PS  You're a little low on your approach in that photo. LOL   (Just being a smartass to cover my initial embarrassment at not spotting the indicator)  But probably that's not you flying that plane.

I knew someone was gonna poke at me about that 

 

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Touch down on the grass, make that first left turnoff then you don't have to roll all the way to the end  .

Good morning everyone. As usual, have a few Q's I hope you can help with. I tried to download a version of the Piper Cub featured on this site's home page today and, when I tried to install,  got a window message saying the "application couldn't be installed because the AIR file is damaged".  They then suggest I contact the author for a new AIR. I would  do this except that I haven't the vagueist notion  what an AIR is and who its author might be. Second Q is re the Cessna 150. The airspeed guage on my model is unreadable. Very blurred and small and can't be read even with a magnifying glass.  I'm  guessing this is common to all downloaded models and my Q is, is it? Can  it possible be clarified?  Any response will be appreciated.
Off topic, I had a doctor buddy to the house last night and he tried the sim for the very first time.  After crashing the 150 on landing he said the sim provides an excellent cardiovascular workout. Maybe not as good a a 5K run, but good.

HAGAR  Thank you. Will do right now.   .

Denis. It's Adobe AIR you need to uninstall. This is a separate application from Adobe Reader 9.

I should have explained that all FS aircraft have AIR files. These define the flight dynamics & are not Auto Installers. They have nothing whatsoever to do with Adobe AIR. The only way you will get that error message is by double-clicking on an FS AIR file. There is absolutely no need to do this unless you wish to modify it. This is best left to the experts. Install the aircraft manually in the usual way & it should work fine.

PS. You will need Adobe Reader installed to read instructions & web pages in PDF format.

HAGAR: My error. I didn't see Adobe AIM in my programs -- I don't have it -- so I assumed you meant Adobe 9. I will reinstall it.  Sorry for this confusion.  I am not very literate in computers.

Bret: Yes. My doc pal wasn't kidding. He said it does raise your cardio rate if you approach it  seriously. It  does mine. As I explained  earlier, I had to quit taking lessons  in a Cub when I had an inexplicable panic attack years ago. I have since never been comfortable in commercial planes and have been downright terror-stricken when, for purposes of my work, I had to go up in small planes and choppers.  I wonder if flying sim will help me with this. I'll find out the next time I fly, I guess. It's an interesting theory, though.

DenisH wrote on May 7^th, 2009 at 10:54am:


I have always enjoyed "flying" (pretending to fly) in the various Simulators for many, many years.....

.....But I don't take it seriously to the point that it becomes stressful... ....

...that's the time to pack it in and take up Fly Fishing instead... ...!

To me its just fun, and a learning experience...and all the time remembering....

.......Its not real.... ... ... ...!

Paul..G-BPLF...FS 2004...and sitting in my arm-chair!......!

Fozzer wrote on May 7^th, 2009 at 11:24am:


It's a good kind of stress ... Flying real airplanes is not always fun, either.. I've been going from real cockpit, to simulator-armchair, back and forth; for years now. I can promise you, that taking simulation past the fun, into the stress part, has made me a better, more competent  REAL   pilot.