Ken Glaze has been around aviation and flight simulation for a long time and in the past decade made a career change to that of a professional pilot, mostly towing gliders. In this feature he tells the story of his career and how flight simulation helped shape it.

For a one man operation, Flysimware have turned out quite a range of products including aircraft for FS2004, FSX and Prepar3D as well as FSX missions. We interview Mark Taylor and learn more about the man behind the company.

Recently we had the chance to interview Ben Supnik, lead developer at Laminar Research, on the current state of X-Plane and future plans. In this wide ranging interview he covers topics like improved autogen, AI features, ATC improvements, the weather engine and much more.

Robert Richardson has been contributing his aircraft add-ons to the flightsim community for some time. He concentrates on older British military planes and has created quite a variety of them. In this interview he discusses his design techniques, inspirations and more.

US Cities X, created by LimeSim, is based on an extensive aerial imagery and has all major buildings, landmarks and airports and heliports inside the covered areas. The wide area of the Los Angeles X scenery, its plentiful surface features, and its detailed buildings enable unlimited opportunities for sightseeing. The scenery reflects considerable attention to detail and accuracy, reports reviewer Bill Stack.

Starline Airways announces its opening today after a half a year of development. The original idea of Starline is that flying for virtual airlines should not be complicated with software to install and configure, rules for how much a pilot needs to fly to avoid being removed etc., but still highly realistic.

New from beti-x.com is X-Plane scenery of CZST-Stewart. The airport and small town are located in the beautiful wilderness of British Columbia, just across the border from Alaska's Misty Fiords National Park.

San Salvador (ICAO MYSM) airport in the Bahamas is now for the first time ever available for FSX thanks to this new release from Azurafiles. The frame rate friendly scenery features custom ground and grass textures, accurate buildings, traffic outside the airport and more.

Shankar Giri has worked on a number of projects to improve X-Plane. One uses Open Street Maps to create scenery while an even more ambitious project will change how ATC works. Learn more about him and his ideas in this interview.