SimBrief Route Calculator: Innovations for Free Users and Subscribers
SimBrief, the free flight planning service, has recently undergone significant updates, further enhancing the flight planning experience for flight simulation enthusiasts.
NextSimFlight: Discover Your Next Flight Simulator Adventure
As a flight simulator enthusiast, you surely know the problem: You’re in the mood to fly, but you lack the spark of an exciting destination? This is where NextSimFlight comes into play, a free website that helps you discover new virtual flights!
Free : Navigraph – SimBrief Dispatch integrated into MSFS Released!
SimBrief Dispatch is now integrated into Microsoft Flight Simulator, allowing users to plan flights directly within the simulator environment. With this new and free feature, users can access SimBrief’s route planning, performance calculation, and flight plan export from the MSFS world map and an in-game panel on the toolbar, removing the need to switch to […]
FlightSim Commander Version 9.6 for P3D v4
The numerous users of FlightSim Commander will be able to use their favorite flight planner and moving map with P3D v4, thanks to the latest update. You can upgrade from version 9.6 revision 8 to the version 9.6 revision 9 with just the necessary files found here. And you will also need FSUIPC 5 to let […]
FSLoadmaster Version 2.1
Version 2,1 of FSLoadmaster, PegasusWeb‘s standalone fuel and payload planning package, is now available to purchase from simMarket, here. New at this version is the ability to calculate fuel burn due to forecast enroute winds. To find out more, view the video above, then visit the product page, linked above, where you can download the […]
FROOM’s “EFASS” Electronic Flight Assistant
Günter Theml has been in contact with simFlight to let us know about FROOM Simulation Software‘s “EFASS“, Electronic Flight Assistant, which is described by the developers as “…the ultimate Flightplanning and Moving-Map tool for virtual pilots.” Compatible with most common flight simulators, including X-Plane, FSX, FS2004 and Prepar3D, EFASS provides a long list of functions […]
PFPX Updated
An update has been released for Aerosoft/FlightSimSoft‘s Professional Flight Planner X, version 1.14, which will now be available from the store at which you purchased your license. According to this forum post by the developers, “Beside many minor improvements this updates fixes stability issues on certain configurations and includes a completely reworked route Export function […]
50% off REX Essential PLUS at simMarket
For one week only, until 7th November 2013, REX Essential PLUS including Overdrive is 50% off at simMarket, down to €20.83 including VAT, or €17.50 for customers who pay their own country’s sales tax rate, rather than EU. Featuring both a well regarded weather engine, texture improvements and FlightAware flight plan searches, as well […]
Professional Flight Planner now at simMarket
We’ve received many questions since its release about if and when Aerosoft‘s Professional Flight Planner will be being sold through simMarket and the answers, we’re pleased to be able to say, are “yes” and “now”. The extensive tool set provided by PFP includes extended range (EROPS) planning, real time weather and wind charts, automatic and […]
FSCommander Updated to 9.3
On his support forum here at simFlight, Volker Heine has announced the release of the 9.3 update to popular flight planning and moving map application FS Commander. The update comes in the form of a new full installer or an upgrade installer from 9.2, either of which can be downloaded from the FS Commander website […]
Connect ForeFlight to Flight Simulator
The iPad / iPod / iPhone ForeFlight app, is a flight planning and electronic flight bag software for real life pilots. After the download of the free app, you need to pay a fee to access the services. We received a note from Felix who developed FlightSimGPS “that let’s you use ForeFlight with FSX (as an […]
Virtual Dispatch : world map of FSX/P3D airports addons
One of the services offered by Virtual Dispatch is their Scenery Database. Each spot on the world map is a FSX (or Prepar3d) airport existing as an addon and reported as such in their database. Although it seems to be the most complete found on the web, it may not be exhaustive of all airports, […]
Vroute info premium 2.0.7.6
Before every IFR flight to simulate an airline operation, launch VRoute Info Premium to find a realistic flight plan ready to use with SID/STAR preselected according to the downloaded weather METAR/TAF reports. At the next step, revise the flight details : enroute waypoints and weather, NOTAM, ATC coverage on VATSIM networks, weights and fuel calculation… […]
SkyVector : free online resources center
SkyVector.com should be a new entry of your web bookmarks ! In just one place, you have free and unlimited access to the world enroute maps (high and low altitudes). Zoom in and out, span around and check the perfect quality on your screen. Enter / edit a flight plan and it’s drawn in the […]
Ideal Flight 10 : weather and flight monitoring tool
Developers around the world have more experiences for us in FSX, like Aidata Ltd with their new Ideal Flight 10. This tool works with FSX SP2 (or Gold / Acceleration) to enhance the weather, enable autoplanning, and to build a flight package with airport diagrams, estimated time arrival. It’s even advertised that “…flight are monitored, […]
Version 9.2 update for Flightsim Commander
Volker Heine has announced the release of the version 9.2 update for popular flight planning and tracking tool Flightsim Commander. Amongst other new features, the 9.2 update includes compatibility with Lockheed-Martin Prepar3D to join existing capabilities. The forum post announcing the release can be found here and FSC9 licenses can be purchased at simMarket, here. […]
PFPX News
PFPX stands for Professional Flight Planner X. Here and there in simmers forums, we can read how much the community is eagerly waiting for it. And it’s easy to understand why : it’s being developed by the same team who made TOPCAT, the highly detailed and accurate preflight calculation / dispatch tool. Latest news report […]
D-Sim flight planning e-books
Two new e-books from D-Sim have been published today, covering flight planning and management for two very different aircraft indeed. The first e-book, “The 767 Long Haul and ETOPS Guide” is a 70-page guide to flying Boeing’s extensively used widebody twin, including coverage of ETOPS and RVSM procedures, with a tutorial on how to plan […]
Public Beta of Virtual Dispatch
Philipp Bauer opened the web client of Virtual Dispatch in a public Beta session. It’s 100% free with all features available to edit flight plans for Microsft Flight Simulator. Register and find further online manual at Virtual-Dispatch.
Virtual-Dispatch Online Public Beta
Philipp Bauer has announced the open beta for a web-based portal of Virtual Dispatch, “the easy to use flight planning software!” The now browser-based version of the previous client software provides operational flight plan, map view, weather briefing, airport briefing, flight plan export to common addons, plus more and can be accessed for free, here.
Flightsim1com – GeNAV Pro
With GeNAV Pro, Google Earth will become your new navigation tool to edit, view and plan your routes. It has all AIRAC database and you can update it later through Navigraph navdata service. Being a shareware, you can “try before you buy”.
FlightAware’s Free Flight Planning Tool
FlightAware.com is a web site for ‘real world’ flying, but like many of these sites it also has its value for sim pilots. FlightAware’s new (Beta) flight planning tool for instance is a great addition to make one’s simulator flights more ‘real’. It lets you pick departure and destination, aircraft type, fuel price etc. and […]
Stupid Computers ?
We all rely more and more on computers for our daily lives nowadays. Not so bad if we want to play games, and the things go down. But what if our lives depend on it? And they DO in more cases than you might even realize! ‘Funny’ also that the breakdown of ONE computer system […]