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Hi all Welcome to our official support forum. This can be used for asking support and sales questions relating to our hardware products. Alternatively we can also be contacted through the enquiries email on our website. The latest news and developments can be found on the news page of our main site as well as being posted in here or on our Facebook and twitter feeds. This forum is focused on support issues, direct product questions and announcements rather than general chat about hardware and simming. I am happy to engage in chat as you know, I am an enthusiastic simmer myself, but we would prefer to keep this forum more focused on our products and supporting them and general chat to other areas of avsim. Website: https://www.fulcrumsim.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fulcrumsimulatorcontrols/ twitter: https://twitter.com/Fulcrum_SC Chris

We now have a separate forum for discussing scenery and orthoscenery (Ortho4XP). Please post any relevant topics there and help keep this area for general discussions

The Fall Event Team is happy to announce The Transcontinental. In a sense, this is a six hour event similar to the much longer Round the World Race. This is a live real time race running coast-to-coast from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Set in the late 1940s, the main aircraft are World War II surplus fighters (specified in a White List). The structure of the event will require several refueling stops. Solo entries are fine, multimember team entries may be even better. The start time is at 0800 PDT (1500 UTC) on Saturday October 26, 2013. The event will take about six hours from start to finish. European and North American pilots should be able to make the event's timing. Pilots with limited free time may participate on a team while making a commitment of only a couple of hours. Entries are due on Wednesday, October 23 – although late entries and changes will be almost surely be approved by the Committee. Please see the draft of the Official Rules available from a Dropbox account here. This document is "near-final" but may be modified before the start as we receive feedback from the participants. So if you have an idea about how to make the event work better for everyone, please post your suggestions in the announcement thread at the SOH Multiplayer Forum. For help from fellow AVSIM pilots, and general conversations about this sort of online event, you might go to AVSIM's Round the World Race Forum here. Lots of friendly and helpful simmers there.

Hello to all, I thought it may be time to give that status of my upcoming product for X-Plane 11. This has been considered a groundbreaking effort if someone were to be able to provide a couple key elements in regards to photoscenery in X-Plane. Sure, there are ways to get a couple programs, learn those programs and download for hours upon hours with excitement for what's to come. Low and behold, after departing from your favorite field, you notice the rather poor tiles that are available for your area. One piece may be summer, one may be night. And where are all the damn trees?! Well, say goodbye to no tree's. It has taken me over 2 months to get as far as I have, and that is 10 hour days. Being Self-Employed is quite the helper for that. Initial reactions from a select few are a little more than just positive. "Beautiful...Great colors. Much better than anything one can find on Google or Bing." With the small but powerful partner I have been lucky enough to be in touch with and work with, I believe we may have a very exciting couple months ahead for you. First release is an estimated sooner rather than later. I want to get a good portion finished before I said much. It will Include all states shown above as well as Maine and Pennsylvania. I just have to keep doing my test flights...which is like eye-sex... StayTuned www.ortho4us.com

Hello everyone, my MSFS Gateway website that lists hundreds of MSFS and P3D-related links sorted into categories, (e.g. aircraft, flight planning, scenery and many others) has been serving the flight sim community for 20 years and is still regularly updated. I hope you find it useful. Feedback and suggested additions are always welcome. Tony https://www.msfsgateway.com/

