Aerosoft Toulouse X preview

Toulouse Blagniac LFBO, home airport of Airbus Industries in Europe, from where they takeoff for first time. And it’s also an historic place for Sud Aviation Caravelle, Concorde and the first Airbus A320 productions.

Since 2005, the FS2004 scenery of Sim-Wings (Manfred Spatz) hasn’t received update so Aerosoft will be welcome with Toulouse X for FSX, and maybe FS2004. X-Plane 10 and Prepar3D versions are not excluded.

Carenado – B200 & TBM 850

Two “New incomings” got revealed this week on Carenado‘s Facebook page : the Beech KingAir 200 and the Socata TBM 850.

Simmers are already excited about these announcements, join them here.

New Navigraph nDAC tutorial videos

In their latest newsletter, Navigraph have announced the addition of eight new tutorial videos, which can be accessed directly through their nDAC software.

The videos cover two departures; London Gatwick SID-08R and Madrid SID-15L, plus six arrival procedures; Reykjavik LOC-DME-13, Cambridge ILS-23, Philadelphia ILS-09L, Madrid ILS-18L (with an engine failure), Jerusalem ILS-30 and Honolulu ILS-08L.

Navigraph’s nDAC software requires credits to be purchased in order to access its content. These can be purchased at simMarket and can be used for any Navigraph product including NavData and charts as well as nDAC.

GoFlight adds P3D Support

GoFlight Technologies, developers of home cockpit hardware, have announced on their blog and via Press Release that they are now supporting and “Fully integrated” with Lockheed-Martin’s Prepar3D simulator.

To allow the platform to work with GoFlight products, a new version 2.20 of their GF-Config software has been released, which users can download from their support pages, here.

Don’t forget that GoFlight hardware is available here at simMarket.

FScene improves some Hard Winter Grounds

Ruud Faber – developer of the FScene replacement ground textures – offers another free patch for the FSX Total-Pack and TwinPack#2 (Europe + Africa).

Once installed the landscape pattern in Europe will show more diversity in Hard Winter.

You can download it for free: fsc4x-tp-patch03.exe

LatinVFR Updates for Summer 2012

Tying in nicely with the timing of Rick Desjardins’ latest review of LatinVFR‘s Caracas, the developers have sent a press release with a link to their latest updates and news for Summer 2012.

The highlight, as pictured above, will be the release of Montevideo’s Carrasco airport (ICAO: SUMU), several images of which can be seen on the updates forum thread. There are also updates for existing products, information about which can be found below the SUMU images.

Flight Illusions RMIs for home cockpit builders

Home cockpit builders seeking to develop custom panels with accurate gauges may be interested in these latest two releases from Flight Illusions.

Modelled after the Collins RMI-30, FI’s GSA-RMI features switchable nav sources on a two-needle RMI gauge, while the GSA-RMI-DME, as the name might suggest, adds two displays to the basic gauge for Distance Measuring Equipment output, where appropriate.

The GSA55 Central Interface Module is required to control either unit.

Trains & Drivers add four more activity sets

The TS2012/Railworks 3 activities developers at Trains & Drivers never seem to release a single product at a time, do they?

Inkeeping with their usual practice, we have another four sets from them to report today, all of which require more than default stock, so check you have all the required add-ons before purchasing.

The latest collection comprises Fort Kent – 1980s, The 1970s on the Koeblitzer Mountain, Long live the King! and finally Class 70 on Tour. Each set comprises multiple activities of differing difficulty, details of which can be found by clicking on the package title, above.

LivingFS Mesh for Sri Lanka

Like much of the FSX world, the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka is best described as “somewhat lacking in detail”.

The default mesh away from the areas considered important by Microsoft is definitely somewhat lacking, so LivingFS have brought distinct improvements to the island using 30m ASTER data.

The developers have provided a number of before and after screenshots, in addition to the one we have included to the left of this article, so ts definitely worth taking a look at the product page and purchasing a copy if you fly in the area.

E-E Lightning at simMarket

It was released a while ago through the publisher’s site but, as of yesterday, the JustFlight English Electric Lightning for FSX is now also available via simMarket.

If you want to experience the power of an aircraft that is basically a man sitting on top of and control surfaces attached to two large, afterburning, engines, click here for the download version or here for the boxed version.