I'll be happy to check these out for you but you'll have to be more specific. I need the file names & exact pages they're posted on in order to download them.

Hagar ,

I re-installed the Convair 240 and may be OK ( at least it seems ok for the moment ) .  I'll have to find out where I got the Cherokee 140 .
Thanks ,
Jamie

Hagar ,

I have been unable to find that cherokee 140 again .  No tellin where I found it sometime back .  Alex Melia has a Cherokee 180 , but is payware I think so that should not be the same one ??  Don't worry about this one .
I do thik the Convair has some sort of conflict which may not manifest itself consistently ????  It certainly has fantastic wing views !! 
Jamie

Ha Hagar ,

A bit of a mess is an understatement !!!   I did follow those instructions carefully .   I'll start from the beginning later on this one .

All I can find on the Cherokee is Piper PA28-140 for FS2004 by Ole Egholm .  Really not worth the worry since I have quite a hangar full of planes !!!  I recently got the Spartan Executive which is really nice and would seem that anything Milton Shupe and his team are involved in is spectacular .
Jamie

Right. I've checked both aircraft out in FS2002. I'm no advocate of auto-installers but the Convair should cause no problems if you wish to use it. Make sure you redirect the install path to your FS2002 root directory. Panel & sound are included in the install  I found the FS9 version works well in FS2002 so install Setup.exe & try it. Using the Setup2002.exe afterwards will mess up the panel but this can easily be fixed. I can't duplicate your lock-up problem with either option.

I found the problem with the PA28-140 but it's incompatible with FS2002 so don't bother with it. There's a PA28-160 for FS2002 posted here. http://www.simviation.com/fs2002props46.htm

Hagar ,
I think I was installing incorrectly for the Convair .  They said to hit Run ( for XP ) on the second file ( FS2002 exe. ), but I was puttng stuff in a folder and then transferring ( as I recall ) . I installed as directed this time and seems to be fine .  If you go to the virtual panel and then back up to the left wing view and then use the hat switch to get that view , it is really a magnificent wing and engine view .  I really enjoy flying this Convair 240 .

The Piper 160 you mentioned is really a nice model with great wing views also .  The pitch is way too sensitive as it is in a Piper Warrior that I have . The high panel needs to be slightly lower and the low panel is too squashed !!  I find that any plane is much more fun to fly if you can see some of the cowling like you normally do in real flight .  You can really see it from the virtual cockpit and is nice , but the panel glare shield is too rounded and the instruments are fuzzy on my PC .  The autopilot is a little small for my eyes . He needs help getting the landing light to function ( as he is requesting ) , but is a nice plane and a few tweaks would make it great !!
Jamie

One other thought Hagar that may be causing a problem .  I love the sound in my MAAM DC-3 and have it aliased to that sound .  Guess that might be causing a problem ???
Jamie

Hi again Hagar ,
I went back to the original sound and tried everything and could not get it to hang up at all .  Selected other planes just fine and back to the CV240 .  Just a quirky thing I guess and would bet it will happen again at some point .  I have only had it happen with the Convair for some reason , but is not a big problem unless it happens every time I fly that particular plane .  Nobody else seems to have had that problem .
Thanks for your investigation Hagar ,
Jamie