Carenado TBM 850 preview
New pictures of the Socata TBM 850 by Carenado ! It will definitely please the urged GA pilots. Visit also the real aircraft homepage www.tbm850.com to learn more about it. The fast turboprop is certified for 320 kts cruise speed, nice specs for a weekend flight of airliners pilots.
Active Sky 2012 – Service Pack 2 beta 4
Damian Clark and his team have another build (Beta 4) of the Service Pack 2 for Active Sky 2012. It’s a public beta so any user may update and get important fixes. Anyway, if you don’t meet any serious problem with your weather/environment tool, you can wait for the definitive version of this service pack […]
New releases round-up
As some of you may have noticed, there were a few technical issues last night with the simFlight sites, one of the results of which was that the releases round-up got delayed… With over 20 products released in the last 48 hours, rather than make today’s post fill everyone’s browser pages, we’ll cut back a […]
Smoke in a 787 Japan Airlines
In Boston Logan yesterday, a 787 of Japan Airlines parked at the gate had smoke in the cabin after passengers disembarked to the jetway. There is no injuries but it was found coming from a battery overheat taking fire in the belly, according to ABC News.
EDAH Heringsdorf Regional Airport in dev
It’s his first scenery design experience but thanks to Photoshop skills, the German airport is looking really good. Volker shared his early development screenshots in FSDeveloper forum. Let’s hope he finds support and answers for the remaining tasks.
Approach Grader – Score your Landings!
Here’s a little tool to monitor your landings parameters. If you thought you were performing approaches and flares like a professional pilot, Approach Grader should give you detailed infos about what you need to practice if it’s not exactly your case yet. Edit January 13th 2013 : Now available at simMarket.