Flight simulator pilots interested in flying older airliners from the prop era might enjoy joining virtual airline DC3 Airways. In this feature, Sherman Kaplan describes a special charter flight in the larger four-engine DC4 airliner as it makes its way from Palm Springs to Las Vegas.

Over the past few years Sim Wings has created "professional" versions of some of the world's great airports. In this review, MrYorkiesWorld looks at their Mega Airport London Heathrow Professional for Prepar3D v4. He highly recommends it, finding its list of features impressive and the only downside that it requires a good computer system to run to its full capabilities.

Would you be surprised to find one of the latest sims actually runs well on older systems? Author Kenneth J. Kerr found that was just the case with Aerofly FS 2. While perhaps not considered in the flightsim mainstream, and lacking some features some might consider important, it makes up for this in other ways, offering a very enjoyable flying experience, even on an older system.

One of the most popular training planes, the Cessna 150 Commuter gets brought to X-Plane thanks to vFlyteAir Simulations. Our reviewer Jennifer Kimball has flight time in real C150's and was impressed with the accuracy of this flight simulator version. She termed it a great buy and was pleased by the fun and functionality of the plane.

Orbx design efforts lately have produced a lot of scenery for Great Britain, and Leeds Bradford Airport for X-Plane is just one example. Reviewer Paul Mort had been eagerly awaiting this one, as it's not far from where he lives. He was not disappointed in Orbx's efforts and gave it his highest rating.

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. Here is the second one, with a discussion on handling forced landings plus an challenging trip through the high mountains of South America.

Prepar3D pilots who enjoy flying truly large aircraft will enjoy the C-17A Globemaster III from Virtavia. Being a military plane, it also has performance unlike an airliner which makes for some interesting flying. Reviewer Ray Andersen found that he liked the aircraft very much, with high quality textures, an accurate model and an abundance of details.

Now that the holidays are behind us, we're back to offering you a new Where In The World? challenge from Ron Blehm. Those who tried last time did well deducing the tropical location. The new location this month is literally the end of the line...can you figure out where?

There's so much good freeware out there that we don't review nearly enough of it, but today's review by Andy Barter takes a look at a nice Prepar3D v4 scenery of KGEG Spokane International Airport by Brett Delana. Brett has been a long-time creator of scenery, back to the FS2004 days. This scenery brings KGEG to life with an accurate layout and custom designed buildings.

Unlike computer games, flight simulators do not have a set path or goal so users have to figure out for themselves what to do with their sims. There are many answers to this, such as joining a virtual airline and in this presentation Sherman Kaplan presents a set of float plane flights the he and friends at DC3 Airways have developed. If you like wilderness flying and landing on water this just may be for you.