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Just remember, when you unzip a file you should always unzip it in a
temporary directory and create a subdirectory in the name of the file you
are working with. Some of the files don't have everything put together the
correct way and if you should unzip in the FS9 aircraft directory all of
your sub files for this one plane will be all over the place.
Example: c:\temp\aircraft\meljet777 or c:\temp\scenery\Norway
once you have it unzipped you can now move it to the place you want.
Mark
"Lawn Dart" <willkayakforfoodREMOVE_THIS@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> Hi John,
>
> On Sat, 07 May 2005 17:33:01 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> There are many sites that offer free aircraft to install to FS9.
>
> Yes. There are many sites that offer free aircraft, free sceneries,
> free terrain mesh, free utilities, etc.
>
> If you can be a bit more specific about the types of aircraft (and
> other types of add-ons) you're interested in, we can perhaps direct
> you to the "best of class" that we know of; both freeware and
> payware. I say this before providing any specific links because when
> I first started using this program, I went on a fairly indiscriminate
> downloading/installing frenzy, and ended up removing nearly all of
> the initial add-on planes I installed because I just wasn't very
> happy with them. I still think a few freeware planes are quite nice,
> but for the most part, I've become spoiled with payware planes. And
> then of course, you may be more interested in airliners and such, so
> my recommendations of nice freeware single engine GA planes wouldn't
> do you much good.
>
> In spite of what I just wrote above, here's a site that should provide
> links to many of the major sites where freeware planes, terrain mesh,
> sceneries, etc. can be found:
>
> http://www.msfsgateway.com/
>
> One site I don't see listed there is:
>
> http://www.fsnordic.net/
>
>> How do you install them?
>
> Quilljar already mentioned looking for and reading the installation
> "readme" files that come along with the add-ons. Even if you get
> pretty comfortable with the basic structure of most aircraft folders,
> I think it's still a good idea to read every installation readme
> before installing each plane. Also, if a plane is made for fs2002
> (fs8), and you want to install it in fs2004 (fs9), it may not work
> correctly, so be as aware as you can about any possible version
> compatibility issues (generally, only install planes that claim
> complete compatibility with fs9, or at least have
> update/compatibility patches available).
>
> - --
> Melissa
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