FlightSimCon 2016 was held this past weekend at the New England Air Museum and Bradley Airport in Connecticut. This year the event grew significantly, with more booths and some 520 people in attendance. Lots of prominent members of the community were on hand to meet and both days were filled with interesting talks. FlightSim.Com was there, and a personal view of the event is offered.

A beautiful weekend, a great aviation museum, and hundreds of flightsim enthusiasts -- what could be better. That's what FlightSimCon 2015 was all about. Included was a full two days of presentations plus a hangar full of displays and lots of fellow simmers to meet. Nels Anderson presents his first person view of the event.

One a year Page Field in Fort Myers, Florida, hosts its Aviation Day. The event draws large crowds and lots of interesting planes and aviation personalities. Dan Linton attended the event and offers a report on the planes he saw and the people he met.

FlightSim.Com reports of the annual Sun 'n Fun event held in Lakeland, Florida. Sun 'n Fun is a fly-in, airshow, aviation convention and more all rolled into one. We visit some high end simulators, check our airplanes old and new and offer a report in words and pictures.

The are many ways to enjoy aviation in addition to flight simulation and a road trip to an aviation event is always a great time. Nels Anderson shares his visit to the New England Jet Rally, a gathering of R/C plane and pilots.

Taking advantage of a rare trip away from home, FlightSim.Com webmaster visits Dayton, Ohio, and the National Museum of the US Air Force. Dayton, home of the Wright Brothers, is a perfect setting for a world class museum like this and its exhibits make for a fascinating if all too brief visit.

Anyone familiar with their products know that the DreamFleet team are fans of Piper aircraft, not least because DreamFleet owner Lou Betti flies a Piper Dakota himself. Recently, Lou flew out to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, the original home of Piper Aircraft and visited the museum there. In this feature story, he shares his visit as well as some Piper history.

Flightsimmers do of course appreciate real aircraft too, especially those that are of great historical significance, and there are few collections of aircraft more significant than that of the Smithsonian Institute. For many years are large portion of the collection was not on display, but the with opening of the new Udvar-Hazy Facility adjacent to Dulles airport this has been greatly improved. Avid flightsimmer Tony Martin lives in the area and has visited the recently opened facility a number of times already and today offers his personal tour in both words and photos. Plus, Tony also researched availability of flightsim versions of the famous planes and found that many of them are available for us to fly. The article includes his complete list with links.