Flight Replicas Cub Boxed Edition For FSX

Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 0:31
The most extensive collection of Cub aircraft ever released in one package now available at Flight 1. The J-3, L-4 and PA-11 aircraft with seventeen models and thirty four paint schemes, all of which far surpass any Cub available for FSX.

The perfect aircraft for exploring those out of the way places, this historic aircraft is so popular and endearing that many of the originals are still flying! Now you can find out why with this incredible collection. Oh, and the AVSIM reviewer said, "clearly superior in every way"

DBS FollowMe FSX Updated

Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 14:48
DBS Studio released update 1.5.1 for DBS FollowMe FSX. In update 1.5.1 fixed problem with transparent interface windows on some computers. And from update 1.5.0: Transparency processing BGL scenery files; Selecting between BGL processing and external airport database (in Settings dialog); External airport database updating directly from simulator (in Addons/FollowMe menu); Selecting between transparent interface windows and classic windows dialogs (in Settings dialog); Menu "Addons/FollowMe Window" to open main dialog window without keyboard shortcuts; Settings dialog to adjust car speed, car distance, car type, keyboard shortcut; Assigning car to airport in Settings dialog; Helicopter taxiing mode - up to 100 ft taxiing altitude; Improved scanning of AFCAD files in right order.

Hawaiian Airports Vol 2 Released

Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 14:44
FSDreamTeam announces their Hawaiian Airports 2 package, which includes the airports of Kahului and Kona, for FSX, with the FS9 version following very shortly in the next few days.

There are several interesting options for previous purchasers of the Hawaii airports series (Honolulu and Hawaii Vol. 1) and also a very good deal for all the 5 airports together if you are new to Hawaii. The is also a Trial version of the scenery to download.

Flight Sim Designs Fort Lauderdale X

Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 13:26
Flight Sim Designs released an update to its best selling photo real scenery, Fort Lauderdale X. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a popular tourist destination and is one of the most popular flight training area in the United States. The scenery includes the Fort Lauderdale area and it's surrounding suburbs, in Broward County. The scenery incorporates 15cm per pixel to 30cm per pixel high resolution orthoimagery, recently captured to give the most realism. Other features include color correction, blend and water masks, cloudless (stainless) imagery,custom AI car traffic on the photoreal roads and much more. For more information visit the Fort Lauderdale X Revisited Product Page

Flight One Release The Cessna T182T.

Posted: Monday, July 18, 2011 - 14:09
Flight One Software is pleased to announce the official release of the Flight1 T182T . The T182T combines speed, elegance, safety, and range in an aircraft that is easy to fly, with a maximum operating altitude of 20,000 feet while cruising up to 176 knots.

Flight One Software brings this authentic T182T simulation exclusively for Microsoft Flight Simulator X users.

A personal favorite of many pilots around the world, the 182 has grown to be the second most popular model Cessna has produced after the 172. Flight1 has taken the quality and workmanship detail of the award-winning Cessna Citation Mustang, and packed it into this beloved single-engine aircraft. The T182T features a simulation within a simulation, with its nearly perfect rendition of the G1000 glass cockpit system. The T182T instrument panel includes both a large Primary Flight Display (PFD) and a Multi-Function Display (MFD), to give the modern day private pilot a multitude of features and options at their fingertips.

The T182T also is a great aircraft for flying distances both short and long. The Lycoming turbo-charged engine gives the aircraft a climb rate at over 1,000 feet per minute and allows sim pilots to ascend high over mountains, weather, and other general aviation traffic while having a range of over 900 miles. Whether you are flying into Van Nuys or smaller airfields in the Pacific Northwest, the short takeoff and landing capabilities gives the aircraft the ability to maneuver into airports both large and small with modern avionics technology. From spinner to tail, the Flight1 T182T will give sim pilots serious function and fun to wherever they decide to fly.

