Airportxx.x compatible API files or just the
"source" files.

I've only used the "standalone" BGL output option.

I know I have combined the BG:'s I've created using this
program to create a mix of different aircraft types at a
location but I don't recall what I used to do this. It was
a utility that took several BGL files and combined them
into a single BGL output file.

Do some Google'ing and searching around on the various
flight sim sites and you should find everything you'll need.

Sorry I couldn't be more specific.

    Paul

I've never got anything beyond FS98 models to convert with MDLtoBGL, but having said that, FS98 models look good as static models!

You can also use RWY12 to put planes into the sim, but it's pretty limited to 747s or light aircraft at the moment.

I seem to recall in the heady old days of FS4, you could see other stick-planes taxiing around O'Hare. They weren't AI though of course - they always did the same things regardless of when you started it up, as I recall.

FS4 - now there was a program!