Payware Vintage aircraft inbound! (in less than 24 hrs time):
Bell 47 from FlyInside
This is the famous "M.A.S.H. Chopper" from an old movie and TV series of the same name, that revolves around a US military medical field hospital near a battlefield in the Korean war. The Bell 47 is seen in the TV show introduction bringing casualties on mounted stretchers, landing close to the tents of the hospital.
This is one of the earliest of truly useable helicopters, and while it was too small and lower powered to do some heli tasks, it was plenty great for doing some jobs, notably: helicopter pilot training, crop spraying, traffic observation, TV camera shots, animal tracking. I've seen these doing those types of jobs even in more recent years, so while it may be simple, old and have some size/power limitations, it's definately stood the test of time and airworthy endurance!
So while officially MSFS won't have helicopters until sometime in 2022... there is the freeware H135 super-modern very sophisticated Airbus super-chopper... and now this payware Bell 47 by FlyInside, complete with fantastic clear bubble canopy viewing!
The developer apparently has some 20,000 hours in the real Bell 47, so it seems likely this will fly with realism, and the video below has a review by a real heli pilot (though he admits he's not flown this type IRL before):
Bell 47 | Pre Release Flight Test | Cold & Dark | First Payware Helicopter | Review | FlyInside
Payware Vintage aircraft inbound! (in less than 24 hrs time):
Bell 47 from FlyInside
This is the famous "M.A.S.H. Chopper" from an old movie and TV series of the same name, that revolves around a US military medical field hospital near a battlefield in the Korean war. The Bell 47 is seen in the TV show introduction bringing casualties on mounted stretchers, landing close to the tents of the hospital.
This is one of the earliest of truly useable helicopters, and while it was too small and lower powered to do some heli tasks, it was plenty great for doing some jobs, notably: helicopter pilot training, crop spraying, traffic observation, TV camera shots, animal tracking. I've seen these doing those types of jobs even in more recent years, so while it may be simple, old and have some size/power limitations, it's definately stood the test of time and airworthy endurance!
So while officially MSFS won't have helicopters until sometime in 2022... there is the freeware H135 super-modern very sophisticated Airbus super-chopper... and now this payware Bell 47 by FlyInside, complete with fantastic clear bubble canopy viewing!
The developer apparently has some 20,000 hours in the real Bell 47, so it seems likely this will fly with realism, and the video below has a review by a real heli pilot (though he admits he's not flown this type IRL before):
Bell 47 | Pre Release Flight Test | Cold & Dark | First Payware Helicopter | Review | FlyInside
It's quite appealing to me, though a bit expensive at the moment. Also, I hate to buy from yet another store: I hope it becomes available from MS Marketplace or Simmarket eventually. In addition, I don't know if I would manage to pilot it at all. Flying helis is sort of a controlled accident to me!! :eek:
That aside, guess you've seen the recent news on the home page about the Eagle, the Stearman and the CONCORDE!! :cool:
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I would luv to see a B727, B732, B733 or B735... something in that range. Nothing too fancy (not a "study" level), but something fun to fly above the default MSFS level but below a PMDG level in the $30's range. I would think those would be popular.
Above the default MSFS level is proving to be a hard act to follow for some - even if the graphics match, the functionality doesn't or vice-versa... However I agree, Fifty North where are you now?
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I would luv to see a B727, B732, B733 or B735... something in that range. Nothing too fancy (not a "study" level), but something fun to fly above the default MSFS level but below a PMDG level in the $30's range. I would think those would be popular.
I'm sure many are having that same thought, including probably a few devs.
Not vintage but maybe classic: Project Mega Pack (the livery guys) have been building a 737-800 from scratch for several months and it's nearing completion now. Check out the progress on their discord channel here: https://discord.com/channels/746450820077453393/791822346201727007
This is freeware and yet the attention to detail is positively OCD. If I were PMDG I'd be worried right now!
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And I can hardly wait for a nice Ercoupe 415-C to become a reality in MSFS 2020.
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I have several GOLDEN AGE SIMULATIONS aircraft for FSX/P3D and while they lack some graphics/texture quality, they are such interesting aircraft of the 1930's era that I tend to overlook that and enjoy the uniqueness of flying some long-forgotten aircraft of the golden age of aviation.
