PMDG Shows MD-11 At FANCON

Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 19:35
The PMDG team today during a presentation session showed their upcoming MD-11 release. With over 100 in attendance, the audience was treated to a full view of PMDG's extremely high fidelity rendering of this aircraft. This afternoon and tomorrow, PMDG will be allowing the attending public to fly the aircraft. If you are in the Seattle area, you are encouraged to attend and give this next PMDG aircraft a twirl around the circuit.

Airport Enhancement Services 1.92 Released

Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 17:57
Aerosoft has released more important additions for users of AES.

Their web site states: "In this version the smaller airports of the Aerosoft GAP series are included and also the new airport of Dortmund, which will be released soon. The FSDreamteam's new Zuerich Airport is now supported and from ImagineSim the new releases of Kansas City and San Juan in Puerto Rico are also covered. Tropical Sim also released a new Airport Scenery of Sao Paulo ansd AES covers that as well. Johannes (Gianni) Kimla will release his new freeware Airport of Klagenfurt in the next weeks and you can find the AES Support here in the pack. As before you can download the main product for free and a lot of airports do not require any payment!"

Taxi across the ramp to Aerosoft to make sure you get the latest version.

FANCON Opening Night A Bash!

Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 14:34
The AVSIM FANCON kicked off last night with the traditional Simmer's Social. What an event it was! The luminaries of the flight simulation world were in attendance at this popular event and included attendees from Intel, Nvidia, Microsoft, PMDG, Flight1, Abacus, Embry Riddle, Saitek and many others and, of course, dedicated flight sim enthusiasts from around the world. Total attendance exceeded past Socials by a wide margin with well over 200 enjoying the food, drink and companionship of their fellow fans. The event was sponsored by AEROSOFT of Germany and judging from the smiling faces and contented looks, the Social was a success! Today's Exhibition kicks off at 9:00 a.m. PST, and that is just a short 3 hours away.

New For Home Cockpit Builders

Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 13:24
FsXPand/FsClient v5.4 is now available from Flyware Simulation Software. This custom toolbox for cockpit building over the network has got a new set of gauges and enhanced graphics. It allows you to make up your own panel by selecting and customizing your gauges. This program allows you to connect one or more PC's to one Flight Sim PC over a network and display custom panel gauges on each PC. For more information visit Flyware today.

AMD And Intel Exhibiting At FANCON 2007

Posted: Friday, November 9, 2007 - 22:57
NEWS FROM FANCON 2007...

Both Intel and AMD are exhibiting this weekend at the FANCON 2007 event in Bellevue (Seattle), Washington. Both will be strutting their stuff showcasing the latest in processor power and providing multiple stations for attendees to put the hardware through its paces. We will be reporting from the event daily, if not hourly, throughout the event, bringing the latest news from this year's largest simulation gathering. Stay tuned for the latest news from FANCON 2007! If you live in the North West, it is not too late. You can pay at the door for access to the convention on Saturday and Sunday.

TweakFS Releases Menu Mate

Posted: Friday, November 9, 2007 - 14:30
TweakFS Releases Menu Mate for FSX (Freeware) TweakFS has recently added to its inventory of handy freeware utilities with a new release called Menu Mate for FSX. It is designed to give quicker access to most FSX menu items without the need to "drill down" into various menu/sub-menu layers (over 60 menu items supported). This can be handy if - as a developer, beta tester or power user - you need to repeatedly select a particular FSX menu item for any reason. You can assign up to 20 different menu items as button short-cuts.

To download a copy go to the "Freeware Tools" banner at TweakFS

Try Rescue Pilot Mission Demo

Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 23:50
Rescue Pilot – Mission Pack is the first in a series of mission expansions from Just Flight and the company is giving pilots an opportunity for some free training with a fully functional demo release. Pilots are also encouraged to enter a screenshot competition with the demo for a chance to win a free copy of the final product upon release.

The demo features an entire mission from Rescue Pilot and is available free to download from Just Flight's website.

Rescue Pilot is designed to take full advantage of the Flight Simulator X missions feature. You are a pilot in an air rescue medical service and your job is to respond to any emergency calls that are received at your home base. A typical day for a Just Flight Rescue Pilot could include airlifting an injured person from a car accident, picking up a stranded mountaineer or flying a life-or-death dash with a vital medical cargo.

For further details, please visit the Just Flight website or download the demo here.

FS2Crew FSX PMDG 747 Contest

Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 21:04
The FS2Crew: PMDG 747 FSX Edition contest is officially underway. PMDG FSX 747 drivers can enter their chance to win by answering five skills testing questions. FS2Crew is going to award ten lucky winners who will receive a free copy of FS2Crew for the FSX PMDG 747. Winners will be announced on the day of release, November 16th.

