Ah.... hi there

Thanks a lot for the kind comments! My favourite pic is actually the sunrise one in 'oakle2' but that seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth, lol.
Meck: the pictures were carefully set up and chosen from about 100 - believe me, the clouds and autogen disappear when the props are in front of them. It looks ugly.... but usually one is inside the plane, and it's possible to get decent screenies if one tries so it doesn't bother me too much.
ManuelL: There's a FAQ online detailing how to convert the FS9 plane to FSX. You need FS9 installed. I didn't notice anything else wrong graphically/VC-wise (the non-covered front wheel when retracted is I think a normal feature of the aircraft, though I'm not sure 100% - and the VC is FS9 2005 (or 2004, or 3??) standard...) and as for the flight model I didn't notice anything drastic, it flew very nicely. Another simmer might be more equipped to answer. The price is nice, and I like small utilitarian twins like this.
Spyro, DaveT: Thanks, nice to be back, at least occasionally...
Cheers guys!