TBF Avenger Released

Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 18:43
Vertigo Studios announces their release of the TBF Avenger. The Avenger was the heaviest single-engine aircraft of World War II, and only the USAAF's P-47 Thunderbolt came close to equalling it in maximum loaded weight among all single-engined fighters, only being some 400 lb (181 kg) lighter than the TBF, by the end of World War II. The Avenger was the first design to feature a new wing-folding mechanism, intended to maximize storage space on an aircraft carrier.

This aircraft features: interior and extetrior are gorgeously constructed, 2 models included, TBF 3 and Tarpon MkIII, comes complete with a comprehensive PDF manual, 3D 'Sound Cone' Technology with an amazing sound set, engineered using authentic Pratt & Whitney, DirectX 10 compatible models complete with virtual cockpit self-shadowing, Tru3D Instrumentation for the ultimate smooth flying experience, 6 historically accurate and detailed paint scheme, 2D Pop-ups, GPS and Radio, fully operable weapons pack with multiple munitions, including guns, torpedo, bombs and rockets. and custom-made effects.

San Jose del Cabo Airport Released

Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 18:30
BajaSim announces their FSX scenery for San Jose del Cabo Airport. They have done a lot of work building an FSX native scenery, not just an adaption from their FS9 scenery. You will see specular and bump maps on ground, high detailed textures, animations and great frame rates. SJDX will be sold alone, the FS9 version will continue as well as the FSX version.

Aerospool WT-9 Dynamic from Lionheart Creations

Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 18:56
Staff reviewer Mike Cameron assembles his Lionheart Creations' Aerospool WT-9 Dynamic, a two seat light sport aircraft, and takes it out for a spin.

"Lionheart Creations has done an excellent job with the interior textures. I could not find a single blurry texture. All objects, both large & small, are three dimensional looking. Everything including passenger seat belts, luggage, Emergency Locator Transmitter, maps on right side of the cockpit and signage all look great."

"The exterior textures are great looking without affecting performance. The amount of detail that Lionheart Creations has included with the Dynamic is incredible. Every single nut & bolt has been modeled, including the cowling quick release screws. All exterior wording is clear and easy to read and just like the interior model, I could not find a single blurry texture."

"Lionheart Creations has included an excellent 2D panel along with the VC. All of the instrumentation is easy to read. My Saitek Switch Panel works with the Dynamic which is a bonus for me."

"The Lionheart Creations Aerospool WT-9 Dynamic is a wonderful little aircraft. They have taken the time to create an accurate reproduction of the real aircraft. Textures, sound effects and animations are all excellent. The Dynamic is a perfect aircraft for practicing flight procedures and taking short VFR flights in good weather."

Boeing and Airbus MCP Combo Panels

Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 17:38
VRinsight and SimWare Simulations announce the release of two new modules based on their best-seller, the MCP Combo Panel:
MCP Combo Boeing Type (MCP Combo II)
MCP Combo Airbus type (FCU Combo)

Completely interfaced with FS2004 and FSX, both modules have been specifically designed to suit Airbus and Boeing add-ons. With numerous pushbuttons, switches and rotary knobs, they can be used with any other aircraft and add-ons too.

KDEN Denver For FSX Released

Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 17:21
The FSX version of ImagineSim's Denver International is now available. Whether it is airfield, passenger or cargo facilities, Denver International Airport has room to grow. Situated on 34,000 acres or 53 square miles, DEN is one of the largest airports in the world. From the expansive and beautiful Jeppesen Terminal to the state of the art passenger facilities, Denver International Airport is renowned for aesthetics, aviation safety, customer satisfaction and passenger convenience. A major hub for United Airlines, it's the USA's fifth busiest airport, largest by land area, and the tenth busiest in the world.

