diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentries.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentries.cpp
index 9d19b40ab..98b6eae73 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentries.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentries.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "blackmisc/variant.h"
 
 using namespace BlackMisc;
+using namespace BlackMisc::Aviation;
 using namespace BlackMisc::Simulation;
 using namespace BlackMisc::Network;
 
@@ -83,11 +84,57 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 this->m_atcParkingCode = parkingCode.trimmed();
             }
 
+            void CAircraftCfgEntries::setAtcAirline(const QString &airline)
+            {
+                this->m_atcAirline = airline.trimmed();
+            }
+
+            void CAircraftCfgEntries::setSimName(const QString &simName)
+            {
+                this->m_simName = simName.trimmed();
+            }
+
+            void CAircraftCfgEntries::setDescription(const QString &description)
+            {
+                this->m_description = description.trimmed();
+            }
+
+            void CAircraftCfgEntries::setCreatedBy(const QString &createdBy)
+            {
+                this->m_createdBy = createdBy.trimmed();
+            }
+
+            void CAircraftCfgEntries::setTexture(const QString &texture)
+            {
+                this->m_texture = texture.trimmed();
+            }
+
+            void CAircraftCfgEntries::setUiType(const QString &type)
+            {
+                this->m_uiType = type.trimmed();
+            }
+
             CAircraftModel CAircraftCfgEntries::toAircraftModel() const
             {
-                CAircraftModel model(this->getTitle(), CAircraftModel::TypeModelMapping);
-                model.setDescription(this->getUiCombinedDescription());
+                CAircraftModel model(this->getTitle(), CAircraftModel::TypeOwnSimulatorModel);
+                model.setDescription(this->getUiCombinedDescription()); // Manufacturer and type
                 model.setFileName(this->getFileName());
+                model.setName(this->getSimName());
+
+                CAircraftIcaoCode aircraft(getAtcModel());
+                aircraft.setManufacturer(this->getUiManufacturer());
+                model.setAircraftIcaoCode(aircraft);
+
+                CLivery livery;
+                livery.setCombinedCode(this->getTexture());
+                CAirlineIcaoCode airline;
+                airline.setName(this->getAtcAirline());
+                livery.setAirlineIcaoCode(airline);
+                model.setLivery(livery);
+
+                CDistributor distributor(this->getCreatedBy());
+                model.setDistributor(distributor);
+
                 return model;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentries.h b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentries.h
index 8e3bec76c..563bfc46f 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentries.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentries.h
@@ -52,37 +52,46 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 CAircraftCfgEntries(const QString &filePath, int index, const QString &title, const QString &atcType, const QString &atcModel, const QString &atcParkingCode, const QString &description);
 
                 //! File name
-                QString getFileName() const { return this->m_fileName; }
+                const QString &getFileName() const { return this->m_fileName; }
 
                 //! Directory of entry
                 QString getFileDirectory() const;
 
                 //! Title
-                QString getTitle() const { return this->m_title; }
+                const QString &getTitle() const { return this->m_title; }
 
                 //! Index
                 int getIndex() const { return this->m_index; }
 
                 //! ATC model
-                QString getAtcModel() const { return this->m_atcModel; }
+                const QString &getAtcModel() const { return this->m_atcModel; }
 
                 //! ATC type
-                QString getAtcType() const { return this->m_atcType; }
+                const QString &getAtcType() const { return this->m_atcType; }
+
+                //! ATC airline
+                const QString &getAtcAirline() const { return this->m_atcAirline; }
+
+                //! Sim name
+                const QString &getSimName() const { return this->m_simName; }
 
                 //! Description
-                QString getDescription() const { return this->m_description; }
+                const QString &getDescription() const { return this->m_description; }
 
                 //! ATC parking code
-                QString getAtcParkingCode() const { return this->m_atcParkingCode; }
+                const QString &getAtcParkingCode() const { return this->m_atcParkingCode; }
 
                 //! UI type (e.g. A321-231 IAE)
-                QString getUiType() const { return this->m_uiType; }
+                const QString &getUiType() const { return this->m_uiType; }
 
