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The Best Flight Simulators for All Budgets and Tastes

by Mr. Plane on July 15, 2010

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Image via Wikipedia Flight simulators consistently rank among the most popular reality-based computer games on the market today. With so many available with prices ranging from free to well over $20,000, a flight enthusiast can easily find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer number of possibilities. The following are four very different flight simulators for four [...]

GMap for X-Plane (Mac Version) Released

by Mr. Plane on April 9, 2010

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FSWidgets has released a Mac Version of its freeware moving map system powered by Google Maps. GMap for X-Plane (Mac Version) is not a port of the Windows Version, it has been re-built from the ground up in XCode using the native Objective-C language to ensure as tight an integration as possible with the Mac [...]

Concorde is back!!

February 27, 2010 Aviation

The world’s fastest civil airliner sadly flies no more. With this prestigious documentary programme you can fly this beautiful aircraft again. Take your privileged place with the pilots and crew on the actual flight deck of a scheduled British Airways return flight from London to New York. Captain David Rowland and Senior Flight Engineer Roger [...]

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New Simulation Game Development Studio

October 13, 2009 Flight Sim

Great news for all the flight simulator fanatics out there. ACES Studio will be alive again soon, only with the different name. Former Aces guys are building a new company for all of us to enjoy. Thrilling!!!! Cascade Game Foundry, a new game development studio in Washington, today announced their entry into the simulation marketplace [...]

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IRIS releases Chirsten Eagle

October 4, 2009 Flight Sim

August 2005 saw the release of what is now widely regarded as one of the benchmarks for Flight Simulator Aerobatic aircraft in the form of the Long Island Classics Christen Eagle for FS2004. Now, four years later, and with a gracious nod to both Kevin Lechmanski and Dan Hufford of Long Island Classics, the generous [...]

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GMap Comes to FS2004!

October 2, 2009 Flight Sim

FSWidgets has just released the FS2004 edition of GMap, a free moving map system powered by Google Maps. In recognition of the large proportion of folks in the community still using FS9, it was only a matter of time before the FS2004 incarnation would join the existing FSX and X-Plane versions. Available for download at [...]

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CSC Selected to Provide Air Traffic Control Simulation Training Systems to Universities

August 20, 2009 Aviation

Image via Wikipedia FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ — CSC  announced today that its NexSim(TM) Radar and Tower air traffic control simulation training systems have been selected by four universities to support the initial training and development of next generation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers. CSC will provide a total of 32 [...]

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AEROSOFT ONLINE – SION X

August 3, 2009 Flight Sim

The airfield in Sion is one the most scenic and aeronautically challenging in Europe! This airfield, situated in the middle of Wallis distinguishes itself by its realism and optimal integration into the “Switzerland Professional X” photorealistic scenery. With a large amount of features – diverse small aircraft, impressive night texturing, AI traffic, frequency-controlled approach- and [...]

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