Features

The airport of Bali has been created for X-Plane 11 by Aerosoft based on recent imagery. The airport environment with highly detailed airport buildings and high-res textures conveys the true Bali look and feel which you can see in the surroundings. Airport Bali was created with an eye for the details and offers virtual pilots a unique experience! Review Paul Mort liked it so much he gave it the highest rating he's ever given in one of his reviews.

EU Germany North from Orbx enhances the scenery of the northern half of Germany and even somewhat behind. It works with FSX and Prepar3D and gives five season textures, plus hand-placed objects, new autogen, VFR scenery and more. Reviewer Michael Hayward really enjoyed the scenery--the realism, performance, price...everything.

Flightsim pilots enjoy having accurate, and accurately depicted, weather while flying. But have you ever stopped to think what is involved within the flight simulator to make that happen? Thorsten Renk explains how weather is handled within FlightGear, covering both how it affects how your plane moves through the air but also how it affects how the world around you looks.

Just Flight, in partnership with Thranda Design, now offer the PA-28-161 Warrior II for X-Plane 11. It features PBR materials with real-time environment reflections for superb quality and realism, 4096 x 4096 textures for the highest possible texture clarity and numerous animations including a multi-animation passenger door that, when open, responds to G-forces and air resistance. Reviewer Stuart McGregor found that the plane met all his expectations and then some.

The balsa wood plane for many years has been a cornerstone toy for all young aviation pilots all over the world. Played with by people of all ages, today TDFi Design have released their own rendition of the aircraft: BalsaX. In this review, Michael Hayward takes a first look at this aircraft and talks about all of the features that this model includes.

Neil Birch is a long time flight simmer, having gotten started in the very early days of the hobby. These days, he's made a name for himself by creating colorful scenery of British farm strips for FSX. Learn more about Neil's flightsim career, his creations and his other interests in our interview.

While posted as a review, this article about Night XP UK and Ireland from Taburet is more of a warning from author Rene Bruun that you need to be careful with what you purchase. He discovered too late that his machine did not meet the requirements for this add-on and not surprisingly his results were less than satisfactory. With the right hardware, this add-on should make a nice improvement to your night flying.

Though only active in flight simulation for a few years, Patrick Putland and his team at Canada4XPlane have already created a wide range of X-Plane scenery. Like many, Patrick has a family history of aviation interests. But seeing the default scenery of Canada being rather sparse he turned his skills into filling in the blanks with many beautiful airports. Learn more about his activities and motivations in our interview.

The Antonov An-2 "Colt" or "Anushka" is a 1950's era utility biplane that served in a variety of roles and was so useful it was built up to 2001. The Aerosoft version for FSX and P3D v4.1 features complex modelling with many animations, fully functional systems, hi def cockpit, realistic flight model and much more. Reviewer Meng Yu finds it to be well modelled and fun to fly.