Inno GeForce 260 GTX Reviewed

Guru3D reports about the Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 iChill edition. According to Hilbert it has some “…. really extreme cooling. Arctic cooling recently released their new Accelero XTREME GTX cooler, designated for the nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260/280/285. And Inno3D is bundling them with their SP216 based GeForce GTX 265….”.

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Freeware Scenery: Chilliwack (CYCW)

With today’s file library update at avsim.com, a nice freeware airport from Canada was released by Daniel Louvet.  This is what he says about the airport: “The Chilliwack Municipal Airport (CYCW) is home to approximately 75 private and commercial aircraft, which includes both fixed wing and helicopters. There are over 20 businesses at the airport including: [...]

Approaching Beirut

Those of you who like to fly the not-so-common grounds will be delighted to hear that Jad Abizeid of LEBOR Simulations is working on Rafik Hariri Intl. Airport in Beirut/Lebanon. At the development page, you can find some screenshots and background information.

Quoting the site: “OLBAX scenery is designed from scratch thus no element from [...]

Flying Car That Actually Flies

Yup, sorry guys, more sensational news on simFlight. Here’s a video on AVweb (you may want to check that site from time to time for more sensational real-world aviation news!) showing the maiden flight, or rather lift-off, of the Flying Roadable Aircraft Terrafugia.

More information about this remarkable initiative can be found on [...]

Eagle Simulations Products

To be totally honest with you, we don’t really understand what these are. But since they’re published on simMarket and mention FSX, they must have something to do with flight simulation and scenery. Unfortunately we don’t have time to test all products published these days, there are just too many.

We’re [...]

Raw Grit Reduced In Price

Only a few weeks after publication the publisher lowered the price for this product and promised a reward for previous customers. In a press release from the developer we can read “….. Due to potential customer concerns, user feedback and market analysis, Pacific Islands Simulations is pleased to announce a drastic price reduction in [...]

Courseplanner 4 On simMarket

The programmer of ‘Myoddweb’  (must be living in England to think of such a company name) has just released his latest version of the flightplanner for you. “……. Courseplanner 4 is a complete flight planner for FSX that allows you to create adventures and flight plans or simply help you as you fly. [...]

Small Airports Vol. 6 For Africa

NMG Trading of South Africa has released its ‘Small Aiports Volume 6′. “…. This scenery expansion package for Microsoft Flight Simulator X contains the airports of Ladysmith, Newcastle, Richards Bay, Port Shepstone and Sodwana Bay National Park Airport. This package include the corrected road and railway network around the airports. The Richards Bay [...]

New Goshawk Version Released

Dino Cattaneo of Italy has released version 1.25 of his very highly detailed T-45C Goshawk. The Goshawk is a modified version of the Bae Hawk, adapted for carrier operations and loaded with the latest avionics giving this old jet trainer a whole new life. Dino’s model is a dedicated FSX design and available [...]

Maybe Think Twice…..

…… before getting on to your next Boeing 777 flight? It appears that Rolls Royce’s Trent 800 series of engines can stop working because the fuel in the engines freezes. Yuck ! The NTSB thinks current precautions are not sufficient to prevent possible fatal crashes. Redesign of the fuel system will take at [...]