IFR Training Part 5Ten years ago, author Chris Liddell made the leap from flightsimming to flying real aircraft, and shared his training adventures with us in a series of articles under the banner "Going Solo". He's still an active PPL and has increased his flying skills over the years and now shares his next big adventure: instrument training. Training is now complete and time for the big test!
Where in the World Feature 131It's been a while but today Where In The World series challenge from Ron Blehm continues. Last time's challenge was met by a large group of participants. This time is a return to a previous location that stumped most people the first time around. Can today's new participants figure it out?
Review: Just Flight - Piper Arrow For MSFS 2020The Piper Arrow III is a high-end member of the ever popular Piper Cherokee family of single engine planes. Just Flight has created this and the Turbo Arrow for MSFS 2020 and in this review Joshua Moore takes it for a test. He loves flying the plane and finds that the sounds, systems and options make for a truly complete aircraft package.
Preview: FlyingIron P-38L Lightning For MSFS 2020The famous "Fork Tail Devil" from WWII is coming to MSFS 2020 shortly from FlyingIron Simulations. In this preview video, thecorporatepilotdad takes their P-38L Lightning for a spin. The video gives you a good look at the highly detailed aircraft, both inside and out, and demonstrates its flight characteristics.
Early Access Preview: Orbx Stockholm BrommaFilbertFlies offers an early access look at ESSB Stockholm Bromma Airport for MSFS 2020 from Orbx and developer Marcus Nyberg. The scenery includes both the airport and an updated Stockholm city with 100+ custom POIs and more.
Tutorial Video: Learn To Fly Here #4thecorporatepilotdad continues his series of basic pilot training video tutorials with lesson #4 which explains how the constant speed prop works. This video talks about how the propeller works and how to use it correctly. Also discussed are different prop types, such as climb and cruise props as well as how to set the controls and the order of throttle, prop lever and mixture.
HiFi Sim - Active Sky Official Trailer ReleasedHiFi Technologies announces a new video trailer is available for ASP3D, created by AviationLads. ASP3D is the latest addition to the ActiveSky weather engine line. ASP3D evolves realism-based weather simulation, building upon the ground-breaking and proven features of ActiveSky while integrating with the latest version of Prepar3D.
REX Weather Force Technical Update 1.6 ReleasedREX brings their advanced weather technology to MSFS 2020 with REX Weather Force 2020. This is a new METAR-based dynamic real-time weather engine that will let you experience automated, dynamic and smooth weather transitions. It also offers weather scenarios and other features. Technical Update 1.6 has just been released with improved overall performance and a number of fixes.
VSKYLABS C-47 Skytrain v4.0 XP UpdateThe initial update (progressive) release for the VSKYLABS C-47 Skytrain Flying Lab Project v4.0 is awaiting for several preps to be completed. Among these, the updating of the manual/POH with the new features, systems details, assignments, etc.
M'M Simulations Announces Screenshot ContestM'M Simulations announces that they are holding a screenshot contest on their Discord server. The winner will receive one of their airport scenery packages. Here is their official announcement.
Just Flight - DC Designs - F-14 A/B Tomcat for MSFSDC Designs (published by Just Flight) announces their F-14 A/B Tomcat package for MSFS 2020, now available at the FlightSim.Com Store. This is a fully native Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft, built with native animations and featuring custom cockpit instruments. Included are seven liveries, a paint kit, a full operations manual and much more.
Taburet - Spain Water Bodies For MSFS 2020Taburet announces the release of the second add-on in his "water bodies" series as Spain Water Bodies For MSFS 2020. This package adds all medium to small size lakes missing in MSFS. The water bodies are also visible in cockpit mapping instruments and default VFR map.
Pilot Plus Previews Biggin Hill MSFSPilot Plus has announced that they are working on Biggin Hill for Microsoft Flight Simulator. They are working with airport management to create a most realistic digital twin of the airport. The scenery will capture the essence of the airport and have accurate terrain, including the runway slope.
Aerosoft Announces Antarctica Vol. 1Aerosoft has released the official trailer video for their upcoming Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rotera And Beyond for MSFS 2020. Rothera has the most picturesque location of any Antarctic base, located on a rocky outcrop overlooked by a massive glacier and surround by the sea in other directions.
Orbx Previews Essendon Fields AirportToday Orbx offers some previews of Essendon Fields Airport YMEN. This Australian airport will be available for Prepar3D, X-Plane and of course, Microsoft Flight Simulator. The airport is located in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne.
Taburet - Alaska Water Bodies For MSFS 2020Taburet announces the release of Alaska Water Bodies For MSFS 2020. The function of this scenery is to add all missing medium and small size lakes to Microsoft Flight Simulator. It adds over one million water bodies to Alaska, which will then be visible on cockpit instruments and the default VFR map.
Milviz Teases A-1H Skyraider For MSFSWithout offering much supporting information, Milviz has briefly announced on their Facebook page that they are now working on the A-1H Skyraider for MSFS 2020. The two supporting screen shots show only night views of the cockpit.
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