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I got this add-on free for signing up to a flightsim newsletter. Yep, thats how great the community was in the days of FS98 - free paywere addons.

http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/review/conc.htm
http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main ... eeconc.htm

I saved it on a CD-RW like I did all my downloaded stuff, however once I upgraded my computer for some reason I couldn't access the files on the CD. Today I tried a program to recover "lost" data and I was reunited with this great add-on!



Cleared for takeoff.



Climbing out of KJFK.





Working afterburners.



A hardcore analog panel at 52000 feet and Mach 2. A cool feature is that when you lower the nose the visor disappears out of the 2D panel.

A lot of work has been put into the flight dynamics. Many aircraft in FS98 have seizures when flown this fast. The aircraft is stable at all altitudes and speeds - hand flown or autopilot. The flight dynamics were tested by a Concorde pilot. To create accurate flight dynamics for FS98 is truly an art. I missed this add-on for a few years.

Damn...I've completely forgotten how rotten the graphics were for FS98  8)
But hey, it's nostalgia and retro  ;D

The scenery is second to none...great shots.

Woo....FS98 was my first sim...and when compared to FS9....that scenery looks crap....

Nice pics though

And to think we all marveled at this scenery once

Still, a great flight sim nonetheless, and cool shots of a freepayware aircraft!

That must have seemed AWSOME in '98! Mind you, the panel is a very good effort for the time.

I can't believe we once called that scenery New York!

Compared to X-Plane 7 I think FS98 scenery has more accurate airport and building placement. X-Plane 7 scenery is really random - there are buildings on the water, airports located on water (even the major ones such as KJFK). X-Plane 7 has more accurate terrain however, the things that are placed on the terrain are very random. For example a mountain has a lake texture, a runway has a helipad and a radio tower in the middle of it. Also most of the airports in X-Plane have no buildings. I want to fly, not edit scenery. FS98 graphics may be poor by today's standards but at least most of the stuff appears where it is supposed to be.

X-Plane 8 has much updated scenery though.

Wow, looks really hardcore....I bet back in those days "flying to take screenshots" didn't really exist as a hobby.... the people who flew were all serious sim pilots...

Nicely composed shots, and an interesting post, thanks!!

wow! ugly