Making The Most Of Winter

“Me, I was a natural in a plane. But in snow? One minute I’m humming along, the next, my fuel line’s gummed and I’m skidding and banging against a frozen creek.” – Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce, 2008, Viking Canada

With the bad rap snow has been getting lately, it’s hard not [...]

FS2Crew ‘Maddog’ Weekend Sale

Brian York of FS2Crew reports the release of his ‘Maddog’ package and the coupled 25 percent off Weekend Sale. “….. FS2Crew’s new “Voice Controlled” Leonardo Maddog 2008 Edition is now available on Simmarket! This new expansion pack for the Maddog features a huge international voice set and is one of the most realistic [...]

767-200/300 Expansion Pack Released

JustFlight had another bit of news that we forgot to post last night. “….. Today also sees the release of an Expansion Pack for our recently released 767-200/300 Series F-Lite expansion. This excellent additional pack adds extra content to the  767-200/300 Series, providing cargo, tanker, AWACS and winglet versions in a variety of [...]

Navigraph’s Airac Cycle 1002

Navigraph reports that their “…… Cycle 1002 is now available in the FMS Data section of the Navigraph website. News for this cycle is that we now have support for the YARC SFC from OnlineSim.org Each cycle costs 20 credits, independent of the number of addons/downloads you make during that cycle. We also [...]

AirHauler Updated

Scott Philips of JustFlight reports that “….. users of Air Hauler are in for a real treat.  Updates and support from the Developer have been crucial to the success of Air Hauler and today we can offer a real treat to all owners of this ground-breaking product.   We have released a major new [...]

Mexico City Airport FS2004

Taxi2Gate has published MMMX, Mexico City’s airport. “…… Mexico City International Airport, also called Benito Juárez International Airport (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. It is Mexico’s and Latin America’s busiest….”. Available at simMarket as of today.

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DBS Airport GPS Update ver. 1.3

DBS Studio released an update for DBS Airport GPS. It includes “…..  a new database format (after installing the patch you will need to run the Airport Database Update Tool to create new database). Also updated user interface with various features (see Read more….). And added a GPS External Window to use Airport [...]

Real Aviation Stories

Heck YESSSSS I am proud! My friends at WhyFly, the brand new aviation web magazine from Canada, have read my first story and deemed it fit to join those already there. That means I am in the company of some VERY talented and esteemed writers and photographers AND aviation lovers. I couldn’t wish [...]

Where Do You Fly?

Most flights take place in North America and Europe which can be verified by looking at the routes being flown on the various on-line flight tracking systems. Given that most simmers are from these areas it’s not surprising. However, there are many other interesting areas to fly. I’ll give you two areas to give you some fresh ideas and a list of scenery available for each area at the end of the article. [...]

“It’s Your Plane” Reviewed

Robert Cezar, developer of It’s Your Plane, reports that “….. Avsim  released a review of his product.  As the reviewer began exploring the many features and capabilities of It’s Your Plane, he felt that there were too many elements to cover in just one article so, in order to do justice to all the [...]