French Fs2Crew 2010 Maddog 2008 Manual

Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 18:44
This French Manual is a new interface with speech recognition for total imersion. Flight and cabin: FO, FA, agent gate, engineer and start crew. Procedures are based on real word DC-9 series 80 for maximum realism.

FSX Dublin (Irish: Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath)

Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 18:39
Fly-Wonderful-Islands is pleased to announce their new products for FSX: the International Airport of Dublin. Discover an exquisitely true to original atmosphere. This project is as realistic as it can be with a foresight in to the future.

The airport features the new Terminal 2 buildings with all the jetways. All runways and taxiways are present with 3D taxiway lighting and signs. This airport comes with all 4 seasons plus a "hard winter" texture. FSX Dublin is AI traffic compatible and contains an AFX file for every possible gate. Specific airlines are assigned their specific gate. The high resolution ground terrain, oblects and building textures mesh seamlessly into MSFS.

DBS Airport GPS Updated to V1.4

Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 18:16
This update includes the following; Database now stored in My Documents for prevent database access deny under user account; Access to "Route To" function direct from GPS window; Updated visual elements on GPS window; and an update for the GPS External Window for use Airport GPS without installing GPS to aircraft panel or to use on 2nd monitor. Complete details can be found at the DBS Simulation website.

Luxembourg Fly-In

Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 17:02
IVAO and Aerosoft jointly present another breathtaking online event. On Saturday, 27th of February 2010 from 1700Z onwards, the skies of Luxembourg will be buzzing with air traffic on the IVAO network. The Luxembourg-Findel Intl. Airport is one of the biggest cargo hubs in Europe and is home of CargoLux, serving more than 50 destinations across all 5 continents.

As always this event focuses on brining to your home computer the most realistic online simulation experience. Expect Luxembourg and other surrounding airports to be buzzing with airtraffic and ATC's. For further information visit the IVAO Events page.

A Note From Captain Sim

Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 16:59
CS Weather Radar is now included in the 727 Captain version 2.4 as a free bonus. For details please visit the Captain Sim website.

Latin VFR releases Sucre Bolivia SLSU

Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 16:55
Sucre is the capital city of Bolivia. Though many people would confuse it with La Paz (which is the administrative seat) Sucre is the capital city of this South American nation. The only airport in this city is "Juana Azurduy De Padilla" Airport SLSU (SRE). And it has on average 2 daily flights within Bolivia servicing this city. The airport is considered by most one of the most challenging and difficult of Bolivia and also among South American airports.

Ever wanted to fly your airliner (737/A320) into a sloped runway airport such as Lukla or Courchevel? You know you can't because the runway is not apt, but Sucre airport's runway which is significantly sloped because of its location in mountain ridges is a 9000+ feet runway, but because the field's high elevation of more than 3000+ meters above sea level coupled with the sloping runway it's quite a challenge to both arrive and depart from this airport.

For landing, usually on runway 05, its quite a challenge because once you touchdown the runway starts a downward slope and the pilot would think he's going to run out of runway and fall into the abyss at the end. For departure, which is only in one direction, full power is to be applied in order to avoid a hill that is ahead and caution on rotation is to be exercised in order to prevent a tail strike.

FSWidgets Releases AirView Remote

Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 16:52
FSWidgets has released a new, separate edition of its airport mapping and 2D/3D terrain visualization device for FSX and X-Plane. AirView Remote now adds the most requested feature so far - network capability.

AirView Remote is a special edition that can be connected to another PC running the simulator in the same room over a LAN, or in a different country half a world away via the internet. It will work in tandem with the standard edition of AirView 1.1 installed on the FSX or X-Plane machine, freeing up that all important simulator machine. This allows AirView to be used for instructor/student training and monitoring, connection to large screen displays or to have multiple instances of AirView running concurrently. AirView Remote works with both FSX and X-Plane and is free for registered users. A free trial version is also available.

Active Sky Evolution Released

Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 16:46
Active Sky Evolution is the next installment in the Active Sky series and brings further refinement and accuracy in weather synthesis and depiction, improved smoothing, increased high-fidelity aircraft compatibility, a new graphical look and many other behind-the-scenes improvements to further increase your desktop flight and weather simulation experience.

The Active Sky series, first released in 2002, has been continually developed in effort to provide the most realistic and enjoyable weather simulation engine possible for Microsoft Flight Simulator users. Supporting both FS9 and FSX, the latest version offers tons of useful features including universal graphics add-on compatibility, graphics snapshots with weather influence, an in-flight weather display gauge, realistic wake turbulence, vertical air simulation, comprehensive weather and flight planning, full graphical mapping and much, much more.

SP1 for FS2Crew Maddog

Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 16:41
SP1 is now available for FS2Crew Maddog owners. The team at FS2Crew says, "this is an important update and everyone should install it."