AVSIM Online is flight simulation's premier news source, visited by 100's of thousands of readers every month. AVSIM's news covers the flight and combat simulation hobbies around the world. We actively solicit news from the community, vendors and software houses and we encourage you to send news to us that you think might be of interest to those in the global simulation and aviation communities. If you have a story or a press release that is related to: general aviation and aviation simulation commercial aviation and news air shows and similar events combat simulation train, ship, or other simulation gaming hardware related utility software of possible interest to simulation enthusiasts aviation museum events and projects or on any topic that you think could impact or be of interest to the aviation and simulation communities We encourage you to submit your story here. If you have an image to include, you can upload it along with this message. Thanks for participating and helping us to give the best in news to simulation enthusiasts around the world. Please be advised that we do NOT accept stories regarding Virtual Airlines and real world aircraft disasters. If you would like to post a news item related to a Virtual Airlines, you can do so by posting it in the Virtual Airline News Forums. We also do not accept online event notices, such as from VATSIM and IVAO. NOTICE: AVSIM reserves the right to reject any news submission which we deem to be inappropriate, violates our Terms of Service, or in our sole opinion, is not newsworthy. AVSIM is in no way obligated to post any material you submit and by using this submission form, you agree to that term. Commercial Vendors: AVSIM does not accept news items that are simply announcements of "sales", "discounts" or "product promotions". We will accept stories that announce the release of product, modifications to product (patches, updates, etc.), or add-on's to products. If you would like to advertise on AVSIM, simulation's most read news site, please contact us at AVSIM Staff. If you wish to publicize a sales, discount, or other incentive program, you can do so at our Bargain Hunter's Shack. Please keep in mind that in order to post in that forum, you must have posted 15 or more messages elsewhere in the forum. Once you submit an article via this form, you will receive an AUTO RESPOND email informing you that your post has been forwarded to the editorial staff of AVSIM. If we have any questions regarding your news item, we will be in touch with you (usually within 24 hours). DO NOT EXPECT A RESPONSE unless we have questions or concerns about your news submission. If your news submission does not appear within 24 hours, it is most likely because it did not fulfill our requirements as a news item. Be advised that NOT ALL news items are published, and publishing is solely at the discretion of the AVSIM Editorial Team. IMAGE SUBMISSION: You can attach an image to submit news form submission, and it will be forwarded to our Editors. If you wish to have an image included in your news story please provide an image no greater than 180 x 180 pixels in size. It can be in GIF, JPG, or PNG formats. As an alternative, you can send a larger image (please no larger than 200 Kbytes) in email to editors@avsim.com. Please click on the following link to submit your news - https://www.avsim.com/forms/2-submit-news-or-a-press-release/. The AVSIM Community thanks you for your news story!!

AVSIM Online is flight simulation's premier news source, visited by 100's of thousands of readers every month. AVSIM's news covers the flight and combat simulation hobbies around the world. We actively solicit news from the community, vendors and software houses and we encourage you to send news to us that you think might be of interest to those in the global simulation and aviation communities. If you have a story or a press release that is related to: general aviation and aviation simulation commercial aviation and news air shows and similar events combat simulation train, ship, or other simulation gaming hardware related utility software of possible interest to simulation enthusiasts aviation museum events and projects or on any topic that you think could impact or be of interest to the aviation and simulation communities We encourage you to submit your story here. If you have an image to include, you can upload it along with this message. Thanks for participating and helping us to give the best in news to simulation enthusiasts around the world. Please be advised that we do NOT accept stories regarding Virtual Airlines and real world aircraft disasters. If you would like to post a news item related to a Virtual Airlines, you can do so by posting it in the Virtual Airline News Forums. We also do not accept online event notices, such as from VATSIM and IVAO. NOTICE: AVSIM reserves the right to reject any news submission which we deem to be inappropriate, violates our Terms of Service, or in our sole opinion, is not newsworthy. AVSIM is in no way obligated to post any material you submit and by using this submission form, you agree to that term. Commercial Vendors: AVSIM does not accept news items that are simply announcements of "sales", "discounts" or "product promotions". We will accept stories that announce the release of product, modifications to product (patches, updates, etc.), or add-on's to products. If you would like to advertise on AVSIM, simulation's most read news site, please contact us at AVSIM Staff. If you wish to publicize a sales, discount, or other incentive program, you can do so at our Bargain Hunter's Shack. Please keep in mind that in order to post in that forum, you must have posted 15 or more messages elsewhere in the forum. Once you submit an article via this form, you will receive an AUTO RESPOND email informing you that your post has been forwarded to the editorial staff of AVSIM. If we have any questions regarding your news item, we will be in touch with you (usually within 24 hours). DO NOT EXPECT A RESPONSE unless we have questions or concerns about your news submission. If your news submission does not appear within 24 hours, it is most likely because it did not fulfill our requirements as a news item. Be advised that NOT ALL news items are published, and publishing is solely at the discretion of the AVSIM Editorial Team. IMAGE SUBMISSION: You can attach an image to submit news form submission, and it will be forwarded to our Editors. If you wish to have an image included in your news story please provide an image no greater than 180 x 180 pixels in size. It can be in GIF, JPG, or PNG formats. As an alternative, you can send a larger image (please no larger than 200 Kbytes) in email to editors@avsim.com. Please click on the following link to submit your news - https://www.avsim.com/forms/2-submit-news-or-a-press-release/. The AVSIM Community thanks you for your news story!!

