Flight Sim World - One Year LaterIt has now been a year since Flight Sim World shut down. In this Op-Ed, Michael Hayward looks back at the history of the flight simulator, how it came about, what was good and bad about it, and what ultimately went wrong that lead to its failure.
Review: Aerosoft - Mega Airport RomeAerosoft offers quite a collection of major world airports as part of their "Mega Airport" scenery series. Today reviewer MrYorkiesWorld tries Mega Airport Rome, which is designed for FSX and Prepar3D. Though not one of the new airports in the series he still rated it highly, finding it was a very good replica of the real world airport. His video and review will tell you all about it.
Tutorial: Beyond Plane MakerIf you've learned to use Plane Maker, you know how to create and add aircraft of your own design to X-Plane. But Plane Maker's built-in abilities limit the shapes you can use. To create truly realistic aircraft you need to go beyond Plane Maker and use a 3D CAD program like SketchUp to create the parts you need. In this tutorial Ray Hill goes over the basics of how such parts are created and then integrated into Plane Maker aircraft.
Review: Sky Simulations - McDonnell Douglas MD-11While the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was not a particularly successful model in the real world, quite a few of them still carry on, mostly in freight service. For flight simulator pilots it provides and interesting and challenging large jet to fly, with some unusual handling characteristics. Reviewer Meng Yu puts it through its paces and offers his reactions.
Where in the World Feature 117The Where In The World series challenge from Ron Blehm continues. Last month was a bit of a trick question, as the airport name did not match the city of its location. This month Ron offers a favorite location from his past, with several clues and pictures. Can you figure out where it is?
Review: HOTAS F/A-18C Hornet GripJust announced today at FSExpo by Thrustmaster is their HOTAS F/A-18C Hornet Grip. This innovative product lets you customize your joystick. A common joystick base can take various grips that are exact matches for real world aircraft. This one matches the F/A-18C Hornet and is compatible with two previously available bases. Reviewer Raymond Andersen was very impressed with the build quality and usability of the grip and highly recommends it.
Flying With The FamilyJay, AKA MrYorkiesWorld has been building a reputation for himself as an avid flight simulator video producer on Youtube. In this article he tells us how he does it, mixing a busy family life with two small children, with his lifelong passion for aviation.
Review: Carenado - A42-500Carenado is well known for creating great looking aircraft and their A42-500 twin-turboprop airliner is no exception. Reviewer Meng Yu was impressed with the look and flying ability of this FSX/P3D aircraft and found it had a nice tradeoff between realism and complexity, making it manageable for the average flight simulator pilot. He also found the systems modeling impressive, with the inclusion of things like "hotel mode" which is unique to this aircraft.
DelaysDelays are a part of life and certainly of airplane travel, though in our virtual flight simulator world we can avoid them. Air Force and airline pilot Tony Vallillo had plenty of experience with delays in his career, both natural and man-made. Here he shares some of his flying stories as well as looking into the things that cause airplanes to be delayed.
Review: Carenado - B58 Baron For X-Plane 11Since X-Plane comes with a Baron, do we really need another one? Reviewer Stuart McGregor tried the B58 Baron created by Carenado for X-Plane 11 and found the improvements and additions over the default plane well worth while. He enjoyed flying the plane whether VFR or IFR and even with VR and overall found it to be a beautifully implemented twin-engine GA aircraft.
Drzewiecki Design Announces Tokyo SceneryDrzewiecki Design has announced their next major city plus airport project will be Tokyo, Japan. Japan in general has been kind of overlooked by flight simulator developers so this is a welcome announcement. As with other recent releases this is expect to come in two parts, a city scenery and an airports scenery that will work together. Versions for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane are expected.
Vertical-Simulations Announces Spokane InternationalVertical-Simulations have announced that their next scenery project for X-Plane will be Spokane International Airport in Washington state. It will include features like PBR rain effects, autogate, 4K aerial images, 3D ramp workers, WT3 live traffic support and more.
FSPS Scenery - Augsburg Airport EDMA P3Dv4 Sale 20% OffNow at a new lower price, and on sale at 20% off at the FlightSim.Com Store from FSPS Scenery is Augsburg Airport EDMA for Prepar3D v4. This is the first scenery add-on from FSPS. It makes full use of P3D v4 features with high resolution textures and detailed buildings, runways, taxiways and more. It also offers features like dynamic night lighting, automated season switching, animated windsock and much more.
Simwest Announces Breaking Bad Easter Egg HuntSimwest announces the "Breaking Bad Easter Egg Hunt Contest". Going on now with the release of their new free simwestALBQ scenery for P3D and FSX. Test your pilot skills by finding objects and locations in the scenery. Five lucky winners will be drawn at the end of the contest and will get the next simwest release, simwestSOCAL.
Orbx - TrueEarth US Washington for X-Plane ReleasedOrbx announces the release of TrueEarth US Washington for X-Plane. Clocking in at an enormous 92,000 square miles (our largest yet!), TrueEarth Washington includes a host of new features and content. From the 1200+ custom-modeled PBR landmarks, through to the millions of accurately-placed buildings and trees, this scenery faithfully recreates one of the true homes of global aviation.
Perfect Flight - Ultimate Airbus A380 Simulation for FSXHere is the new version of the complete Airbus Industries A380 representation for FSX. Ultimate Airbus A380 Simulation from Perfect Flight includes a complete A380 aircraft with many options plus a missions pack. Missions feature flight briefing, cabin prep, checklists, crew announcements, speed calls, GPWS and more.
Sim-Wings - Canary Islands Professional - Gran CanariaNew from Sim-Wings is Canary Islands Professional - Gran Canaria as they continue to cover the Canary Islands for Prepar3D v4. This add-on includes the third largest of the Canaries and its Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria, the busiest airport in the islands. The entire volcanic island features a high-resolution height mesh and colorfast aerial images.
Just Flight - C-46 Commando Updated v1.08C-46 Commando, Just Flight's package for FSX/P3D, has been updated with FDE improvements. The package includes 19 paint schemes and provides military, cargo and civilian passenger variants of this classic cargo/transport aircraft with both military and civilian cockpit configurations. First flown in 1940 and introduced into service with the USAF in 1942, the C-46 Commando was a twin-engine transport aircraft used primarily by the military but also by civilian operators.
Orbx - EGNX East Midlands Airport Coming Soon For X-Plane 11Orbx seems determined to fill the UK with scenery, including their latest announcement of EGNX East Midlands Airport coming soon for X-Plane 11. Fully integrated with TrueEarth GB South, this PBR rendition of East Midlands Airport features high resolution buildings, a fleet of static aircraft, custom modeled cars and trucks, and HDR night lighting.
Drzewiecki Design - Chicago Airports X Update v1.2Chicago Airports X is the latest scenery from Drzewiecki Design for FSX and Prepar3D. It has been developed to provide immersion into the Chicago area at a level never seen before. The product consists of three airports: KORD O'Hare, KMDW Midway and KPWK Executive. Version 1.2 is now available with a number of fixes to the original release.
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