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.
Aircraft designer Cockspur has released a low-cost glider for MSFS 2020. The DFS SG38 Schulgleiter includes a simple winch system for launching. Looking like something from the Wright brothers era, the "school glider" is a German high-wing, cable-braced, single-seat primary glider that was designed in 1938.
GSX Ground Services is a revolutionary product that simulates several operations on the ground, such as marshalling, catering, boarding/disembarking passengers (including baggage), stairs, refuelling vehicles, pushback with realistic behaviour, follow me cars, docking system and more. This has been a popular product for FSX/P3D and was announced for MSFS 2020 a few months back. The team has now released a third preview video showing what is in store.
FS2Crew adds a realistic flight crew to the most popular freeware jetliner for MSFS with the release of FS2Crew: Flybywire A32NX Project Edition. Completely re-engineered from top-to-bottom for MSFS with over 40,000 lines of brand new code, FS2Crew for the FBW A32NX represents the ultimate airline crew simulation for MSFS.
The Pilot Club is excited to announce the official launch of TPC Flight School - a VATSIM Authorized Training Organization (ATO). TPC Flight School is a FREE online training program designed to help you master your skills as a flightsim pilot!
Taburet brings a new flying obstacle to the European sky with the release of Seagulls Europe MSFS. This package adds seagull populations all along the shorelines of Europe. The birds are animated with the smooth movements typical of seagulls flying by taking advantage of thermals.
Now available for X-Plane 11 is Aerosoft Airport Bergamo v2.0. Created by Tailstrike Designs and Windsock Simulations, LIME is one of three international airports in the Milan region of Italy. In this all new scenery all buildings and service facilities have been implemented true to life so that nothing is missing from your simulation experience.
Aeroplane Heaven announces an update for their de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk for MSFS 2020. This is a major update with a lot of fixes. The DHC-1 is a two-seat primary trainer developed in the 1940's. The Aeroplane Heaven model is of the British-built T.10 variant, the most common one. It is highly detailed with many bespoke animations and effects.
Scenery designer UK2000 announces that their next release for MSFS 2020 will be Flagstaff Airport (KFLG) in Arizona, USA. After that, they will return to their routes and do an airport in the UK.
PMDG announces that their Boeing 737-700 for MSFS 2020 has been updated to 3.00.0024. The update includes a significant amount of behind the panel work. A large amount of time has also been spent investigating laggy animation problems.
New from Orbx for X-Plane is scenery of Brisbane International Airport (YBBN) in Queensland, Australia. It features over 60km² of scenery coverage, hand-crafted custom mesh, detailed vegetation, and hundreds of hand-placed details.
Just Flight has announced that the follow-on to their T1/A Advanced Trainer will be the Tornado GR1. This is the perfect step up for those liking military aircraft. The Tornado GR1 will feature 8K exterior and cockpit textures, and study-level systems functionality.
iniScene has posted a teaser video as an announcement that they are working on scenery of San Antonio International Airport (KSAT) in Texas, USA, for MSFS 2020. A former USAF base, it's the sixth busiest airport in the state.
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