HAT Track

Ten Years Of Files

By Andy Johnston (3 June 2006)

In celebration of FlightSim.Com's 10th anniversary, and inspired by the recent historical write ups, let's take a look at what keeps simmers coming back:

The Downloads

A visit to the main menu shows the top 100 downloads for the previous day, and the previous year. But after ten years, maybe it's time to take a broader look. These are the all time top 100 downloaded files from the file library. Not surprisingly, a full 39 of them were winners of the Developer's Award. I even made the list myself with an old scenery way down at number 73.

What does the future hold? With a new version of Flight Simulator coming later this year, and an increasing commitment from the developers at Microsoft to make information more open to users and designers, we can only hope that these great quality downloads continue for a long time!

Andy Johnston
flightsim@andyjohnston.net
http://flightsim.andyjohnston.net

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Top 100 Downloads Of All Time - As Of June 2, 2006

Name: vodtex30.zip Size: 930,995 Date: 08-18-1999 Downloads: 143388
Name: aip210tx.zip Size: 631,229 Date: 01-12-1999 Downloads: 121111
Name: txtur202.zip Size: 155,484 Date: 03-11-1997 Downloads: 110939
Name: fs6ipc61.zip Size: 35,937 Date: 10-02-1997 Downloads: 94673
Name: cf722aa.zip Size: 18,850,658 Date: 12-05-2001 Downloads: 92559
Name: vodtex27.zip Size: 785,973 Date: 12-04-1997 Downloads: 85818
Name: asd21txt.zip Size: 1,136,879 Date: 05-28-2000 Downloads: 84542
Name: novagt1.zip Size: 1,297,873 Date: 07-12-2001 Downloads: 67930
Name: f14bfs9a.zip Size: 32,084,243 Date: 01-12-2004 Downloads: 61056
Name: aafwav.zip Size: 2,695,935 Date: 11-15-1996 Downloads: 59822
Name: ttool202.zip Size: 135,501 Date: 08-20-2003 Downloads: 58553
Name: acsgps17.zip Size: 1,393,418 Date: 04-15-2000 Downloads: 57657
Name: fa18e_sh.zip Size: 31,987,220 Date: 03-30-2004 Downloads: 57124
Name: dfsdc172.zip Size: 23,560,615 Date: 09-29-2000 Downloads: 56281
Name: wjrdc34b.zip Size: 12,714,116 Date: 05-31-2000 Downloads: 55786
Name: usviper.zip Size: 16,081,296 Date: 10-15-2003 Downloads: 55201
Name: afcad221.zip Size: 729,616 Date: 01-05-2004 Downloads: 55120
Name: b52h2k2.zip Size: 14,878,583 Date: 02-13-2002 Downloads: 54281
Name: fsd_n95d.zip Size: 2,518,049 Date: 08-21-1998 Downloads: 53705
Name: novatxt3.zip Size: 173,964 Date: 05-19-2001 Downloads: 51470
Name: conc_98.zip Size: 105,395 Date: 01-16-1998 Downloads: 51412
Name: f14aj201.zip Size: 3,962,316 Date: 04-17-2000 Downloads: 49338
Name: fsd_t382.zip Size: 6,978,609 Date: 07-14-2002 Downloads: 48019
Name: cdfix.zip Size: 308,894 Date: 01-04-2000 Downloads: 47608
Name: wjrdc34a.zip Size: 11,629,446 Date: 05-31-2000 Downloads: 47394
Name: fs2000.zip Size: 154,313 Date: 11-22-1999 Downloads: 45029
Name: ststealt.zip Size: 375,981 Date: 01-26-2001 Downloads: 44408
Name: navdas25.zip Size: 1,310,489 Date: 05-23-1998 Downloads: 43233
Name: 2002conc.zip Size: 14,053,532 Date: 11-08-2001 Downloads: 42705
Name: dash7v1.zip Size: 17,304,033 Date: 09-15-2002 Downloads: 42427
Name: fal50c2.zip Size: 17,277,597 Date: 03-10-2002 Downloads: 42055
Name: fs9a-10a.zip Size: 8,338,555 Date: 04-22-2005 Downloads: 41776
Name: newcloud.zip Size: 93,226 Date: 10-21-1999 Downloads: 41465
Name: cloud.zip Size: 57,293 Date: 03-31-1999 Downloads: 41381
Name: a26b163u.zip Size: 2,268,631 Date: 05-17-2003 Downloads: 41177
Name: gpws98.zip Size: 687,920 Date: 12-26-1998 Downloads: 39971
Name: trees_v3.zip Size: 3,336,139 Date: 09-06-2002 Downloads: 39641
Name: lladd97.zip Size: 73,873 Date: 12-19-1997 Downloads: 38772
Name: c5galx98.zip Size: 1,098,140 Date: 05-02-1998 Downloads: 38652
Name: fsdsf16c.zip Size: 539,574 Date: 10-16-2000 Downloads: 38528
Name: f117pnl.zip Size: 682,111 Date: 07-29-1998 Downloads: 37503
Name: jab98v13.zip Size: 438,482 Date: 07-12-1999 Downloads: 37238
