diff --git a/src/Airports/simple.cxx b/src/Airports/simple.cxx
index 1e5d9a694..f9411a198 100644
--- a/src/Airports/simple.cxx
+++ b/src/Airports/simple.cxx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <Include/compiler.h>
 
 #include <Debug/logstream.hxx>
+#include <Misc/fgpath.hxx>
 #include <Misc/fgstream.hxx>
 #include <Main/options.hxx>
 
@@ -46,13 +47,15 @@ int fgAIRPORTS::load( const string& file ) {
     fgAIRPORT a;
 
     // build the path name to the airport file
-    string path = current_options.get_fg_root() + "/Airports/" + file;
+    FGPath path( current_options.get_fg_root() );
+    path.append( "Airports" );
+    path.append( file );
 
     airports.erase( airports.begin(), airports.end() );
 
-    fg_gzifstream in( path );
-    if ( !in ) {
-	FG_LOG( FG_GENERAL, FG_ALERT, "Cannot open file: " << path );
+    fg_gzifstream in( path.str() );
+    if ( !in.is_open() ) {
+	FG_LOG( FG_GENERAL, FG_ALERT, "Cannot open file: " << path.str() );
 	exit(-1);
     }
 
@@ -65,14 +68,29 @@ int fgAIRPORTS::load( const string& file ) {
     */
 
     // read in each line of the file
+
+#ifdef __MWERKS__
+
     in >> skipcomment;
-    while ( ! in.eof() )
-    {
+    char c = 0;
+    while ( in.get(c) && c != '\0' ) {
+	in.putback(c);
 	in >> a;
 	airports.insert(a);
 	in >> skipcomment;
     }
 
+#else
+
+    in >> skipcomment;
+    while ( ! in.eof() ) {
+	in >> a;
+	airports.insert(a);
+	in >> skipcomment;
+    }
+
+#endif
+
     return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Cockpit/hud.hxx b/src/Cockpit/hud.hxx
index e26245642..079139e29 100644
--- a/src/Cockpit/hud.hxx
+++ b/src/Cockpit/hud.hxx
@@ -233,12 +233,9 @@ extern float HUD_matrix[16];
 
 class fgText {
 private:
-    char msg[32];
     float x, y;
+    char msg[32];
 public:
-    fgText( char *c = NULL, float x = 0, float y =0 )
-        : x(x), y(y) {strncpy(msg,c,32-1);}
-
     fgText( float x = 0, float y = 0, char *c = NULL )
         : x(x), y(y) {strncpy(msg,c,32-1);}
 
@@ -434,7 +431,7 @@ class instr_item {  // An Abstract Base Class (ABC)
     }
     void TextString( char *msg, float x, float y )
     {
-        HUD_TextList.add(fgText(msg, x, y));        
+        HUD_TextList.add(fgText(x, y, msg));        
     }
     int getStringWidth ( char *str )
     {
diff --git a/src/Main/main.cxx b/src/Main/main.cxx
index 719c1442c..d6f1ec88b 100644
--- a/src/Main/main.cxx
+++ b/src/Main/main.cxx
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ static void fgRenderFrame( void ) {
 	xglEnable( GL_FOG );
 
 	// ssg test
-	cout << "trying to draw ssg scene" << endl;
 
 	xglMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
 	xglLoadIdentity();
@@ -1067,8 +1066,8 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
     // distribution) specifically from the ssg tux example
     //
 
-    ssgModelPath( "/h/curt/src/Libs/plib-1.0.12/examples/ssg/tux/data/" );
-    ssgTexturePath( "/h/curt/src/Libs/plib-1.0.12/examples/ssg/tux/data/" );
+    ssgModelPath( "/stage/pinky01/src/Libs/plib-1.0.12/examples/ssg/tux/data/" );
+    ssgTexturePath( "/stage/pinky01/src/Libs/plib-1.0.12/examples/ssg/tux/data/" );
 
     scene = new ssgRoot;
     penguin = new ssgTransform;
diff --git a/src/Main/views.cxx b/src/Main/views.cxx
index 98c9b53cd..b8cd9ce60 100644
--- a/src/Main/views.cxx
+++ b/src/Main/views.cxx
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ void FGView::UpdateViewMath( FGInterface *f ) {
 
 	sgMultMat4( sgLARC_TO_SSG, mat1, mat2 );
 
+	/*
 	cout << "LaRCsim to SSG:" << endl;
 	MAT3mat print;
 	int i;
@@ -624,6 +625,7 @@ void FGView::UpdateViewMath( FGInterface *f ) {
 	    }
 	}
 	MAT3print( print, stdout);
+	*/
 
 	// code to calculate LOCAL matrix calculated from Phi, Theta, and
 	// Psi (roll, pitch, yaw) in case we aren't running LaRCsim as our
@@ -736,13 +738,14 @@ void FGView::UpdateViewMath( FGInterface *f ) {
 
     // Calculate the VIEW matrix
     MAT3mult(VIEW, LOCAL, UP);
-    cout << "VIEW matrix" << endl;;
-    MAT3print(VIEW, stdout);
+    // cout << "VIEW matrix" << endl;;
+    // MAT3print(VIEW, stdout);
 
     sgMat4 sgTMP;
     sgMultMat4( sgTMP, sgLOCAL, sgUP );
     sgMultMat4( sgVIEW, sgLARC_TO_SSG, sgTMP );
 
+    /*
     cout << "FG derived VIEW matrix using sg routines" << endl;
     MAT3mat print;
     int i;
@@ -753,6 +756,7 @@ void FGView::UpdateViewMath( FGInterface *f ) {
 	}
     }
     MAT3print( print, stdout);
+    */
 
 
     // generate the current up, forward, and fwrd-view vectors