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RonTom: On the Mother Road

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Published on 11-06-2021 11:51 AM Number of Views: 3765

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What Is RonTom? The authors are two "Old Timers" with a passion for aviation and a penchant for telling stories. The result is some aviation / flightsim storytelling based on some real world locations that they think are fun and interesting. This time they take you on the "Mother Road", old Route 66 across the western USA, to places like the Chicago and St. Louis, the Cadillac Ranch, Boots Court Motel, a drive-in theater and more...

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RonTom: The $1000 Hamburger

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Published on 06-30-2021 03:01 PM Number of Views: 8854

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2021

What Is RonTom? The authors are two "Old Timers" with a passion for aviation and a penchant for telling stories. The result is some aviation / flightsim storytelling based on some real world locations that they think are fun and interesting. This edition takes you to the oldest airfield and a major city airport with an interesting history.

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Flying the Furrow

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Published on 04-12-2020 11:59 AM Number of Views: 11564

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There are many ways to navigate while flying--by pilotage, using the stars, by satellites, by ground radio stations... But how about navigating by furrow? Author Allan Jones digs up an interesting piece of early aviation history and offers a way to fly it today using your flight simulator.

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Ratty's Ramblings - Drifting

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Published on 04-09-2020 10:38 AM Number of Views: 15980

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Author Ian Radcliffe has been flightsimming for a long time -- since 1984 and FS2 on a Commodore 64. In an effort to give something back after all these years of enjoyment, Ian has offered a series of articles that will offer hints, insights and suggestions to enrich the flight simulator experience. This installment looks at the challenge of dealing with crosswinds and flying in formation, and ends with a trip suggestion up the Hudson River.

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The Need to Fly

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Published on 03-08-2020 11:31 AM Number of Views: 11632

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Why do we fly? Dominic Smith shares a rather personal piece about the need to fly (simulated) and what makes it so special. He then shares a sample flight that shows some beautiful country where he loves to escape through the wonders of GA aviation.

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Ratty's Ramblings - The Impossible Turn

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Published on 03-06-2020 11:30 AM Number of Views: 31478

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Author Ian Radcliffe has been flightsimming for a long time -- since 1984 and FS2 on a Commodore 64. In an effort to give something back after all these years of enjoyment, Ian has offered a series of articles that will offer hints, insights and suggestions to enrich the flight simulator experience. This fourth article discusses "the impossible turn", a pet peive, some adventuresome flying and concludes with a trip suggestion.

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The Float Flights Of DC3 Airways

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Published on 12-27-2019 06:11 PM Number of Views: 8249

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Unlike computer games, flight simulators do not have a set path or goal so users have to figure out for themselves what to do with their sims. There are many answers to this, such as joining a virtual airline and in this presentation Sherman Kaplan presents a set of float plane flights the he and friends at DC3 Airways have developed. If you like wilderness flying and landing on water this just may be for you.

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A Small Beginners Guide to Flight Simulation

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Published on 11-04-2019 02:28 PM Number of Views: 10950

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Flight simulation and aviation are filled with specialized language and abbreviations that are confusing to the beginner and hard to keep up with even for the more advanced sim pilot. In this article Paul Mort helps to clear up the confusion by offering definitions of a wide range of sim and flight lingo. Take a look and see how much you know. Confused by a term that's not included? Leave a comment with your questions.

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Flight Simulator Audio

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Published on 03-19-2019 04:37 PM Number of Views: 22867

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Sound is a part of flight experience that is sometimes overlooked, but it adds an important extra dimension to the realisim that we all seek. For nearly twenty years Aaron Swindle (Skysong Soundworks) has been supplying the flight simulator community with improved sounds. In this article he discusses various aspects of audio and how it applies to flight simulation, from the early days of basic loops to the complex sounds cones of today.

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FlightSim.Com Best Of 2018 Awards

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Published on 01-08-2019 06:13 PM Number of Views: 19195

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The team at FlightSim.Com, would like to present a list of add-ons which we feel represent some of the best of 2018. These are our own personal picks, in consultation with our reviewers but we feel that while we may have missed other worthy add-ons all of these represent some of the best available for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.

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