After many years as a flightsim general aviation pilot, Laurie Doering decided to learn how to fly a commercial airliner, specifically, the Fenix Airbus A320. After a steep learning curve he shares his experience with you in this video.
The Sonex-B is a home-built aircraft that has some nice flying qualities, which X-Plane pilots can now experience thanks to Mountain Lion Studios. Reviewer Stuart McGregor tries both their Sonex-B and WAIEX-B variants. He finds the result even better than expected and though simple looking planes they are great to fly.
The new "Top Gun Maverick" add-on for MSFS 2020 provides for some exciting flying opportunities, with the new Darkstar aircraft being a real challenge as it is so different from conventional aircraft. Here in two quick tutorial videos, thecorporatepilotdad shows you how to get this aircraft up to speed.
Some flightsim aircraft, such as the Milviz Cessna 310R have such systems depth that they can replica things outside the normal flight envelope, such as an engine failure emergency. In this video, Laurie Doering has a right engine failure and demonstrates how to handle it using real world checklists, offering unparalleled realism in the home computer.
What 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. This time they head south - all the way south - and visit Antarctica.
This review video by Foxtrot Ostrich offers a quick view of the recently released E190/E195 Series from Virtualcol. This publisher is known for their reasonably priced aircraft add-ons that provide users a good value while not having to deal with the complexity of a "study level" aircraft.
Black Square in association with Just Flight announces a new range of improved cockpits for default MSFS 2020 aircraft. The "Steam Gauge and Systems Overhaul series" will begin with the Caravan and King Air and will result in a study-level cockpit with a completely new interior and panel.
Taburet brings his night enhancements to Asia with the release of Night3D v4 Japan MSFS. Lamps have been added to cover all urban areas along with other roads away from urban centers. Works with default lights system adding further illumination to the MSFS environment.
Announcing the 20th Virtual World Aerobatic Championship. For 2022 this event will be held in Leszno, Poland (EPLS). Entrans can choose one or more of these categories: Primary (Basic), Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced, Unlimited and Freestyle.
Spinoza announces the release of a new Swiss airport for MSFS 2020: LSGL - Lausanne Airport. This is a GA airport also used by Swiss rescue services. It's a great starting point to visit the Swiss Alps surround the Lake Geneva.
AOA Simulations reports progress on their T-6A for X-Plane. They've offered some new screen shots of the aircraft and report that current work is progressing on the avionics. In parallel, they are also working on the V-22.
Aeroplane Heaven reports that release of imminent for their de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk for MSFS 2020. The manual can be downloaded now to give pilots a head start.
Taburet brings improved mesh to some Indian Ocean islands with the release of Reunion Mayotte 5M Mesh MSFS. Included is 5M mesh terrain covering the islands of Reunion and Mayotte. These islands are located in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. Both islands have volcanoes and overall widely varying terrain which benefits from more detailed mesh.
Just Flight has announced that they will follow up their Fokker F28 Fellowship with its younger brother, the Fokker 100 and shortened Fokker 70. Built with incredible detail to take full advantage of the MSFS platform, the exterior and cockpit modelling and texturing work is progressing very well with release planned for 2023.
IndiaFoxtEcho reports continued problems in trying to bring their popular F-35 jet fighter to the X-Box version of Microsoft Flight Simulator. While it works well on the PC version, it continues to crash the console.
ToLiss announces that v1.1 for their A340-600 for X-Plane is now available. This latest version has an extensive changelog, including some major new features like XP12 adaptations, custom engine model, new ACARS functionality, new failure modes and more.
Jetstream Designs announces that their latest scenery project for MSFS 2020 is almost complete. It will be a bundle of three airports in Italy: Palermo, Lampedusa and Pantelleria. These airports are great for the island hopping flights.
Aircraft designer X-Crafts is currently working on the Embraer E-Jets family of jetliners for X-Plane. They have now released a preview video showing the full cockpit power-up in the Embraer E190.
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