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FSAltitude Screenshots Of Western USA

francois, Saturday, 3 January 2009 @ 11:04

Laurent Dupouey of FranceVFR reports that they have published some screenshots of their upcoming product ‘FS Altitude Western USA’. Laurent mentions that “…… This photo-real product is dedicated to high altitude flying and brings photo-real coverage on half the USA country (Western part). The release date is expected for February, and the second [...]

Halycon Publishes Razbam

francois, Saturday, 3 January 2009 @ 10:52

The German publisher Halycon who re-packages many well-known (and not-so-wellknown) titles on CD for the German market, has now released two of Razbam’s recent aircraft. The Grumman Intruder that is Razbam’s most recent release is now available on CD with a German-language box, and the other product is the slightly older Banshee, also [...]

Review: Samoshin Natural World Trees V2 (in FSX)

Chris Brisland, Saturday, 3 January 2009 @ 9:39

Wondering what to do with the “crinkling” Christmas presents?

Well if there is some loose change left over, you might like to try this interesting texture modification addon by Alexey Samoshin.

Having read both negative and positive comments about this addon, we thought it might be worth a short review to help you judge better.

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Samoshin’s Winter Textures

francois, Friday, 2 January 2009 @ 9:31

Alexey Samoshin’s Natural World FS Winter adds to FS9 and FSX new winter textures, “….. which allows to make “virtual” winter significantly more realistic. This package includes settings to provide you with new winter features such as the frozen lakes and rivers, snowy roofs etc. Seas and oceans can be frozen near the [...]

Malta International for FSX

francois, Friday, 2 January 2009 @ 9:23

Daniel Chircop has released his FSX version of Malta International Airport. “…..Malta International Airport, which occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa, 8km from the capital Valletta, is the only airport in Malta and it serves the whole Maltese Archipelago. This FSX version includes Update1 and Update1.1 previously released for the FS9 [...]

simFlight Forums December Screenshot Competition Winners

Chris Brisland, Friday, 2 January 2009 @ 8:58

It’s been a funny old year… But not so ‘funny’ as for December screenshot competition winner ‘Skidmark’. He wins the December screenshot competition with his shot of Santa heading south on Christmas Eve. Our congratulations to skidmark; he wins the first prize of twelve sound-packs from the Turbine Sound Studios palette available at the simMarket [...]

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Review: Elite-Air Studios Shanghai Pudong intl. Airport
Naming big cities in Asia isn’t hard. Cities like Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo and Hong Kong instantly spring to mind. But, these probably aren’t even the first cities you will be mentioning, for there is an even more famous city: Shanghai. Shanghai is one of those cities that everybody knows. Maybe ...
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Review: Orbx - FTX: NA Blue USA/Canada Pacific North West and Pacific Fjords
Pacific North West and Pacific Fjords - The Strait or Norwegian Inlet Review. Quick Summary: Orbx FTX following on from the success of producing a high quality scenery products for Australia are now producing high quality scenery for the USA/Canada and these two titles are the first in the ...
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Review: TropicalSim’s Congonhas X (SBSPx)
This review is on a product that’s been out since early 2008 and now that we are getting our PC’s to a point where it can handle FSX it’s worth looking at again. First, it comes with good versions for FS9 and FSX. Second, this is an impressive airport to ...
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Review: Orbx - FTX: YBCS Cairns International Airport
Orbx FTX have been developing superior 'scenery' for FSX for some time with the wonderful FTX Australia series and are now producing enhanced air ports for that continent.Â The latest addition to my library is the superlative Cairns which is a major tourist resort city in Far North Queensland, Australia.Â ...
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Review: MSK - ISLAMABAD INTL/CHAKLALA AB FSX
When you think of places to fly in FS you probably think of places in Europe, Canada, or the USA. These are the areas covered by freeware and payware scenery the most. Lately we’ve seen scenery add-ons for areas that have been left out for a variety of reasons. Now ...
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Addictive Simulations - Pitts Special S-1 Review
Addictive Simulations have released a Pitts Special S1 which is a light aerobatic biplane designed for FSX and FS2004.Â This is a biplane single seater, tail dragger racer.Â This is a stunner of a reasonably fast manoeuvrable aerobatic and even acrobatic racer.Â It is a very nice model, very crisp ...
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Review: PACIFIC ISLANDS SIMULATION - VFR APPALACHIA
Quick Summary: In the past Pacific Island Simulations have given us some excellent scenery in the remote Pacific Ocean and now after producing the stunning Ingalls Field have now developed VFR Appalachia. Â It covers most of what is called Appalachia in the USA, and includes 6 rural and ...
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Review: DBS Studio's Airport GPS
This is a built-in GPS for planes, just like the one you have in your car.Â If you are like me you can never understand the instructions from ATC on how and where to taxi to, then this is for you.Â You are not following anything you are just following ...
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Review: Aerosoft Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Benjamin van Soldt writes: "There are tiny airport, small airports, medium airports, and big airports. I have done about 4 scenery reviews now: Aerosoft’s Berlin Tegel, Lisbon, Stockholm Arlanda and Brussels Zaventem. Two of these are rather big, the other two could be classified as medium airports. When I opted for ...
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LatinVFR’s San Jose de Costa Rica international airport
In the previous LatinVFR review I wrote, we flew into Honduras’ Tegucigalpa intl. Airport. Enveloped by hills and mountains, the approach into that place is exciting to say the least. This time, we are going to a place much less eventful, but not at all inferior to Tegucigalpa: San Jose ...
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