Author Ian Radcliffe has been flightsimming for a long time -- since 1984 and FS2 on a Commodore 64. In an effort to give something back after all these years of enjoyment, Ian has offered a series of articles that will offer hints, insights and suggestions to enrich the flight simulator experience. This one truly rambles, covering helicopters, flight controls, short field take-offs and ending with a flying ramble starting in Italy.

In TrueEarth US Northern California for X-Plane, Orbx combines hi-res photo scenery with realistic 3D buildings to create a very realistic flying environment. Reviewer Andrew Parish was struck by the diversity of the region and how well Orbx managed to capture it.

The SR22 is one of the most popular GA planes of the 21st century, so it's appropriate that Carenado would make an X-Plane 11 version of the SR22 GTSx Turbo. Their version includes the modern Perspective G1000 glass cockpit, a nice selection of liveries and more. Reviewer Robin Tannahill really liked the plane and enjoyed flying it.

Here's something a little different from our usual fare, a bit of aviation history in the hills of Scotland. Author Barry Donnan is an avid hiker as well as being a historian. Here he shares some history and exploration of aviation events on the Galloway Hills, from the early days of flying to the WWII era.

One of our regular reviewers, MrYorkiesWorld, has decided to tackle the new Prepar3D V5 and offers here a review in both text and video formats. Overall, he's happy to find it better than the previous versions in both looks and performance, though still exhibiting a few flaws.

Aspen Extended for P3D v4 from Aerosoft isn't a new title, but Aspen is still an exciting destination with a challenging airport so reviewer Gregory A. Goodwin wanted to see how it stands up to newer products. He finds it held up quite well compared to other airport scenery and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

The King Air is one of the longest lived corporate aircraft, have been in production for over 50 years. Here, Wycliffe Barrett offers a video review of the King Air C90 CTX created for X-Plane 11 by Carenado.

In addition to flightsimming and writing reviews for us, Jennifer Kimball is a real world pilot. Recently she set out of the great adventure of buying an airplane. With many options possible, the result was more like the right plane found her. This is her story of how a Luscombe taildragger came into her life.

QualityWings has produced a series of jetliners that have been popular with flightsimmers, and according to reviewer Ray Andersen their Ultimate 787 Collection is another winner. It comes with the -8, -9 and -10 variants with two engine types though only one included livery (others available for download). He termed the result "superb" with quality systems, flight dynamics, looks and realism.

X-Plane 11 pilots looking for a tropical getaway will enjoy a trip to Seychelles XP from Aerosoft. The package includes 15 airports and 4 heliports spread among the islands. Reviewer Paul Mort had been looking forward to this scenery and was not disappointed - highly recommending it to others.