I wanted to let all of you know that we are listening, collecting, and discussing the issues and problems some are having with FSX. Our highest concerns are performance issues and activation issues. I know there were some specific activation problems...

What a great aviation film. The team was invited to a private screening of this film in Seattle shown on the latest and greatest Sony HD digital K4 projector and it was spectacular. I get a bit emotional about airplanes and this film hit several nerves...

I'm a little surprised by the number of screen shots from missions that show the mission pointer (the green arrows spinning above the objective) and the mission compass (the game-style gauge in the upper left). Although the pointer is extremely useful...

Well yes we do have "easter eggs. For those that aren't familiar with easter eggs in this context, they are hidden things to discover in a game (and sometimes in other types of software). In FSX we have several. Some of them are hidden in missions...

We have such a wide spread of mission types, that I would expect the answers to this question to vary quite a bit. I posted this for the beta team as well and received some interesting responses. To get the ball rolling, here are my ten (I tried to just...

Justin (my office mate and fellow designer) downloaded and flew the first user created mission posted for download called "Transport Stranded Passengers." It's a flight in a DC-3 originating from Moosonee in Canada. I'm not going to give a review of it...

There have been a lot of questions about why the Red/Gold Cessna is actually white. The answer is a simple one in that it's a simple bug that was either missed, or postponed in favor of focusing on bigger nastier bugs. The description should have said...

The beginnings of a great new fsinsider is up courtesy of our community team. In the past this site was owned by marketing. Now it is owned by our own team and we have big plans for it. Check it out and be sure to send feedack with comments, questions...

I didn't go to the event as it just wasn't in the cards for me, but Brandon did go and he had a great time. He said the races were awesome with some amazing flying that simply blew his mind. The weather was great, and Red Bull really put on a class act...

Many of you have been frustrated that you can't control the density of autogen trees verses buildings because we only have one slider to cover both of them. Some have also been frustrated that our lowest autogen setting is more dense than FS2004 at max...

Not mine, but FSX of course... The number of posts regarding FSX performance is staggering, but not particularly surprising. Unlike console systems, PC's come in a lot of different flavors and the number of hardware and driver combinations is practically...

There is an interesting thread on AVSIM which poses this question and which I read with interest (although I could do without the personal attacks). I realize there have been similar posts before FSX was finished and there will continue to be more I'm...

I've been informed that this site isn't actually considered a personal site where I can post whatever I want, so I have removed my political posts and will concentrate instead on Flight Sim and aviation subjects instead. I am truly passionate about...

And happy to do so. After a week in Reno, then a couple days of work followed by a week in Maui, not only am I ready to be working but I have a ton of work to do. I already find myself working past midnight to get a couple of real-world courses ready...