X-PLANE FREEWARE

Sometimes people do pretty amazing things with just stock scenery objects, such as this recent addition to the X-Plane scenery gateway. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG) by "Litjan" looks remarkably realistic and is a nice addition to the X-Plane 11 scenery.

Gaya Simulations announces an update to their X-Plane scenery for Vienna Airport (LOWW). The north pier terminal now has interior modelling. Also improvements include better ground service equipment, new model static A320, additional buildings and a number of fixes.

Laminar Research announces an update to X-Plane. X-Plane 11.52 is an incremental bug-fix patch. This release includes a fix for a crash in networking code, and a command line workaround for users unable to access settings without a crash.

VSKYLABS has been working on the Robinson family of helicopters for X-Plane for some time, with the larger members, R44 and R66, having been released. So what happened to the R22, the two-seat version? This news flash explains the delay and what future plans are for this project.

Stairport Sceneries offers an update on their upcoming shadeX plug-in for X-Plane. Initially designed to be a screen shot tool it turned out that the effects could be useful for X-Plane in general. So it became an effect tuning plug-in with some unique effects, most notable the depth of field blur.

Bluegrass and WestWind Airlines are running the 20th Annual Great Australian Air Rally in March. The rally consists of ten daily legs. Flight information will be made available for FS2004, FSX, P3D and X-Plane. Details of the flights and weather are provided so that anyone with a different simulator can make up their own flight plans.

Verticalsim has released an updated version 1.2 for their X-Plane scenery of Sarasota-Bradenton Airport (KSRQ). The improvements include a new ortho from a better source, more light poles, new grass textures and taxi lighting, updated ground routes and more.

The Cirrus SR22 is now available in early access for Professional Subscribers in X-Plane Mobile. This brings a modern, high performance light plane to the collection of aircraft available in this app.

Aerosoft brings the "Capital of Dalmatia" to X-Plane 11 with the release of Airport Split. X-Plane pilots can now fly into the biggest city in southern Croatia. In addition to the airport, the adjacent Resnik Seaport Croatia and military base of Divujle are included.

Runway 26 Simulations has announced that updates are in the works for two of their X-Plane 11 airports. MWCR (George Town/Owen Roberts Airport, Cayman Islands) to feature all new remodeling and texturing. MKJP (Kingston-Norman Manley Airport, Jamaica) will receive all new remodeling and texturing from the ground up.

Fly X Simulations announces that their next X-Plane scenery project will be Zakynthos Airport. The Ioanian island is a popular tourist destination. The scenery is mostly complete, just needing the finishing touches with things such as ground clutter, dirt and damage on the ground and more vegetation.

TorqueSim, along with RealSimGear, and X-Aviation have announced that the Entegra Edition of the SR22 Series for X-Plane is coming soon. A new preview video has just been released showing the aircraft in action.

Just Flight has released another update on their progress on 146 Professional for X-Plane. It is going through the final stages of development, with the latest screen shots showing off the cockpit, avionics and the passenger cabin, including new animations and lighting.

VSKYLABS continues development on their turboprop powered Rutan Model-158 Project. Today's update goes into a lot of detail on the thinking and design of this modified model, creating a usability "extension" that takes the plane from being just a racer to a fully featured cross-country traveler.

Today is the Presidents Day holiday in the U.S. and at the FlightSim.Com Store we have a number of sales going on. Here's your chance to save on some great flight simulator add-ons. Some of these sales that started on Valentines Day actually end today so don't delay if you spot something new for your hangar.