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Thanks guys! I'm glad it's been an enjoyable read. I'm always afraid I'm a bit too long winded with these!

Desperate to haul all of the soft drinks in one go, the Air Hauler addict soon realizes he won't have enough fuel. Then, a spark of hope that is quickly extinguished upon closer inspection--it was not a KB-29 Tanker like the addict had hoped.

Thanks Brett! And, whoops, not my intention! I do tend to worry about her as when I hired her in Air Hauler she wasn't very experienced, and I tried to incorporate that into the story, and it sounds like I gave the wrong impression. The Francesca Knight I have imagined, while quite attractive, is not the marrying type. Her career in aviation is her main focus, and besides that, the Lee Redfield in the story, much like the real one, is not what you'd call a good person. He also leaves a lot to be desired in terms of looks as well. But now that I'm done bashing myself, I really apprecia

Bobby, thanks for reading! At the risk of sounding dated, albeit in the opposite way, (a young pup at 24) I had to make sure I was correct in guessing that FAC was Forward Air Controller. I knew the Skymasher was used in Vietnam as a scout and I also want to say a light ground attack aircraft (?) which I believe it was designated the O-2 (which Carenado provides a great model of!) so please, by all means correct me if I'm wrong. I love learning, especially about my nations history, but I have no military experience and have remained a blissfully unaware civvy I can see how the fore

I awoke to sunlight streaming through the window of my tiny hotel room in Elmira. Already I could tell it was going to be a hot day, but in a sense, despite the discomfort, I could easily complete the flight ahead of me. 180 nautical miles back to Hoquiam, Washington with three people to grieve the loss of another in Aberdeen. I showered and brushed my teeth after a small meal and was happy to leave the hotel. I took a cab back to Crow-Mag airfield which was quite expensive. I met with the owner of the tiny private field to talk business, and thanked him for allowing me it's use and a ti

Unfortunately I do not know, as I run Air Hauler on the same machine I use to fly, and so my AI pilots, (when I have them) traffic is injected no problems. I didn't have to do anything special with simconnect. This is probably going to be an assinine question, but in your Air Hauler options have you made sure to check the box to tell it to show AI traffic for FSX and that you have some AI pilots first? That is the only thing Air Hauler's traffic generator is injecting to the sim, your AI pilots flying your planes. If you don't have any AI pilots and you don't have them set up for a job

Bobby, thanks for reading! And no, I hadn't been keeping up on new releases in the FSX world as of late. I've been buried under work right now, which is why I haven't posted another chapter. I'll definitely check out that link! Being from Oregon, that'd be great to have. A real slice of home in my FSX Unfortunately, bills upon bills in real life, will probably see this one as a Christmas wish. Thanks again! --Lee

This is a great story, and I'm definitely looking forward to more! Can't wait. Also, outstanding pictures. Superb graphics and to me it looks like ORBX PNW scenery which is always a blast. Thanks again for sharing, --Lee

Another one potentially too long. Good luck! Chapter 4: Just as I felt I could no longer handle the horrendous smell, Francesca and I finished cleaning out the passenger side of the Skyhawk. "That was a massacre." I said weakly. "There's not enough pine fresheners in the world..." Francesca trailed off. Luckily for us the staff at Siletz State Airport were quite helpful and understanding, and their janitorial staff loaned us a bucket with soapy water and some protective gloves to get everything cleaned up. Admittedly the Skyhawk would probably never be the same, leastways, not until I

Thanks so much for reading Bobby! Yeah, I'm waiting for Francesca Knight to pancake my Skyhawk, but surprisingly she seems to be doing just fine. She was rated at 73% when she was hired, so it's looking good so far. As for Harrison Gilbert, I hired him as "ground personnel/mechanic" so yeah, he should start taking his paychecks soon if I remember correctly. (AI Pilots do still require a monthly check, even if they don't fly right?) That is one of the reasons I am going to start hiring "ground staff" so that they can start taking away from my bank account, and take away the advantage I by proxy

