Plum Island from FSAddon

Posted: Friday, April 3, 2009 - 2:38
Senior staff reviewer Bert Pieke steps out for a $100 dollar hamburger as he explores a little part of Massachusetts called Plum Island. "Bill Womack is no stranger to most FS enthusiasts. His meticulously crafted airfields are a true work of art. Here then, is a new production, a tiny local airport on the Massachusetts coast which can serve as a great starting point for exploring the area. The scenery is only about 40 square miles, but for that, every little detail is lovingly colored and finished."

"Taxiing around the airfield shows all custom buildings, signs, and vehicles. Not a trace of default FSX scenery. Lots of detail and everything done really nicely. A notch of flaps and take off from the one and only runway. Once airborne, it is all pastoral scenery up and down the beach and over towards the town of Newburyport."

"I did not splurge for the “$100 hamburger”, but, given more time, there are lots more things to be seen up and down the coast, and the city of Boston is not far off! This is a great gateway to use if you have not spent much time flying in this part of the world. Plum Island is a real gem of a scenery package. The airport is pretty and sleepy and the surrounding area looks like a perfect summer beach vacation destination. The inland waterways look just right and the beaches are a great improvement over the FSX default shorelines."

Sim-Giants Releases 2 New FSX Products

Posted: Friday, April 3, 2009 - 1:07
Canary Islands FSX - With this package you get Tenerife North (GCXO);Fuerteventura Airport (GCFV); and El Hierro Airport (GCHI). These airfields are based on commercially available satellite imagery with high resolution ground and object textures. The highly detailed scenery of the airport and surrounding area includes all major roads with traffic. These airfileds have full night time textures and astounding night time effects.

Milan Malpensa - Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC) is located in the province of Varese, about 50 km from central Milan, Italy. It is one of 3 international airports in the Milan area. This highly detailed scenery of the airport and surrounding area includes hundreds of taxiway signs and runway details. It is AI-traffic compatable and the AFCAD file contains every possible gate. The product also includes winter textures.

ORBX Releases YPEC Aeropelican Airport

Posted: Friday, April 3, 2009 - 0:54
The sister airport to Orbx's YWVA Warnervale, YPEC Aeropelican is made by the same team of Andreas Hegi and John Venema and perfectly times the re-opening of YPEC in June 2009. This is a large photoreal scenery area, covering well over 100 km in high resolution licensed 60cm, 30cm and 15cm imagery with the precision modelling you've come to expect from Andreas and includes a major power station, the now disused YCOB airfield, a major stretch of beautiful coastline, Milano's marina and restaurant and many more 'little' details which Andreas and Orbx are famous for.

SSM 2007™ New Manuals Released

Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 2:22
Exciting Simulations has released an updated set of manuals for the Space Shuttle Mission 2007 simulator.

The Quick Start and Commander's Reference Manual reflect the latest additions and changes for the Approach, TAEM and landing procedures, key command additions, a whole new chapter explaining the Deorbit Trajectory displays and new hints and clarifications. This grows the Commander's Reference Manual to 112 pages full of information and tips. A new Landing Video Tutorial is also in the works, to be released shortly.

The Space Shuttle Mission 2007™ is available for online purchase in downloadable format at the SSM2007 official website. Both manuals and the latest Demo can also be downloaded freely at the same website.

New Rail Sim Route Released

Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 2:02
Expand your Rail Simulator world with this fantastic fictional route set in the heart of North America. The Rascal & Cottonwood route is a fictional representation of a coal-carrying branch line in North America. The route runs for almost 20 miles and is based around the town of Tri-City, the Cottonwood foundry and the Rascal mine. The package features eleven different scenarios, including Free Roam which allows users to travel to any part of the route.

Also included are a version of the excellent 3dtrains Rural Landscapes Foliage Pack add-on and parts of the RSDL Foliage Pack, providing a rich package of many different foliage types with which you can enhance the appearance of the Rascal & Cottonwood line and include in your own routes as well.

