Now available at the FS Pilot Shop is the Alabeo - Cesssna C421C Golden Eagle from Alabeo for FSX and Prepar3D. It comes with five HD liveries, GNS530, cold and dark start option, high quality 3D model, material shines and reflections and many more features.

FlightSimLabs has a lot of news to report on upcoming products. The A319-X is expected to be released very soon. FSLSpotlights is now planned to be a free "donationware" product. Work on Concorde-X is well underway. Updates are also provided on A320-X and A321-X.

The Charity Scenery Project creates scenery for Prepar3D v4 and donates all of the proceeds to charity. Their latest scenery is the Royal London Hospital, a busy hospital located in Whitechapel, East London that via London's Air Ambulance (LAA) serves an area with ten million people.

A2A Simulations brings an Accu-Sim version of a truly legendary aircraft to Prepar3D v4 with the release of their Accu-Sim Spitfire MKI-II. The Spitfire was one of the best fighters of WWII and now with Accu-Sim you can fly a plane that is truly unique and changes with usage and maintenance. As with any A2A aircraft it's also carefully construction to look and fly realistically. The FSX version is still available as well.

FlightSim Development Group (FSDG) announces the release of LITE - Dakar scenery for FSX, FSX: Steam and Prepar3D v3 and v4. This latest addition to their "lite" series features a major airport in a lesser-traveled part of the world, Senegal on the west coast of Africa.

Though not one of their newer products, FTX Global for FSX and Prepar3D from Orbx is one of those things considered a "must have" by many flight simmers. What it does is change the default scenery throughout the world, making textures, night lighting and so on more realistic--and without making an impact on performance. Reviewer Michael Hayward was quite impressed with the results of using this package.

GSX Ground Services is a revolutionary product that simulates several operations on ground. Developer FSDreamTeam (FSDT) has announced they will enhance it through a Level 2 Expansion rather than through a completely new version. GSX Level 2 focuses on two main features: SODE jetways everywhere and animated passengers everywhere.

The TouristFlight series for Prepar3D from FlyNDrive4D provides entertaining and informative flying missions with a tour guide that tells you about the landscape, landmarks, history and more. TouristFlight French Riviera comes in two parts, with each part providing 150 audio and script comments all over the covered area.

Our man on the scene Tony Vallillo reports on his second day at FlightSimExpo which was this weekend in Las Vegas. The event was big and there's a lot of news and more to report...

Now available is FSX P3D Scenery - KGON Groton New London Apt. This regional Connecticut airport has been created based on recent Google data and features seasonal textures, photoreal terrain, custom buildings, ground lights and more.

HiFi Simulation Technologies produces a great line-up of flightsim enhancements that make the simulator world look so much better. They are constantly enhancing these products too and have just offered an update on what is under development, including a new Active Sky Cloud Art V2, secret upcoming projections, Active Sky for X-Plane and Prepar3D and more.

Today at FlightSimExpo PMDG made a greatly anticipated anouncement about a new product intended to change the flightsim world environment. Global Flight Operations will provide a flightsim world that is persistant. Aircraft within the world will have a history of use, repair, damage, etc. and the plane you fly will reflect that history.

The Lionheart Creations LearJet 24B for FSX/Prepar3D is packed full of neat features. Generation 2.0 has just been released, with an extensive list of improvements. These include Prepar3D v4 support, new paint schemes, improved visual model, better sound, improvements to the autopilot and much more.

Thrustmaster, maker of many flightsim hardware controls, announces they are poised to change the perception for what's possible in flight simulators with new editions to their elite flight ecosystem. Announced this morning are their new "TPR Rudder System" and "T-Flight U.S. Air Force Edition Headset". Both products will make their first public debut at FlightSimExpo.

A2A Simulations announces the release of their Accu-Sim Spitfire MkI-II for Prepar3D v4. The Supermarine Spitfire is one of the truly legendary aircraft, not just of World War II, but of all time. Because this plane uses A2A's Accu-Sim system it offers a level of realism unavailable for other flightsim planes.