Fred Sorry about your crash problems. I have one of my own. Shortly after takeoff, I noticed that FSX seemed to be sluggish, but not having used it very much this year I pressed on. After your second crash, it seemed to be even more sluggish. Around 10pm Plan-G said that I was 10 minutes from Islay. I landed at 10:55pm, 45 minutes later. Just as I landed, I suddenly twigged what was going on, yes, you guessed it, the simulation rate was on SLOWEST!!!! Somehow at some point, I must have hit a key or key combination that switched it down from normal. Needless to say I will not be submitting a PIREP for this. In all my years of Fsimming, this had never happened to me. I think I will stick to X-Plane for now on. A much smoother and more realistic flight sim. I am now off for a weeks R&R. Frank F