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by Dave Athay
Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Sayin´ THANK YOU!
Replies: 3
Views: 2868

Re: Sayin´ THANK YOU!

I agree! Thank you, FlyNET staff, for such a prompt resolution. I thought you handled the last few days in a very classy way. Thanks, too, for continuing to make this site better and more enjoyable for so many people. I'm starting to teach myself a little PHP and MySQL and it gives me an even greate...
by Dave Athay
Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:48 pm
Forum: Bugs & Problems
Topic: Unable to fly hanger aircraft
Replies: 6
Views: 7896

Re: Unable to fly hanger aircraft

I had a problem like that once when I transferred an aircraft. When I transferred, I had typed the airport ICAO in lower case. Apparently, it matters to FlyNET. When I transferred it to the same airport, spelled in uppercase, it worked.
by Dave Athay
Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Private Aircraft Question
Replies: 4
Views: 3286

Re: Newbie Walkthrough (Everything you need to know)

You can't do charters with private aircraft in the real world, either. You need an air carrier certificate, which makes you, well, an airline. What private aircraft do you need v$200,000,000 for, anyway? v$25,000,000 gets you a slick Gulfstream that will take you anywhere in the world faster than mo...
by Dave Athay
Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Private Aircraft Question
Replies: 4
Views: 3286

Re: Newbie Walkthrough (Everything you need to know)

The point of buying your own plane is to SPEND money. What's the point of MAKING money if you can't use it for anything? Personal airplanes in FlyNET serve the same purposes as personal airplanes in the real world: recreation, transportation, and dissipation of surplus money. If it's not your thing,...
by Dave Athay
Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:38 pm
Forum: New features & ideas
Topic: Crashes and speeds
Replies: 8
Views: 5134

Re: Crashes and speeds

What I do to watch my groundspeed is open the GPS window, right-click it and select "undock window," then drag it to the corner of the screen so most of it is invisible, but the "GS" readout is just right in the corner. Doesn't cover up much of anything useful on most panels, and it gives a nice, ha...
by Dave Athay
Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: Flight simulator NOT running
Replies: 8
Views: 6739

Re: Flight simulator NOT running

Same thing happened to me when I installed in Vista. You have to run FlyNET in compatibility mode for Windows XP. Then it works fine.
by Dave Athay
Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:12 am
Forum: Bugs & Problems
Topic: "MS Flight Simulator Not Running" error
Replies: 2
Views: 2984

Re: "MS Flight Simulator Not Running" error

Joe, Thanks for the timely response. FSUIPC appeared to be installed just fine, but I installed it again just for good measure. That didn't fix the problem. What did end up working was to run FlyNET in compatibility mode for XP. I haven't been able to flight test it yet, but that did get me around t...
by Dave Athay
Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:25 pm
Forum: Bugs & Problems
Topic: "MS Flight Simulator Not Running" error
Replies: 2
Views: 2984

"MS Flight Simulator Not Running" error

Hello, Couldn't find anything about this, so I thought I'd ask the question: I recently got a new computer, running Vista. I'm still using FS9. The FlyNET client seems to be working fine, but when I click "fly booked flight" I get an error message that "MS Flight Simulator is Not Running" even when ...
by Dave Athay
Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: Fictitious Airports in FlyNET?
Replies: 7
Views: 5068

Fictitious Airports in FlyNET?

I greatly enjoy being allowed to add airports to the FlyNET database, and have used the feature to add a couple already. They have all been real airports, and I've used the best data available. My question is for the management, and also to see what others here think: May we add airports to the data...
by Dave Athay
Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:27 pm
Forum: New features & ideas
Topic: Private Aircraft Rental
Replies: 13
Views: 6297

I think there should be at least one Cessna 172 for rent at every airport. This should be made available by the FlyNET system. This is pretty realistic, as the 'Hawk is the backbone of the rental fleet in the US, and you can find one for rent at practically every municipal airport. Not sure about pl...
by Dave Athay
Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:55 pm
Forum: New features & ideas
Topic: Private Aircraft Rental
Replies: 13
Views: 6297

CAPFlyer,

Right on. I really think there should be a way for people to rent aircraft without having to save up to buy them. This will make private flights accessible to many more people. I hope something to this effect can be worked out. :D
by Dave Athay
Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:24 am
Forum: New features & ideas
Topic: Private Aircraft Rental
Replies: 13
Views: 6297

That works great as long as the plane you're flying is (at least slightly) profitable. I really enjoy flying the King Air and other planes that just don't carry enough passengers to make a profit at coach fares, and it's kind of a bummer to have your losses multiplied by a few hundred. So, I just su...
by Dave Athay
Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Anyone own a private aircraft?
Replies: 15
Views: 6991

I've flown quite a few private flights and never had any problems with the client. I really like the private aircraft feature since it gives a way to fly something non-scheduled and "just for fun". I'd rather have a better private aircraft system than a stock exchange, personally.
by Dave Athay
Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:16 pm
Forum: New features & ideas
Topic: Small Airports
Replies: 9
Views: 4002

You can currently add any airport you want to the database. From the main site, just click "airports" under the database heading on the left-hand side. Then, at the top of the page that comes up, click "add airport to database" and fill out the form. It will have to be approved by the admins, but th...
by Dave Athay
Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:50 pm
Forum: New features & ideas
Topic: What if, instead of a multiplier...
Replies: 16
Views: 8628

What if, instead of a multiplier...

... the system just flew all the flights in your schedule for you? Here's how it could work: You write a schedule. Currently, everyone does this, but the times mean nothing. But this way, let's say the FlyNET system will execute your schedule for you, provided the following conditions are met: 1) Yo...