More titles available in the Avsim Store

Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 16:43
We are adding more titles to our download section. Recently, we've added more titles from Aerosoft. This includes titles such as VFR London, Manhattan X, Seahawk X,F16 Fighting Falcon,or DHC-2 Twin Otter. We keep adding new titles so please check back frequently.
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Lotus Simulations L-39 Albatros

Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 14:19
Lotus Simulations is pleased to announce the release of its L-39 Albatros for FSX. The Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros is the most popular and successful jet trainer of all time. Designed and built in Czechoslovakia during the cold war, the L-39 was developed to train pilots transitioning from simple propeller driven aircraft to front line Soviet fighters. Over 4000 examples were produced, serving with over 25 air forces around the world.

The jet was built to be extremely agile, durable, self sufficient, and tolerant of student pilot error. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in the 1990s several hundred examples found their way into private hands and are now regular attractions at airshows of all sizes. The jet is also popular with formation teams, serving with the world famous Breitling Jet Team , and has its own competition class at the Reno Air Races.

The Albatros features fully detailed virtual cockpits, in both dual and single seat versions, as well as a Reno racing variant and a special stripped down and ultra high performance model for those who participate in online formation flight teams. All of the L-39's instruments are rendered in full 3D and feature extensive systems modeling.

For more information, screenshots, and videos, please visit Lotus Simulations .

FTX Releases YHBA - Hervey Bay

Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 16:32
Orbx Simulation Systems is pleased to announce the release of FTX YHBA Hervey Bay Airport, its first scenery using new state-of-the-art digital imagery captured directly from the aircraft to hard disk. The scenery is the most detailed ever released by the Orbx team with 15cm/pixel imagery at the airport and marina and 60cm/pixel imagery for the overal township and surrounds.

Situated on the coast of Queensland, the town of Hervey Bay is serviced by a modern airport which has seen rapid growth recently to cater for the tourists visiting nearby Fraser Island or watching the whale migration out to sea. The scenery includes full GA AI traffic, GPS nav approach support, superbly detailed gmax modeled terminal, hangars, ground vehicles and gmax poly runways and aprons. YHBA caters for commercial airliners such as B737, Dash8, E90 plus all variants of GA and commuter aircraft.

The detail on the ground is such that you can drive a vehicle around on the roads and peek into shop windows, walk along the piers or boardwalks or even land a helicopter at the marina pontoon. Included with YHBA is the FTX Aero tool which provide spectacular bump mapping detail to ground textures. Full details are available at the FTX Homepage

Pilot In Command 2009 – Round-Trip Europe

Posted: Monday, August 3, 2009 - 14:45
Round-trip Europe is second Flight Simulator on-line race hosted by the Finnish Virtual Aviator’s Association. This year it will be a challenge of fortune, but only those who find the best strategy are able to compete for the victory!

The Race is held on-line on the VATSIM or IVAO networks, you complete the computer-raffled Competition Flights and make a Transfer Flight to suit your strategy. Collect ATC-points and enjoy the busy traffic on-line.

The best pilots of the race will get a flight in a real D-level simulator at Finnair Flight Training Center. Participating the race is completely free of charge, the race starts on August 5th 2009 at 12.00 UTC , Sign Up and check out the rules at the Pilot in Command 2009 Homepage .

Real Environment Xtreme 2.0

Posted: Monday, August 3, 2009 - 14:34
Real Environment Simulations is pleased to announce the release of Real Environment Xtreme 2.0 for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X, the long awaited update to the award-winning Real Environment Xtreme.

REX 2.0 is a powerful, hi-definition, photo real texture environment created from state-of-the-art photography and processes. This new technology is tightly integrated with an upgraded flight planner and newly developed weather engine to give the user the most realistic experience yet within flight simulation.

For more information visit the REX2 homepage to read about the latest versions details.

Rise of Flight Forum Now Open

Posted: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 21:58
With the release of the Rise of Flight WWI flight simulator, AVSIM has opened a forum for discussions related to this sim. We are excited about the ROF release and look forward to users of the sim participating in our new ROF forums. You can access the General Forum in our forums system. Join in and share your experience with ROF.

Abacus Goes To Oshkosh

Posted: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 5:46
Abacus has just completed their annual trek to Whitman Field in Wisconsin for the world's largest aviation event - Oshkosh. With cameras in hand they took lots of photos and would like to share their experience with the simming public. Visit their report on the Oshkosh event.

Flight1 Open Day at Shoreham Airport

Posted: Friday, July 31, 2009 - 23:46
Brighton based Flight1 is hosting its inaugural ‘Open Day’ at Shoreham Airport on Saturday October 3rd. Entry is by advanced ticket only but there will be plenty to see and do and it’s FREE OF CHARGE!

