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VR Insight – Flight Master Yoke Preorder

Sebastien, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 @ 12:04

There hasn’t been new yokes products for our flight simulators for years until some weeks ago.

But it seems this marketÂ will benefit from a renewal,Â and customers looking for quality products will welcome I guess.Â Read the following press release to discover theÂ Â Flight Master Yoke by VRinsight, now on preoder for availability on nextÂ 15th November.

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Imagine Sim – Singapore Changi WSSS FSX

Sebastien, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 @ 8:56

The FSX version of Singapore Changi WSSS has been released by Imagine Sim.

Featuring hundreds of airport vehicles, custom made textures, realistic taxiways and runways signage, interactive docking systems, it has all the needed stuff to enjoy this major Asian hub.

CR1 Software – Aeronca Champion

Sebastien, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 @ 20:36

CR1 Software has a new plane to make enter in your FSX virtual warehouse.

The Aeronca Champion is a well known light aircraft by many rookies, but also bush flying lovers and other instructors. This model for FSX has a lot of features to enjoy.

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FSDreamTeam — KLAX Preview

Sebastien, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 @ 20:15

In FSDreamTeam forum, there have been some news posted about Los Angeles X scenery under development.

Look how they are actually designing the taxiways, and here the runways.

DFS – DVD Patrouille Suisse Tango

Sebastien, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 @ 20:03

This new DVD video shows the Swiss Air Force “Patrouille”. You get it, these are the best pilots performing their entire aerobatic programme.

And to achieve the perfect pictures, they placed HD cameras on the pilots helmets, on the aircraft body and in the cockpit.

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Astragon – Farming Simulator 2011

Sebastien, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 @ 19:47

Apart the enhanced graphics, what’s new in Farming Simulator 2011 published by Astragon ?

The multiplayer mode has been improved, but overall, now you can breed cattle. This brings a whole range of new tasks to increase your farm earnings.

QualityWings — Boeing 787 project

Sebastien, Monday, 18 October 2010 @ 21:33

The Ultimate 787 Collection is the next project at Quality Wings.

Beside this quick visual preview, you can read all details about features and models from Corey Ford of the developement team.

UK2000 — Gatwick X Preview

Sebastien, Monday, 18 October 2010 @ 20:18

Message for UK2000 scenery fanatics : Gary Summons revealed some early developement screenshots of Gatwick.

He’s trying new design techniques for high res ground textures, so we’ll wait eagerly for the next ones.

Tropicalsim – Terrance B Lettsome Intl, Beef Island / TUPJ

Sebastien, Sunday, 17 October 2010 @ 16:55

In the British Virgin Islands, Tropicalsim designed another detailed airport for FS2004 and FSX.

Featuring animated traffic, photoreal terrain for surroundings with Autogen, Terrance B Lettsome Intl is a nice Caribbean scenery you may add to your collection.

Just Planes – Paris CDG

Sebastien, Sunday, 17 October 2010 @ 16:33

Just Planes publishes video DVD not only about a specific airline, but also about a specific airport, filming dozens of aircrafts types and airlines.

This time, they put 4 hours of action in Paris Charles de Gaulle on DVD.

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Tongass Fjords X - The Glacial Review
Peter Hayes starts without any further ado: What can I say?Â This is the definitive piece of scenery for FSX.Â It changes the default sterile FSX area into something that is alive and vibrant.Â I only have a brief time to assess the scenery for the review so I will only ...
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Review: PMDG 737 NGX
This review was originally published in German on our sister site www.simflight.de and has been kindly translated by Martin Boehme. All references in the article lead to the original articles in German. Precision Manuals Development Group (PMDG) has followed suit and recently released their interpretation of the Boeing 737 NG. This ...
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PMDG - 737NGX 600/700 expansion reviewed
While the PMDG NGX basepack only delivered the 737-800 and 737-900, the first expansion pack was released shortly after PMDG updated the NGX to SP1. This first service pack brings the 737-600 and 737-700 to FSX in PMDG quality. Facing serious competition from the Airbus A320 family, Boeing decided to upgrade ...
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The Carenado Saratoga — The Revolutionary Review
Peter Hayes start with his usual quick summary: Â "I have several Carenado GA planes in my virtual hangar and the Saratoga makes it number 8.Â Carenado makes good solid basic GA planes and the Saratoga is no exception.Â There has been some criticism in the forums about the “sameness” of ...
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Review: PAOB Fokker 60
Most people have never heard of the Fokker 60, a stretched version of the Fokker 50 turboprop. That's because it was a casualty of the 1996 bankruptcy. PAOB (Precision Aerobus) has developed a version of this aircraft for FSX that is impressive. The F60 did get into production and four of ...
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Review of Aerosoft - Anchorage X for FSX
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, ICAO: PANC is located in Anchorage Alaska. The airport is quite large and occupies 4,500 acres; it has two passenger terminals one domestic one international and several cargo terminals. The airport has three runways; 7L/25R @ 10,600ft, 7R/25L @ 10,900ft and 14/32 @ 11,582ft. It is ...
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FranceVFR - Alsace VFR for FSX review
The latest regional scenery release from FranceVFR is Alsace VFR for both FSX and FS2004. This review isÂ of the FSX version. Occupying the north-eastern most corner of France this scenery covers approximately 10,000 sq kms and includes some beautiful landscapes. Of the 26 regions it is the fourth smallest and has ...
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Review: PACIFIC ISLANDS SIMULATION - VFR APPALACHIA
Quick Summary: In the past Pacific Island Simulations have given us some excellent scenery in the remote Pacific Ocean and now after producing the stunning Ingalls Field have now developed VFR Appalachia. Â It covers most of what is called Appalachia in the USA, and includes 6 rural and ...
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Review: FlyTampa's Vienna LOWW V2
Fly Tampa have been producing add-on airports for Flight simulator over a number of years.Â They now have over a dozen titles covering FS2002, FS2004 and FSX, with about 6 titles for FSX.Â This is version 2 of LOWW and it has been extensively upgraded.Â The improvements include added terminals, ...
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Captain Sim B-52 Driver reviewed
Overview of the B-52 Being one of only a few aircraft that served for its original operator for over 50 years, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a true icon of military aviation, commonly known by everybody that works around these big aircraft as the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow). The real ...
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