Where in the World Feature 130The Where In The World series challenge from Ron Blehm continues. Last month's challenge was in the cold extreme north of Canada and quite a few people were able to get it right. This month's challenge is an airport beautifully located in nature. Are you up to the challenge?
Review: Drzewiecki Design - RJAA Tokyo Narita For MSFS 2020Drzewiecki Design brings their scenery designs to Japan with RJAA Tokyo Narita Airport for MSFS 2020. Reviewer Joshua Moore pays a visit and finds it to be one of the best airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator and a nice complement to World Update 1.
Review: Carenado PA46 500TP Malibu Meridian XPX-Plane pilots wanting a small but quick turboprop single will surely enjoy the PA46 500TP Malibu Meridian from Carenado. Reviewer Joshua Moore puts it through its paces and finds that Carenado did a fantastic job replicating the look and feel of the plane. There are a few flaws but they do not detract greatly from an otherwise beautiful plane.
KerrSpectives - Scottish Highland MemoriesAuthor Kenneth Kerr offers up another KerrSpective, looking at the Scottish highlands. Having lived there for some years, flying them in the sims brings back memories. MSFS 2020 offers a fresh look at the area, but even with add-ons from UK2000 still has deficiencies, which he compares with the Prepar3D experience.
Tutorial: DME Arc to ILS ApproachThis video tutorial by thecorporatepilotdad demonstrates a DME arc to ILS approach, flying the TBM 930 in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The basics of a DME arc are covered along with descriptions and how to fly it. After the DME arc is intercepted in the TBM 930, the arc is flown until the lead radial where the localizer is intercepted and the ILS is flown.
Review: Pyreegue Lviv Danylo Halytskyi AirportIn this video review, FilbertFlies takes a look at Lviv Danylo Halytskyi Airport, created by Pyreegue for Microsoft Flight Simulator. He is so impressed with the detail of the scenery he calls it "stunning". Details like the terminal interior, animated VIP's, etc. make for a great experience.
Neil's Tours - UK Farm Strips - Vol 11 for MSFSUK Farm Strips - Vol 11 for MSFS adds another twenty little airfields to the UK scenery within Microsoft Flight Simulator. The latest volume from Neil's Tours offers twenty more hard to find and challenging airfields to head to. Along with the scenery comes a 26 page guide book in PDF format.
Airfoillabs King Air 350 Update 1.5 For X-PlaneAirfoillabs announces v1.5 of their King Air 350 for X-plane 11. The update focuses on the physical model, avionics, performance, and general handling of our airplane. They've also released a video showing the plane in action.
Taburet - USA VFR Oil Wells for MSFSTaburet takes on the ambitious project of adding the many oil wells present in the central and western part of the USA to the MSFS 2020 scenery. Now available is USA VFR Oil Wells which at this stage includes around 320,000 oil pumps.
Jennifer Kimball Releases Henschel HS 126 XPAircraft designer Jennifer Kimball, known for her JennAviation Brewster F2A Buffalo has created a new freeware model for X-Plane, the Henschel Hs 126. The Hs 126 was a German two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft of World War II. It's now available in the FlightSim.Com file library.
FlyByWire Releases A32NX v0.6.0FlyByWire announces a new stable release of their popular freeware A32NX for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The new v0.6.0 includes a custom electrical system, custom APU, new cockpit textures, MCDU fixes and more.
MSFS 2020 April 15th 2021 Development UpdateIn the weekly Microsoft Flight Simulator development update, the team reports that a hotfix is being prepared to fix a few issues affecting the community. No planned date announced other than "soon". The SDK has also received some further development.
TDM Scenery Design Releases SVSO XPTDM Scenery Design announces a new scenery for X-Plane 11, Major Buenaventura Vivas Airport in Venezuela. It features custom made buildings, PBR textures, handmade ground poly and more.
Aerosoft - Sim-wings - Airport Hamburg for MSFSSim-wings expands their line-up of MSFS 2020 scenery with the release of Airport Hamburg. Published by Aerosoft, it includes an incredibly realistic airport and immediate vicinity. It features realistic 3D ground with proper elevation and slopes on the runways, highways, etc. Also has the new "Interim Terminal" and new stands, detailed buildings, etc.
Update Regarding IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339 For DCSIndiaFoxtEcho is working hard on three different branches of MB-339 code for the upcoming DCS version. This week they have completed a bunch of new loadouts for the aircraft, which they preview in some screen shots and a new video. The new loadouts allow the MB-339 to perform new tasks such as runway attack and destruction, reconnaissance tank hunts and bombs for shooting training.
VSKYLABS Shows Off Aeroprakt A22-LS Project XPAnother update from VSKYLABS on their upcoming Aeroprakt A22-LS light aircraft. Included are several screen shots showing the plane at new angles as they rush to completion, hopefully before the end of April.
ATR 42/ATR 72 Coming to MSFS 2020Microsoft has announced that an additional default aircraft will be coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator in 2022, the ATR 42-600 / ATR 72-600. They are working with Aerosoft on the aircraft and have included a couple of screen shots along with the announcement.
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