Ran across this in the AVSIM forums last night: an outfit called SimCheck Software has been working on an Airbus A300 for FSX! They are doing the A300B4-200 variant in particular. Looks nice.
A good A300 is sorely needed in my virtual fleet, as they remain rather popular as freighters to this day. Even American and Lufthansa flew them as passenger aircraft up until they both retired the type this year.
It does not have a FMS, as the original A300's did not come equipped with one. However, it ships with a CIVA INS, which looks reminiscent to the INS used on the original MD-80, as it appears in the classic CoolSky/Flight1 Super 80. Basically, you have to program in the coordinates of your waypoints by hand (or as a shortcut, import them from your FS flightplan) rather than having a database around that keeps up with all this information for you. This is a step up from the classic 707/727/DC-9 way of "old school" navigating relative to VORs (or NDBs) only, but a step below modern navigation with a full FMS including VNAV support.
It looks rather pretty, and I can't wait to try it out. A hint on the main page suggests that they may be getting close to a release soon, as RC3 has been released. Very cool!
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