                 //! UI manufacturer (e.g. Airbus)
-                QString getUiManufacturer() const { return this->m_uiManufacturer; }
+                const QString &getUiManufacturer() const { return this->m_uiManufacturer; }
 
                 //! Texture
-                QString getTexture() const { return this->m_texture; }
+                const QString &getTexture() const { return this->m_texture; }
+
+                //! Created by
+                const QString &getCreatedBy() const { return this->m_createdBy; }
 
                 //! Is Rotorcraft?
                 bool isRotorcraft() const { return m_rotorcraft; }
@@ -108,14 +117,23 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 //! Parking code
                 void setAtcParkingCode(const QString &parkingCode);
 
+                //! Airline
+                void setAtcAirline(const QString &airline);
+
+                //! Simulator name
+                void setSimName(const QString &simName);
+
                 //! Description
-                void setDescription(const QString &description) { this->m_description = description.trimmed(); }
+                void setDescription(const QString &description);
+
+                //! Created by
+                void setCreatedBy(const QString &createdBy);
 
                 //! Texture
-                void setTexture(const QString &texture) { this->m_texture = texture; }
+                void setTexture(const QString &texture);
 
                 //! UI type (e.g. A321-231 IAE)
-                void setUiType(const QString &type) { this->m_uiType = type.trimmed(); }
+                void setUiType(const QString &type);
 
                 //! UI manufacturer (e.g. Airbus)
                 void setUiManufacturer(const QString &manufacturer) { this->m_uiManufacturer = manufacturer.trimmed(); }
@@ -145,11 +163,14 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 QString m_title;           //!< Title in .cfg
                 QString m_atcType;         //!< ATC type
                 QString m_atcModel;        //!< ATC model
+                QString m_atcAirline;      //!< ATC airline
                 QString m_atcParkingCode;  //!< ATC parking code
                 QString m_description;     //!< descriptive text
                 QString m_uiType;          //!< e.g. A321-231 IAE
                 QString m_uiManufacturer;  //!< e.g. Airbus
                 QString m_texture;         //!< texture, needed to identify thumbnail.jpg
+                QString m_simName;         //!< name in simulator
+                QString m_createdBy;       //!< created by, "distributor"
                 bool m_rotorcraft = false; //!< hint if rotorcraft
             };
         } // ns
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.cpp
index 11ad37b05..39996a3ac 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 return ml;
             }
 
+            CAircraftModelList CAircraftCfgEntriesList::toAircraftModelList(const CSimulatorInfo &simInfo) const
+            {
+                CAircraftModelList ml;
+                for (auto it = this->begin() ; it != this->end(); ++it)
+                {
+                    CAircraftModel m(it->toAircraftModel());
+                    m.setSimulatorInfo(simInfo);
+                    ml.push_back(m);
+                }
+                return ml;
+            }
+
             CAircraftCfgEntriesList CAircraftCfgEntriesList::findByTitle(const QString &title, Qt::CaseSensitivity caseSensitivity) const
             {
                 return this->findBy([ = ](const CAircraftCfgEntries & entries) -> bool
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.h b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.h
index 7959111ee..a43787642 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 //! As aircraft models
                 BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModelList toAircraftModelList() const;
 
+                //! As aircraft models for simulator
+                BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModelList toAircraftModelList(const BlackMisc::Simulation::CSimulatorInfo &simInfo) const;
+
                 //! Ambiguous titles
                 QStringList detectAmbiguousTitles() const;
 
@@ -58,7 +61,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 CAircraftCfgEntriesList findByTitle(const QString &title, Qt::CaseSensitivity caseSensitivity = Qt::CaseInsensitive) const;
 
             private:
-
                 //! Section within file
                 enum FileSection
                 {
@@ -66,7 +68,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                     Fltsim,
                     Unknown
                 };
-
             };
         } // namespace
     } // namespace
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgparser.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgparser.cpp
index 56d4643e1..72dcca283 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgparser.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgparser.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
  */
 
