Review: Sim-Wings Canary Islands Professional - Gran CanariaThe Canary Islands make for a great holiday destination and Prepar3D pilots are lucky to have a whole series of great scenery packages from Sim-Wings covering the various major islands. In this review Alex Dickinson looks at their Canary Islands Professional - Gran Canarias package. He found the scenery of the island and its two airports had a wonderful amount of detail offering lots of flying enjoyment.
Review: FS2Crew - Majestic Dash 8 Q400 Special Bundle PackWhile the Majestic Q400 is already a very advanced aircraft simulation for Prepar3D v4/v5, adding the FS2Crew - Majestic Dash 8 Q400 Special Bundle Pack brings the realism to a whole new level. The package gives you a flight crew to interactive with, using realistic standard procedures. Reviewer Richard Nurse was very impressed with the result, calling it one of the best utilities on the market.
Review: Taburet - Lydd Airport For MSFS 2020Taburet already has quite an extensive range of airport enhancements for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. In this article, reviewer Neil Birch takes a look as his Lydd Airport, a medium size field located in Kent, England. Neil found the default scenery to be quite lacking, with Taburet's being a vast improvement, and a great starting point to explore some beautiful surroundings.
Review: Captain Sim Boeing 767 II for Prepar3DCaptain Sim is well-known for creating quality jetliners for a variety of flight simulators. In this review, Alex Dickinson takes a look at their Boeing 767 Captain II for Prepar3D v4/v5. Alex finds himself very impressed with the aircraft, with a model that not only looked the part but performed as he expected it to.
Review: SmoothTrackPilots need to be able to turn their heads and look in different directions, both inside and outside the cockpit. Doing this requires additional hardware and software, but SmoothTrack is by far the least expensive answer, and the only hardware required is your smartphone's camera. Can something this simple possibly work? Reviewer Stuart McGregor tried it with X-Plane (it works with many other sims and games as well) and found it easy to set up and worked well.
Review: FS2Crew - Ultimate Ground Crew XA lot goes on on the ground before takeoff and after landing. Using Ultimate Ground Crew X with FSX or P3D makes those operations very realistic, by adding pushbacks, marshallers, animated ground crew, tow trucks and more, all operating just like in the real world. Reviewer Richard Nurse was very impressed with how FS2Crew took the simming experience up another level.
TDM Scenery Design Previews Caruna AirportScenery developer TDM Scenery Design have shared some previews of their upcoming scenery of Coruna Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. The new screen shots show that they are including even the small details around the airport.
Orbx - EGNT Newcastle International Airport For X-Plane 11The Orbx team brings a new airport in the northeast of England to X-Plane 11 with the release of EGNT Newcastle International Airport. The scenery features a detailed PBR rendition of the airport with ultra-high quality textures throughout. Also includes are animated jetways, 30 cm/pixel photoreal, detailed ground service vehicles and more.
FlightSim.Com Store Thanksgiving Sale Starts TodayThe Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. is this week and so today the FlightSim.Com Store starts its annual Thanksgiving Sale, with discounts on hundreds of flight simulator add-ons at up to 50%. We've listed those companies currently on sale, and more will be added as the week goes on.
Sky Blue Radio Hosts Aviation Legend Patty WagstaffThis Sunday on Sky Blue Radio on the Haggis and Poutine Show, host Willy Canuck will chat with aerobatic legend Patty Wagstaff. Flightsimmers may remember her involvement in past versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator as well as her long career as an aerobatics competitor and airshow performer.
Windsock Announces Progress On LEMB And LLBGWndsock Simulation today offers a quick update on two of their scenery projects for X-Plane 11. LEMD-Madrid still has some issues to be worked out but they expect it will be out very soon. LLBG-Ben Gurion has been kept a secret but has been in the works for a few months now, and has reached the stage when they can show a few screen shots.
Update On MB.339 For DCSIndiaFoxtEcho released their MB.339 for MSFS 2020 a little while ago and also has plans to offer it for DCS. While they've been quiet about this, progress has been made and more details and previews will start appearing in the next few weeks. Today we do get a couple work in progress screen shots showing an improvement in level of detail of the texture sets.
UK2000 Releases Inverness 2020HD For MSFSUK2000 announces the release of Inverness 2020HD scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The scenery features full detail buildings, realistic ground marking, replacement MSFS 2020 airport base image, custom vehilces, static aircraft and more.
Wing42 Bleriot XI Released For MSFSThe latest add-on from Wing42 for Microsoft Flight Simulator warmly invites you to master the oldest airworthy airplane in the world: the Blériot XI. The type XI was the 11th machine constructed by French aviator Louis Blériot and it made its first flight at Issy-les-Moulineaux (near Paris) on January 23, 1909.
Dreamflight Studios Releases Liberia International Airport MRLBDreamflight Studios has just released Liberia International Airport MRLB for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Also known as Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, this is the second busiest airport in Costa Rica and is a hub for tourism. The scenery includes the recent terminal expansion, PBR materials, sloped ground, animated jetways and many other features.
Orbx - ESMS Malmo AirportOrbx announces that scenery developer Marcus Nyberg has completed his latest Swedish scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator with the release of ESMS Malmo Airport. While one of Sweden's busiest commercial airports, Malmo also features a second runway with adjacent aero clubs, almost like a separate GA field. The scenery features many MSFS 2020 native features.
FlightControlReplay v4 Compatible With P3D v5.XDeveloper Fabio Merlo announces that his utility FlightControlReplay v4 is now compatible with Prepar3D v5. FCR is a utility that records and replays your flights. It already supported FSX and now that work on P3D v5 is complete it will also be expanded to support the new MSFS 2020.
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Thread Starter: BillD22Stargazers here on the forum will recognize the Pleiades star cluster - aka "The Seven Sisters" - in the center of this shot taken out the cockpit...
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