An FSRecorder file of an approach to land at Gloucestershire on 22 grass in the Schleicher ASW28 glider.

Here are five different versions of Pilot Logsheets for use while flying VFR. Download and unzip - the samples are in PDF format ready for printing.

Speed/Distance table, inches/Mb conversion, fuel unit conversions & weight and several other useful formulae in this simple spreadsheet. This link takes you to the Flight Planning section of the website, from where you may download the file.

FSX/FS9 Splash Screen

Personalise your Flight Simulator programme with Tim Arnot's Cix VFR Club splash screen featuring CHIP 2 - one of the 2-4-Cix display team's Chipmunks. Installation instructions are included in the zip file.

Default FS aircraft and many others designed on the western side of the pond have the Kohlsmann subscale graduated in inches of mercury (ISA pressure is 29.92 inches. This altimeter has its Kohlsmann scale graduated in millibars (or hectopascal if you must!). ISA pressure in Europe is 1013.2 hectopascals. 39Kb

A fairly large MS Word document describing, with numerous photographs, how Peter Dodds built a floor mounted joystick for more realism when flying "stick and rudder" aircraft. 10.5Mb

The older Cessnas had plastic fascias to hide all those Phillips screwheads. If you prefer the 1970's plastic look, then you might like to install this panel instead of the default. 2.2Mb

This is a panel photographically modelled on the panel of a Tiger Moth based at Barton. Features a correctly working P-type compass (see below). 1.2Mb

Many vintage aircraft were equipped with this compass which would not look amiss on the bridge of an ocean-going liner. The model in FS9 in the De Havilland Comet does not work correctly because the needle does not point north, but to the heading you are flying. Navigating with a correct version is a bit more involved than just reading off a heading.  For pilots who like vintage aircraft this document explains a little of the history of the instrument, how to use it and pitfalls to watch out for.

The Rick Piper DHC1 Chipmunk uses the Microsoft default P4 compass, which is displayed by clicking on the appropriate Simicon at the lower left of the 2-D Panel. This download replaces the default "Panel" folder and substitutes the default compass with one which works correctly.  All original files are retained within the folder, but renamed.