 #include "aircraftcfgparser.h"
+#include "blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.h"
 #include "blackmisc/predicates.h"
 #include "blackmisc/logmessage.h"
 
 using namespace BlackMisc;
 using namespace BlackMisc::Simulation;
+using namespace BlackMisc::Simulation::FsCommon;
 using namespace BlackMisc::Network;
 
 namespace BlackMisc
@@ -21,6 +23,43 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     {
         namespace FsCommon
         {
+            CAircraftCfgParser::CAircraftCfgParser() { }
+
+            CAircraftCfgParser::CAircraftCfgParser(const CSimulatorInfo &simInfo, const QString &rootDirectory, const QStringList &exludes) :
+                IAircraftModelLoader(simInfo),
+                m_rootDirectory(rootDirectory),
+                m_excludedDirectories(exludes)
+            { }
+
+            CAircraftCfgParser *CAircraftCfgParser::createModelLoader(const CSimulatorInfo &simInfo)
+            {
+                if (simInfo.fsx())
+                {
+                    return new CAircraftCfgParser(
+                               CSimulatorInfo(CSimulatorInfo::FSX),
+                               CFsCommonUtil::fsxSimObjectsDir(),
+                               CFsCommonUtil::fsxSimObjectsExcludeDirectories());
+
+                }
+                else if (simInfo.fs9())
+                {
+                    return new CAircraftCfgParser(
+                               CSimulatorInfo(CSimulatorInfo::FS9),
+                               CFsCommonUtil::fs9AircraftDir(),
+                               CFsCommonUtil::fs9AircraftObjectsExcludeDirectories());
+
+                }
+                else if (simInfo.p3d())
+                {
+                    return new CAircraftCfgParser(
+                               CSimulatorInfo(CSimulatorInfo::P3D),
+                               CFsCommonUtil::p3dSimObjectsDir(),
+                               CFsCommonUtil::p3dSimObjectsExcludeDirectories());
+                }
+                Q_ASSERT_X(false, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Illegal simulator info");
+                return nullptr;
+            }
+
             CAircraftCfgParser::~CAircraftCfgParser()
             {
                 // that should be safe as long as the worker uses deleteLater (which it does)
@@ -36,9 +75,37 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 return true;
             }
 
-            void CAircraftCfgParser::parse(ParserMode mode)
+            CPixmap CAircraftCfgParser::iconForModel(const QString &modelString, CStatusMessage &statusMessage) const
             {
-                if (mode == ModeAsync)
+                static const CPixmap empty;
+                if (modelString.isEmpty()) { return empty; }
+                CAircraftCfgEntriesList cfgEntries = this->getAircraftCfgEntriesList().findByTitle(modelString);
+                if (cfgEntries.isEmpty())
+                {
+                    statusMessage = CStatusMessage(CStatusMessage::SeverityWarning, QString("No .cfg entry for '%1'").arg(modelString));
+                    return empty;
+                }
+
+                // normally we should have only one entry
+                if (cfgEntries.size() > 1)
+                {
+                    statusMessage = CStatusMessage(CStatusMessage::SeverityWarning, QString("Multiple FSX .cfg entries for '%1'").arg(modelString));
+                }
+
+                // use first with icon
+                for (const CAircraftCfgEntries &entry : cfgEntries)
+                {
+                    const QString thumbnail = entry.getThumbnailFileName();
+                    if (thumbnail.isEmpty()) { continue; }
+                    QPixmap pm;
+                    if (pm.load(thumbnail)) { return CPixmap(pm); }
+                }
+                return empty;
+            }
+
+            void CAircraftCfgParser::startLoading(LoadMode mode)
+            {
+                if (mode == ModeBackground)
                 {
                     if (m_parserWorker && !m_parserWorker->isFinished()) { return; }
                     auto rootDirectory = m_rootDirectory;
@@ -47,7 +114,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                                      [this, rootDirectory, excludedDirectories]()
                     {
                         bool ok;
-                        auto aircraftCfgEntriesList = this->parseImpl(rootDirectory, excludedDirectories, &ok);
+                        auto aircraftCfgEntriesList = this->performParsing(rootDirectory, excludedDirectories, &ok);
                         return std::make_pair(aircraftCfgEntriesList, ok);
                     });
                     m_parserWorker->thenWithResult<std::pair<CAircraftCfgEntriesList, bool>>(this, [this](const std::pair<CAircraftCfgEntriesList, bool> &pair)
@@ -58,26 +125,41 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 else if (mode == ModeBlocking)
                 {
                     bool ok;
-                    m_parsedCfgEntriesList = parseImpl(m_rootDirectory, m_excludedDirectories, &ok);
-                    emit parsingFinished(ok);
+                    m_parsedCfgEntriesList = performParsing(m_rootDirectory, m_excludedDirectories, &ok);
+                    emit loadingFinished(ok);
                 }
             }
 
