If you want to add an additional layer of realism to your flightsimming, with Air Hauler 2 you can add a realistic business that you can run and fly for. Your airline can fly passenger, cargo and charter ops, own aircraft, hire pilots and so on. Overall, reviewer Alex Dickinson was very impressed with the diverse range of features included.
The 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?
Drzewiecki 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.
X-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.
Author 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.
This 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.
LN Design has released an updated v1.2 for their Blackbushe Airport EGLK for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The former RAF base is recreated based on its current layout and is full of details. Buildings are created from dozens of reference pictures and offer details such as a modeled tower interior. The update is based on user feedback and includes a variety of improvements around the airport.
Virtual airline Canadian Xpress announces their April 2021 fly-in, "Spring Time in the Mountains". Participants will fly between two challenging high altitude airports, Aspen (KASE) and Telluride (KTEX). It's a relatively short flight and perfect for slower planes and for doing some site-seeing.
New from Perfect Flight is a tour that lets you visit many of the natural and man-made wonders of the US. In USA Coast To Coast For MSFS you'll travel the country east to west and return while passing many major POI. The routes are easy to fly, with full guidance using Microsoft TTS technology. Custom settings are available to change the weather, season, etc. to your liking.
Roman Design adds to their range of Canadian airport scenery for MSFS 2020 with the release of CYOW Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. Ontario's second busiest airport is recreated with meticulous 3D modeling and innovative features. Over thirty buildings were hand-crafted along with a multitude of objects.
UK 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 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 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.
Aircraft 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 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.
In 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 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.
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