Denver features custom made ground textures and runways, terminal, cargo and hanger buildings rendered to 10cm per pixel scale, an interactive docking system to park you right on your mark, taxiways with highly realistic concrete textures, full airport taxiway and runway signage, 3D approach lighting and full ILS navigation. Also included are hundreds of airport vehicles, aircraft can be found parked at custom textured parking positions, all hangers, cargo and airport auxiliary buildings are modeled, there is even a perimeter fence. KDEN is available at ImagineSim along with screenshots and a demo version.

AVSIM Cancels 2011 FANCON

Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 2:25
AVSIM’s publisher, Tom Allensworth, made the following announcement tonight; “It is with regret that the AVSIM staff and I are forced to announce tonight the cancellation of the 2011 FANCON. The current number of registrations and the number of vendors committing to attend are disappointingly few. We are compelled to cancel now in order to keep from accruing larger penalty fees than we will pay if we cancel now.

On the weekend that the FANCON had been scheduled in October, we will instead be holding our annual Board of Directors meeting at the same hotel that would have been the FANCON venue. We will have our normal Saturday night social for all of those who would like to attend.

We will award the AVSIM Bravo Zulu awards as well as the Reader’s Choice Awards despite not having the FANCON. All of the Reader’s Choice nominations will be put up to a vote on the previously announced schedule. Winners of the BZ and Reader’s Choice awards will be notified and sent their awards as well as being published on AVSIM.

Refunds will be provided to those who have registered.

As many of you know, we last held a FANCON in conjunction with Microsoft’s developer’s conference in 2007, in Seattle. FANCONS since then have not been held for a variety of reasons. Given the circumstances that we see today in the community in the U.S., we doubt that we will ever hold a FANCON again. It is obvious to us that the enthusiasm for FANCONS in the U.S. is significantly lower than that of the European FS community.

We will publish more information regarding the BOD meeting and the Social as we get closer to the event.”

FS Global Ultimate Europe/Africa from PILOTS

Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 1:00
Senior staff reviewer Angelique van Campen continues the PILOT's FS Global Ultimate series. This time heading to "Europe and Africa". "I may assume that the review title speaks for itself: this software covers the entire European continent including the Azores and Iceland as well as Africa."

Angelique selects a variety of locations within the two distinct areas and by way of text and screenshots shows you the differences between the default FSX scenery, FSGlobal 2010 and FSGlobal Ultimate.

"FSGlobal 2010 covers the whole FSX/FS2004 world on six DVD’s, while PILOT’S 2nd Ultimate product comes only with Europe and Africa, on five DVD’s with an installation space of 40GB. My overall impression of these 2 continents...PILOT's have done it again! By the way, the third and final Ultimate package – Asia and Oceania - is planned for latter 2011."

The Azores Pack 1 For FS9 & FSX.

Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 21:05
TropicalSim Azores pack 1 is now available for both FS9 & FSX. Getting to the Azores may be a tricky task for most due to their exotic location in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Now you can visit three of the nine islands, with the remaining six to be released by TropicalSim in the following months.

The stock FS9 and FSX islands was removed and we recreated them from scratch to enable realistic coastlines, main roads was also added as well as stock FSX road traffic throughout the islands in the FSX version. All three islands also feature custom landclass as well as terrain mesh. The three airports have been constructed in high detail and fidelity to the real airports. Visit the TropicalSim Homepage for further details.

Photoreal America from Sim Savvy

Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 0:13
Contributing reviewer Ray Marshall travels to various points across the USA to explore Sim Savvy's Photoreal America. "Photoreal for FSX of the entire continental United States? The entire 48 states with usable, clean looking, fairly up-to-date add on scenery!"

"I have tried to make direct comparisons between what default FSX has to offer and this Sim-Savvy package. In most cases the photoreal scenery wins hands down. The FSX default scenery is crisper and cleaner but we all know it never matches up with what is really out there."

"I think most of our PCs will handle 5 – 8 states at a time without a groan. If you are still in doubt about whether your type of flying would benefit from having this Massive Scenery, then I recommend you spend some time at the SimSavvy web site."

