Flight Sim

Back in virtual cockpit again.

May 10, 2009

Image via Wikipedia It’s been a while, hmm, a long time since I was able to launch my good old FS9 and get some virtual air under my wings. I can’t believe how did I manage to be away from that hobby a few months. I was doing my flight offline with PMDG 747F from [...]

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FSX Aircraft ToolBox Version 1.1

April 24, 2009

TweakFS has released a new edition of the their FSX Aircraft ToolBox, a tool that allows developers and FS users alike to make non-destructive changes to the FSX aircraft fleet, back up/restore entire aircraft folders, enable/disable aircraft groups and automate the creation of high-quality thumbnails used in the FSX aircraft selection dialog. This new version [...]

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FOKKER 70/100 from Flight1!

February 16, 2009

With the involvement of Fokker pilots, this is an airliner that MUST be flown just as the real aircraft would be. Complex systems such as hydraulics, bleed air and electrical connections, lift-dumper and speed-brake logic, emergency controls, reverser logic, ground services plus detailed icing and fire protection systems are all modelled, delivering the ultimate cockpit [...]

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Microsoft comments about closing Aces Studio

January 31, 2009

Image via Wikipedia By now, many of you have heard that Microsoft has closed Aces Studio, the publisher of Microsoft Flight Simulator. This was not a reflection of the quality of the products Aces has developed, the sales performance of the games, or the quality of the team at Aces. This difficult decision was made [...]

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Addon Converter X for Flight Simulator X

January 30, 2009

Image by Michael Heilemann via Flickr Addon Converter X is a plugin for FSX that makes many add-on aircraft and sceneries developed for FS2004 compatible with FSX SP2 and FSX Acceleration Pack. Many existing aircraft and sceneries suffer display problems with these FSX versions, such as missing textures or missing scenery objects in the DirectX [...]

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MS FlightSim is no more

January 23, 2009

Image by joshmadison via Flickr According to Flightsimx and Gamasutra, Microsoft has shutdown the ACES game studio and axed the entire staff. What now? X-Plane might be very happy with the news but a lot of people, including myself, wants the fact that FS11 will be released. Now those “wants” are gone. Yep, we have [...]

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Just Flight Releases 757 Captain

January 23, 2009

Without doubt this is the most accurate and authentic rendition of the 757 ever created. The systems and flight characteristics reflect those of the real airliner. Hundreds of animations, critically-acclaimed flight models, accurate avionics and a global selection of liveries. The 757 is acknowledged throughout the world as the leader in short to medium range [...]

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Flight Sim Developer “Just Flight” Assists Media

January 17, 2009

Just Flight was approached by BBC and ITN news agencies to replicate the US Airways A320 flight that “terminated” as a cruise on the Hudson River. Scott Phillips of Just Flight reports, “BBC News contacted us to assist them with their report on the LaGuardia plane crash and so our team stepped up to the [...]

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