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Review: Aerosoft – Mega Airport Paris Orly for FSX

Miguel Blaufuks, Sunday, 17 October 2010 @ 12:11

Paris Orly airport, LFPO, originally opened in 1932 and was known as Villeneuve Orly Airport. It straddles the communes of Orly and Villeneuve-le-Roi which are located approximately 8 miles south of Paris. Up until the opening of Charles de Gaulle airport in 1974 it was the main airport in Paris. Occupying almost 6 sq miles [...]

Vero – California North

Sebastien, Saturday, 16 October 2010 @ 23:28

Vero has released California North : a very large scenery of 203,741 Sq. Km (78,664 sq. miles) of photo-realistic and full-seasoned terrain.

The 400GB product is delivered on external 500GB Seagate USB harddisk only, shipping from Italy.

10 Minute Taxi

Sebastien, Saturday, 16 October 2010 @ 23:13

“My handle is Archammer, and I’m the host of an flight sim and aviation broadcast called 10 Minute Taxi.

I just wanted to give you guys a heads up that the show is out there! If you have any products, special sales, or other news and services, I’d be happy to discuss how we can [...]

Aerosoft and Thunderworks to publish a brand new combat flight simulator for PC

Sebastien, Saturday, 16 October 2010 @ 22:57

“Aerosoft GmbH and Thunderworks Ltd. have created a partnership for the development and publication of a totally new combat flight simulator for the PC Windows platform. Under the title â€žJet Thunder“ it will allow the virtual combat pilot to fight for air supremacy over the South Atlantic during the Falklands/Malvinas conflict in 1982.”

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TSS – Cessna 172 Soundpack

Sebastien, Friday, 15 October 2010 @ 15:45

The most popular aircraft in FS, the Cessna 172 engined by the Lycoming O-360 has now a realistic soundpack available from Turbine Sound Studios.

Choose your version, either FSX or FS2004.

Rise Of Flight update

Sebastien, Friday, 15 October 2010 @ 10:23

The Rise of Flight players have an update 1.015 to download.

It will fix minorÂ bugs and add two aircrats :Â the Sopwith Pup and the Sopwith Triplane.

FScene Nightlights Patch

Sebastien, Friday, 15 October 2010 @ 8:59

“Ruud Faber developer of the FScene replacement ground textures for the Microsoft Flight Simulator is working on fine-tuning the Night Textures as used in FScene for FSX (available at simMarket).

The patches for FScene4X USA&Canada and South America have been obtainable a few weeks already.”

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Review: Scansim Fly to EKCH Copenhagen Airport

abarter, Friday, 15 October 2010 @ 1:01

There’s a new developer on the scene named Scansim. They have released their first airport scenery which covers EKCH, Copenhagen, Denmark. Let’s see if this new developer is competitive with the current crop of developers.

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Flight Sim Nation announcement

Sebastien, Thursday, 14 October 2010 @ 8:00

“Flight Sim Nation announces development team and Air Tractor Series For FSX.

Flight Sim Nation has announced they have put together a small development team creating aircraft for FSX.”

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simFlight forums are back

Sebastien, Thursday, 14 October 2010 @ 7:30

Your usual meeting point is ready for use.

Our simFlight forums are now back in the new format, with no change at the URL : http://forums.simflight.com.

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Review: Aerosoft's Faro X
Faro X is one of several newly released sceneries this summer from Aerosoft.. The airport of Faro (LPFR) is located several kilometres from the city of Faro on the southern coast of Portugal.Â Having a moderate climate it is an area that is popular with tourists. That has impacted the airport ...
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A Mini-review/Listing of apps available on the iPhone, iPod and iPad for Flight Simulator
iPhone, iPod Touch apps for Flight Simulator FSX & X-Plane: I list below a series of apps (free and payware) that work on the iPhone or iPod Touch and some will work on the iPad.Â FsFollow (Payware): (Position Games.com) iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad A moving map for FSX.Â This ...
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Saitek X-52 Pro Review
You can certainly say the Saitek X-52, and the ‘Pro’ version in particular, is one of those very few legendary joysticks (or flight systems, if you prefer that term). Thousands of simmers have one, and that in itself is quite a reference. I’ve had one for over a year now, ...
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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: FlyTampa - Boston V3 for FS2004 and FSX
Boston V3 FSX Screenshots Rick Desjardins reviews this latest primetime FlyTampa title: "General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, KBOS, is located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. First opened in 1923 it was originally called Boston Airport and was used primarily by the Massachusetts Air Guard and the Army ...
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Review: Feelthere - Tower 2011 - Single-player Version
Feelthere have quite a few titles on the market and have been around the flight sim scene for a number of years now.Â Tower 2011 is part of their air traffic control suite which includes TRACON and ATCC, and I am reviewing the single-player version with multi-player versions being also ...
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Country Living... Sim Style!
The world of simMarket, (which in case you didn't know is the web shop that actually funds simFlight, so it's kind of important to us), is dominated by add-ons for Microsoft's Flight Simulator series. That's certainly not all it sells, by any means - take a look around it - ...
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Article/Review: Ultimate City X: Chicago
Those of you that started using flight simulator before FS2004 came along, are no strangers to virtual Chicago. Indeed, until FS2004, the default flight started at Meigs airfield, just off the shore of the city of Chicago — “the windy city”. I still remember increasing the throttle on that little ...
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Review: A2A Simulations Piper Cub: The definitive J-3 Cub
Our staff reviewer from down under Peter Hayes takes an in-depth lookÂ at A2A Simulations latest creation, their Piper Cub rendition, which he calls 'the definitive J-3 Cub'. This is his verdict: This is a fantastic rendition of the J-3 Cub, It is faithfully reproduced in all its glory, ...
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Review: Orbx - FTX: YBCS Cairns International Airport
Orbx FTX have been developing superior 'scenery' for FSX for some time with the wonderful FTX Australia series and are now producing enhanced air ports for that continent.Â The latest addition to my library is the superlative Cairns which is a major tourist resort city in Far North Queensland, Australia.Â ...
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