Bretagne and Brest from France VFR

Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010 - 2:07
Senior staff reviewer Angelique van Campen heads to the northwest of France to look at France VFR's Bretagne and Brest scenery titles. "Since I’ve included the airport and surrounding Brest area - which makes sense because it lies within Bretagne VFR - the differences between FSX and FS9 Brest software aren’t that big within Bretagne VFR except for the LOD outside/inside the airport fences. Still I’ve split up the review into two parts and where and when needed, I’ll be referring to each of them."

"You can see for yourself it’s very difficult to pinpoint default FS9 Brittany locations versus the real Brittany if you’ve chosen the France VFR software. What I like about the France VFR software is that you can use it in combination with VFR charts or if you wish, just an ordinary Michelin car route chart."

Angelique takes us on a descriptive tour of these titles by conducting VFR cross country flights fromm Rennes to Brest. There she looks at the Brest airport. Then she flies another route, Rennes - St Malo - Brest, to cover more of the title's scenery.

"Is Bretagne FSX better than its FS9 counterpart? The answer is yes, but that’s not strange due to the LOD difference. Remember, FS9 is based on a LOD10 (38.2 meters), while the FSX version is LOD13 (4.75 meters). The Brest airport scenery is more or less the same for FS9 and FSX. Probably there are some small differences but honestly, I haven’t noticed them. One thing is for sure; the amount of FS9 ground vehicles/airport ground equipment is more present than in FSX. However, FSX allows the adding of default ground stuff via the menus. My overall impression of these titles are that they are very good with some slight discrepancies."

OZx 3.1 Released

Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010 - 0:49
The latest installment of the OZx series for Australia, for this file to work you need to install OZx 3.0 first. Then install V3.1.

20 New Fields: New South Wales Forster-Wallis Island Taree YTRE South Australia Coonawarra YCNQ Naracoorte YNRC Orroroo YORR Tasmania (Ford Ck - new objects) Smithton YSMI Western Australia Brooklands YBLD Cape Leveque YCLQ Laverton YLTN Mitchell Plateau YMIP Myalup Queensland Chinchilla YCCA (Heck Field, Jacob's Well YJCW re-done) Kogan McCaffrey Field YMCF, DDSC, Jondaryan Rodd's Bay Tara YTAA Theodore YTDR (Tiger Moth Field re-done) 9 New Sceneries: Jimblebar Mine King's Park War Memorial Kondinin Lakes Naracoorte Lakes Paraburdoo Mine Weipa North Shore Mine West Angeles Mine Yandi Mines 1 & 2

5 th FScene "Beagle" Mission

Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 15:25
During 2009 and 2010 FScene published a new series of free Flight Simulator X Missions, in cooperation with a team of old FS boys: Ruud Faber, Jaap van Hees, Chip Barber and Francois Dumas are veterans of the international flight simulation 'scene' and have put their spare time, enthusiasm and talents together to come up with this "Beagle" series , they are joined by Justin Tyme and Chuck Jodry for the latest Mission.

The Missions are all Inspired by the 35-part Radio/TV series of VPRO, a Dutch Radio/TV station, to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birth year and the 150th anniversary of his publication of "On the Origin of Species". They follow Charles Darwin's journey on the "Beagle" (1831-1836). Packed with Scientists, writers and artists the clipper "Stad Amsterdam" has left Plymouth on the first of September 2009 for an 8 months' journey around the world.

The latest mission is a great Galapagos Islands environment that includes a test of your driving skills in a Jeep to tour the island, the full set of Missions are available from the FScene Beagle homepage .

Citation X from Eaglesoft

Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 1:52
Senior staff reviewer Bert Pieke and staff reviewer Marlon Carter team up to fly Eaglesoft's Citation X. The result,a Gold Star Award. The Cessna Citation X is a long range, medium size business jet aircraft. The X is the fastest operative civilian jet with a top speed of Mach 0.92, making it the fastest business jet in history."

"Eaglesoft did a fantastic job in modeling this aircraft. From almost every angle there are very few if any inaccuracies and even though it looks close to version 1.0, the CX2.0 is a total rebuild of the Citation X. The model comes with many new features, including winglets which can be added without having to load a totally new aircraft from the aircraft menu. The Eaglesoft Citation X 2.0 also has an animated Pilot, First Officer and Female VIP passenger, along with engine and pitot tube covers and a host of other “hidden” features in the interior cabin. First impression upon loading the Citation X is that it truly looks like the real thing, inside and out."

"The FMS setup is a no compromise situation, you have to set up the FMS by the book or you WILL run into problems. Flying the Citation X was a joy. It’s not often you find a complex aircraft with so many features and flying characteristics that are so accurate and unique. The biggest surprise to me, is how easy this airplane is to fly by hand. It is very well behaved, and once you get past the overwhelming level of information provided via the PFD and MFD screens and just look out the window, you can make a perfect landing every time."

"I can honestly say is that the Citation X has been the best aircraft I have flown for the FS platform all year (2009). The Citation X 2.0 sets a standard that other developers may have a hard time catching up to. I found the Eaglesoft Citation X V2 to be a well crafted package with a lot of content. In my books, The Eaglesoft Citation X V2 is a winner."

