Add-ons are extra planes you can download onto your flight simulator. Whoever makes the add-on makes the whole plane (sometimes minus parts of it like the gauges, cockpit, and virtual cockpit ) and puts it online for you to download it. This page will answer the question: I've downloaded it...now what???

1. When you've found the plane you want, click download. This can vary from site to site. Sometimes it is a "download" button. Sometimes it is a filename. But there's always a button to download it.

2. After some time (This can vary because of computer, file, or website) a window should pop up saying something about what do you want to do with this file... open, save, or cancel. Click open.

3. After some more time ( Once again variable) a window should pop up of the file. ( On Vista you may have to click "allow" to this website installing something to your computer) Either right- click and click extract or unzip, or click extract in the window.

4. When asked extract to... extract it to a temporary folder. I have a special folder called "flight sim add-ons" on my computer where I send all of my add-ons. I keep them there too, in case flight sim should mess up and I lose all the aircraft. It's a good idea, if you have enough disk space.

5. Once there, either copy if you're keeping to copies, or cut if you're not, to the flight sim directory. But Wait!!! Most read-mes just say that, but I recommend putting them in the flight sim directory under the aircraft folder. On flight Simulator 2004, it's fs9>aircraft.

6. Now simply close it out and get in flight simulator. Enjoy!!!











Note: These instructions are for Vista and Flight Simulator 2004. I am sorry for the inconvenience, but they may work on other systems.