Name: pm8fpv2.zip Size: 9,796,739 Date: 11-26-2000 Downloads: 36868
Name: steab2v2.zip Size: 8,891,625 Date: 04-12-2002 Downloads: 36371
Name: fltzip30.zip Size: 2,145,496 Date: 04-24-2000 Downloads: 36309
Name: vpmv3.zip Size: 77,638 Date: 03-27-1998 Downloads: 36202
Name: erj_grab.zip Size: 8,380,916 Date: 10-26-2001 Downloads: 35730
Name: vb5rtsp3.zip Size: 1,301,280 Date: 03-29-1998 Downloads: 35480
Name: bbp2k3.zip Size: 7,824,923 Date: 05-11-2000 Downloads: 34621
Name: vb5run.zip Size: 1,046,507 Date: 08-30-1997 Downloads: 34355
Name: apt260.zip Size: 4,866,515 Date: 11-08-2000 Downloads: 34218
Name: bbp2ka.zip Size: 2,513,166 Date: 05-11-2000 Downloads: 34182
Name: vbr432.zip Size: 791,154 Date: 05-06-1997 Downloads: 33649
Name: juhercul.zip Size: 856,995 Date: 04-26-2000 Downloads: 33198
Name: topgun01.zip Size: 39,672,748 Date: 04-29-2004 Downloads: 32940
Name: tfw744.zip Size: 880,557 Date: 01-17-2000 Downloads: 32752
Name: fal50c1.zip Size: 9,344,836 Date: 09-02-2001 Downloads: 32605
Name: ov-103.zip Size: 568,976 Date: 11-19-1998 Downloads: 32574
Name: afcad140.zip Size: 752,693 Date: 03-28-2003 Downloads: 31821
Name: wp24fs2k.zip Size: 8,608,764 Date: 12-15-2001 Downloads: 31274
Name: pwover16.zip Size: 7,422,941 Date: 11-08-2004 Downloads: 31173
Name: b2_mk2.zip Size: 118,383 Date: 12-07-1998 Downloads: 31169
Name: gps98v32.zip Size: 1,771,370 Date: 04-09-1999 Downloads: 31034
Name: nav18.zip Size: 977,367 Date: 10-17-1997 Downloads: 30720
Name: fsd_b2.zip Size: 1,039,493 Date: 03-29-1998 Downloads: 30473
Name: fsdb58-1.zip Size: 6,364,051 Date: 07-02-1999 Downloads: 30290
Name: rwx521up.zip Size: 211,154 Date: 08-25-1998 Downloads: 30038
Name: se-conc.zip Size: 4,097,700 Date: 11-02-2001 Downloads: 29556
Name: ch53navy.zip Size: 2,956,899 Date: 01-20-2001 Downloads: 29229
Name: wat2000p.zip Size: 103,688 Date: 03-05-2000 Downloads: 29141
Name: oceanstx.zip Size: 5,883,232 Date: 03-12-2002 Downloads: 28873
Name: oba320v1.zip Size: 5,703,359 Date: 01-06-1999 Downloads: 27889
Name: beaver7.zip Size: 7,217,094 Date: 07-21-2000 Downloads: 27827
Name: manhataj.zip Size: 38,188 Date: 01-11-2000 Downloads: 27608
Name: stral343.zip Size: 13,009,083 Date: 04-26-2002 Downloads: 27598
Name: b747pa2.zip Size: 4,563,070 Date: 11-16-2002 Downloads: 27457
Name: df1821_0.zip Size: 10,307,488 Date: 02-25-2000 Downloads: 27371
Name: b1b.zip Size: 11,595,185 Date: 03-04-2003 Downloads: 27259
Name: oceansfx.zip Size: 20,689,432 Date: 03-12-2002 Downloads: 27025
Name: kt2000v3.zip Size: 6,049,534 Date: 02-26-2001 Downloads: 26980
Name: b777pn2k.zip Size: 585,543 Date: 10-31-1999 Downloads: 26921
Name: alcf1.zip Size: 58,357 Date: 11-26-2001 Downloads: 26893
Name: dc-3_ddz.zip Size: 21,706,167 Date: 05-05-2001 Downloads: 26802
Name: a26b122.zip Size: 7,137,104 Date: 10-31-2001 Downloads: 26615
Name: aeu7.zip Size: 8,851,261 Date: 02-22-2005 Downloads: 26494
Name: aamd80rc.zip Size: 1,381,338 Date: 12-15-2001 Downloads: 26490
Name: acsmd11c.zip Size: 823,729 Date: 07-18-2000 Downloads: 26468
Name: sc130h.zip Size: 1,104,536 Date: 03-27-2006 Downloads: 26421
Name: nl2000v2.zip Size: 60,653,982 Date: 10-13-2001 Downloads: 26117
Name: aired.zip Size: 224,319 Date: 01-31-2000 Downloads: 25908
Name: r4dv40up.zip Size: 4,737,190 Date: 10-23-2000 Downloads: 25704
Name: c152fs2k.zip Size: 3,656,707 Date: 01-18-2001 Downloads: 25413
Name: a342ai.zip Size: 630,975 Date: 06-11-2000 Downloads: 25342
Name: projco22.zip Size: 7,362,604 Date: 05-24-2004 Downloads: 25137
Name: airpack3.zip Size: 2,440,008 Date: 01-25-2002 Downloads: 25131
Name: scombo.zip Size: 7,537,549 Date: 03-03-2001 Downloads: 25123
Name: vbrun300.zip Size: 228,593 Date: 03-05-1997 Downloads: 25062
Name: editvp31.zip Size: 1,862,482 Date: 10-17-2004 Downloads: 24704
Name: rain.zip Size: 144,713 Date: 11-24-1999 Downloads: 24616
Name: gpws_v72.zip Size: 470,581 Date: 11-12-1997 Downloads: 24518


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