Features

We all know you're eager to get a look at the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. Michael Hayward is one of the FlightSim.Com team members with early access to the new simulator and has been putting in many hours of flying. With a brief text introduction, here he offers a video of his first impressions.

Come along with Neil Birch as he continues Neil's Great Scottish Tour for X-Plane with Volume 3. Neil loves to show off his home territory in the UK, acting as a tour guide for some low and slow fight among the area's historic and natural features. The trip continues through Scotland from Castle Kennedy to Arran.

The Where In The World series challenge from Ron Blehm continues. Last month's "sky harbor" proved an interesting challenge, with many being successful. This month is something different, a former military base that's not even normally open, except for a special fly-in event. Can you figure out where it is?

it's always nice to have a reviewer who knows the airfield under review, and reviewer Paul Mort fits the bill in examining Caernarfon Airport in Wales published by Orbx. He was very pleased with the stunning scenery and now considers it one of his favorite airports.

Reviewer Andrew Parish was pleased to follow on his previous Orbx scenery review with another scenery in the same area, Fresno Yosemite International Airport in California. Having done his research he was pleased to find that the scenery lived up to his expectations and thought this was a must have scenery.

Author Ian Radcliffe has been flightsimming for a long time -- since 1984 and FS2 on a Commodore 64. In an effort to give something back after all these years of enjoyment, Ian has offered a series of articles that will offer hints, insights and suggestions to enrich the flight simulator experience. Here he shares the most basic of VFR navigation skills, presents a bad case of distraction and as usual presents an interesting flight to share.

The De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was one of the great planes to come out of Great Britain during WWII. Originally thought of as a bomber, the "Mossie" ended up serving in a variety of roles. Reviewer Dale Ashcroft found the experience to be "sensational", being fun to fly and particularly immersive when used with VR.

X-Plane pilots, head to the party capital of Europe with Airport Ibiza XP from Aerosoft. The scenery brings the island to life, as as reviewer Robin Tannahill describes it, you can "feel the heat". Whether heading in on a big jet or taking a GA tour around the island he found it to be a good value.

2W3 Swanson Airport is a quaint and unique airfield with residents living in their houses on both sides of the runway, some of them with private hangars and aircraft. This is the sort of airport scenery that Orbx is known for. Reviewer Shawn Weigelt was extremely impressed with it, and found it ran smoothly on his mid-grade system.