Fernando de Noronha For FSX Released

Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 19:46
Just over 200 miles offshore from the Brazilian coast, Fernando de Noronha is a UNESCO Heritage Site. The main island has an area of 18.4 square kilometres (7.1 sq mi) and had a population of 3,012. The beaches of Fernando de Noronha are promoted for tourism: Fernando de Noronha is a place for recreational diving. With warm waters around it, diving to depths of 30 to 40 meters can be done without using a wetsuit. Moreover, the archipelago has points of free diving.

This amazing scenery tries to bring the best of VFR flying, to watch sailers, fish boats and a rich fauna, and a fun and challenging approach.

Emuteq NavCom Radio Unit NC165

Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 13:36
Emuteq announce the official release of the NC165 radio panel for Microsoft Simulator 2004 and FSX. Based on the popular Bendix King KX165 NavCom unit the NC165 radio panel is an almost 1:1 scale replica.

The NC165 offers cockpit builders and professional simulator suppliers a fully featured NavCom hardware unit with the ease of a simple USB connection requiring no external interface card and comes complete with universal mounting brackets .

Features include:
Two independent dual rotary encoders for both Nav and Com tuning knobs, scalable LED display brightness, offering true to life functionality and operation.
USB plug and play interface, simple installation, Detachable deskstand for panel mounting.

FSXFollow Version 1.6 Released

Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 13:22
Version 1.6 of FSXFollow has been released , it now shows the flightplan route on the map. FSXFollow is an add-on for the iPad/iPhone and iPod touch that allows you to follow your flight even when you are not at home, and be able to watch your desktop's screen.

MS Cancun 2011 SP1

Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 13:17
Aviation MS has released Cancun 2011 Service Pack 1 for FS2004 This service pack upgrades and fixes some issues reported on the scenery. Some characteristics are: - Fixes the Memory leak problem - New Mip-Mapping for all textures. - Adds a NEW OPTION for a 3D or 2D surrounding jungle. - NEW AFD File For More Info about this Cancun 2011 visit the Aviation MS Homepage .

FS2Crew iFly 737NG Updated

Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 13:14
FS2Crew, announce that its flight crew expansion packs for the iFly 737NG have been updated. The Button control version has been updated to V1.6, and the Voice control version has been updated to V1.2. The updated versions include some minor bug fixes, as well as new procedures such as 'unpressurized takeoffs and landing with the APU inoperative'. FS2Crew iFly 737NG owners will need to login to their FS2Crew account to re-download and re-install the main package, which has the update built in. Visit FS2Crew for more info.

Warbirdsim P-51D Mustang - Little Friends

Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 1:14
North American's P-51D Mustang is brought to life in part 3 of WarBirdSim's series of this classic aircraft for FSX. Little Friends was the colloquial and affectionate label for the Escort Fighters as given by the Allied Bomber Pilots in World War II as they embarked on daylight raids to their targets, escorted by mainly US 8th Army Air Force Fighters of many types. The most commonly associated for this task is the P-51 Mustang. Because of its long range capabilities, large fuel tanks, and external fuel tanks, the P-51 was able to escort bombers deep into Germany.

In this the most detailed of their series on the P-51D Mustang, the only thing that is missing is the smell! Here the D model is modelled for the first time by Warbirdsim in its true original form. Featuring the most detailed Gunbay so far created for any Flight Simulator. All of the mounting brackets, ammunition feed chutes, link-ejector chutes, and shell ejector chutes for each individual 50-cal machine gun are accurately reproduced. For the rivet counters amongst us, even the number individual links in the ammunition feed chutes is correct.

Also featured is a working 2 Stage Supercharger. Careful use of the power is needed; keep an eye on that manifold pressure and RPM, as the engine will quite literally blow up if due care and attention is not taken. 8 aircraft, Packard Merlin Sound Set, and a Full Livery Package are included.