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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.

Justplanes.com announces the release of a new Boeing 767-300ER cockpit video and old 757 videos return. New is the Euroatlantic 767-300 cockpit adventure to two African countries in an extended play program. Also featured is a 2009 Euro Atlantic release of 757 and 767 flights.

Justplanes.com presents Amsterdam 2016. New and old videos of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport are arriving at Justplanes.com today. First up is "AMS 2016" which captures not only the airport and aircraft but offers some artistic footage as well. Also featured are videos to Schiphol in previous years.

Arriving today at Justplanes.com are new videos featuring airports of China. Including is LTU A330-200 featuring three destinations, plus China 2001 and China 2005 featuring Beijing and other Chinese airports. Other cockpit videos to China are also featured this week.

Justplanes.com releases their newest cockpit video, featuring the Condor Boeing 757-300, the 269th airline in their cockpit series. The airline's director of flight operations hosts the 4+ hour video that includes operations into Funchal airport.

Mentour 360 SC has just released Mentour Aviation, a completely new type of aviation training application seen as a first step on the road towards virtual reality training. This application mixes 360 instructional courses with exclusive YouTube briefing videos in order to give a comprehensive training experience for aviation enthusiasts.

FlightSimCon 2017, the largest annual aviation and flight simulation conference, is proud to announce an updated list of sponsors and exhibitors for the 2017 event. The conference, which is now in its fifth year, takes place on Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11. New sponsors include Aer Lingus, Embry-Riddle and new exhibitors Dovetail Games, Laminar Research, Noble Flight Simulation and more.