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I didn't expect that, but I am so happy. The PMDG plane that I enjoy the most :)

Just visited the site: "Launching soon" ?!

What is EWG?

When I grew up in Germany, we had tons of them every May. They are attracted to light and we had to keep windows closed in the evening to avoid having dozens of them inside our home. I now live at Canada'a East coast, where we have a similar phenomenon with the slightly smaller June bugs. Their scientific name is Phallophaga .. sorry, Phyllophaga :)

Same here: BS is really good, but A2A still has a little bit of an edge. There is their own physics generator for the flight model, but I also love the A2A walk-around (has a few more features) and in particular the state preservation, which is much more comprehensive than for BS airplanes. Having said that, I tend to fly BS airplanes more, simply because they are more to my taste compared to the models that A2A picks. Peter

Can anyone tell me if GSX Pro now sets the number of passengers and crew correctly, according to, say, a Simbrief flight plan? I just don't want to see two pilots, four flight attendants, and 3 passengers board a Cessna.

It will be a free update. You can fly any plane you want and also fly cargo planes. One problem is that cargo airlines do not often work on a schedule, or do not publish schedules. But nothing will stop you from creating your own cargo airline and create a schedule for it.

You could have a look at Fly The Line, https://www.justflight.com/product/fly-the-line-short-haul-edition It says "short haul" edition, but a new version that also enables long haul schedules is already in beta. It is generally very flexible, but you will lose a few (not many) points if you use time acceleration. Peter

Oh. And I thought this was about the Blacksquare Starship 🙂

Not only that. The video ads _always_ are right above the "mark site read" and "unread content" buttons. I think I will track which companies these ads are for and make sure that I never buy anything from them. Peter

I am still using a Quest 2. It can be quite grainy, and nevertheless I love the experience. VR is so much more immersive, even at low resolution. My PC is 5 years old, so Pimax is not an option for now, but I will probably upgrade everything in 2-3 years. >> I am slightly worried that if you fall in love it may make you unable to go back to a 2D Monitor No, not at all. There are many reasons to fly 2D, and I do that regularly: Flight duration; I love VR, but only for flights that last not much more than an hour. After that, the headset becomes uncomfortable and the battery gets depleted. Performance. My system can't handle sophisticated jets (Fenix, Ini A350, Aerosoft A340) in VR, so I fly them 2D. Convenience. VR is user-friendly, but it is still a few minutes more work to set up compared to 2D. Access: you cannot see some of the programs when in VR (e.g., Vatsim). So either you know very well what to do even if you can't see them, or you bail out. >> but for VFR/Heli/Bush flying I can imagine its pretty cool... You have no idea. I can't for the heck land a helicopter in 2D, but in VR I feel like the king of the hill. Situational awareness is soooo much better than in 2D. Also, GA is much better when you can look around and judge how far it is to the runway etc. The bottom line: go for it, but maybe start with a cheap option like the Quest 3. Some people get nausea when using VR. A friend of mine did, but he still loved the experience so much that he continued using VR and got used to it. It's not for everyone, but I am pretty sure the probability that you'll love it is very high. Peter

I never fly tail wheels in the sim. I just don't like that you don't have a clear line of sight in the sim without using extra tricks. I am not a RW pilot.

I second that. Don't move the condition lever before Ng is at 15-20%. If you move it too early, the engine will need to be repaired. The engine models of Black Square are very detailed, they are one of the big selling points. You can't get away with going full throttle like with other developers.

On my first flight with the new update. The waiting time after "Start flight" is now consistently around 3 minutes. After that, I've had a very smooth experience so far. I really like the airplane now. I also think the cockpit texturing is perfectly fine for an older Airbus. I do not have any complaints about that. On the contrary, I think it is great that they added options for starting with bright displays, adjust wing flex intensity and so on. I think Aerosoft/ToLiss did a great job with this update. Kudos.

Now I wanna be 30 years younger 🙂