Aerosoft – Skiathos X trailer 2

Proud of their popular greek island scenery Skiathos X, 29Palms and Aerosoft present another trailer video showing other aspects of their latest product like the vehicle animations and the pilot’s view during final approach.

FROG X develops LFPT Pontoise

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If you have used standard instrument departures charts of Paris Charles de Gaulle, you may have noticed the Pontoise VOR often used to guide your turns out of Paris Departure radar.

Just a few thousands feet below your wheels stands the airport LFPT Pontoise Cormeilles-en-Vexin. That’s the actual and freeware FSX project of FROG X.

MegaScenery Earth – New York

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More than New York city only, it’s the entire state that MegaScenery Earth covers with high definition photoreal textures and mesh. So you can fly to Albany, Buffalo, Rochester just to name the most famous.

Read the complete description on the product page at simMarket, to find out all details about the content and the numerous PDF charts included.

FSDG’s Germany North released

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Mainly thanks to the efforts of one locally based publishing house, Germany is amongst the most populated countries in the world for MS FS scenery add-ons.

FSDG have now entered the arena as well, with Deutschland X North (DEX), the first part of a grand presentation for the entire country in aerial photo-based landclass, with OSM-based linear features, custom autogen, 3d lighting, improved airports and “up to 500″ custom scenery objects within the area. DEX is designed to be compatible with other regional products such as VFR Germany, UTX Europe and GEX, plus can be combined with other add-ons such as German Airfields or Airports series packages.

It is available either as two separate packages covering the Terrain and Landmarks/Airports, or as a single Complete package, all for FSX SP2 or Accel only.

FranceVFR covers Bourgogne

110048_image010Fans of photoreal scenery may be pleased to know that FranceVFR have released further coverage of the country, based on the usual IGN Summer textures, for MS FSX.

The region of Bourgogne, better known in English as Burgundy, is famous for the deep red coloured wine made within the region. It lies East of the Massif Central in Central France with the major settlement being Dijon. FranceVFR’s rendition comes in 1m or better resolution aerial photos, laid over a 4.75m (LOD13) mesh with major water bodies made landable by appropriate aircraft. More screenshots and information can be found here.

TSS add another turbprop

Turbine Sound Studios have chosen another turboprop as the subject of their latest sound pack releases for FS9 and X, this time the PW-127D powerplant used by the ATR-42 and -72 regional airliners.

Recorded from a number of aircraft, the soundpack comes with an additional feature in the form of some HD footage of the aircraft. The FS9 pack can be found here, while the FSX version is available here.

Robin in a box from Aerosoft

In spite of some accurately quirky handling characteristics based on the developer’s own aircraft, Joachim Schweigler’s little Robin DR400 4-seat tourer, released through Aerosoft, has won a number of fans.

Those in the community who prefer their add-ons in boxes on the shelf rather than downloaded now have the option to join the fan club as well, if they wish, following the release of the aircraft on DVD. The package features numerous paints and both more and realistically stable flight models, in case the real D-EVEM’s idiosyncracies don’t suit virtual pilots, as well as custom gauge work, sounds, GPSs and much more. Check it out here.

PMDG 777 liveries preview

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Korean Air, Air India, Aero Logic, Delta, FedEx, and Air Canada are the first airlines liveries revealed in the PMDG 777-200LR preview album.

VR Insight Throttle A320 Pro

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VR Insight sell their new Throttle A320 Pro at simMarket. This impressive piece of hardware is an accurate replica of the real Airbus thrust and startup controls, with “motorized trim wheels, throttle gates, totally backlighted” and ‘USB plug-and-play”.

TA Software – Plan G free flight planner v3.0.4.59

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The new build v3.0.2 of the free flightplanner is a good reason to promote the great work shared by TA Software (Tim Arnot) with the FS Community.

Since the V3, their tool loads a PDF charts viewer, an enhanced user interface and more features to to edit flight plans in a easy manner. Of course, there are  more features and data on the map than with the default planner of FS. It’s now even compatible with X-Plane 9/10 plus FSX / FS2004. Plan-G is freeware.