Flight Control Replay Voice Edition

Newly available exclusively via simMarket, Fabio Merlo’s Flight Control Replay Voice Edition is the follow on to Version 1.1 of the author’s tool which, amongst other things, allows you to record and play back flight situations with a wide variety of components monitored and recorded, additionally allowing playback in Google Earth if you prefer.  In [...]

737NG Professional Simulator

120 EUR per hour is the approximative cost of the 737NG professional simulator of French Crew Training close to Paris in Vincennes.

Managed by three 737 actual pilots, their simulator can be booked by other pilots, students, or any other people. Every training will start with a preflight briefing and/or technical lessons.

They even [...]

IRIS Previews the C-27J Start-Up

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IRIS Simulations is close to finishing the Platinum Series C-27J Spartan light cargo plane. This video gives a sneak peek at the optional co-pilot assisted start-up from cold and dark. Have a good look, sir!

Stars in FSX

When most people think of stars in FSX, they usually think about SIDs and STARs. Did you know that stars and constellations within FSX are completely configurable? Beyond that, they have been revamped to be represented in full 24-bit color, a significant improvement from FS 9. By default, there are 9096 stars in the [...]

Flysimware – 1947 Cessna 120 3D

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Do you wonder like me why did they specificate 3D ? It’s because all gauges are 3D. Hardcoded with the aircraft model, this is made to ensure smooth animation and faster FPS.

Beside that, you get a realistic Cessna 120 of 1947 with all options (radios, lights, battery and starter were optional [...]

Dash-8 Q400 of Majestic Software

We already reported that Majestic Software (Fanda) was working on a DeHavilland Dash8 Q400 for FSX.

One of the designers Dimitri Samborski posted numerous pictures of the new Q400, taken from the virtual cockpit and exterior.

Captain Sim B737-100 Picture

There may only be one image so far, but Captain Sim have uploaded a preview of their upcoming Boeing 737-100 exterior model to their forum.

Along with the image, Alex from Captain Sim has confirmed that the release of the B737-100 exterior is in no way affecting work on the 777′s VC, which being done [...]

RAF Museum Seeks Support to Raise a Dornier.

The Royal Air Force Museum, with sites at RAF Cosford and in London, UK, are seeking support from the public to raise suffucient funds to rescue and preserve a unique piece of World War 2 history from just off the coast of Kent.

According to their latest newsletter and a page on their site here, [...]

X-Plane 10 Release Schedule Announced

According to this post at X-Plane.com, the release schedule for X-Plane 10 has been finalised and announced: XP10 will be available “on Christmas 2011″ for Macintosh, Windows and Linux PCs.

The announcement says that on this date you will be able to order the software from the site, so whether it relates to boxed or [...]

Flight Simulation and Twitter

As Twitter has gained traction in just about every segment of the online world these days, I thought that I would share some twitter accounts that may be worthy of following within the flight simulation community.

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