Remastered Wright Brothers Photos And FlightSim Historical FlightFlightsim fan Laurie Doering presents a video documentary on the Wright brothers first flights in 1903 at Kitty Hawk. He's taken original photographs from 1900-1905 and remastered them to tell the story of the development of the airplane. As a conclusion to the story, he uses MSFS 2020 for a scenic flight around Kitty Hawk as it looks today.
RonTom: Tuscany ItalyWhat 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. In this edition they head to Italy, and more specific Tuscany and the city of Florence.
Review: DC Designs F-14 A/B Tomcat For MSFSThe F-14 Tomcat has played a starring role in movies and now comes to MSFS 2020 thanks to DC Designs and publisher Just Flight. Reviewer James Huddison tries out the F-14 A/B Tomcat For MSFS and finds it to be a very authentic recreation of the real thing, and his "go to" jet when he wants to do some fast flying.
Review: Aerosoft - SAM Follow Me XPThe "Scenery Animation Manager" series brings added levels of realism to airports. In this review Joshua Moore tries SAM Follow Me for X-Plane, which provides a follow me vehicle for taxiing guidance and a marshaller to help with parking. At a big airport this can be a nice touch and given that it works anywhere it does a reasonably accurate job of it.
Long Covid and the Freedom of FlightFlight simulation is a very open-ended activity...it's not pre-defined like games are but largely up to you to make of it what you want. Felicity Smith was not an active flightsimmer, but living with long Covid has made flightsimming a pleasant activity and escape.
Tutorial: IFR Clearances ExplainedIf you want to fly with online groups like VATSIM, IVAO or PilotEdge you need to learn the same techniques that real pilots use. For the beginner, IFR clearances can be intimidating. In this video real world pilot thecorporatepilotdad shows how it's done, by going over several different realistic clearances as read by real air traffic controllers.
Lionheart Creations Q200 Quickie Manual AvailableThe Q200 Dragonfly is an unusual light plane and requires some reading to fully understand how to fly it. Lionheart Creations offers a free manual for their MSFS 2020 version that lets owners and prospective pilots leanr the planes unique systems.
AuthentiKit Spitfire Chassis Lever ReleasedAuthentiKit announces the completion of their landing gear lever for the Spitfire. Initially announced in May of last year, with the release of this control they can now offer a complete set of primary controls for a Spitfire pilot.
VSKYLABS Update on RC Helicopter For X-PlaneA few days ago VSKYLABS announced work on a turbine-powered RC helicopter for X-Plane. Today we have more details on the project and a new video showing the copter in flight.
PMDG Posts Update On 737-700 For MSFSPMDG offers up a lengthy post in the forums about their upcoming Boeing 737-700 for MSFS 2020. It includes discussions of the variants to be included as well as a new pricing structure that will be in effect for this and other new PMDG aircraft.
SC Designs F-16 C,D&I Fighting Falcon MSFS Now AvailableNow available at the FlightSim.Com Store from publisher Just Flight and developer SC Designs is the F-16 C,D&I Fighting Falcon for MSFS 2020. The package includes three highly detailed F-16 models in a variety of liveries. This is a fully native MSFS 2020 aircraft with custom instruments and full use of the sims effects and sounds.
IndiaFoxtEcho - America-Class LHA Ships For MSFSIndiaFoxtEcho announces the release of a companion package for their popular F-35 Lightning II. Pilots now have a realistic place to land with the release of America-Class LHA Ships for MSFS 2020. Included are two LHA class ships, available at a number of different locations--essentially small aircraft carriers that are suitable for helicopters and V/STOL aircraft such as the F-35.
IndiaFoxtEcho FSX/P3D Aircraft Now FreewareLast summer IndiaFoxtEcho announced that they were withdrawing their FSX and Prepar3D products from sale. Today they have released the first batch of them as freeware, as a sign of gratitude to the flightsim community for their support over the years. Additional planes will be released at a later date.
Carenado Releases C337 Skymaster II For MSFS 2020Aircraft designer Carenado has announced that their C337 Skymater II has been released for MSFS 2020. It is only available through the in game marketplace. Also known as the "push-pull" twin, this very popular and commercially successful aircraft is an icon in general aviation.
X-Plane 12 Airbus A330 Official Trailer VideoYoutube video producer AviationLads has just released an official trailer video for the Airbus A330 that will be coming in the new X-Plane 12. The 2:45 minute video gives a close look of the plane, both inside and out, in flight, in various liveries and showing special effects.
iniSimulations A300 v2.02 Now AvailableThe iniSimulations A300-600R(F) On The Line for X-Plane has been updated to v2.02. This update includes various bug fixes and improvements. A detailed changelog documents the improvements.
Taburet - Denmark / Norway / Sweden Power Lines For MSFS 2020Taburet brings his power lines enhancements to Scandinavia with the release of Denmark / Norway / Sweden Power Lines For MSFS 2020. The function of this scenery is to add electrification wires to the default power lines pylons. The systems has been optimized to keep MSFS fluidity as high as possible.
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