The Open Day will take place at Shoreham’s Terminal 3 building and visitors will have the opportunity to try out the latest in flight simulation products and developments. Flight1 staff and software developers will also be present to talk about the products and listen to feedback.

Admission to the Flight1 Open Day is FREE but you need to register in advance at the Open Day Home Page .

Places may be limited so register today to avoid disappointment. Many more exciting activities are in the works and once you’ve registered Flight1 will keep you up to date with activities as they take shape in the coming weeks.

TweakFS XML File ToolBox

Posted: Friday, July 31, 2009 - 14:45
TweakFS has added a new member to its growing collection of handy freeware tools. The FSX XML File ToolBox allows you to quickly and easily analyze/enable/disable/edit or create the four major XML files used by FSX: DLL.XML (Loads DLL files) EXE.XML (Loads EXE files) SimConnect.XML (Enables/Disables SimConnect clients) Standard.XML (Default KeyMapping File).

This is basically an in-house tool used by TweakFS to quickly make changes to the XML files during testing and has been reworked and released as a freeware tool for the benefit of all flight simmers.

You can pick up this utility on the Downloads - Free Tools page at TweakFS.

Rise of Flight, The First Great Air War

Posted: Friday, July 31, 2009 - 14:37
Aerosoft is happy to announce the boxed and download release of Rise of Flight, The First Great Air War. This is not FSX or FS2004 but any flight simulator that includes so many new features is important for any further development of our hobby .

Rise of Flight, The First Great Air War is the latest in a long list of standalone PC Flight Simulators featuring air combat over the Western Front during the First World War and is created by neoqb. The best pilots from both sides met in the sky, they were equally matched with machines and conditions not favouring either party.

Nothing but the pilot's skill determined the outcome. You will fly the SPAD XIII, Fokker D.VII, Nieuport 28 and Albatros D.V (with more aircraft to available online). Each one modelled in great detail and the simulation of the engines and weapons is highly realistic.

The world around you is far from a static backdrop to your flights. Over 100.000 km2 of highly realistic terrain (including Lille, Cambrai, Reims and Verdun) complemented with a sophisticated weather model creates a perfect stage where you will engage the enemy.

On the ground you will see the tanks rolling towards the enemy and the trains and trucks that supply the front line. The front line is marked with trenches and explosions and is a dangerous area because of the anti-aircraft guns.

Flight Simulator fans have always appreciated the simplicity of the aircraft and weapons of this period which allowed the pilots to focus on the dog fight and not on the systems. It is arguably the most advanced flight simulator around at this moment, well worth checking out.

Full details can be found with a visit to Rise Of Flight.

2 Items From Captain Sim

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 0:21
The staff at Captain Sim announce, "to meet the numerous requests of our customers we have decided to build and release one more update for the discontinued FS9 version of the 757 Captain. We hope the version 2.2 will address some more issues to suitably complete the FS9 line of the 757 products." They also announce there is a repaint kit available for the 767 Captain.

Project Open Sky E-4B Nightwatch

Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 14:50
Project Open Sky released today another special variant of the great 747-200v4A series. The E-4B Nightwatch is derived from the Boeing 747-200B and was introduced on the height of the cold war in 1973 as E-4A . Complete details and download can be found at the Project Open Sky website.

Low 'n Slow - New York State.

Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 14:41
This scenery add-on from BoyzToyz recreates the entire state of New York to a degree never before seen in Flight Sim X. It dramatically improves land class assignments for the entire state - not including New York City and Long Island which are already well done in FSX. Revamps hundreds of towns and cites both large and small to more accurately reflect their actual size, shape and position. Fixes waterclass assignments for many lakes and rivers. Fixes many of the poor blend masks included with FSX. Includes a set of improved Autogen files. Includes four comprehensive flight plans that will tour you around the breathtaking scenery found in upstate New York. Designed to work seamlessly with most third party software for FSX.

Flight1 At Oshkosh Airventure 2009

Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 0:21
Flight1 Aviation Technologies is now displaying at the Oshkosh Airventure show (July 27 - August 2, 2009) and will be showcasing several of their most current products including the new Fligh1Tech/PFC G1000. Flight1's G1000 software solution paired with PFC's G1000 hardware / Bezel interface will provide you with real tactile feedback / functionality needed for proper operation and training, each button and knob is fully functional and performs identically to its real-world counterpart.

Flight1's G1000 software comes with built-in WAAS navigation capabilities, and is capable of flying LPV "glide slope" approaches, holds, procedure turns, and has many more features that are necessary for proper and proficient usage of the G1000 system. The Fligh1tech/PFC G1000 provides a very cost effective solution when compared with integrating real world units used for training; allowing smaller flight schools and training operations to provide affordable and proficient G1000 training with more manageable investments. It is designed to work with Microsoft's ESP, FSX and X-Plane.

