FS2004 Helps Determined Youngster

From AOPA’s news “….  A 12-year-old is among students learning to fly at Page Field airport in Fort Myers, Fla. The sixth-grader, Owen Nicely, who says he is determined to become a pilot, has already logged more than 50 hours in the air and trains at home with Flight Simulator 2004 on his [...]

Two More Deltasim Ships

Following the release of the first two Deltasim ships on simMarket, there are now two additional posted. The first is an off-shore support ship, the Bourbon Orca X-bow. Truly an impressive workhorse of the seas. The other is the Maltese Falcon, a magnificent three-mast sailing yacht. Owning one of these is just as [...]

New Eaglesoft Citation Features

Eaglesoft reports that “…… Eaglesoft Development Group releases Free Upgrade to their classic Citation II/SP for FSX! The long awaited upgrade to our classic Citation II/SP showcases new avionics and features at no cost to current owners of CII/SP for FSX! Current owners may simply redownlaod and reinstall using their existing key and [...]

Thugs Hurting YOUR Hobby Stand Trial

It is good to see the lowlife of Pirate Bay in court once again, and this time with some serious, although fumbling, prosecution and charges. The Sweden based piracy site has been taunting authorities and commercial developers for many years, all the while making money of stolen software and openly stealing from thousands [...]

Carenado’s FS2004 Discounts

Carenado is offering a bunch of their FS2004 GA aircraft at big discounts. “…… These FS2004 aircraft will be on sale only for a few days until February 28th, 2009. Get the C210M Centurion II, PA28 Dakota 236, PA28 Archer II, V35 Bonanza and F33 Bonanza all for FS2004 at a fabulous price [...]

New Force Feedback Joystick

Hilbert Hagedoorn reports “…… A Netherlands’ based company called Paccus Interfaces is designing a new joystick which they think will be the icing on top of the cake when it comes to joysticks. Current Force Feedback joysticks are very imprecise according to Joseph Melskens from Paccus. Paccus developed a totally new kind of [...]

Flight1′s AirTrafficFX Version 2.0 Released

Jeff Smith of Flight1 reports that “…… The developers of AirTrafficFX have released version 2.0 of their popular air traffic generator for FSX.  The latest version includes updates and enhancements to the existing product and is a FREE update for all current AirTrafficFX users.  Some of these updates include: A ‘Time Delay’ feature [...]

Deltasim Sails On

Here’s another wonderful boat from Deltasim, a “…… 55 feet sailing yacht with animated parts like: mainsail with boom, foresail, ropes, cleats etc. This model has virtual cockpit with panel, gauges and switches in full 3D. The boat has full interior as the virtual cockpit – furniture and marine equipment…..”. Now you have [...]

Ron’s Bigfoot Missions

Ron Jeffers has been playing with missions and stuff and now brings us ‘Bigfoot’. “…… Have some unusual fun as a bush pilot in several exotic locations around the world while landing by ground, float plane and even freefall parachute. You then go on foot to track and tranquilize these elusive beast to [...]

French Chateaux For FSX

A new scenery developer from France is showing us some beautifully detailed ‘chateaux’ and reports “…… France Touristique Scenery is a new company set up for creating photorealistic scenery exclusively for Flight Simulator X. In less than 30 days the “Loire Valley and Castles Vol.1 ” will be available for purchase on our [...]