I just learned of a nice freeware airplane that is a favorite of mine:
The Antonov AN-2, also known by it's NATO designation "Colt"!
This is a "do anything do everything" bush plane, an airliner for the most remote places on our earth, connecting tiny towns with gravel airstrips in Siberia, Africa and the rest of the world, to connect to jet air hubs. They have been used for flight training, flying clubs, parachute training, agricultural crop spraying and probably many other things I've not even considered!
It's well known that for some years it was even considered a stealth plane! See, at it's slower cruise speed, it fell below the airspeed of most radar filter speeds, thus not displaying on an interceptor radar even though the radar actually did detect a return. The fear during the Cold War was that Spetznaz commandos could infiltrate successfully using the AN-2 without NATO even knowning. Now... that was decades ago, I don't recommend anyone attempting such a feat today, radars are WILDLY more sophisticated in computations and precision, and when you add in data libraries, ISR and C3I, that Colt would be brought down FAST. But it does make it a very interesting subject!
Another interesting fact is that it doesn't seem to have a true "stall"... from what I gather, it's wing area is such that it doesn't really "plumet" when it stalls, but rather just has a faster descent...
One thing that I'm very happy about, is that there is more interest in vintage and odball airplanes for MSFS2020 than I thought there might be... I was worried many months ago that it would all be brand new tubeliners and glass cockpits, and not a steamgauge or canvas wing in sight. I'm very happy to have anything that flies of any era, including rotary birds with all their parts flying in close formation!
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Payware Vintage aircraft inbound! (in less than 24 hrs time):
Bell 47 from FlyInside
This is the famous "M.A.S.H. Chopper" from an old movie and TV series of the same name, that revolves around a US military medical field hospital near a battlefield in the Korean war. The Bell 47 is seen in the TV show introduction bringing casualties on mounted stretchers, landing close to the tents of the hospital.
This is one of the earliest of truly useable helicopters, and while it was too small and lower powered to do some heli tasks, it was plenty great for doing some jobs, notably: helicopter pilot training, crop spraying, traffic observation, TV camera shots, animal tracking. I've seen these doing those types of jobs even in more recent years, so while it may be simple, old and have some size/power limitations, it's definately stood the test of time and airworthy endurance!
So while officially MSFS won't have helicopters until sometime in 2022... there is the freeware H135 super-modern very sophisticated Airbus super-chopper... and now this payware Bell 47 by FlyInside, complete with fantastic clear bubble canopy viewing!
The developer apparently has some 20,000 hours in the real Bell 47, so it seems likely this will fly with realism, and the video below has a review by a real heli pilot (though he admits he's not flown this type IRL before):
Bell 47 | Pre Release Flight Test | Cold & Dark | First Payware Helicopter | Review | FlyInside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufnUOqWuAM0
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Payware Vintage aircraft inbound! (in less than 24 hrs time):
Bell 47 from FlyInside
This is the famous "M.A.S.H. Chopper" from an old movie and TV series of the same name, that revolves around a US military medical field hospital near a battlefield in the Korean war. The Bell 47 is seen in the TV show introduction bringing casualties on mounted stretchers, landing close to the tents of the hospital.
This is one of the earliest of truly useable helicopters, and while it was too small and lower powered to do some heli tasks, it was plenty great for doing some jobs, notably: helicopter pilot training, crop spraying, traffic observation, TV camera shots, animal tracking. I've seen these doing those types of jobs even in more recent years, so while it may be simple, old and have some size/power limitations, it's definately stood the test of time and airworthy endurance!
So while officially MSFS won't have helicopters until sometime in 2022... there is the freeware H135 super-modern very sophisticated Airbus super-chopper... and now this payware Bell 47 by FlyInside, complete with fantastic clear bubble canopy viewing!
The developer apparently has some 20,000 hours in the real Bell 47, so it seems likely this will fly with realism, and the video below has a review by a real heli pilot (though he admits he's not flown this type IRL before):
Bell 47 | Pre Release Flight Test | Cold & Dark | First Payware Helicopter | Review | FlyInside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufnUOqWuAM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufnUOqWuAM0
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Update, SÉRGIO likes it too!
https://www.helisimmer.com/previews/flyinside-bell-47-g2-microsoft-flight-simulator
Buy it here:
https://flyinside-helis.com/
Forum Moderators: any chance you could delete post #32 ? It wouldn't let me edit to fix, so I reposted the fixed youtube link into post #33
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So did you finally buy the chopper?