The route features a detailed Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, 10 USA rolling stock wagons, authentic terrain mapping and track placement, and AI train operations, not to mention spectacular scenery with four towns, a whole landscape of vegetation, rivers, bridges and more! Eleven scenarios give you tasks to be completed, and one special scenario turns the Rascal & Cottonwood route into your own personal model railway! Any Rail Simulator rolling stock, including add-ons, can be used on the Rascal & Cottonwood route, and the printed manual includes full route schematics.

Hawker Heroes For FS 2004/FSX

Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 1:46
Assembled in one package for the first time, Hawker Heroes from FirstClass Simulations, offers you the chance to fly four of the most iconic aircraft ever to take to the skies.

First flown in 1931, the Hawker Fury set the template for all fighter aircraft that would follow. The first fighter aircraft to exceed 200 MPH in level flight, the Fury held the world in awe with its incredible handling. With a climb rate in excess of 2400ft per minute and manoeuvrability that was the scourge of enemy aircraft, the Hawker Fury defined a standard in military aviation.

The Hawker Hurricane was the hero of the Battle of Britain, changing the course of World War 2 by being responsible for more enemy kills than any other aircraft. Beloved by her pilots and feared by her adversaries, to this day many believe that the Hurricane is the finest fighter aircraft ever built. With our breathtakingly realistic simulation, now is your chance to confirm that assessment.

The Hawker Tempest entered service in 1944. Developed by Hawker to have incredible performance characteristics, the Tempest had outstanding acceleration with excellent climb and dive performance. Its introduction was fortuitous, being one of the few aircraft able to intercept and shoot down the V1 flying bomb. Sortie after sortie was flown to keep the rocket powered marauder at bay.

Each aircraft has been painstakingly recreated to offer the ultimate in simulation. Accompanied by adrenalin charged missions for Flight Simulator X, would-be fighter aces can relive the Hawker experience where the best pilots truly became heroes!

New FlightSim Greenland Mission

Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 1:20
FlightSim Greenland released a new "Pilot for Hire" mission, with a surprise. You will fly from Sisimiut (BGSS) to the ÍSTAK Hydroplant northeast of Sisimiut. But this is not a regular transport mission. We only hope you have enough fuel to this mission, and the weather won't get worse. Get the mission at FlightSim Greenland - as usual for free.

ProFlight Emulator Updated

Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 1:09
OnCourse Software is pleased to announce the release of another FREE update for PFE (ProFlight Emulator) offering many more new features. A new version of FDC is also available. These two programs compliment each other and run seamlessly together to enhance your flight sim experience.

SimCharts 4.0 Discontinued Apr 1

Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 22:48
SimCharts 4.0 has been removed from the market as of April first, notification of this was posted in our forums by one of our members who received an Email from SimCharts announcing the cessation of this product and was confirmed by Eric Anderson, Public Relations Corporate Communications of Jeppesen.
Mr Anderson said that support for this product will be offered until April 1, 2010 and that they are evaluating future versions of SimCharts but no firm decisions have been made at this time.

Instructor Station v1.30 Released

Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 15:03
Instructor Station v1.30 is now available. The Instructor Station allows you to set your aircraft on approach to a runway of your choice under all weather conditions, start-up and shutdown your network computers (fully customizable), program or set an aircraft systems failure at any moment, calculate the amount of fuel required for your trip and load it to the aircraft, record the performance of your flight. Compatible with all types of aircraft within FS Instructor Station is meant to assist PC Simmers and Cockpit Builders using FS9 & FSX with many features available for Project Magenta's Boeing 737 & Airbus A320. Full details are available at Instructor Station .

Vehicle Simulator Released

Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 15:09
Vehicle Simulator is unique, making land, underwater, sea surface, air and low orbit environments available. The program excels especially as a flight simulator and as a naval simulator combining the powers of two previous simulators Micro Flight and Virtual Sailor into one, the game engine was completely re written and has far greater capability and capacity than any of the previous ones it was made of. Built-in simulation of Hang Gliders, Para gliders, Hot air balloons, dirigibles, planes, gliders, rocket planes, boats, cars, micro lights.
Tools are available to import scenery directly out of SRTM data, design your vehicle out of components then position and adjust each of them allowing third party add-ons to be easily made. A free demo is available from Vehicle Simulator .