AVSIM Online is flight simulation's premier news source, visited by 100's of thousands of readers every month. AVSIM's news covers the flight and combat simulation hobbies around the world. We actively solicit news from the community, vendors and software houses and we encourage you to send news to us that you think might be of interest to those in the global simulation and aviation communities. If you have a story or a press release that is related to: general aviation and aviation simulation commercial aviation and news air shows and similar events combat simulation train, ship, or other simulation gaming hardware related utility software of possible interest to simulation enthusiasts aviation museum events and projects or on any topic that you think could impact or be of interest to the aviation and simulation communities We encourage you to submit your story here. If you have an image to include, you can upload it along with this message. Thanks for participating and helping us to give the best in news to simulation enthusiasts around the world. Please be advised that we do NOT accept stories regarding Virtual Airlines and real world aircraft disasters. If you would like to post a news item related to a Virtual Airlines, you can do so by posting it in the Virtual Airline News Forums. We also do not accept online event notices, such as from VATSIM and IVAO. NOTICE: AVSIM reserves the right to reject any news submission which we deem to be inappropriate, violates our Terms of Service, or in our sole opinion, is not newsworthy. AVSIM is in no way obligated to post any material you submit and by using this submission form, you agree to that term. Commercial Vendors: AVSIM does not accept news items that are simply announcements of "sales", "discounts" or "product promotions". We will accept stories that announce the release of product, modifications to product (patches, updates, etc.), or add-on's to products. If you would like to advertise on AVSIM, simulation's most read news site, please contact us at AVSIM Staff. If you wish to publicize a sales, discount, or other incentive program, you can do so at our Bargain Hunter's Shack. Please keep in mind that in order to post in that forum, you must have posted 15 or more messages elsewhere in the forum. Once you submit an article via this form, you will receive an AUTO RESPOND email informing you that your post has been forwarded to the editorial staff of AVSIM. If we have any questions regarding your news item, we will be in touch with you (usually within 24 hours). DO NOT EXPECT A RESPONSE unless we have questions or concerns about your news submission. If your news submission does not appear within 24 hours, it is most likely because it did not fulfill our requirements as a news item. Be advised that NOT ALL news items are published, and publishing is solely at the discretion of the AVSIM Editorial Team. IMAGE SUBMISSION: You can attach an image to submit news form submission, and it will be forwarded to our Editors. If you wish to have an image included in your news story please provide an image no greater than 180 x 180 pixels in size. It can be in GIF, JPG, or PNG formats. As an alternative, you can send a larger image (please no larger than 200 Kbytes) in email to editors@avsim.com. Please click on the following link to submit your news - https://www.avsim.com/forms/2-submit-news-or-a-press-release/. The AVSIM Community thanks you for your news story!!

After nearly three years of redevelopment, Arabian Airlines is thrilled to announce that virtual airline operations will recommence on July 14, 2018 at 0400z. All four A319s will operate the first scheduled flights for the airline. The first four flights will depart to Istanbul, Beirut, Jeddah, and Dubai (DWC). Virtual pilot applications will open at 0445Z. There will be a very limited number of vacancies. Virtual pilot applicants are required to own a copy of the FSLabs A320-X and A319-X. Virtual pilot requirements and applications can be found here. A free, high-quality Queen Alia International Airport for FSX and Prepar3D provided by Jordan vACC can be downloaded from here. We look forward to welcoming all new virtual airline pilots to Arabian Airlines.

Welcome to the new support forum for Mindstar Aviation. After our own forums were hacked last year, we realized that we simply didn't have time to deal with such behaviors and were at a loss what to do. Thanks to Tom Allensworth and his AVSIM staff, we now have a new home for our support forums.

