diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelscomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelscomponent.cpp
index 136636c1e..cf76f229d 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelscomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelscomponent.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             connect(ui->tvp_OwnAircraftModels, &CAircraftModelView::requestUpdate, this, &CDbOwnModelsComponent::requestOwnModelsUpdate);
             connect(ui->comp_SimulatorSelector, &CSimulatorSelector::changed, this, &CDbOwnModelsComponent::onSimulatorSelectorChanged);
             connect(&CMultiAircraftModelLoaderProvider::multiModelLoaderInstance(), &CMultiAircraftModelLoaderProvider::loadingFinished, this, &CDbOwnModelsComponent::onOwnModelsLoadingFinished, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+            connect(&CMultiAircraftModelLoaderProvider::multiModelLoaderInstance(), &CMultiAircraftModelLoaderProvider::diskLoadingStarted, this, &CDbOwnModelsComponent::onOwnModelsDiskLoadingStarted, Qt::QueuedConnection);
 
             // Last selection isPinned -> no sync needed
             ui->comp_SimulatorSelector->setRememberSelectionAndSetToLastSelection();
@@ -477,26 +478,44 @@ namespace BlackGui
         void CDbOwnModelsComponent::loadInstalledModels(const CSimulatorInfo &simulator, IAircraftModelLoader::LoadMode mode, const QStringList &modelDirectories)
         {
             if (!m_modelLoader) { return; }
+
+            // here m_modelLoader is still the "current" loader
             if (m_modelLoader->isLoadingInProgress())
             {
-                CLogMessage(this).info("Loading for '%1' already in progress") << simulator.toQString();
-                return;
+                if (m_modelLoader->supportsSimulator(simulator))
+                {
+                    const CStatusMessage msg = CLogMessage(this).warning("Loading for '%1' already in progress, will NOT load.") << simulator.toQString();
+                    this->showOverlayMessage(msg);
+                    return;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    const CStatusMessage msg = CLogMessage(this).warning("Loading for another simulator '%1' already in progress. Loading might be slow.") << simulator.toQString();
+                    this->showOverlayMessage(msg);
+                }
             }
 
             if (!this->initModelLoader(simulator))
             {
-                CLogMessage(this).error("Cannot init model loader for %1") << simulator.toQString();
+                const CStatusMessage msg = CLogMessage(this).error("Cannot init model loader for %1") << simulator.toQString();
+                this->showOverlayMessage(msg);
                 return;
             }
 
             // Do not check for empty models die here, as depending on mode we could still load
             // will be checked in model loader
-            CLogMessage(this).info("Starting loading for '%1'") << simulator.toQString();
+            CLogMessage(this).info("Starting loading for '%1' in mode '%2'") << simulator.toQString() << IAircraftModelLoader::enumToString(mode);
             ui->tvp_OwnAircraftModels->showLoadIndicator();
             Q_ASSERT_X(sGui && sGui->getWebDataServices(), Q_FUNC_INFO, "missing web data services");
             m_modelLoader->startLoading(mode, static_cast<int (*)(CAircraftModelList &, bool)>(&CDatabaseUtils::consolidateModelsWithDbData), modelDirectories);
         }
 
+        void CDbOwnModelsComponent::onOwnModelsDiskLoadingStarted(const CSimulatorInfo &simulator, IAircraftModelLoader::LoadMode mode)
+        {
+            const CStatusMessage msg = CLogMessage(this).info("Started disk loading for '%1' in mode '%2'") << simulator.toQString(true) << IAircraftModelLoader::enumToString(mode);
+            this->showOverlayMessage(msg, 5000);
+        }
+
         void CDbOwnModelsComponent::onOwnModelsLoadingFinished(const CStatusMessageList &statusMessages, const CSimulatorInfo &simulator, IAircraftModelLoader::LoadFinishedInfo info)
         {
             Q_ASSERT_X(simulator.isSingleSimulator(), Q_FUNC_INFO, "Expect single simulator");
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelscomponent.h b/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelscomponent.h
index e2f6b8ae7..de6e61462 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelscomponent.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelscomponent.h
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
             //! Load the models
             void loadInstalledModels(const BlackMisc::Simulation::CSimulatorInfo &simulator, BlackMisc::Simulation::IAircraftModelLoader::LoadMode mode, const QStringList &modelDirectories = {});
 
+            //! On disk loading started
+            void onOwnModelsDiskLoadingStarted(const BlackMisc::Simulation::CSimulatorInfo &simulator, BlackMisc::Simulation::IAircraftModelLoader::LoadMode mode);
+
             //! Model loading finished
             void onOwnModelsLoadingFinished(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessageList &statusMessages, const BlackMisc::Simulation::CSimulatorInfo &simulator, BlackMisc::Simulation::IAircraftModelLoader::LoadFinishedInfo info);
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.cpp
index 7c1eead95..e35068e2b 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         {
             IAircraftModelLoader *loader = IAircraftModelLoader::createModelLoader(simulator, this);
             connect(loader, &IAircraftModelLoader::loadingFinished, this, &CMultiAircraftModelLoaderProvider::loadingFinished);
+            connect(loader, &IAircraftModelLoader::diskLoadingStarted, this, &CMultiAircraftModelLoaderProvider::diskLoadingStarted);
             return loader;
         }
     } // ns
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.h b/src/blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.h
index 6a6211dab..e2a12a81e 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmodelloader.h
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             static IAircraftModelLoader *createModelLoader(const CSimulatorInfo &simulator, QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
         signals:
+            //! Disk loading started
+            //! \remark will only indicate loading from disk, not cache loading
+            void diskLoadingStarted(const CSimulatorInfo &simulator, LoadMode loadMode);
+
             //! Parsing is finished or cache has been loaded
             //! \remark does to fire if the cache has been changed elsewhere and it has just been reloaded here!
             void loadingFinished(const CStatusMessageList &status, const CSimulatorInfo &simulator, LoadFinishedInfo info);
@@ -186,6 +190,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             //! \copydoc IAircraftModelLoader::loadingFinished
             void loadingFinished(const CStatusMessageList &status, const CSimulatorInfo &simulator, IAircraftModelLoader::LoadFinishedInfo info);
 
+            //! \copydoc IAircraftModelLoader::diskLoadingStarted
+            void diskLoadingStarted(const CSimulatorInfo &simulator, IAircraftModelLoader::LoadMode mode);
+
         private:
             IAircraftModelLoader *m_loaderFsx = nullptr;
             IAircraftModelLoader *m_loaderP3D = nullptr;