747 Captains can taxi to the FS2Crew to enter the contest.

BluePrint Releases KMSP Scenery

Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 16:48
BluePrint Scenery Simulations has released their Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP)scenery for FS9 and FSX.

Their web site states: "MSP has two terminals, the older Lindbergh terminal with its seven concourses, and the newer Humphrey terminal. The two terminals have been modeled with the highest level of detail allowed by the Flight Simulator. Special attention was paid to the accuracy of the airport layout, including runways, taxiways and ramps as well as the configuration and location of all airline gates. The FAA control tower, fire stations, general aviation, aircraft maintenance, cargo and military facilities have been depicted. The highest degree of detail was also applied to all major buildings in those areas. As a bonus, a model of the Mall of America (the US largest) is included to increase realism during approach to runway 35."

For many other features and to get your copy, head over to the BluePrint KMSP product page now!

The Gathering Has Begun!

Posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - 23:58
The gathering for the AVSIM FANCON has begun! Today was the successful kick off of the Microsoft Developer's Conference and it is in full swing. The DEVCON goes through Friday at noon. After the concluding DEVCON events, registration will start for the AVSIM FANCON that kicks off that evening with the AVSIM Social! AVSIM Staffers have been on the ground in Bellevue, Washington since Saturday, preparing for both the DEVCON and FANCON events. And the hours are winging by! We are awaiting hundreds of registrants and looking forward to seeing you here! If you have not pre-registered, do so and save yourself time at the door!

Cockpitsonic Opens US Store

Posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - 17:35
Cockpitsonic USA, "the exclusive representative of Cockpitsonic GmbH in United States, have started selling its high quality products to the Flight Simulator Community. Cockpitsonic USA is the only manufacturing offering plug and play solutions thanks to our exclusive Tempest Technology. The Tempest Technology allows people with no knowledge in electronics to make this parts work very quickly. For the cockpit builder, Cockpitsonic USA also offers the largest number of parts for a single aircraft type (B737) under one shop; therefore you will not spend more time looking around the world. Cockpitsonic USA also is the only manufacturer with a short lead time for part and components what translates into high customer satisfaction." If you want to stop dreaming and start flying visit Cockpitsonic USA.

FS Earth Version 5.1

Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 - 19:11
That's right, FS Earth version 5.1 is now available. This unique program creates a real-time connection between Flight Simulator and Google Earth. It can be used to get a complete and detailed moving map based on the satellite images displayed in Google Earth. The latest release has a much more smooth output and several other improvements. For complete details, please visit their homepage.

Imaginesim TJSJ For FSX

Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 - 16:04
IMAGINESIM announced today the release of their newest product, TJSJ San Juan for FSX. Featuring custom made runways, terminal buildings rendered to 5cm per pixel scale, operating jetways, and realistic concrete taxiways. There are also hundreds of airport vehicles and groud personnel for your enjoyment. To download the demo or for purchasing information visit them HERE.

Russian AI Traffic Available

Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 - 11:04
Alexander Petrenko announced today the release of new russian traffic packages from Russian AI Traffic System. These packages include such airlines as KMV, Atlant-Soyuz, Aerobratsk and many more unique to the russian airwaves. To find out more, please visit their forums HERE.

Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche For FSX

Posted: Monday, November 5, 2007 - 17:30
Team Eaglesoft, is pleased to announce that their Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche Package for FSX has just been released. Eaglesoft has attempted, within simulator limitations, to model a faithful replica of Roy Wilbanks PA-30 Twin Comanche. From Roys beautiful N204WT livery to the included "retro" liveries, we've attempted to capture the essence of the aircraft known effectionately as the "Twinkie". More information can be found at the Eaglesoft website.

Fly Me To The Moon

Posted: Sunday, November 4, 2007 - 18:13
TerraBuilder, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of it's long anticipated Flight Simulator 2004 add-on, TerraBuilder:Moon. TerraBuilder has created an add-on unlike any other and literally out of this world. TerraBuilder Moon is a comprehensive expansion package that turns Flight Simulator's entire Earth scenery into a highly detailed world of craters, lava channels, riles and dusty regolith (lunar soil). This is not just a localized scenery that you can "fly out" of, or an enclosed arena with a roof for a sky that will simulate the lunar environment on a scale of a few square kilometers. The entire Flight Simulator environment, the whole Earth, is completely transformed from a diverse rainbow of landscape variations that our planet offers, to one of the "Magnificent Desolation" (Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11).

