ive herd talk about missions but i have not seen or herd a clear answer. will the missions in x be like weve seen so far fly frome point a to point b. or will it be more interactive like fs passingers witch is a pay ware program that lets you put pasingers in yor air craft. they give you money you buy planes ext. dose any body know it would be cool because it will make fsx more goal base then flying around pretending you have a purpous witch i think will make it better but you can still fly around amelissly if you wanted to

sorry if this question is already posted i looked a little and did not see somthing like this

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I don't think it will be like that, more like back in FS98 where it's more of an adventure type. I'm looking foward to it personally.

This may seem stupid,
but what does "unlock" mean?

i believe the "missions" will be something in the likes of the Objective-based scenarios they had in MS Train Simulator... it was nice, they gave you something else to strive for... and they were also, purely optional... no unlocking vehicles thing (maybe you'd have to unlock the following missions but that was it)

Don't know anything about them, don't care, and won't 'play' them

no no not like that you can still fly them if you want but have a mission based part where you build your own airline and you half to work up to those jets through licinces and more money you can still fly all the jets like in the rest of the fs game and beleve me once things become more goal based i think ithe game will be more fun as long as they get it right to see what i mean check out fs passingers you will just half to unlock them in your carear mode if you can call it that i dont know i think it could extend the life of the game  

Paul Lange, the lead game designer for Flight Simulator X, describes missions in his new blog located at:
http://blogs.technet.com/p-12c_pilot/default.aspx (see: posted Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:03 PM Playtesting)

Paul talks about using both experienced simmers and novices to test the missions and some of their reactions.

Having to unlock 747s from cessnas looks bad in a way, but that could be more like a career mode, where you have to earn your hours in each plane to move up.  Personally, I think if it worked like this, I would still get the game, but it would make it a little less enjoyable.

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I'd love that. No more posts, "Can't fly B-747 somebody help!!!!!!!!!!" only to find out the most flight experience the poster has is that they went to the airport ten years ago to pick up great aunt Katie and has only had FS-X for two days but still expects to fly a jumbo like a 30 year vetran airline pilot.  j/k

If it was like that wouldn't buy it either. I hate scripting in any game or sim. I have FS Passengers and when I have FS-X and if or when Dan updates FSP for it I'll buy it but I don't like being forced into something like that. I'll make up my own flying fantasies thank you and fly what I want.

I don't doubt however that if they did make it that way, about a week or so later someone would come out with a patch or mod to unlock all the airplanes. 

Actually I like Viper's idea. Be able to fly like you do now but also have a "career" mode where you earn your advancement according to the lessons and flight experience. For example you first complete all the lessons  to earn your PPL and instrument ratings and fly a number of "missions" to log time in the single engine land aircraft. When you log enought time and complete the "missions" you are then allowed to take the following lessons. From there you can move up to twins etc to ATP. That's the way it works in real life so why not have it in FS-X.

I love FS Passengers but actually it's a little unrealistic the way many use it. Purchase a 747 and fly wildcat until you earn enough money to buy another big jet then keep doing that until you own a full blown airline. Not likely to happen in the RW.

Real airlines are corporations financed by investors through stock sales. The owners may have been pilots once but often they aren't and have never owned a B-747 in their own name. You don't get to be the owner and CEO of an airline by purchasing an airplane and showing up at an airport one day asking for passengers.