What Is RonTom? The authors are two "Old Timers" with a passion for aviation and a penchant for telling stories. The result is some aviation / flightsim storytelling based on some real world locations that they think are fun and interesting. This time they take on a great adventure...the famous Silk Road. This includes a large area and many possible places to visit, so each of them offer a different way to explore.
In this video shared with us by Laurie Doering, join him for a Flight Simulator Memory Lane experience and enjoy the visual comparisons between Flight Simulator and the real world during the final approach at five different southern Ontario airports.
iniScene have released a Version 2 of their London Heathrow Airport (EGLL) scenery. In this video, FilbertFlies goes back over the things he criticised in their initial release and sees which of them have been improved. He found a significant performance improvement with V2.
With the Darkstar for MSFS 2020 you can fly at Mach 10, or ten times the speed of sound. This is so much faster than any plane we're more familiar with it's hard to envision just what this kind of speed is like. Well, imagine no more as thecorporatepilotdad has created this video of the Darkstare at Mach 10 from a variety of angles.
It's always nice to find a reviewer who actually has familiarity with the real-world subject involved. Reviewer Foxtrot Ostrich here provides a short video review of what was at one time his local airport, Exeter International Airport (EGTE), in the southwest UK. This scenery is created by Stairport and published by Aerosoft.
Regular contributor thecorporatepilotdad usually presents serious fly tutorials or detailed products reviews. In a change of pace, here is a just for fun quick video recreating the famous F-14 tower fly-by from the movie "Top Gun", use the DC Designs aircraft in MSFS 2020.
IndiaFoxtEcho continues to improve their F-35 Lightning II for MSFS 2020. Microsoft apparently objected to the thumbnails used in v1.1.2 so the team took this opportunity to make some additional fixes and release an updated v1.1.3.
MK-Studios announces the release of Porto Airport for Prepar3D v5. Located in northern Portugal, the airport is recreated with highly detailed buildings using PBR materials. The terminal interior is modeled and the airport included custom vehicles and airport objects.
Desiger GotFriends shows off his upcoming PZL 104 Wilga for MSFS 2020. It is planned for release some time in 2022. As a bonus, it will include scenery of EGH2 Forwood Farm created by Emerald Scenery.
Cowen Simulations announces the release of the H125 (AS350B3e) helicopter for X-Plane. The copter is loaded with features such as realistic flight dynamics, custom 3D instruments, PBR textures, animations and much more.
Rolling Cumulus announces a new package of adventures coming soon to MSFS 2020. Flying over the Pacific - The Solomon Campaign 1943 Episode I takes you back to WWII in the Pacific and re-creates the wonderful and heroic work these pilots did with enemy fighters hunting for them day and night.
Today IndiaFoxtEcho has a detailed progress report on their M-346 MASTER Project for MSFS. Beta 1 Stage is complete and they are working towards a new beta release. A lengthy FAQ with lots of details on the project are included in the announcement.
Aerosoft brings a new European airport to MSFS 2020 with the release of Airport Brno. It features detailed airport infrastructure, including administrative buildings and hangars. In addition to the airport, the scenery includes separate areas of the city including two helipads.
New from FSimStudios is Edmonton International Airport (CYEG) for MSFS 2020. Based on their previous Prepar3D version, the scenery features a highly detailed rendition of the airport using 4K PBR textures.
IRIS Simulations offers a first look at their Pilatus PC-24, with a set of screen shots posted to Facebook. Though described as "low detailed" the images give a good look at the plane's exterior. They report that completion is still a long way off.
If you'd like a preview look at the upcoming Cockspur version of the Citation Mustang, a new video of the early alpha version by "Scoobs G" is now available for viewing. Cockspur has also made other recent announcement, including some details on the manual and current work on the project.
It's been a while since we've heard about this project, but IndiaFoxtEcho now has an update on their MB-339 jet for DCS. They've reached the point where there is now a release candidate. Being their debut product for DCS, they plan to deliver a module that is as complete as possible.
After 16 busy months of working on their T-6A Texan II, AOA Simulations offers an update on their V-22 Osprey. Being unhappy with the original 3D model, and extensive rework has been undertaken, with some renderings shown in this announcement. They've also been busy working on gauges that will support both the Texan II and the V-22.
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Here are some random shots of an L1049 Constellation in the colorful eye-catching livery of 1950s-era American Overseas Airlines.
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All the bridges
Thread Starter: ralphie1313Anyone know why under all the bridges its all black u can not see throu it u can fly throu but its black the whole span of the bridge thanks
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