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Turbine Sound Studios proudly presents the Boeing 777 Rolls Royce Trent-895 Pilot Edition sound package for FS2004 and FSX recorded in HD high definition. This Pilot Edition is as heard from the cockpit.

Now available from AFS Design is the Sukhoi Su-27 v2 for FS2004. The Sukhoi Su-27 is a one-seat Mach-2 class jet fighter originally manufactured by the Soviet Union, and designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau.

It's Fathers Day weekend, and the FS Pilot Shop celebrates with a big sale of popular flightsim products from over 40 publishers. Save big now while these many items are discounted.

OnCourse Software announces the release of the latest update for their flight simulator ATC program PF3. The programs works with FS2004, FSX and P3D. It can also be configured to work with X-Plane.

FlightSimCon 2017 was held this past weekend at KBDL in Connecticut. This event has grown to be a major gathering of flightsimmers and developers, the biggest such event in America. While it's impossible to really capture the event without attending, here we offer a report and some personal observations on what went on.

Instrument pilots have to deal with a variety of landing approaches. In this tutorial, through the use of video and text, you are introduced to the VOR/DME ARC type of approach, flying into Bethal, Alaska. This tutorial is applicable no matter what sim you are using.

2017 marks the fifth year of the annual aviation and flight simulation conference, FlightSimCon. Since its humble beginnings in 2013, the event has grown in both size and popularity. What began as only a small gathering of enthusiasts, has grown into a global attraction, with the event now attracting a far larger audience, many of whom have traveled great distances! As a preview to the event, we had the chance to interview several of the developers who will be attending.

The latest FS2004/FSX audio package from Skysong Soundworks is Airbus A320 HD Audio. It features all sounds of this jetliner from start-up to shut-down.

Flight Simulator Logbook Editor (FS Logbook Editor) is a small program to edit - as the title implies, logbook files created by Microsoft® Flight Simulator X (mainly), Microsoft® Flight Simulator 2004 and Lockheed Martin Prepar3D®. An update has just been released with a variety of new features.

FlightSimCon flight simulator convention for 2017 is only a few weeks away. Today they are proud to announce an impressive speaker lineup for the event. There will be a plethora of educational, entertaining, and informative seminars throughout the weekend. Flight-simulation focused seminars will occur on Saturday, and presentations with a real-world focus will occur on Sunday.

TDS - Tenkuu Developers Studio has produced several Boeing jetliners as freeware that are of good quality and are quite popular. In this review/tribute, Michael Hayward looks at their 727, 737 and 787 aircraft in their many variations and offers his comments on each one.

Historic Jetliners Group (HJG) announces their second update for 2017. This update is composed of both new release and upgraded texture files, featuring the liveries (including some nostalgic and rare hybrids) of major and lesser known B717-200, B727, BAe 146, CV-880 and -990A, DC-8, DC-10, and MD-80 operators.

Turbine Sound Studios presents the Boeing 757 PW2037 Pilot Edition sound package for FS2004, FSX and P3D, recorded in HD high definition. This Pilot Edition is as heard from the cockpit.

Finally perfect cumulus, stratus and cirrus clouds with beautiful water! AFS Design now offers Cumulus and Cirrus for FS2004. It contains a comprehensive package of new water textures with sky mirror effects, as well as cloud and sky textures.