+            bool CAircraftCfgParser::isLoadingFinished() const
+            {
+                return !m_parserWorker || m_parserWorker->isFinished();
+            }
+
+            CAircraftModelList CAircraftCfgParser::getAircraftModels() const
+            {
+                return getAircraftCfgEntriesList().toAircraftModelList(this->m_simulatorInfo);
+            }
+
+
             void CAircraftCfgParser::updateCfgEntriesList(const CAircraftCfgEntriesList &cfgEntriesList)
             {
                 m_parsedCfgEntriesList = cfgEntriesList;
-                emit parsingFinished(true);
+                emit loadingFinished(true);
             }
 
-            CAircraftCfgEntriesList CAircraftCfgParser::parseImpl(const QString &directory, const QStringList &excludeDirectories, bool *ok)
+            CAircraftCfgEntriesList CAircraftCfgParser::performParsing(const QString &directory, const QStringList &excludeDirectories, bool *ok)
             {
+                //
+                // function has to be thread safe
+                //
+
                 *ok = false;
-                if (m_cancelParsing) { return CAircraftCfgEntriesList(); }
+                if (m_cancelLoading) { return CAircraftCfgEntriesList(); }
 
                 // excluded?
                 for (const auto &excludeDir : excludeDirectories)
                 {
-                    if (m_cancelParsing) { return CAircraftCfgEntriesList(); }
+                    if (m_cancelLoading) { return CAircraftCfgEntriesList(); }
                     if (directory.contains(excludeDir, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
                     {
                         CLogMessage(this).debug() << "Skipping directory " << directory;
@@ -101,7 +183,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 QFileInfoList files = dir.entryInfoList(QDir::Files | QDir::AllDirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot, QDir::DirsLast);
                 for (const auto &file : files)
                 {
-                    if (m_cancelParsing) { return CAircraftCfgEntriesList(); }
+                    if (m_cancelLoading) { return CAircraftCfgEntriesList(); }
                     if (file.isDir())
                     {
                         QString nextDir = file.absoluteFilePath();
@@ -109,7 +191,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                         if (dir == currentDir) { continue; } // do not recursively call same directory
 
                         bool dirOk;
-                        const CAircraftCfgEntriesList subList(parseImpl(nextDir, excludeDirectories, &dirOk));
+                        const CAircraftCfgEntriesList subList(performParsing(nextDir, excludeDirectories, &dirOk));
                         if (dirOk)
                         {
                             result.push_back(subList);
@@ -186,6 +268,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                                     {
                                         e.setAtcParkingCode(getFixedIniLineContent(lineFixed));
                                     }
+                                    else if (lineFixed.startsWith("atc_airline", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+                                    {
+                                        e.setAtcAirline(getFixedIniLineContent(lineFixed));
+                                    }
                                     else if (lineFixed.startsWith("description", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
                                     {
                                         e.setDescription(getFixedIniLineContent(lineFixed));
@@ -207,6 +293,14 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                                     {
                                         e.setTexture(getFixedIniLineContent(lineFixed));
                                     }
+                                    else if (lineFixed.startsWith("createdBy", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+                                    {
+                                        e.setCreatedBy(getFixedIniLineContent(lineFixed));
+                                    }
+                                    else if (lineFixed.startsWith("sim", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+                                    {
+                                        e.setSimName(getFixedIniLineContent(lineFixed));
+                                    }
                                     else if (lineFixed.startsWith("title", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
                                     {
                                         e.setTitle(getFixedIniLineContent(lineFixed));
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgparser.h b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgparser.h
index 5ed077b2e..44a509eb9 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgparser.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgparser.h
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 
 #include "blackmisc/blackmiscexport.h"
 #include "blackmisc/worker.h"
+#include "blackmisc/pixmap.h"
+#include "blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.h"
 #include "blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.h"
 
