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Poland Rejoice: Babice EPBC for FS9 is here!

Miguel Blaufuks, Monday, 31 August 2009 @ 16:20

The boys at Drzewiecki Design have just launched their second scenery project in the ‘Warsaw Airports’ series: EPBC Babice. and because they are a nice bunch they even have a demo for you to try before you buy, download here: epbc2009_9demo.zip

“Warsaw Airports 2009: EPBC Babice is a highly detailed scenery of the general aviation [...]

Bush Flying Bundle from Pacific Islands

Miguel Blaufuks, Monday, 31 August 2009 @ 11:06

PIS (Pacific Islands Simulations) have now released a combo of their earlier products for bush flyers. It’s full name is looong: RAW GRIT: PNG BUSHPILOT & EXTREME BUSH TREKKER BUNDLE. This combo however contains updated products and is free to owners of the previous releases EXTREME BUSH TREKKER and RAW GRIT: PNG BUSHPILOT.

What’s in [...]

Awards 2009 coming soon….

Miguel Blaufuks, Monday, 31 August 2009 @ 9:05

Yes, a bit earlier this year but those simFlight Awards for 2009 are coming your way. simFlight will be announcing theÂ nominees this week and the voting session will begin next Saturday.

simFlight’s Awards sessions are in their eightÂ consecutive year (since 2002) and are the only truly user voted awards in the industry.

The voting session [...]

Change At Grayflyer

francois, Monday, 31 August 2009 @ 8:01

Grayflyer has changed! “….With immediate effect all AI Airport downloads are now FREE and new airports have been added. There are nearly 200 updated airports currently available with more being added on a regular basis. Additional miscellaneous downloads are also available. Please visit the new website by clicking this link…..”.

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Airport Design Editor Updated

francois, Monday, 31 August 2009 @ 7:47

ScruffyDuck Software and the ADE Development Team are “delighted to announce the release of ADE9X. This is the first version of Airport Design Editor to support both FS9 and FSX. The new functionality means that FS9 airport developers now have access to most of the functionality that has been available to FSX designers [...]

FSAddon’s Sneak Peeks

francois, Saturday, 29 August 2009 @ 20:18

FSAddon Publishing is working on a number of new projects (and on some older ones, of course). Not only is a brandnew Piper Super Cub for FSX in Beta test, there’s also another new – old ! – aircraft under construction (see picture). Apart from the aircraft there’s also a new ‘tool’ coming [...]

Aircraft Repaints For Sale

francois, Saturday, 29 August 2009 @ 10:34

You can’t say people aren’t trying to make all sorts of use of the hobby. Not only can you buy aircraft to complete your Flight Simulator installation, you can now also order your own ‘livery’ or repaint. A good man in Nottingham, UK,Â working under the name of Flightsimy, offers his services to [...]

Antonov AN-225 For FSX

francois, Saturday, 29 August 2009 @ 10:18

Thomas Ruth announced that he would also release another fat Russian plane soon, and so he did. He recently uploaded his Antnov AN-225 model, the 6-engine freight giant that the Russians use (among other things) to carry their version of the space shuttle (Buran). This is a freeware model designed for FSX that [...]

Warbirdsim’s FSX Mustang Now Available

francois, Friday, 28 August 2009 @ 12:05

Albert patrick of Warbirdsim announced the release of their P-51 Mustang for FSX. “……. Take control of your virtual skies with our new Mustang package. THE definitive work of one of world’s most thoroughbread fighters is now available for FSX. Already a legend and fast gaining accolades with real P-51 [...]

Piper Archer From Carenado

francois, Friday, 28 August 2009 @ 12:00

Fernando Herrera of Carenado announces the release of their PA-28-181 Archer II for FSX. “…..This aircraft is full FSX and DX10 compatible with high resolution textures (and very friendly FPS). It was developed with all FSX features plus two new features: volumetric normal mapping and Original HQ digital stereo sounds (44100 HZ) recorded [...]

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