General Interest

Recently FlightSim.Com had the opportunity to interview William Ortis who for many years has been a prolific creator of add-on aircraft, operating under the name Lionheart Creations. In the interview we learn about his background, his interests and his creation methods.

Life is full of surprises, like your wife giving a birthday present of a flight experience with "SkyFighters", a group that teaches basic combat maneuvers in a Beech T-34 Mentor. William Dyer had the chance to do just that and shares his real world aviation experience with us in this article.

Recently FlightSim.Com moderator Victor Baron had a chance to interview Wesley Bard, software manager at Lockheed Martin and technical lead for the Prepar3D team. FlightSim.Com members have long been curious about this flight simulator and so we are pleased to offer some exclusive behind the scenes details on its present and future uses.

Ron Blehm, who for many years challenged our geography skills in his "Where In The World Series" starts a new series. "On The Marks" is meant to challenge your flying skills, and specifically your landing skills, which each edition providing a new challenge.

Recently FlightSim.Com had the chance to talk with Fernando Herrera, one of the two founders of Carenado, the company that makes a wide variety of airplanes for Microsoft Flight Simulator and now for X-Plane.

The many talented designers in the flightsim community have provided us with a wide variety of aircraft, some common models and some less common. Perhaps you've wondered why a particular plane got built? In this feature, Bob May shares the story behind the development of the PAD Dornier Seastar.

Recently we had the opportunity to interview Tom Kyler who is now one of the small team of key developers for X-Plane 10. Learn more about Tom and what it takes to develop aircraft and scenery for X-Plane by reading the complete interview.

Austin Meyer, President of Laminar Research talks with FlightSim.Com about his past, present and future experiences in aviation, the future of X-Plane, and his most recent developments in an application called Xavion. Hear the unedited version of Austin telling it like he sees it and how he plans to integrate flight simulation into real aircraft to aid the pilot in up-to-the-second real life scenarios.

X-Plane goes beyond flight simulation for some people. Judy Rice starts her series of case study articles off by telling us a bit about X-Plane author Austin Meyer and the product but then shows us how X-Plane is being used by the pros. Long-time pilot Fenton Robb, and Jan Vogel, captain for a major European airline, share their views on X-Plane and how and why they use it today.