-#include <atomic>
+#include <QPointer>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
@@ -25,25 +27,16 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         namespace FsCommon
         {
             //! Utility, parsing the aircraft.cfg files
-            class BLACKMISC_EXPORT CAircraftCfgParser : public QObject
+            class BLACKMISC_EXPORT CAircraftCfgParser : public BlackMisc::Simulation::IAircraftModelLoader
             {
                 Q_OBJECT
 
             public:
-                //! Parser mode
-                enum ParserMode
-                {
-                    ModeBlocking,
-                    ModeAsync
-                };
-
-                CAircraftCfgParser() { }
+                //! Destructor
+                CAircraftCfgParser();
 
                 //! Constructor
-                CAircraftCfgParser(const QString &rootDirectory, const QStringList &exludes = {}) :
-                    m_rootDirectory(rootDirectory),
-                    m_excludedDirectories(exludes)
-                { }
+                CAircraftCfgParser(const BlackMisc::Simulation::CSimulatorInfo &simInfo, const QString &rootDirectory, const QStringList &exludes = {});
 
                 //! Virtual destructor
                 virtual ~CAircraftCfgParser();
@@ -51,32 +44,31 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 //! Change the directory
                 bool changeRootDirectory(const QString &directory);
 
-                //! Parse all cfg files
-                void parse(ParserMode mode = ModeAsync);
-
-                //! Has current directory been parsed?
-                bool isParsingFinished() const { return m_parserWorker->isFinished(); }
-
-                //! Cancel read
-                void cancelParsing() { m_cancelParsing = true; }
-
                 //! Current root directory
-                QString getRootDirectory() const {  return this->m_rootDirectory; }
+                QString getRootDirectory() const { return this->m_rootDirectory; }
 
                 //! Get parsed aircraft cfg entries list
-                CAircraftCfgEntriesList getAircraftCfgEntriesList() const { return m_parsedCfgEntriesList; }
+                const CAircraftCfgEntriesList &getAircraftCfgEntriesList() const { return m_parsedCfgEntriesList; }
+
+                //! \copydoc IAircraftModelLoader::getPixmapForModel
+                virtual BlackMisc::CPixmap iconForModel(const QString &modelName, BlackMisc::CStatusMessage &statusMessage) const override;
+
+                //! \copydoc IAircraftModelLoader::startLoading
+                virtual void startLoading(LoadMode mode = ModeBackground) override;
+
+                //! \copydoc IAircraftModelLoader::isLoadingFinished
+                virtual bool isLoadingFinished() const override;
+
+                //! \copydoc IAircraftModelLoader::getAircraftModels
+                virtual BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModelList getAircraftModels() const override;
+
+                //! Create an parser object for given simulator
+                static CAircraftCfgParser *createModelLoader(const BlackMisc::Simulation::CSimulatorInfo &simInfo);
 
             public slots:
                 //! Parsed or injected entires
                 void updateCfgEntriesList(const BlackMisc::Simulation::FsCommon::CAircraftCfgEntriesList &cfgEntriesList);
 
-            signals:
-                //! Parsing is finished
-                void parsingFinished(bool success);
-
-            private slots:
-                CAircraftCfgEntriesList parseImpl(const QString &directory, const QStringList &excludeDirectories, bool *ok);
-
             private:
                 //! Section within file
                 enum FileSection
@@ -89,6 +81,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 //! Does the directory exist?
                 bool existsDir(const QString &directory = "") const;
 
+                //! Perform the parsing
+                //! \threadsafe
+                CAircraftCfgEntriesList performParsing(const QString &directory, const QStringList &excludeDirectories, bool *ok);
+
                 //! Fix the content read
                 static QString fixedStringContent(const QVariant &qv);
 
@@ -98,15 +94,13 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 //! Content after "="
                 static QString getFixedIniLineContent(const QString &line);
 
