Historic Jetliners Group announces a major upgrade to their DC-10 for FS2004 and FSX. Flight simulator pilots can now enjoy improved panels (twelve versions, including standard and tape engine instrumentation). The eleven DC-10 base packs have also been updated with the FDE and some 3D model editing, and new sound packs have also been released.

Just to be clear, Flight Sim 2018 is an exciting convention for flight simulator fans and not new software! Held in October at the RAF Museum, Cosford, UK, it's the world's largest one day flight sim show, with over 1200 expected to attend. Now in its sixth year, this has become a major meeting place for serious aviation simulator fans in the UK and beyond.

Tropicalsim has today release their latest scenery, St Thomas Cyril E King TIST 2018 for FSX and Prepar3D. The scenery includes a highly detailed version of the airport with full night illumination. It works with all versions of P3D and is compatible with AI traffic and other third party scenery.

VATSIM has been in the news lately, with a lot of the feedback being in regards to their outdated client software. Well, they've let it be known that an update is in the works and have posted some screen shots of the upcoming Swift Client for FS2004, FSX, X-Plane and Prepar3D.

Available today from Orbx is Turbulent Designs KIDA scenery of Idaho Falls Regional Airport and vicinity. The scenery is for FSX and Prepar3D and includes an accurate representation of the airport, area coverage including the Falls, vegetation using Turbulent's Real Flora tech and much more. There is an introductory discount of 10% for a limited time.

MK-Studios, a flight simulator scenery design team based in Poland, shares on their Facebook page some new work-in-progess screen shots of their upcoming Lisbon scenery.

Vidan Design reports that their latest project is Aalborg X, which is taking longer than expected but at least partially for a good reason. The designer recently got access to the military side of the airfield and now can make those areas more realistic with unique and lifelike models.

Captain Sim has released an expansion to their 757 Captain III for FSX and Prepar3D v3/v4. It includes an authentic Rolls Royce engine sound set created by TSS. It has all the features of the base pack and includes six detailed replicas of the 757-200.

Prealsoft has released HD Cities - Lisbon for FSX and Prepar3D. Its main features are autogen of houses and trees, customized 3D buildings, night textures with 3D street lights.

Orbx designer Matteo Veneziani has announced that his next project will be San Diego (KSAN) v2. Using the latest optimization techniques this version is almost 100% new compared to the KSAN you are all currently flying. Performance increases, plenty of new details and a few new major features are all part of the update.

LatinVFR has just released their scenery of Bermuda for FS2004 and FSX. It includes the complete archipelago with thousands of hand-placed objects. The L.F. Wade International Airport is a highlight of the scenery, being completely modeled with lots of details. All islands are covered with photo scenery as a base with hand-placed autogen plus things like major hotels and other landmarks.

Now available at the FS Pilot Shop is FSX-P3D Scenery - KBIL Billings Logan Intl Apt. The scenery features seasonal textures, photoreal terrain, custom buildings, ground lighting, jetways and more.

Seattle Airports X is the most complete, up-to-date, affordable and performance-friendly scenery package of five airports in the Seattle metropolitan area, Washington state, USA. This product is compatible with FSX, P3D and FSW. Reviewer Augusto Ferreira liked the five included airports enough that he considers the scenery a must-have for anyone flying the Pacific Northwest.

In an announcement in their forums, Orbx has said that Turbulent Designs KIDA scenery of Idaho Falls Regional Airport and vicinity will be available at OrbxDirect. The scenery is for FSX and Prepar3D and includes an accurate representation of the airport, area coverage including the Falls, vegetation using Turbulent's Real Flora tech and much more.

Here's something you don't see much of, flight simulator scenery for the smaller countries of Africa. FSX-P3D Scenery - DXXX Lome-Tokoin Airport is now available at the FS Pilot Shop, representing the main airport of the capital city of Togo. It is based on Google data and includes seasonal textures, custom buildings and more.