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LatinVFR announces SPIM Lima

Sebastien, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 @ 20:51

Already in development for the past weeks, LatinVFR can now show us how Lima airport in Peru is taking shape !

They sent us the following message : “We are proud to present our 3rd Latin Hub, after the amazing success of our previous two SBGR and SCEL we are proud to bring SPIM Lima [...]

QualityWings Simulations 757 FMC Video Tutorial

Sebastien, Monday, 7 February 2011 @ 22:24

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Those of you who already fly the Boeing with FMS simulated will feel like at home when others will learn how and why to handle the FMS functions.

“QualityWings Simulations has published a brand new video tutorial for the Flight Management System on the Ultimate 757 Collection.

This 21 minute tutorial explains [...]

Michelle Co-Pilots the Carenado C340 II

Sebastien, Sunday, 6 February 2011 @ 22:02

I bet you wonder who is Michelle ? She doesn’t make part of your family nor your best friends when you were at pre-school.

Well, this logo besides is a hint.. Yes ! She’s your copilot of It’s your Plane, which now supports the latest C340 II from Carenado.

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Bajasim – San Jose Del Cabo FS2004

Sebastien, Sunday, 6 February 2011 @ 21:50

Want to see a Mexican airport of a very high quality ?

So you need to open the product page of Bajasim San Jose Del Cabo located in South California in Mexico, and designed here with super looking details like 3D grass and high def custom ground textures.

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Captain Sim Weapon for FSX

Miguel Blaufuks, Sunday, 6 February 2011 @ 3:37

Captain Sim has released a unique new expansion for FSX simply called Weapon. They have some demo videos available showing the unique characteristics of the expansion.

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ArezOne – Cessna 340A II Soundset

Sebastien, Saturday, 5 February 2011 @ 9:00

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Load a realistic soundset for your Cessna 340A II in FSX.

ArezOne recorded it on a real airplane of course, so you can enjoy custom sounds like the fuel pump or even the alternators.

Freez – Zurich X Live

Sebastien, Friday, 4 February 2011 @ 23:35

Switzerland has great landscapes to overfly, and dangerous approaches procedures, as for Zurich airport.

Test your pilot skills with Zurich X Live of Freez, and you will also enjoy a detailed and realistic airport using AES for animations. They are also promising free updates in the next months to keep the airport accurate according to [...]

Just Planes – Crossair

Sebastien, Friday, 4 February 2011 @ 23:08

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Crossair was a regional airline before ending as Swiss International Air Lines.

Discover their Avro RJ100, Douglas MD83, Embraer 145 and Saab 2000 on DVD.

AFS-Design – World and City

Sebastien, Friday, 4 February 2011 @ 23:04

By the same designers of the Airbus Family products series, now comes World and City : textures of clouds and buildings .. for default scenery in FSX or FS2004.

BluePrint KLAX Preview

Sebastien, Friday, 4 February 2011 @ 22:56

It’s not my taste but I know some of you find BluePrint products at least better than the default scenery. True, over all when there’s no competition, but KLAX is also being developed by other developers.

Anyway, you may want to know about Los Angeles airport preview on their website.

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Aerosoft Munich X review
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