Sim Outhouse Hacked

Yet another FS web site apparently got hacked last night. The bad thing is that the hackers may have retrieved passwords from users who were so careless to try and log in into the non-regular screen presented to them !! So if you are one of those, and use that password elsewhere too, [...]

FranceVFR’s Clermont Ferrand For FSX

FranceVFR reoirts that their Clermont Ferrand Airport Scenery now also is available in an FSX version. “…..The scenery models the Airport of Clermont Ferrand using photo-real high definition textures of the ground, with night textures added to the entire covered area. The scenery covers over 35 km² and adds to the airport an [...]

Lionheart Creations Wittman Tailwind

Bill Ortis’ planes (Lionheart Creations) are getting better and better. His latest release is that of the Wittman Tailwind, a homebuilt aircraft from the 50′s and a joy to fly both in FS2004 and FSX. “….. The world famous 2 seater speedster of the American Homebuilt sector, the 200 MPH, [...]

DC-10 Simulator In Sweden

An interesting video on YouTube showing a DC-10 simulator in the Swedish Vasteras Aviation Museum in Vasteras with a flight from Hong Kong Kai Tak. Very impressive!

Aerosoft To Distribute Rise of Flight

Mathijs Kok from Aerosoft reports that they are”….. delighted and proud to announce that they will be the exclusive European distributor for Rise Of Flight. Aerosoft will also release this product for the Middle Eastern and Central Europe markets.

Rise Of Flight is the latest in a long line of PC [...]

Don’t Forget Oshkosh!

It’s that time of the year again that aviation lovers’ hearts start pounding faster. Oshkosh is nearing and opening its doors on July 27th ! EAA Air Venture is the world’s largest air ‘meet’ in the world, set up as a fly-in for experimental aircraft builders, but grown out to be much more. [...]

YF-23 Released

Flightsim Developers, formerly known as FSD-International, have released their YF-23 fighter for FSX. From their product page “….. The YF-23 was designed for survivability, supersonic, stealth, and ease of maintenance. Designed with all-aspect stealth as a high priority, Northrop introduced the novel feature of rear jet nozzle troughs lined with heat ablating tiles [...]

Flying Green

Here’s an interesting project (AND website) for those of you who believe the world needs to get greener FAST but who also are avid aviation enthusiasts. I know looking at the sky in our beloved Alps hideout that aviation is NOT doing well in that area, clouding the clear skies rapidly with gases [...]

Pays de la Loire Released

France Touristique has released his second volume now, titled “Pays de la Loire”. It will “….. enable you to supplement the five departments which compose this area of France. The product includes photorealistic scenery (IGN source) with standard FSX to 2.50 m of resolution,  an area of about 18390 km2. Mesh IGN high-resolutions.  [...]

FSGenesis’ Cry For Help

Justin Tyme’s FSGenesis, the world’s premier supplier of add-on mesh for Flight Simulator, is in dire straits judging for a renewed cry for help from him. Justin has been supplying the FS communities with his products for over 10 years now, and is feeling the recent crunch in sales, as are many other [...]