Thanks for your help Andreas. Yeh, I find my last name works well with this software. However, seems to be about all I can get to work well. I'm using FS9 (no I never upgraded). When I press the connect button, the sim light does not light. The only things that do are the network and audio, however, if I press my push-to-talk button, it lights. I can see aircraft and ATC listed when I push those buttons (and radar), though they are all in Europe. I've got FS9 set up for pattern work in Albany, NY, USA (KALB). Somewhere, somehow, I've messed that up too. Anyway, one thing at a tim