Just btw everyone who wants to play a new flight sim now should definitely have a look at Battle of Britain 2, the long awaited patch 2.08 was just released and is graphically now at least on a level with IL2 (campaign and AI wise it has been superior for a long time already).
More info in this thread (attention screenshot heavy):
http://www.a2asimulations.com/forum/...ic.php?t=10952
I think this has slowly and silently developed into the most enjoyable flight sim on the market.