On 27th October 2018, VATSIM is excited to bring you the latest edition of Cross The Pond! Cross The Pond has been a bi-annual tradition on VATSIM for well over ten years. The eastbound edition sees flight simulator pilots depart a selection of airports in North America and fly transatlantic to European destinations. Full ATC, including Oceanic, is provided throughout.

We've been watching the previews for a while but now Vidan Design has finally released their Aalborg X scenery for FSX, FSX: Steam and Prepar3D v4. This is a higly detailed version of the airport and the associated military air base, based on custom on-site photography. It offers lots of details like animated support vehicles and military vehicles.

Oil exploration in the Sahara region has developed dramatically over the past ten years. This is primarily the result of an increase in the oil price on the international market. Now Rolling Cumulus Software brings the commercial pilot as well as those flying in the bush the opportunity to check the lonesome and dangerous desert flying as Desert Oil Pilots for FSX/P3D.

Another developer announces the end of support for FSX. In their forums, Captain Sim has posted that the upcoming 757 Captain III Freighter and -30 expansions will be the last FSX products, and in fact the last for 32 bit sims (i.e. Prepar3D v1, v2, v3). Future development will be devoted to 64 bit sims.

KsimSaver is a free tool for Flight Simulator X and Prepar3D that saves your current flight scenario. KsimSaver will save all the data needed to get you back and flying again, saving you from losing your flight when your simulator randomly crashes.

Flight simmers enjoy making their sim cockpit more realistic, so companies like Cockpit phD are a great benefit in making this possible. Though founded only four years ago, the Cockpit phD team has created an expanding line of cockpit controls that make the home cockpit more real. Raymond Andersen interviews them about their passion for flight, how they got started, future plans and more.

FS-FlightControl, a touch-optimized Instructor Station for Prepar3D, FSX and FSW, assists Simulator Operators, Flight Simulation Enthusiasts as well as Home Simmers to get the most out of their flight simulator. Version 1.3.31 has just been released with a number of changes and enhancements.

DC3 Airways announces World Rally 2018. This event, coming up in November, is for users of most popular flight simulators but must be flown in a DC-3 or C-47 type aircraft. Being an air rally, fastest is not the winner, rather the goal is to accurate fly each leg at a designated speed.

Just Flight reports that progress on their Duchess Model 76 for FSX and Prepar3D is coming along nicely. They have released a few new screen shots to show their progress.

Back in June Milviz played a little guessing game, posting just the panel from their latest project and asking people what plane it was from. The plane was the Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche and today Milviz has posted that the "Twinkie" release is imminent.

The Airport Guys announce the release of the second in their Blue Ridge General Aviation Series. Lee County Airport (0VG) is a small general aviation airport southwest of Jonesville, Virginia, USA. The scenery is highly immersive and compatible with FSX, FSX: Steam and Prepar3D v3.4 and v4.

France VFR has released Languedoc-Roussillon VFR 3DA Extension Pack for P3Dv4 and FSX. This huge 3D photoreal scenery is an extension of the Languedoc-Roussillon VFR 3DA product and provides very realistic night texture and garden and park new autogen.

Today on their Facebook page SXAD (SXAirportDesign) offered additional preview images of their upcoming William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) scenery, Houston, Texas, USA for FSX and Prepar3D. They report that it is nearly done.

Just released by Orbx is the ESNQ Triple Pack. This Swedish scenery for FSX/P3D actually includes three airports, ESNQ Kiruna, ESSV Visby and ESSD Dala. In addition to all the fine detail we expect from Orbx, this scenery also includes a new unique 3D snow effect (works in Prepar3D only though).

Now availble from Perfect Flight is FSX Missions Delta B717-200 for FSX. The package, designed by Perfect Flight to work with all versions of Flight Simulator X, recreates some short and middle-range flights covered by Delta Air Lines and adds more value and enjoyment to your desktop simulation experience.