It's quite appealing to me, though a bit expensive at the moment. Also, I hate to buy from yet another store: I hope it becomes available from MS Marketplace or Simmarket eventually. In addition, I don't know if I would manage to pilot it at all. Flying helis is sort of a controlled accident to me!! :eek:
That aside, guess you've seen the recent news on the home page about the Eagle, the Stearman and the CONCORDE!! :cool:
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Ah not yet, the 'puter went down. And I'm not exactly the most competent rotor driver!
however...
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!
Flight sim developers "Pilots" have announced the Boeing Clipper, the B314 flying boat!
Now THAT is vintage aviation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUW55OX-RpA
https://www.google.com/search?q=b314+pan+am+clipper&rlz=1CAEAQE_enCA894&sxsrf=ALeKk02AY5kyNDYSJdsjCJtYiOWYu7-KkA:1622930327471&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1xafNvoHxAhUQwZ4KHZLWD5UQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=617
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I'm sure many are having that same thought, including probably a few devs.
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Not vintage but maybe classic: Project Mega Pack (the livery guys) have been building a 737-800 from scratch for several months and it's nearing completion now. Check out the progress on their discord channel here: https://discord.com/channels/746450820077453393/791822346201727007
This is freeware and yet the attention to detail is positively OCD. If I were PMDG I'd be worried right now!
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Back to our regularly scheduled Vintage:
Loki posted this already in another thread, but I wanted to repost in this one for future searching and database purposes:
PMDG DC-6 for MSFS
Was: $59.99
Now: $54.99
Screenshots and purchase:
https://pmdg.com/msfs/
PMDG's forum announcment:
https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/129736-16jun21-pmdg-dc-6-for-microsoft-flight-simulator-release-date-announcement
Here's a review from this site!
https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?22723-Review-PMDG-Douglas-DC-6-For-MSFS-2020
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A quick update for the Grumman Goose. Link to thread with better newer link to the updated Goose:
https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?332035-download-Grumman-Goose
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United Douglas DC-6 Promo Film - 1950
A 30minute docu about DC-6 operations with United Airways!
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Aeroplane Heaven has released the Lockheed Model 10 Electra!!
Watch the review video:
https://fselite.net/news/aeroplane-heaven-releases-electra-10-a-for-msfs/
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I just learned of a nice freeware airplane that is a favorite of mine:
The Antonov AN-2, also known by it's NATO designation "Colt"!
This is a "do anything do everything" bush plane, an airliner for the most remote places on our earth, connecting tiny towns with gravel airstrips in Siberia, Africa and the rest of the world, to connect to jet air hubs. They have been used for flight training, flying clubs, parachute training, agricultural crop spraying and probably many other things I've not even considered!
It's well known that for some years it was even considered a stealth plane! See, at it's slower cruise speed, it fell below the airspeed of most radar filter speeds, thus not displaying on an interceptor radar even though the radar actually did detect a return. The fear during the Cold War was that Spetznaz commandos could infiltrate successfully using the AN-2 without NATO even knowning. Now... that was decades ago, I don't recommend anyone attempting such a feat today, radars are WILDLY more sophisticated in computations and precision, and when you add in data libraries, ISR and C3I, that Colt would be brought down FAST. But it does make it a very interesting subject!
Another interesting fact is that it doesn't seem to have a true "stall"... from what I gather, it's wing area is such that it doesn't really "plumet" when it stalls, but rather just has a faster descent...
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/antonov-an-2-very-well-made-for-a-freeware/462810
One thing that I'm very happy about, is that there is more interest in vintage and odball airplanes for MSFS2020 than I thought there might be... I was worried many months ago that it would all be brand new tubeliners and glass cockpits, and not a steamgauge or canvas wing in sight. I'm very happy to have anything that flies of any era, including rotary birds with all their parts flying in close formation!
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LOCKHEED L-1049
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https://redwing-copter.com/aircraft-l1049/
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SuperConnie!!!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUHFz3c3igde86uNOWhv7Q
LOCKHEED L-1049
SUPER-CONSTELLATION
VERSION SUPER G
https://redwing-copter.com/aircraft-l1049/
RedWing Team
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