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Airac Cycle 1109

Sebastien, Thursday, 25 August 2011 @ 8:22

Change 20 of your Navigraph credits for the latest Airac cycle update 1109 now available.

Once you chose your cycle, you can update all supported add-ons : aircraft with FMS, flight planners and all others tools using a compatible navigation data.

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Carenado Cessna 337 Night Lighting

Owen Hewitt, Thursday, 25 August 2011 @ 0:30

Carenado has released some preview images of the night lighting effects of their forthcoming Cessna 337 Skymaster. More images are available here.

Orbx Releases KHQM Bowerman Airport

Owen Hewitt, Thursday, 25 August 2011 @ 0:21

Orbx is pleased to announce the immediate availability of KHQM Bowerman Airport, a FREEWARE release for existing customers who have purchased the full version of FTX Pacific Northwest installed.

This airport is of the same quality as the FTX payware airports, and includes the usual Orbx attention to detail and tech like PeopleFlow, TextureFlow, a [...]

FranceVFR – Pays-De-Loire Photo HD

Sebastien, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 @ 22:36

Overfly this entire western region of France facing Atlantic Ocean. It’s all covered of a photoreal terrain made of aerial textures (between 0.85m/px and 1.0m/px) and a custom mesh (19m res. LOD 11) at high resolutions.

They took care of including a precise waterclass, water transparency, and accuracy in textures placement for best compatibility with [...]

Active Sky Evolution – SP3

Sebastien, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 @ 9:02

All Active Sky Evolution users are invited to download and update their ultimate weather add-on tool with the new Service Pack 3.

HiFi Simulations explains it brings “improved location change detection, improved precipitation interpolation, a new ATC wind lock feature, and fixed winds aloft interpolation logic that would occasionally result in improper wind directions.”

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BAe146 / Avro RJ – Night Lighting Preview

Sebastien, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 @ 8:44

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Last time we mentioned this project of Quality Wings was in February, quite a time ago already !

The developers now show a video from the virtual cockpit with night lighting effects.

Urakawa project for RJTT Tokyo Haneda

Sebastien, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 @ 7:45

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As we haven’t seen a new product from Urakawa, famous for his Japanese airports ground vehicles (AGV) series, I decided to visit directly his homepage.

Picked up ! Posted in May 2011 on YouTube, the above video is a preview of very detailed 3D animations of pushback tug and ground crews at [...]

Rod Machado’s guide to the flying school

Sebastien, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 @ 7:19

Rod – Big Boss – Machado details on his blog what to look for when you enter a flying school for a private pilot license.

His good advices should prevent you from spending more money than necessary, and could even make you a better pilot in less time if you made the right choice at [...]

FSAddon Releases Fieseler Storch

Owen Hewitt, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 @ 3:40

This German STOL aircraft of the second World War has been meticulously copied from the real thing – in this case a fully functional model that still flies in the capable hands of Kermit Weeks and his pilots at Fantasy of Flight, the famous aviation museum and theme park in Polk City, Florida.

The [...]

Mars Simulator 2011

Sebastien, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 @ 23:47

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Land the rover and then explore, analyze and send your results to Earth. Discover if life and water exist or not on Mars. Manage an entire mission on Mars from landing safely to using tools like drill, infrared vision.. but beware of hazards such as sand storms and earthquakes.

Experience the vast [...]

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