(SOLVED} the 15 year old Logitech 3D joystick was apparently the problem. I unplugged the joystick and plugged in my Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, set up some bindings, loaded a mission, checked the bindings on the Alpha/Bravo as well as several keyboard bindings, and they all worked. The alpha/bravo are not ideal but will work until the WinWing hardware arrives.