AI TimeTable 2 For FSX

Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 13:37
AI TimeTable 2 for FSX has been released as shareware, AITT2 is a software simulation of an airport time table for MS-FSX, where the airport location is just where your aircraft is positioned.

AITT2 is able to treat the user flight as it was an AI controlled one, providing departing flight numbers, further details can be found at the AI TimeTable 2 Homepage .

News from Eiresim Scenery Design

Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 10:27
Eiresim Scenery Design announces the release of 'Shannon Ultimate' for FS2004. The scenery has been built with a high level of detail and accuracy of Shannon Airport Ireland.

This airport covers 2000 acres on the rugged west coast of Ireland on the Shannon Estuary, beside Foynes where flying boats once commenced their voyages. The main runway is 3200 metres and there are 30 stands.

The scenery captures the airport in all its glory. Includes plenty of animation and effects, all the buildings, extremely detailed ground markings, interactive air bridges and stunning night effects.

Eiresim has also announced merger with Irish Flight Sim Design (IFSD) who have co-developed this release (Nick Whittome & Graham Smith). IFSD have extensive experience in scenery products for Microsoft Flight Simulator dating back to 2002 and they will now operate under the Eiresim brand.

For more information visit the Website .

Round-the-World Race Progress

Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 0:57
The annual FS Round-the-World Race began Saturday, the eighth running of the Race between teams representing AVSIM, FlightSim.com, Sim-Outhouse, and iFlyOnline is nearing the finish line . The race running in real time and with real weather is coming to its end after 3 demanding days, skill, determination, and especially teamwork are paying off , look in on the AVSIM Race Forum for a pilots eye view and by visiting the official Race Site for the latest position information.

Reality XP And Precision Flight Controls PFCG430

Posted: Monday, February 22, 2010 - 16:30
If you are tired of mouse and keyboard interfaces with FSXs GPS or want to add Reality XPs Garmin Gauges wait no more, Reality XP and Precision Flight Controls, Inc. have worked very hard this last year to bring you cost effective solutions for personal and professional use.

Product Features: The PFCG430 is a realistic Garmin 430 GPS type interface build into a full size steel cabinet
·Backlit tactile rubberized buttons/switches (realistic look and feel
·High quality dual and single concentric encoders with push button function
·Aluminum anodized knobs with lexan decals (accurate reproduction)
·Panel can be removed from chassis easily (for panel installation)
·Powder coat finish
·Epoxy silk screened
·Can be used with both Reality XPs 530 solution
·Compatible with FSXs GPS and X-Planes generic GPSs
·USB interface
The PFCG430 is now a standard feature with all PFC digital avionics,for more information go to Reality XP’s Website .

727 Captain Demo Released

Posted: Monday, February 22, 2010 - 14:53
Continuing the popular Pro Line product series, Captain Sim is pleased to introduce the 727 Captain family of expansions for FSX. They hope this Free Demo will help their customers make more informed purchase decisions and thereby enhance their satisfaction with the 727 Captain family of products.

XP Jet Simulations Podcast

Posted: Monday, February 22, 2010 - 14:42
This past week the team over from the FSBreak podcast talked with Dhruv Kalra and Alex Unruh of XP Jets Simulations, the developer of the great new X-Plane based 777. Learn all of the in and outs of this new aircraft, and more about XP Jets over at FSBreak.

Sion X from Aerosoft

Posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 21:23
Staff reviewer Rick Desjardins heads to Switzerland to check out Aerosoft's Sion X. "Sion can be found in the Rhône valley in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by picturesque mountains this is a very beautiful area. The airport currently operates two runways; a 2000 meter concrete runway that was upgraded with ILS capability in 1991 and a second 600 meter grass runway. In 2007 there were over 44000 combined aircraft movements making this small airfield a busy place."

"The first thing that jumps out at you is that you're in a valley surrounded by the Swiss Alps. Panning around, you begin to notice that there are lots of little touches that bring the airport to life. Looking to the west there is a line of cargo hangers, once again you have items such as boxes and crates and a variety of airport vehicles, some of which are animated. It was not uncommon to see a fuel truck driving around the airport."

"On the south side of the main runway is the military portion of Sion airport. Just as with the civilian side you will find a variety of static objects but this time, as you would expect, they are military in nature. There are some static military vehicles, personnel and aircraft. Beyond the borders of the airport you'll come across some extra objects included to spruce up the area."

"Flying in and out of this airport can prove to be a challenge depending on the aircraft type you choose. As is recommended, I normally approached the airport from the east. Doing so provides certain advantages, the ILS is active on runway 25 which includes approach lights and the valley is much longer and wider from this direction making it easier than a westerly approach. Most of my departures were also to the east as the initial climb is not as steep."

"There are lots of little extras in and around Sion X that give you the feeling that the airport is alive and not just a deserted concrete strip. The scenery is not without its faults but overall it's nicely done."