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Miguel Blaufuks, Thursday, 31 December 2009 @ 18:54

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Another Simmer Left Us

francois, Thursday, 31 December 2009 @ 17:59

For the second time this month I have to post news that will be devastating to many of us. Herb Morse, aka Lizardo, died of cancer after emergency surgery failed to save him. Herb was a avid ‘bush pilot’ that many of us met for the first time in the Bush Flying [...]

AirSimmer Update Announced

francois, Thursday, 31 December 2009 @ 17:45

AirSimmer reports that they have “…. released Systems Update v1.1 and Tablet PC Update v.1.1 for customers of the the AirSimmer A320 Basic Edition. Please find detailed information on the systems update here. Additional information on the TabletPC Update V1.1 is available here.

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Review: Nemeth Designs – Eurocopter AS332 L2 SuperPuma

Miguel Blaufuks, Thursday, 31 December 2009 @ 0:48

Nemeth designs are well known for their excellent helicopter simulations in both FS9 and FSX.Â The As 332 L2 Super Puma is no exception it is a very good representation of the real deal.Â I stress that this is not a helicopter for absolute beginners it is reasonably complex to fly, keep in the air, [...]

New TSS Sounds – CRJ-200

francois, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 @ 20:34

TSS throws yet another sound pack at you with their CRJ-200 sounds. Available for FS2004 or FSX. “…. This is an all new soundpack, with all new high quality recordings. This soundpack also includes soundcones, so you can enjoy the CRJ-200 sound from every angle! With this soundpack,we have captured all the best [...]

Swiss Airfields From Aerosoft

francois, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 @ 20:30

Swiss developer Michael RÃ¶thlisberger has designed a number of Swiss airfields and Aerosoft has packaged them for you in a neat box. Airfields included are Reichenbach, Courtelary, Zweisimmen, Biel-Kappelen and Saanen. Included also is part of the surrounding landscape. Available at simMarket now.

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Aerosoft Quiz

francois, Monday, 28 December 2009 @ 23:04

Aerosoft is putting up a few quizzes this month and the final one is up at their site now. You can still participate till the end of the year and hope to win of their nice prizes. Mathijs Kok writes “…..Â This time we have three prizes, 3 free downloads for first place, [...]

Can’t Stay In The Lavatory

francois, Monday, 28 December 2009 @ 13:48

It is dangerous now to have a diarrhea and stay in a plane’s lavatory for too long. A passenger was dragged from the stoolÂ and arrested by crew and fellow passengers last Sunday, because he stayed on the lavatory for an hour!Â Truth be told, this was on a flight from Northwest Airlines [...]

VFR Shortfields Vol. 3

francois, Monday, 28 December 2009 @ 12:28

Daniel Louvet has released VFR Short Fields X – Vol.3 Newfoundland. This is yet another ‘enhancement’ consisting of placed objects and representing 3 great airports/airfields in Newfoundland & Labrador; CDY3 – Fogo, CYHO – Hopedale and CYQX – Gander International. Since MS objects are used that are only found in the Acceleration Pack, [...]

DBS Varview Patch

francois, Monday, 28 December 2009 @ 12:22

DBS Studio reports the “…. release of a patch for developer tool DBS Varview FSX. The patch fixes some problems with windows initialiation, now supported new variables/key-events of FSX SP2/Acceleration Pack. It is available for download at www.dbsim.com. Oh, and join the screenshot competition while you are there…. “.

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