The Blackburn Firebrand is not one of the more famous planes of WWII, but it does have an interesting history and some interesting flight characteristics as well. Martin La Grange tells the story of how the Firebrand came to be and developed during use, and also introduces the Alphasim version that you can use in your flight simulator.

Continuing from the previous "Going Places" installment where he arrived in Montevideo, Rodolfo Astrada turns around and heads back north. As before, he weaves in stories of the regions being traveled, including Uruguay and Madeira, and aircraft history, including the Boeing 727.

As you of course know, we run a variety of advertising on FlightSim.Com in order to help pay the bills. One of the ad agencies we use, Network N, has asked for our users to complete a short survey. Your answers will help ensure that the ads we run are more relevant to your interests.

The Collings Foundation is one of the premier restorers and operators of historic aircraft, and through their "Wings Of Freedom Tour" bring a variety of WWII era aircraft all around the U.S. for people to experience. Earlier this week, Nels Anderson had the opportunity to visit one of their stops and fly in their B-25 Mitchell "Tondelayo", and shares his experience here in words and photos.

Justplanes.com presents their new St Maarten Airport video, plus videos of Saba and St Barths and old St Maarten. The video shows some of the best views of the famous beachfront runway in action, including the last year of the 747 at St. Maarten.

Mahan Air becomes the 271st airlines in the Justplanes.com Cockpit Series, with a video featuring the A300-600, A340-600 and for the first time in their HD series, the 747-300. Fly within Iran and Dubai with lots of presentations and explanations.

The newest video from Justplanes.com is the Turkish Airlines A330 in HD and A340 in DVD.

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.

Justplanes.com announces four Royal Cockpit Films released. Each of these four classic films, showcasing the L1011, B727, B737 and A310, are now available for immediate download.

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 video from Justplanes.com features Aurigny, "The Channel Airline", and their Saab 340, Shorts 360 and Trislander. Destinations include Alderney, Dinard, Guernsey, Jersey, Southampton, Amsterdam and London.

The newest video from Justplanes.com is Flight in the Cockpit: Alaska Airlines 737-200, capturing the final days of the 737-200 at this airline. Also just released is a video featuring Penair, another classic Alaskan airline.

Justplanes.com present their latest video for aviation fans, Flight in the Cockpit: GOL Boeing 737. Spend two days and seven flights with the crew while visiting Rio, Sao, Recife and Fernando de Noronha.

Justplanes.com today adds two new video collections, showcasing two of the world's most dangerous airports: Lukla in Nepal and Paro in Bhutan. In Nepal, see over four hours of video featuring three airlines. Druk Air is featured in Bhutan.

Justplanes.com announces two new videos arriving today. First up is Ethiopian 777 Cockpit, with over four hours of flying in the 777-200LR to destinations including Dubai, Nigeria, Angola and Germany. Also to is Air Seychelles 737-767, a clasic from 2002, with some great destinations and some bonus footage flying the Twin Otter.