Flight Sim

Flight Sim Herald, our new sister site

by Jarkko on April 4, 2011

in Flight Sim

One of my dearest hobby, flight simming, has not been in a role here at planegrazy as it should have been. When I started Planegrazy, I thought that I can write about both topics, flight simming and aviation itself. Obviously that couldn’t be done in one website. So, here we are, new website is up, [...]

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Tower 2011 review

February 18, 2011
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Hi folks, I had a chance to get a copy of Tower 2011! Simulator from Wilco Publishing, thanks to Fred Goldman. The game or actually it is a simulator, is extremely addictive and after few hours of controlling, it didn’t get bored at all. These usually are the ones that keep interesting only few hours [...]

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FSWidgets GMap for Android!

November 12, 2010

FSWidgets announces the release of GMap Android edition. GMap turns your Android phone or Android tablet into a moving map for your favorite desktop flight simulator. The application can connect to FSX, FS2004 or X-Plane 9 (Windows, Mac and Linux), giving you a wireless hand-held moving map display to aid navigation, especially suitable for simulated [...]

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iGMapHD for iPad Released

October 1, 2010

Image via Wikipedia FSWidgets has released iGMapHD, a moving map display designed specifically for the Apple iPad. The iGMapHD app provides a large external moving map to aid navigation, especially designed for situational awareness during simulated VFR flights. It is compatible with the three most popular desktop flight simulators in use today. iGMapHD Features: Connects [...]

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The Best Flight Simulators for All Budgets and Tastes

July 15, 2010

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 [...]

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GMap for X-Plane (Mac Version) Released

April 9, 2010

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 [...]

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Concorde is back!!

February 27, 2010

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

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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