Flight1 will also be showcasing their Citation Mustang simulation on Monday and Tuesday in Building "B" Booths 2106 - 2107.

Aerosoft Titles now available in Avsim Store

Posted: Monday, July 27, 2009 - 19:26
We are adding more titles to our download section. Today we are proud to announce that we are adding the top titles from Aerosoft. This includes titles such as Manhattan X, F16 Fighting Falcon, DHC-2 Beaver X or DHC-2 Twin Otter. We will keep on adding new titles.
Check our 'New' Section to see what was recently added. You can also look at the bargain bin for great deals.

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German Airports 3 - Bremen (FS9) Released

Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 20:36
The German Airports 3 series from Aerosoft was missing one important airport, Bremen. One of the oldest airports in Germany with a distinguished history and the German Airports team worked on it for a long time. Well here it is in all its glory for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. Welcome to Bremen Airport!

Continuing in the tradition of the German Airport Series, the airport Bremen is featured with its latest and up to date layouts, buildings, objects, runways, taxiways, lights, and navigation aids. Just like the real life airport. A high definition aerial photograph has been used for ground texturing making the airport and its surroundings seem absolutely realistic. Even with this whole range of objects, details and features, the frame rates remain high.

AVSIM File Library Back!

Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 19:44
After over two months of hard work by our volunteers, we are pleased to announce that the file library is back online and providing downloads for the community. We are going to keep the upload function off for a while in order to assess the stability of the system and work out any bugs that may remain. We believe we recovered over 95% of the library system, and you may find some things missing. Please post any comments or questions you may have in the File Library Forum. Thank you for your patience during this period.

ISG1 1.6 Upgrade Released

Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 16:57
Integrated Simavionics Group 1's upgrade integrates a Boeing 777 style Primary Flight Display, and A320 style Enhanced ADI, and brings the total number of display gauges in the package to 9, along with 2 FMS's. All ISG1 gauges can be selectively mixed and matched into the aircraft/panel of your choice. This update also provides fixes for some minor reported issues. This is a free upgrade for previous ISG1 customers.

Lisbon X from Aerosoft

Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 19:32
Staff reviewer Benjamin van Soldt visits Portugal to cover Aerosoft's Lisbon X. "The airport is a rather old one, existing pre-WW2 where it was used by both Allied and Axis planes. Lisbon’s Portela airport was largely left alone and it continued to increase the annually handled amount of cargo and passengers. In the meantime, it was engulfed by Lisbon itself, bringing officials to the final decision of building a new airport outside of Lisbon. The village of Alcochete was finally chosen in 2008 as the place this new airport would be built."

"After visiting every corner of the airport, the simple conclusion is that the detail is quite amazing; although I noticed how sometimes the tarmac textures are not always continued over all surfaces that require them. What probably stood out most in this patch of the airport is how well the buildings look. The tarmac texturing could have been laid out with more precision but these are only minor gripes. The amount of detail from the air is good, although some of the texturing on the roofs of these buildings are blurry, but the roofs will only be seen when you are flying. Overall, I am impressed with the detail I have seen."

"The lighting is extraordinarily good. I honestly have no idea how they pulled this off, but first of all, these are not the standard lights being used. It’s also not the Shockwave lights redux package you’re seeing: these are custom lights you get with Lisbon X, and it looks stunning. When far away, the lights stick together, forming a white, beautifully looking band of light and the closer you get, the more the lights appear as single entities."

"It’s when you arrive at Lisbon that you get to see the last of a wide range of features, the interactive parking lights that direct you exactly to your final gate position. This truly is a product with an Aerosoft amount of detail! If you have any interest in flying to Portugal and be a regular visitor, then this is the best you can get and an airport scenery every simmer would wish to have."

Three New VRinsight Modules Available

Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 0:47
Continuously expanding their products range, VRinsight and Wilco Publishing today announce the availability of three new modules cmpatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator X & 2004 filling gaps in flight simulation hardware.

1. CDU II Panel - With a large integrated display, the CDU II panel features a realistically shaped and fully functional Control Display Unit for your Flight Management Computer (FMC). DU II Panel is compatible with most commercial add-on aircraft available such as Level-D, PMDG, Wilco, PSS,... ased on customers' feedback, CDU I remains available at a new lower price.
2. µ-JetPit (Micro JetPit)- The JetPit is a portable instrument panel for jet aircraft. It features a ND, PFD, EFIS and MCP as well as real knobs. All the instruments, buttons and knobs are synchronized with default Flight Simulator jet aircraft and most aircraft add-ons.
3. µ-ProPit (Micro ProPit)- The µ-ProPit is a portable instrument panel for propeller aircraft. All the gauges, buttons and knobs are synchronized with default Flight Simulator propeller aircraft and most aircraft add-ons.