I am a huge fan of freeware. Microsoft and other well known software developers have given us incredibly wonderful flight simulators to work with, so that we can all experience the thrills and enjoyment that artificial flight has to offer, and at a price that most of us can afford. Even though we are showered with all manner of payware, (most of it exceptionally good value may I add,) I still remain staunchly convinced that it is the freeware which is distributed on websites such as AVSIM, SurClaro, FS Planet etc which makes our hobby so thoroughly absorbing and exciting. The enormous quantity of top quality aircraft and add-ons freely downloadable from the internet is simply quite astounding. I cannot speak for you, but for me, every time I download a zipped file from the Internet, it seems like every day is Christmas Day.
I'm not clever enough to make aircraft or scenery or write instructional manuals. All I can offer you is Doherty's Difficult and Dangerous Approaches. It is my small way of giving something back to the flight simulator community, which has given me so much satisfaction over many years. Thank you.
Copyright and Distribution.
Doherty's Difficult and Dangerous Approaches are released to the public as freeware. All rights reserved. These files cannot be modified, recompiled or interfered with in any way whatsoever.
You may, if you wish to do so, distribute these files to your friends or interested parties free of all charge - but only on the express condition that the name of the files always remains 'Doherty's Difficult and Dangerous Approaches.'
It couldn't be simpler. Unzip the download into an empty folder. The empty folder will now contain a folder called 'dddav24 or whatever volume number you have downloaded. Inside that folder is another folder called 'Doherty's Difficult and Dangerous Approaches Vol. 01, or whatever volume number you have downloaded. 'THIS' is the volume that you transfer to FS2004.
There will also be a number of other files which are picture files and text files. If you want to keep any of the information contained in the text files for further use, just put them in a new folder and save them. Some users like to collect the pictures and cross reference them to the corresponding DDDA. In which case users usually develop their own filing system for that purpose. Other users like to delete all extraneous files that are not required to run the program once they have familiarised themselves with the contents. You can safely delete these files. There's no sense clogging up your computer with unnecessary baggage.
Now, all you have to do is move the entire folder 'Doherty's Difficult and Dangerous Approaches,'volume whatever it is, into Microsoft Games/ Flight Simulator 9/ Flights folder. Don't take the files out individually it's one swift move of 'Doherty's Difficult and Dangerous Approaches' into 'Flights' the whole folder, got it? Do the same thing with all other volumes you download. Don't turn this exercise into a grand opera when it's only a common musical. It's a very simple procedure. Follow it and you'll have absolutely no trouble getting DDDA up and running
The good news is there's a lot more volumes to come providing there's a solid demand. If there's no demand then that will be the end of it, which frankly would be a great shame, because there's some really fabulous approaches in this very extensive collection, believe me, and you'd miss out on them!
Now open Flight Simulator 9, go to 'Select A Flight' click on it and 'Doherty's Difficult and Dangerous Approaches' will be displayed. Click on it and the ten approaches will appear in the box below. Click on them individually and work through them at your leisure and enjoy. To get the best out of this collection please read the other documentation contained in this download.
Troubleshooting.
If the DDDA files don't show up in MSFS 2004 there's only two possible reasons why this should happen:
(a) You didn't follow the above procedure correctly. Do it all over again.
(b) Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 was open when you transferred the files. If it was, close it and reopen it again. You'll likely find that the DDDA files were there all the time, and were installed perfectly all along!
