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simMarket Round-up 01/09

Miguel Blaufuks, Sunday, 31 May 2009 @ 8:37

Did you see simMarket’s latest featured product slider on their main page? niiiiceee….! Let’s quickly tipp you to simMarket’s latest releases, developers keep making excellent add-ons and they need to get them out to you:

FS ALTITUDE – VOL. 3 – AUSTRALIA DVD EDITION FS Altitude is back with Volume 3 of their series now [...]

The dawn of a new Flight Simulator…. maybe?

Miguel Blaufuks, Saturday, 30 May 2009 @ 15:52

My friend Mathijs Kok, one of the brightest minds in our hobby/industry and the company he works for,Â Aerosoft, have plans for an entire new, post FSX, Flight Simulator development: “Â Aerosoft is currently seriously investigating the development of a new simulator, directly aimed at replacing FSX “….

He is asking YOU for your serious and direct [...]

How cool is this? There you go MS, give us FS LIVE!

Miguel Blaufuks, Saturday, 30 May 2009 @ 10:32

Very interesting project here…. not new, but new to us: based on Google Earth and it’s API’s and following an earlier javascript based development here comes ‘Ships’Â an online Ships Simulator from PlanetInAction.com where you can be the helmsman of Â a bunch of vessels, from barges to cruise ships… and to stay more inline with [...]

It’s a scenery, it’s an helicopter… yes, it’s the SA315 LAMA package!

Miguel Blaufuks, Saturday, 30 May 2009 @ 1:00

OUT NOW, the much (and this is not the usual PR BS here) antecipated SA315 Lama for FSX and FS2004 from Peter Salzgeber: jajajajaja…. it’s all you ever wanted from an helicopter package release: 39 versions & configurations, seasonal equipment, winches, spectrolab, spray equipment, transport versions, etc, etc, etc… plus a bunch of air base [...]

MyTraffic X Links To Ultimate Traffic 2

francois, Thursday, 28 May 2009 @ 15:43

Flight1′s recently released Ultimate Traffic 2 offers yet another AI package. Burkhard Renk, author of MyTraffic X5.2a, reports “……A simple but charming idea is that users of both packages want to profit from both of them. I found a simple way to implement this by making a little change to the MyTraffic editor [...]

Messerschmitt BF-109 From CWDT

francois, Thursday, 28 May 2009 @ 15:34

Now available on simMarket is CWDT’s Messerschmitt Bf-109 Volume I, the first of many to come, focusing on one of the most prolific and highly developed German fighters of WWII.

“….. This first Volume depicts the Bf109 G-6 and Bf 109G-14 in 10 different RÃ¼stsatz-kit configurations. It has been our goal to provide [...]

Trainz 2009 Now Also At Just Trains

francois, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 @ 15:35

Scott Phillips of Just Flight reports that “…… Just Trains is pleased to announce that the download version of Trainz 2009 is now available.Â The Trainz series of standalone train simulators has now sold over a million copies and the latest version is set to break a few more box office records……”. Product [...]

More AI Aircraft For Your Collection

francois, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 @ 15:23

World of AI has released a few new liveries to their collection. You can now also admire the Turkish Pegasus Airline’s aircraft and the Canadian Porter Airlines. Also recently added were some A320 and A330 Airbusses flying with the Swiss Edelweiss holiday airline. More inormation for the downloads here.

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Flylogic Is Working On Sion

francois, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 @ 14:55

Sion Airport in the Swiss Canton of Wallis is a well-known place for mountain flyers and regional pilots to fly into. Soon you’ll also be able to land here in your FSX, because Jeffrey StÃ¤hli from Flylogic is working on his new version of the product. Should be released somewhere in early June….. [...]

YAK-40 For FS2004

francois, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 @ 19:09

Suprunov Design has released his Yak-40 for FS2004 once again, now with some price reduction and enhancements. The Yak is an interesting Russian ‘bizjet’ and comes with a lot of documentation and charts. If you’re still flying FS2004 and don’t have teh Yak yet, here’s your chance! Get it from the simMarket shop [...]

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