PMDG Updates MD-11

Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 14:53
PMDG has released updates to the FSX/FS2004 versions of the MD-11, bringing both platforms up to v1.20.0055. This update cycle provides 34 changes to the FSX MD-11, and 35 to the FS2004 version. The v1.20.0055 updates can be downloaded at no cost from PMDG .

FS2Crew Voice Set

Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 14:50
A full Eurozone voice set is now available for FS2Crew: PMDG MD-11 Edition. This is a FREE upgrade that adds a European accented flight, cabin and ground crew to the MD-11. The Eurozone voice set also includes an update for the British and US voice set. FS2Crew develops state-of-the art co-pilot/flight crew simulations for leading FSX and FS9 aircraft. PMDG MD-11 drivers may taxi to FS2Crew to download the Eurozone voice pack upgrade.

FScene Service Pack

Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 14:46
FScene is pleased to announce the availability of a service pack to rectify a problem with the winter texture set, the 1 meg download is available from FScene

HJG's Magnificent March Update

Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 13:26
Historic Jetliners Group is announcing its first update for 2009 , a flightline full of fabulous new freeware featuring classic/nostalgic B727-100 & B727-200 aircraft for FS2004/FSX. New additions to HJG's existing classic B727-100 theme include textures representing historic liveries of the 1960's through the 1990's , fleet liveries for many famous airlines around the world are available now, rare and hard to find texture sets are Historic Jetliners Group specialty, classic liner pilots are invited to visit their hanger.

Carenado PA28RT 201 ARROW IV

Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 13:13
Carenado has released one of the most successful and popular ”T” tail aircraft: the PA28RT 201 ARROW IV for FSX. This aircraft is fully FSX and DX10 compatible with high resolution textures and a very friendly FPS performance. It takes advantage of all the FSX features like cast shadows on VC, external dynamic cast shadows, normal mapping, specular mapping and bloom. More information and pictures at:Carenado .

Just Flight Air Hauler

Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 14:14
Air Hauler puts you in complete control of your own freight company, taking charge of operations both in the boardroom and in the cockpit. The flexibility of Air Hauler allows you immerse yourself totally in every operational detail of your freight company - each crucial flight you make will have an effect on the reputation and reach of your expanding freight empire. As the pilot charged with delivering the goods on time, you can decide to fly a job in multiple legs, or stop anywhere en route for refuelling or maintenance. Contend with real-world weather conditions if you want the extra challenge, and detailed Map views showing all the airports in Flight Simulator will help you keep tabs on available jobs and the locations of your bases and fleet. for further information visit Just Flight .

RXP 430 & 530 WAAS For XPlane 9

Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 14:01
Reality XP announces the release of their Award Winning 430XP WAAS and 530XP WAAS for XPlane 9. Now featuring Class-B Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) for an extra margin of safety in the air, the GNS 430/530 WAAS is an all-in-one GPS/Nav/Comm solution. Now compatible with ASA OnTop, Elite Simulation, Flight Simulator 9, FSX, ESP and XPlane 9 for WinXP, Vista32 and Vista64, the new GNS 430/530 WAAS offering is the most widely available GNS WAAS Simulation product. Further details can be found at Reality XP .

Tilt Rotor Update

Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 13:48
Wilco Publishing releases new features and improvements to its revolutionary Tilt Rotor aircraft. This upgrade represents the single most important improvement in replicating real-world VTOL conversion/transitional flight on a PC-based flight simulator, adding a more accurate "FLY-BY-WIRE" simulation. Visit Wilco Publishing for complete details.

Flight 1 Titles at Avsim Store

Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 15:20
The Avsim stores carries a nice selection of titles from Flight1 including ATR72-500, Ultimate Terrain X, Hunter Hawker as well as the brand new Fokker 70/100 and Super Pro 80. These new titles feature an advanced simulation of the cockpit functions and will give you the best airliner experience possible with Microsoft Flight Simulator. The Avsim also recently added the FS2crew products. The Avsim store also has many FS2004 titles on sale.

Visit the Avsim Store today