Review: Aerosoft - Antarctica - British RotheraYou might think that flying in Antarctica would mean endless miles of boring white expanse, but you'd be wrong as proven by the Antarctica Vol. 1 – British Rothera and Beyond scenery for MSFS 2020 published by Aerosoft. Reviewer Stuart McGregor found himself falling in love with the area and found exploring around Rothera and the other bases included to be a great adventure.
Dan Hopgood Developer InterviewDan Hopgood has been creating freeware for various flight simulators for over 20 years. These days, he enjoys creating for X-Plane. While his favorite area is sound he has also created complete aircraft as well as enhancements for others' planes. Learn more about Dan and his work in our interview.
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.
Dreamflight Studios Announces McClellan-Palomar Airport MSFSDreamflight Studios have announced that they are working on McClellan-Palomar Airport (KCRQ), near San Diego, California, for MSFS 2020.
TopSkills Announces All New Flight-Sim ManualTopSkills announces February 4, 2022 as the release date for Bill Stack's newest e-book, Glass Simming 2020. At 225 pages and 11 chapters, the book will explain the use of electronic flight decks and cockpits in 15 aircraft. You can now pre-order the book at a 50% discount off the full price.
IndiaFoxtEcho - Ford-Class Carriers for MSFSMSFS 2020 users wishing for a realistic place to operate the IndiaFoxtEcho F-35 Lightning II or T-45C Goshawk now have a new option with the release of Ford-Class Carriers for MSFS. The package offers static, landable aircraft carriers allowing for recover and launch operations. Three different carriers are placed at a variety of locations around the world.
DC3 Airways Plans Recreation Of Berlin AirliftThis February, virtual airline DC3 Airways will recreate the 1948/49 Berlin Airlift. A series of flights are planned using a total of 14 airfields, with some flights in bad weather and some at night, adhering as far as possible to the conditions and events of the period.
SSG Shares Cockpit Previews Of B748 Update XPX-Plane aircraft developer Supercritical Simulations Group has shared some cockpit preview images for their B748 v2.5 update. Described as work-in-progress images they show lots of detail throughout the cockpit.
IndiaFoxtEcho F-35 Project UpdateIndiaFoxtEcho has issued a detailed announcement about the status of their F-35 project, including its X-Box and Marketplace release as well as current operating issues. Also mentioned is that the Ford-class carriers add-on should be released shortly and a full roadmap update will be coming in a few weeks.
Announcing Virtual Air EuropaAnnouncing Virtual Air Europa, a new virtual airline that operates on the vAMSYS Platform. It is based on the real world Air Europa and has a main hub at LEMD. The VA has a relaxed atmosphere with minimal required flight time.
FlyingIron Simulations Project Status Report MSFS/DCSFlyingIron Simulations has posted a lengthy status report on their current projects for both MSFS 2020 and DCS. For MSFS, they have announced the F6F Hellcat, an important US Navy fighter of WWII. For DCS World, they are working on the A-7E Corsair II.
Taburet - UK Trees For MSFS 2020New from Taburet is UK Trees For MSFS 2020. The function of this mod is to replace trees all over the UK. All default trees are removed and repositioned using Ordnance Survey forest data. It is needless to say that we now have a far more balanced environment, with trees actually matching the photorealistic textures.
RDJ Simulations - Virtual Real For MSFSRDJ Simulations announces the release of Virtual Real for MSFS. This is incredible scenery viewer for those who have VR headsets. Included is a highly stable virtual aircraft that has even the weather stabilized and that has unobstructed views with many saved flights over the world’s most incredible aerial viewing locations.
Status Report From DCS On Their Upcoming AH-64DThe DCS team reports making tremendous progress on the AH-64D helicopter for the sim. Many parts of the helicopter are now release ready and an early access version is very close. A new video shows it off in action.
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