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Can't find the AIFP3 aircraft preview window?

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Hi All,

I am a seasoned user of AIFP3, and am coming back after a long break.

I remember in the past I would be able to right click on an aircraft in the AIRCRAFT LIST on the right and it would load a 3d preview for me. I can't seem to find out how to do that anymore, and searching this forum has brought up zero results.

It was the way I used to be able to make sure that my aircraft were working in sim, as if they showed up there, they would also show up in the sim, so an important part of any install for me!

Thanks for any replies, I am probably just being a moron!

Cheers,

Jack
 
Left click on the aircraft to select it, then right-click on the aircraft for the pop-up menu, then "View AC Image" ... works for me :)
 
Chris Eve said:
Left click on the aircraft to select it, then right-click on the aircraft for the pop-up menu, then "View AC Image" ... works for me :)
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Sorry for the late reply... and Thank you for yours!

I once again am compiling some files with AIFP3.

When I right click on the aircraft there is no option for that:

2026-05-02 17_51_49-AI Flight Planner - Version 3.2.18 - Traffic_1991.bgl.jpg



Same thing, when I open the editor the button for "Show Image" is greyed out:

2026-05-02 17_52_02-Aircraft Editor.jpg


Any advice? I do have a working version of ModelConverterX installed... it used to be as simple as you said for me before, and was the easiest way for me to check things were installed properly!

Many thanks!
 
Is the aircraft you've right-clicked on displayed in red (doesn't exist) or black (should be there!)?
 
Chris Eve said:
Is the aircraft you've right-clicked on displayed in red (doesn't exist) or black (should be there!)?
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Thanks for your reply!

It's black and loads and displays just fine in ModelConverterX (and in my sim - TESTED and working after compiling here in AIFP3)
 
The plane probably has a file hierarchy that AIFP doesn’t understand. No biggie.
 
tgibson said:
The plane probably has a file hierarchy that AIFP doesn’t understand. No biggie.
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Mr. Gibson,

Thank you for your reply.

You are absolutely right, it was because certain files such as AIA have file structures such as "model.winglets" and "model.no_refl" rather than a standard model folder.

I am a huge fan by the way, in fact I would go as far as to say you opened up the world of retro AI to me when I was a boy (I am 30 now!) Your scenery, aircraft and traffic led to me flying in parts of the world I had never dreamed of (the multi leg hops across the atlantic, or down to south africa from heathrow, even flying a PA140 around Namibia, because I found it in your flightplans!) They are still some of my fondest ever simming memories and I am keen to recreate them one day soon.

Congratulations on getting all of the files hosted on your own site, re: the flightsim.com outage I have been missing them dearly in my latest install!

Kindest Regards,

Jack
 
Thanks for the kind words Jack, I appreciate that. Glad I was able to help.
 
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