Thanks for reading John! My company is making some dough. I've got a few jobs in the basket. Unfortunately I have to be honest... I'm going to ruin it for everybody by saying this but I started on easy so I could hire some AI pilots right away since my real life job has a wacky schedule, and get the Carenado planes I enjoy flying. I have 4 planes in total and 2 pilots. Although, I play Air Hauler in a bit of a funny way. I hire pilots with extremely low skill ratings and use them as ground staff, to simulate things like mechanics, ticket handlers, advertising agents, ect. Hence Harrison Gilber

Sorry, no pictures on this one, as it bridges the gap between the next job. But at least I got the whole photobucket image posting thing sorted. Thanks everyone who reads these long stories of mine! Chapter 3: Sitting in the cafe at Siletz State Airport with the Reeds was quite nice, except for my growing concern for Francesca who was about 10 minutes behind me when we left Hoquiam. 15 minutes had passed now, and while completely acceptable based on the Skyhawk's cruising speed, I was still nervous. It was, afterall, her first real flight with the company. The Reeds chatted with me, an

Okay, I think I finally have it figured for any users that are having the same issues that I was. Make sure when you are posting pictures that "Enable HTML" is checked in the full version editor. It'll be on the right-hand side. For whatever reason, despite using BBC coding for images, apparently this box needs to be checked for them to work. I have enabled that option, and the image has posted correctly. Also, more chapters coming soon!

Whooping Crane 1: Can you believe this guy, flying like this in the fast lane?! Whooping Crane 2: Yeah, and his blinker's been on for the last mile! **** Pilot to himself: Become a bush pilot, they said. Earn great pay, they said. Take on new and exciting jobs, they said!

Awesome, sounds good to me then. I think my images will probably be the photobucket default which I believe is around 1024 by something or other. I'm used to being on forums with very strict image size rules to keep a uniform standard for all of their members, and it has been a very long time since I belonged to a forum that allows image posting as the OP sees fit. I miss it, actually, because it is nice to be able to see full-size images. It's also refreshing to know that a forum still exists that trusts it's members enough to use common sense and not cross the line. EDIT: No dice, the pr

John, Thanks for the very helpful information! That whole image bbc coding brackets has always been what I was used to, but when photobucket changed over to their new direct link plus bbc coding, I somehow thought that that was because forums everywhere had updated or done something new with the bbc code. I've always used the method you described above, and it's really strange that photobucket started doing that new html link crap within the bbc code. Excellent news for me though, as that means I don't have to spam the forum's media server and I can post my photos with higher re

Thanks so much! I'm glad it was an enjoyable read. Not many have the patience to sit and read so much. I'm afraid I write too much. Okay, lemme rephrase that, I DO write too much, but it's so much fun! Besides, I used to write books (never published so ya know...there's that) so it's like an outlet for me. Now, I have a question, if I may ask, that is completely off topic. As you all can probably tell, I've been using the My Media feature to upload my pictures, which obviously uses of the sever's bandwith and displays photos in a lower resolution than normal. I started to do this becaus

Thanks John! I appreciate the warm welcome. It's really not too hard to use FSPax together with Air Hauler, you just have to be sure to set your FSP to disable weight and fuel. I keep mechanical failures on, as they have a wider array than Air Hauler does, but that's also just personal preference. Anyways, here's chapter 2. Another long read, so apologies all around. I like to write too much, I guess. Chapter 2: The next morning found me feeling as though I should hide from the world. Harrison and Francesca had both glared at me from the diner counter at Betty's as I walked past them t

Hello, guys! I have seen and heard about Mutley's Hangar for quite sometime, but I never joined the forums. I feel that now is the time for that to change, especially after I saw quite a few awesome topics about people's Air Hauler companies. I read these and I was inspired to do my own! However, I'm not using Air Hauler in the traditional sense...so here's an overly long explanation about how I will be playing Air Hauler in combination with a few add-ons, plus the first chapter of my company's story. Anyways, how I will be using Air Hauler. Air Hauler has an amazing business management as