Prepar3D v4.4 Is Available Now ! Prepar3D v 4 (4.16.27077) Please see the link below for more details. https://www.prepar3d.com/latest-news/ The Client Installer is required to update Prepar3D v4 to a more recent version. You must first have Prepar3D v4 installed to utilize the Client only installer. The Content and Scenery are Optional Updates, Please review the releases notes. --- The Topic below is a step by step guide on the process of updating Prepar3D v4 For a video tutorial please see this link

AVSIM Online is flight simulation's premier news source, visited by 100's of thousands of readers every month. AVSIM's news covers the flight and combat simulation hobbies around the world. We actively solicit news from the community, vendors and software houses and we encourage you to send news to us that you think might be of interest to those in the global simulation and aviation communities. If you have a story or a press release that is related to: general aviation and aviation simulation commercial aviation and news air shows and similar events combat simulation train, ship, or other simulation gaming hardware related utility software of possible interest to simulation enthusiasts aviation museum events and projects or on any topic that you think could impact or be of interest to the aviation and simulation communities We encourage you to submit your story here. If you have an image to include, you can upload it along with this message. Thanks for participating and helping us to give the best in news to simulation enthusiasts around the world. Please be advised that we do NOT accept stories regarding Virtual Airlines and real world aircraft disasters. If you would like to post a news item related to a Virtual Airlines, you can do so by posting it in the Virtual Airline News Forums. We also do not accept online event notices, such as from VATSIM and IVAO. NOTICE: AVSIM reserves the right to reject any news submission which we deem to be inappropriate, violates our Terms of Service, or in our sole opinion, is not newsworthy. AVSIM is in no way obligated to post any material you submit and by using this submission form, you agree to that term. Commercial Vendors: AVSIM does not accept news items that are simply announcements of "sales", "discounts" or "product promotions". We will accept stories that announce the release of product, modifications to product (patches, updates, etc.), or add-on's to products. If you would like to advertise on AVSIM, simulation's most read news site, please contact us at AVSIM Staff. If you wish to publicize a sales, discount, or other incentive program, you can do so at our Bargain Hunter's Shack. Please keep in mind that in order to post in that forum, you must have posted 15 or more messages elsewhere in the forum. Once you submit an article via this form, you will receive an AUTO RESPOND email informing you that your post has been forwarded to the editorial staff of AVSIM. If we have any questions regarding your news item, we will be in touch with you (usually within 24 hours). DO NOT EXPECT A RESPONSE unless we have questions or concerns about your news submission. If your news submission does not appear within 24 hours, it is most likely because it did not fulfill our requirements as a news item. Be advised that NOT ALL news items are published, and publishing is solely at the discretion of the AVSIM Editorial Team. IMAGE SUBMISSION: You can attach an image to submit news form submission, and it will be forwarded to our Editors. If you wish to have an image included in your news story please provide an image no greater than 180 x 180 pixels in size. It can be in GIF, JPG, or PNG formats. As an alternative, you can send a larger image (please no larger than 200 Kbytes) in email to editors@avsim.com. Please click on the following link to submit your news - https://www.avsim.com/forms/2-submit-news-or-a-press-release/. The AVSIM Community thanks you for your news story!!

When asking questions or reporting issues, please identify your version of P3D. There is enough difference between v4. 4.5 , 4.5 HF3 and 5 to cause confusion. Thanx, Vic

Sharing images is a form of self expression and creativity that rivals words in our hobby and others. It's with this interest that AVSIM is pleased to announce a new set of image policies which allow for more self expression and creativity! If images are hosted by AVSIM: No more than 10 images per post Image weight and size restrictions remain the same Image will now be allowed to be stored for 120 days, rather than 90 If images are hosted by a another site: Up to 20 images per post Images will be forced to a maximum of 1024 pixels wide when displayed in the forum (or a size smaller as to not exceed the width of the reader's monitor) - clicking on image will display the original image size No limit on weight (but poster should forewarn readers of large images) Overall changes no matter whether uploaded or hosted elsewhere:In the Screenshot forum, images can appear in subsequent posts in a topic, however first message in topic MUST include images The full image posting policy is available at this link for your review.