francois, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 @ 13:11 Simaviatik from Switzerland has added some more parts to the simMarket shop. One is a ‘realistic pedal for all helicopter versions. Prototypical replica of the Bell 206 rudder pedal. Solid metal design in charcoal hammer’. The other bit is their ‘Realistic pitch lever for all helicopter variants. Prototypical replica of the Bell 206 [...]
francois, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 @ 13:04 Aerosoft has published their Chicago X title today. “…. Remember the good old days when MS Flight Simulator dropped you in Meigs Field for your first flight lessons? Meigs was sadly closed a few years ago but now it’s back in FS(X)! Together with the fourth, largest city and windiest in the US [...]
francois, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 @ 12:18 Cézar de la Cruz brings us a Mexican airport for Fs2004, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (IATA: MTY, ICAO: MMMY). He writes that “… it is an international airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico. Together with Del Norte International Airport, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport handles domestic and international operations for the [...]
francois, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 @ 12:12 Flight1 has released a product to enhance the sounds for FSX. They write “…. Flight1 have had huge success over many years in enhancing Microsoft Flight Simulator’s realism and making it ever easier for pilots to immerse themselves in the sim. Our latest title Audio Environment: Airliner Edition will again revolutionise your virtual [...]
francois, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 @ 12:05 China does a lot more than manufacture cheap toys, as you may have gathered by now. “….. China will deliver eight domestically designed private business aircraft to Laos next year, in its latest effort to find a niche in the international aviation market. The Xiaoying 500, or “Eaglet 500,” passed dynamic tests of [...]
francois, Monday, 21 December 2009 @ 17:02
Ruud Faber of FScene reports that he has released yet another mission in the ‘Beagle’ series. “….. The missions are all inspired by a recently started 35-episodes Radio/TV series of VPRO, a Dutch Radio/TV station, to celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birth year and the 150th anniversary of his publication of [...]
francois, Monday, 21 December 2009 @ 12:46 The designer and developer of the famous Learjet has died at the age of 81, December 14th. For those of you interested to learn more about this interesting man, who many considered as a pioneer of the business jets, Bill Lear wrote a biography entitled “Fly Fast … Sin Boldly; Flying, Spying and [...]
francois, Monday, 21 December 2009 @ 12:38 While we’re shivering in the cold at simFlight.com headquarters and life in much of Europe and North America has come to a grind, Mikemax is churning out t-shirt designs and putting them up for sale at simMarket. He must live in a warmer climate than we do. Wearing these underneath your shirt is [...]
francois, Sunday, 20 December 2009 @ 17:39 Not much going on these last few days before Christmas, so let me give you a link to one of the things close to my heart in the real aviation: mountain flying. Hans Fuchs of Switzerland posted some great photos on his blog of a recent ‘outing’ to one of the glaciers high [...]
Miguel Blaufuks, Sunday, 20 December 2009 @ 11:58 There are well over 35+ airfields and/or airports in the Newfoundland Labrador region of Canada. About 20 of those are on Newfoundland and these two packages model 6 airfields/airports (3 per volume). Some are grass strips, but then St John’s International Airport, complete with balloons, is also modelled.
Gander International is missing, but I’ve heard [...]
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