aircraft

[welkflyman]

  hello everyone  my question is  how do i know if the aircraft im downloading has views of the rear cabin is there any way of telling?

[beefhole]

It should either be in the file description where you download it or in a readme that comes with the file.  A cabin view is pretty good for a freeware plane, so if it has one you can bet that it'll be in the file description.

[Jamie]

Hi welkflyman ,

I absolutely love to be able to look back in a cabin and especially enjoy a virtual cabin .  I now only seek out planes with virtual passenger compartments .  Are you familiar with Active Camera ?  I think one of the neatest features of the simulator is the recording of a flight and then , through the wonder of active camera and virtual passenger cabins , playing back the flight and riding as a passenger .

Many planes have a view of the passenger area from the pilots area , but have not found a great number with virtual cabins .  Milton Shupe and others have some wonderful Aero Commander twins that have virtual cabins .   The MAAM R4D ( DC-3 ) donation ware plane has one of the most beautiful passenger compartments you will ever see .  The Howard 500 also is a remarkable work of art and has a great V cabin .

Bill and Lynn Lyons have produced some of the most wonderful aircraft of anybody and I love the Goodyear Blimp .  You just have to see that gondola interior and ride as a passenger .  Quite an extraordianry experience .

The Boeing 777 Meljet has a really nice first class passenger cabin .

I recently found an American Airlines Convair 240 and has some of the most beautiful wing and engine views I have seen .  I wish it had a virtual cabin , but you can still use Active camera and go back to a passenger type of view .  

There is a boeing 717 ( yx717v2.zip )  which has a passenger compartment , but is toy-like .  It is still fun to sit in the back and look out at the neat wings .

I really love the Falcon 90VA and is one of my most favorite to fly .  It only has a photographic view of the passenger compartment and cannot venture back into that area with Virtual Camera , but is still a neat feature.   If any of you get the Falcon and enjoy it as much as do I , I will be happy to send you a bitmap that I modified  to get rid of the awkward looking post in the windshield and a flaw in the left forward view .   I would need an e-mail address of course .  Mine is jlrdds@hotmail.com .

These are just a few " treasures " that I think you would like .

Jamie

[Wing Nut]

Those are some great planes, make sure you get the Falcon 50.  Unfortunately, you just cannot tell before you download unless the author chooses to put it in the description.

[Jamie]

Hi Dreaded Pirate ,

I thought I had downloaded the Falcon 50 and I did have it plus a patch .  I had only looked at it briefly and had not downloaded because it said you had to remove some stuff if you had an older version ( which I do not ) , but sounded complicated .  

I just installed it and has an absolutely exquisite interior and a beautiful panel and views from the pilot seat .  The windshield is perfect . The gauges are smaller than those of the Falc 900 , but very nice .  What I would give for a virtual passenger cabin !!!  Would love to sit back there .

Thanks ,

Jamie  

[Wing Nut]

Keep going back in the virtual cockpit and you'll get a nice surprise...

[Jamie]

Hey Dreaded Pilot ,

I was trying to scamper back to you to let you know that I was just looking at the lite version and just discovered the wonderful passenger cabin .  That is really something !!  This plane is a must for everybody .

Thanks ,

Jamie
( kidding about your name !!  )