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With FS2004 and FSX having been around for some years now, we have quite a number of older add-ons that are still available and worthy of attention. In this review Meng Yu takes a look a the DC-10 Collection published by Just Flight as part of the F-Lite range, and created by CLS. Fans of the DC-10 may find this older add-on to still be enjoyable to fly.

Landing a plane on an aircraft carrier is one of the greatest challenges in aviation. Here is an explanation of how you can do it, including technical issues like angle of attack that are important.

BlackBox has come up with an interesting idea with their "Prologue" offerings, a plane that's sold and released before being completely finished, with the finished product being included when available. How well does it work? Reviewer Stuart Outram tries the Airbus A320 X-Treme Prologue and offers his report here.

Recently FlightSim.Com had the chance to interview Shawn Weigelt a "regular guy" who has shown that regular guys can learn the skills to develop scenery and contribute to the X-Plane community. Learn more about Shawn and his scenery creations by reading the complete interview, including pictures and videos.

The entire MD-80 line of jetliners have had a long and successful history in the airline industry. CLS has created a number of them and in this review Meng Yu tries their MD-87 which is an expansion pack for their previous MD-81. Learn more by reading the complete review.

Many flightsimmers play at being airline pilots but a few among our numbers have actually been there. In this series Tony Vallillo shares the story of his transition from military flying to the captain's seat in the Boeing 727. This section concentrates on flight engineer training.

The Tecnam P92 is an ideal flyer for siteseeing. There are three variants, the Eaglet, the JS and the SeaSky amphibian and all included in the dmax3D add-on for X-Plane 10. Dominic Smith tests the plane and offers his findings here.

The North American T-28D Trojan is a large military trainer developed in the late 1940's that served for many years after. Ant's Airplanes has now created an FSX version that accurately mimics the real thing and is great fun to fly, so discovers reviewer Raymond Andersen. Learn more by reading his complete review.

Recently FlightSim.Com had the chance to interview Art Poole, a long time designer of scenery for FS2004 and FSX. Art likes small to mid sized airports and concentrates on Florida. Learn more about Art and his scenery by reading the full interview.