-                QString m_rootDirectory;    //!< root directory parsing aircraft.cfg files
-                QStringList m_excludedDirectories;
-                CAircraftCfgEntriesList m_parsedCfgEntriesList;
-                QPointer<BlackMisc::CWorker> m_parserWorker; //!< worker will destroy itself, so weak pointer
-                std::atomic<bool> m_cancelParsing = { false };
+                QString m_rootDirectory;                        //!< root directory parsing aircraft.cfg files
+                QStringList m_excludedDirectories;              //!< directories not to be parsed
+                CAircraftCfgEntriesList m_parsedCfgEntriesList; //!< parsed entries
+                QPointer<BlackMisc::CWorker> m_parserWorker;    //!< worker will destroy itself, so weak pointer
             };
         } // namespace
     } // namespace
 } // namespace
 
-
 #endif // guard
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.cpp
index 0f79c562c..1d49ae077 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     {
         namespace FsCommon
         {
-
             using FsRegistryPathPair = QList<QPair<QString, QString>>;
 
             QString CFsCommonUtil::fsxDirFromRegistry()
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 QString fsxPath;
                 if (CProject::isCompiledWithFsxSupport())
                 {
-
                     FsRegistryPathPair fsxRegistryPathPairs =
                     {
                         { QStringLiteral("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Microsoft Games\\Flight Simulator\\10.0"), QStringLiteral("AppPath") },
@@ -46,6 +44,21 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 return fsxPath;
             }
 
+            QString CFsCommonUtil::fsxDir()
+            {
+                QString dir(fsxDirFromRegistry());
+                if (!dir.isEmpty()) { return dir; }\
+
+                //! \todo allow to read a user defined value from settings
+                return "P:/FlightSimulatorX (MSI)";
+            }
+
+            QString CFsCommonUtil::p3dDir()
+            {
+                //! \todo P3D resolution
+                return fsxDir();
+            }
+
             QString CFsCommonUtil::fsxSimObjectsDirFromRegistry()
             {
                 QString fsxPath = fsxDirFromRegistry();
@@ -54,6 +67,38 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 return fsxPath;
             }
 
+            QString CFsCommonUtil::fsxSimObjectsDir()
+            {
+                QString dir(fsxSimObjectsDirFromRegistry());
+                if (!dir.isEmpty()) { return dir; }
+
+                //! \todo allow to read a user defined value from settings
+                return "P:/FlightSimulatorX (MSI)/SimObjects"; // "p:/temp/SimObjects"
+            }
+
+            const QStringList &CFsCommonUtil::fsxSimObjectsExcludeDirectories()
+            {
+                static const QStringList exclude
+                {
+                    "SimObjects/Animals",
+                    "SimObjects/Misc",
+                    "SimObjects/GroundVehicles",
+                    "SimObjects/Boats"
+                };
+                return exclude;
+            }
+
+            QString CFsCommonUtil::p3dSimObjectsDir()
+            {
+                //! \todo P3D resolution
+                return fsxSimObjectsDir();
+            }
+
+            const QStringList &CFsCommonUtil::p3dSimObjectsExcludeDirectories()
+            {
+                return fsxSimObjectsExcludeDirectories();
+            }
+
             QString CFsCommonUtil::fs9DirFromRegistry()
             {
                 QString fs9Path;
@@ -76,6 +121,15 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 return fs9Path;
             }
 
+            QString CFsCommonUtil::fs9Dir()
+            {
+                QString dir(fs9DirFromRegistry());
+                if (!dir.isEmpty()) { return dir; }
+
+                //! \todo hardcoded sim parts should come from settings
+                return "C:/Flight Simulator 9";
+            }
+
             QString CFsCommonUtil::fs9AircraftDirFromRegistry()
             {
                 QString fs9Path = fs9DirFromRegistry();
@@ -84,6 +138,20 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 return fs9Path;
             }
 
+            QString CFsCommonUtil::fs9AircraftDir()
+            {
+                QString dir(fs9AircraftDirFromRegistry());
+                if (!dir.isEmpty()) { return dir; }
+                //! \todo hardcoded sim parts should come from settings
+                return "C:/Flight Simulator 9/Aircraft";
+            }
+
+            const QStringList &CFsCommonUtil::fs9AircraftObjectsExcludeDirectories()
+            {
+                static const QStringList exclude;
+                return exclude;
+            }
+
         } // namespace
     } // namespace
 } // namespace
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.h b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.h
index 18b9d4849..fb9f3f513 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.h
@@ -25,20 +25,47 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             class BLACKMISC_EXPORT CFsCommonUtil
             {
             public:
-                CFsCommonUtil();
+                //! Constructor
+                CFsCommonUtil() = delete;
 