It also includes an all-original LEV (Lunar Excursion Vehicle) "MoonHopper", a rocket-powered 2-seater open cockpit spacecraft with custom flight model, avionics, virtual cockpit and much more. Also included are concepts of lunar outposts with custom effects, texturing and animation. As an added bonus, the Learning Content has been included with an extensive encyclopedia on history of lunar exploration. TerraBuilder:Moon is now available for download. For more information, product details including a large collection of screenshots please visit TerraBuilder's website.

PMDG Releases 747-400X for FSX

Posted: Saturday, November 3, 2007 - 14:24
Robert Randazzo from PMDG writes to say that their long awaited 747-400X has taken to the FSX Skies!

"PMDG has released the long anticipated PMDG 747-400X! Built around the 747-400 passenger and 747-400F cargo variants, the PMDG 747-400X brings the 747-400 experience to the skies of FSX in grand style! Built from the ground up as a native FSX add-on, the PMDG 747-400X takes full advantage of the new features that are available only through FSX!

These features include sound coning, improved textures and lighting, emissive and bump mapped surfaces, vertex animation (allows the entire wing and leading/trailing edge devices to truly flex and warp!) full native use of the FSX simconnect engine, improved flight dynamics and much more! In addition to bringing the PMDG 747-400X into the FSX skies, the PMDG team has focused on providing a great value to customers by taking the opportunity to stuff plenty of new functionality into the product. From optimizations to new sounds and improved performance.

PMDG has also included as part of the product a free update for those FSX customers who also still fly their FS9 version and then topped it all off with a hefty, limited time 50% discount for previous download owners of the PMDG 747-400 Queen of the Skies! All of us at PMDG are thoroughly pleased with to bring this magnificent airliner simulation to FSX, and think that customers will truly enjoy the enhanced beauty and operation of the PMDG 747-400X that only FSX can deliver.

For details regarding eligibility for the 50% discount, please visit the PMDG forum here at AVSIM, or head right on over to PMDG before this generous discount offer expires!"

FSCheckride Now In French

Posted: Saturday, November 3, 2007 - 14:13
Brian York of CATIII Software announced today that a french language version of the FSCheckride manual is now availble and may be downloaded here.

Abacus Releases Flight Deck 5 for FSX

Posted: Friday, November 2, 2007 - 21:46
"To celebrate the worldwide launch of Flight Deck 5, we're on the road to introduce this new product. On October 27th and 28th, we had the first public unveiling of Flight Deck 5 at the OzFlight 2007 Show held in Gold Coast, Australia. On November 9, 10 and 11th, we'll have the first US showing at the Fancon Show in Seattle, Washington. On November 17th, we'll have the first European showing at the Flight & Train Simulator Show in Birmingham, UK.

From the deck of the USS Gerald R Ford, you'll fly these carrier-based aircraft:

F/A-18C HornetTM
F/A-18E Super HornetTM
E-2C Hawkeye
S-3B Viking
SH-60 Seahawk
C-2A Greyhound
EA-6B Prowler

Using our new 3WireX technology, you'll use the steam catapult to launch from the deck as you make your way to perform the challenging missions. Afterwards, you'll return to home base to set her down on the very short moving deck. The package includes 5 full and 60+ mini-missions. NOTE: Missions and 3WireX are for FSX only.

Flight Deck 5 is available immediately for FSX and FS2004 users. Shipments to hundreds of retailers throughout the US and Canada started last week."

For more information, visit the Flight Deck 5 product page.

Flight1 Software Releases FSAVIDYNE

Posted: Friday, November 2, 2007 - 19:08
Flight1 Software is proud to present the Avidyne Entegra flight deck display system gauge pack for Flight Simulator 2004 and Flight Simulator X. Based on Flight1 Aviation Technologies real world Avidyne Student training simulator, The Avidyne system integrates virtually all standard instruments and gauges into a pair of easy to manage, highly informational, color displays. View flight plan information; view traffic, receive traffic warnings, view airspace boundaries, fixes and runway / facility information, engine status plus much more using the high resolution displays; and customize the displays to your specific aircraft with the included settings manager.

The package includes a highly accurate S-TEC Fifty Five X Autopilot that seamlessly integrates with the Avidyne system and includes GPSS anticipated roll steering! Add the FSAvidyne gauges quickly to any aircraft within Flight Simulator using the easy-to-use console interface. Detailed manuals, Flight1's Gauge Config, a highly-customizable settings manager, and an FS Panel Studio demo round out the great features included with this Avidyne Entegra system gauge pack. Experience modern glass panel navigation with Flight1's FSAVIDYNE.

For more information, screenshots, and to download the product, please visit the FSAVIDYNE product page.