As we do each year around this time, we look back at some of our favorite reviews and repost them as "gift guides" to give you ideas for your favorite flightsimmer, or for yourself! The Transall C-160 from Flight1 and JSS Simulations comes with fully working systems including pressurization, highly detailed static elements including wheel chocks and pitot covers, 3D pilots and even a simulated discharge procedure. Reviewer Bill Stack puts the plane through its paces.

Allan Jones brings us a story that combines some real aviation history and some flight simulation. Learn about WWII pilot Joy Lofthouse and the Air Transport Auxiliary who delivered newly built military aircraft. Then take on the challenge of an FSX flight in WWII Great Britain, flying VFR only through limited "balloon lanes".

Eastern Airlines Virtual (EAV) kicks off their annual "Around the World Tour" on January 1st, 2018. This tour will take their pilots to exotic locations throughout the globe. If you think that you would like to experience the EAV difference contact them for full details.

AFS Design presents its latest rendition of the giant Airbus A380 for FSX Steam Edition. Airbus A380 V3 includes the A380 and A380F. The plane has a fully functional cockpit with PFD, MFD, EICAS and more. It includes a new FMC for the A380 family. The aircraft includes extensive animations, lighting and other details and comes with a large selection of liveries.

Take a flight to the cold but scenic north by visiting the Orbx flight simulator scenery of PAJN Juneau International Airport. While a busy airport with jet traffic, PAJN also features a parallel water runway. The scenery shows Orbx's usual great detail, reports reviewer Raymond Andersen. Buildings, runways and vegetation are true to life and custom features like People Flow help to make the airport more alive.

Now available from vFlyteAir for X-Plane is the Piper Arrow III. It has been recently updated to v5 which includes a huge list of improvements and bug fixes. The plane comes with sixteen liveries, is fully X-Plane 11 compatible, has three panel configurations, new sounds and much more.

FlightSoft presents its newest bundle to usher in the New Year. Open up the champagne bottles and help celebrate FlightSoft's newest holiday bundle with New Year'S Eve 2018 Champagne Bundle For FSX And P3D. The bundle features seven mega products for a special promotional price, including flagship title Hong Kong FSX Live.

PIA Virtual, also referred to as PIAv, is Pakistan's largest VATSIM certified virtual airline. PIAv is introducing the state of the art iCrew v4.0 system which has a lot of new modules implemented as per the requirements of the pilots. The organization has continued to serve the needs of flight simulator users in Pakistan, and around the world.

On the occasion of Christmas, the NL2000 team released a Christmas present under version number 4.11. In version 4.10 new runway lighting for Prepar3D v2 and higher has been released for De Kooy; in this update all Dutch fields with runway lighting have been adjusted.