Vehicle Simulator From Papini

Ilan Papini has launched his ‘Vehicle Simulator’. “….. After more than two years of intensive development I am proud to announce my new simulator called Vehicle Simulator. Vehicle Simulator is a unique simulator, combining land, underwater, sea surface, air and low orbit environments into one. The program makes it possible to drive, fly, [...]

GeForce GTS250 Reviewed

Guru3D.com reviewed one of TwinTech’s GeForce GTS 250 graphics cards. Hilbert Hagedoorn writes “……. The TwinTech GeForce GTS 250 XT OC is packed with 1GB of memory, pre-overclocked and comes with a wicked cooler from Arctic Cooling. For a first introduction… that was certainly impressive to see. But will the product be able [...]

FScene Winter Problems

It has been some time since we received any news from the FScene desk. Now we have and Ruud Faber reports “…..  a small but nevertheless annoying thing happened to me, the creator of the FScene replacement ground textures. Earlier this year I provided all online shops with the new, easy to use installers [...]

PMDG Updates MD-11 to v1.20.0055

Robert Randazzo of PMDG reports “…. Overnight PMDG has released updates to the FSX/FS2004 versions of the MD-11, bringing both platforms up to v1.20.0055.  This update cycle provides 34 changes to the FSX MD-11, and 35 to the FS2004 version.

The PMDG MD-11 is a genre busting simulation of the incredibly technologically advanced [...]

Eurozone FS2Crew Accent

FS2Crew reports: “……. A full Eurozone voice set is now available for FS2Crew: PMDG MD-11 Edition.  This free upgrade adds a European accented flight, cabin and ground crew to your PMDG MD-11.  The Eurozone voice set also includes an update for the British and US voice set.  Please visit our site to download the [...]

Soaring Expo 2009 in Seattle

For those of you living near Seattle, here’s some news from the Museum of Flight: “…. In an annual rite of spring, the member clubs of the Seattle Glider Council again present a glimpse into the fascinating world of silent flight at Soaring Expo 2009, held March 21-22 at The Museum of Flight. [...]

SkyCatcher Caught

The second of Cessna’s SkyCatcher prototypes has crashed too last week. The SkyCatcher is Cessna’s attempt at building a light sports aircraft, but seems a little ill-fated so far. Fortunately this time it came down on a parachute after having spun out of control, much like the first prototype. The parachute dragged the [...]

Hamburg, Kai Tak and Lukla

What do these three places have in common? Nothing really, except that you can LAND on all three of them and that they are provided by Aerosoft for you now. Lukla (boxed) is a really steep and short runway in Tibet and Kai Tak (boxed) is the old adrenaline-kicker airport of Hong Kong. [...]

Shanghai Airport Now Released

We announced it already a few days ago and now Elite-Air Studios have released their rendition of Shanghai International Airport on simMarket. For sure not one of the cheapest titles around, but then again, building major aiports these days is a major undertaking in many ways. Feast your eyes on the many screenshots [...]

New List Of Popular FS Companies And Sites

Garry J. Smith from Australia, well-known from his shiny painting activities, has started a new initiative. Garry has decided to build a list of top FS sites. Not a novel idea, but most other such lists are either managed by people who have an interest themselves, or are totally out of whack with [...]