X-Plane 10 demos available – UPDATE

It’s time to have your hands on X-Plane 10 and test it yourself. Grab the downloadable demo, visit the screenshots as there are some more you may have not seen yet like airports preview with ground vehicles and static objects.

As usual, X-Planes works on PC, Mac and Linux. The final product should be on [...]

Airbus X Extended November 26th

Announced a month ago, Airbus X Extended shouldn’t be delayed as the initial program suffered.

If you missed this interesting news item, Aerosoft will add new exterior models with sharklets on wings, a reworked MCDU to support routes, SIDs /STARs, VNAV.. and the fly-by-wire features should be enhanced as well. It should be out… this November [...]

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.

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Intrasystem – Cockpitstatus

CockpitStatus is introduced as “a Multifunction Cockpit Intruments Control and Approach System.”

Using FSUIPC (not registered version), this tool reads your aircraft instruments and data to display them gathered in a separate window, and can maintain your indicated air speed, whatever you’re flying with 1 up to 4 engines.

The new version adds an Approach [...]

777 for X-Plane

As fanatic of the triple seven, I’m excited to share with you the Boeing 777 advanced sim project for X-Plane handled in XP Jets workshop.

The available development infos and previews at this time look already promising. There are much more screens of the 3D VC and exterior model, and even some YouTube videos, [...]

Download Glacier Express 2 for MSTS

It’s now common to have very large space hard disks, or you can have one at a reasonable price. Use your fast bandwith internet connection to get instant delivery of Glacier Express 2 and download the 1,08Gb file.

The Swiss route of your dreams is just a few bits away, with panoramic coaches coming [...]

Hotseat Chassis at I/ITSEC 2011

Possibly of interest to those who want more in-depth realism than the joystick and standard PC monitor that most of us have on our desks, HotSeat Chassis inc. have announced that they will be displaying their range at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) show in Orlando, Florida, at the end ofthe [...]

Bear Studios CAC J-10 Updated

Bear Studios have updated their Chinese J-10 ADT Edition fighter for FS9, FSX and Prepar3d/ESP, bringing the versions for different simulators into a single installer amongst other updates.

Known as the “Vigorous Dragon”, the CAC J-10 entered service in 2005 and has similar multi-role capabilities to the far better known F-16 Falcon series of aircraft.

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50% off FScene products

Whether you are a user of FS9 or FSX, you may be interested in the news from Ruud Faber of FScene that all FScene products are available for a limited period at 50% off.

FScene’s inexpensive replacement texture sets cover much of the world’s surface and are available as either “Twin Packs”, each of [...]

FlysimWare – Bell 47G / Sioux H-13

The essence of flying an helicopter may be one of the best ways to define the Bell 47G : two blades, a single engine. Certified in 1946 for civilian use, it was known as Sioux H-13 in US army.

Flysimware designed it for FSX with many animations, photoreal textures and install 5 different 3D [...]