Review: Aerosoft - Airport Sandnessjoen-StokkaAirport Sandnessjoen-Stokka from Aerosoft is a great jumping off point to explore Norway and the MSFS 2020 Nordic World Update area. Reviewer Michael Hayward found a few minor complaints but overall felt that the scenery will not disappoint. The terminal and other buildings look fantastic and ground clutter and other details bring the airport to life.
IFR Training Part 5Ten years ago, author Chris Liddell made the leap from flightsimming to flying real aircraft, and shared his training adventures with us in a series of articles under the banner "Going Solo". He's still an active PPL and has increased his flying skills over the years and now shares his next big adventure: instrument training. Training is now complete and time for the big test!
Where in the World Feature 131It's been a while but today Where In The World series challenge from Ron Blehm continues. Last time's challenge was met by a large group of participants. This time is a return to a previous location that stumped most people the first time around. Can today's new participants figure it out?
Review: Just Flight - Piper Arrow For MSFS 2020The Piper Arrow III is a high-end member of the ever popular Piper Cherokee family of single engine planes. Just Flight has created this and the Turbo Arrow for MSFS 2020 and in this review Joshua Moore takes it for a test. He loves flying the plane and finds that the sounds, systems and options make for a truly complete aircraft package.
Preview: FlyingIron P-38L Lightning For MSFS 2020The famous "Fork Tail Devil" from WWII is coming to MSFS 2020 shortly from FlyingIron Simulations. In this preview video, thecorporatepilotdad takes their P-38L Lightning for a spin. The video gives you a good look at the highly detailed aircraft, both inside and out, and demonstrates its flight characteristics.
Early Access Preview: Orbx Stockholm BrommaFilbertFlies offers an early access look at ESSB Stockholm Bromma Airport for MSFS 2020 from Orbx and developer Marcus Nyberg. The scenery includes both the airport and an updated Stockholm city with 100+ custom POIs and more.
Aeroproyecto - C172N Floatplane FSX/P3D v1.3 Extended EditionAeroproyecto announces the release of their C172N Floatplane v1.3 Extended Edition for FSX/P3D. The updated version includes both a straight floatplane and an amphibian variant in one package. It includes highly accurate and optimized modeling for good performance. The virtual cockpit includes full 3D gauges with two avionics variants available. A variety of paint schemes is also included.
VSKYLABS Demonstrates C-47 Under StressVSKYLABS has issued some interested information and screen shots demonstrating how their upcoming C-47 Skytrain Flying Lab Project v4.0 will handle abuse that over-stresses the airframe. Also shown are things like the effects of excessive braking and extreme icing.
X-Crafts Releases E175 For X-Plane Teaser VideoToday at FSExpo, X-Crafts have confirmed that they are working on the Embraer E175, part of the E-Jet family (E170, E175, E190, E195, Lineage 1000). The new plane will be coming to X-Plane in 2022. A new video teaser has been released to show the plane in flight.
Milviz Releases PC-6 Porter MSFSMilviz has announced the release of their PC-6 Porter for MSFS 2020. This is their second aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The accurate and highly detailed 3D model blends delightfully with the visual realism offered by MSFS 2020. This "Stage 1" release will eventually be followed by a Stage 2 with additional features.
Taburet - Norway Water Bodies For MSFS 2020Taburet returns with another in their water enhancement series with the release of Norway Water Bodies For MSFS 2020. This package add all medium to small size lakes missing in MSFS. The water bodies are also visible in cockpit mapping instruments and default VFR map.
Wing42 Provides Update on Boeing 247 MSFSWing42 continues to work on their Boeing 247 for MSFS 2020 and are now ready to show images of the cockpit and explain why getting to this point took so long.
SWS Update On Kodiak For MSFS 2020SimWorks Studios reports that the 3D model for their Kodiak for MSFS 2020 is now 99.9% complete, and have released some new screen shots to show it off. A few final tweaks will have it finished and along with performance adjustments the plane is nearing completion.
MSFS Development Update September 23, 2021The Microsoft Flight Simulator has issued their weekly development update. There's not much this week for the average flightsimmer, but there is an fairly extensive list of changes to the SDK.
GearDown Simulations - Governador Valadares Airport for MSFSNow available at the FlightSim.Com Store is Governador Valadares Airport for MSFS from GearDown Simulations. This scenery totally recreates SBGV from scratch. It features PBR 4K and 8K textures, unique and exclusive details and more.
HiFi Sim - Active Sky Official Trailer ReleasedHiFi Technologies announces a new video trailer is available for ASP3D, created by AviationLads. ASP3D is the latest addition to the ActiveSky weather engine line. ASP3D evolves realism-based weather simulation, building upon the ground-breaking and proven features of ActiveSky while integrating with the latest version of Prepar3D.
REX Weather Force Technical Update 1.6 ReleasedREX brings their advanced weather technology to MSFS 2020 with REX Weather Force 2020. This is a new METAR-based dynamic real-time weather engine that will let you experience automated, dynamic and smooth weather transitions. It also offers weather scenarios and other features. Technical Update 1.6 has just been released with improved overall performance and a number of fixes.
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