                 //! FSX directory obtained from registry
                 static QString fsxDirFromRegistry();
 
+                //! FSX directory from different sources
+                static QString fsxDir();
+
+                //! P3D directory from different sources
+                static QString p3dDir();
+
                 //! FSX's simObject directory from registry
                 static QString fsxSimObjectsDirFromRegistry();
 
+                //! FSX's sim object dir, resolved from multiple sources
+                static QString fsxSimObjectsDir();
+
+                //! Exclude directories for simObjects
+                static const QStringList &fsxSimObjectsExcludeDirectories();
+
+                //! P3D's sim object dir, resolved from multiple sources
+                static QString p3dSimObjectsDir();
+
+                //! Exclude directories for simObjects
+                static const QStringList &p3dSimObjectsExcludeDirectories();
+
                 //! FS9 directory obtained from registry
                 static QString fs9DirFromRegistry();
 
+                //! FS9 directory obtained from multiple sources
+                static QString fs9Dir();
+
                 //! FS9's aircraft directory from registry
                 static QString fs9AircraftDirFromRegistry();
 
+                //! FS9's aircraft directory
+                static QString fs9AircraftDir();
+
+                //! Exclude directories for aircraft objects
+                static const QStringList &fs9AircraftObjectsExcludeDirectories();
             };
 
         } // namespace
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/modelmappingsprovidervpilot.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/modelmappingsprovidervpilot.cpp
index 72f786859..c9e8c4597 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/modelmappingsprovidervpilot.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/modelmappingsprovidervpilot.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "modelmappingsprovidervpilot.h"
-#include "blackmisc/network/aircraftmapping.h"
 
 #include <QtXml/QDomElement>
 #include <QFile>
@@ -33,10 +32,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             bool CModelMappingsProviderVPilot::read()
             {
                 Q_ASSERT_X(this->m_vPilotReader, Q_FUNC_INFO, "missing reader");
-                bool success = this->m_vPilotReader->read();
+                bool success = this->m_vPilotReader->read(false);
                 if (success)
                 {
-                    this->m_mappings =  this->m_vPilotReader->getRules().toMappings();
+                    this->m_datastoreModels =  this->m_vPilotReader->getRules().toAircraftModels();
                 }
                 return success;
             }
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/modelmappingsprovider.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/modelmappingsprovider.cpp
index 3753958a0..2e4edb558 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/modelmappingsprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/modelmappingsprovider.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "modelmappingsprovider.h"
 
 using namespace BlackMisc;
-using namespace BlackMisc::Network;
+using namespace BlackMisc::Simulation;
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     {
         IModelMappingsProvider::IModelMappingsProvider(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent) {}
 
-        const CAircraftMappingList &IModelMappingsProvider::getMappingList() const
+        const CAircraftModelList &IModelMappingsProvider::getDatastoreModels() const
         {
-            return m_mappings;
+            return m_datastoreModels;
         }
     } // namespace
 } // namespace
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/modelmappingsprovider.h b/src/blackmisc/simulation/modelmappingsprovider.h
index e61d6f969..88bbaec59 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/modelmappingsprovider.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/modelmappingsprovider.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define BLACKMISC_SIMULATION_MODELMAPPINGS_H
 
 #include "blackmisc/blackmiscexport.h"
-#include "blackmisc/network/aircraftmappinglist.h"
+#include "blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodellist.h"
 #include <QObject>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             virtual bool read() = 0;
 
             //! Get list
-            const BlackMisc::Network::CAircraftMappingList &getMappingList() const;
+            const CAircraftModelList &getDatastoreModels() const;
 
         protected:
-            BlackMisc::Network::CAircraftMappingList m_mappings; //!< mappings
+            BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModelList m_datastoreModels; //!< models
         };
 
         //! Model mappings dummy