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Capt Mike Ray's Articles Available

Courtesy of Computer Pilot and Captain Mike Ray, his informative articles are published once a month. The first Sunday of each month, a new article in pdf format is available for download.

The fourth article is now available today. This current article is about the MCP. Like all other articles in this series, this one is written in English and has a lot of illustrations. Captain Ray has written these articles the same way he writes his famous Checkrides, so it's a pleasure to read and is very informative.

These articles have become available for free to all simmers in the world through FSVisions under a unique cooperation between Captain Mike Ray, Computer Pilot and FSVisions. You can look forward to the next article on Sunday June 3rd. So bookmark this site and collect all of Captain Mike's informative and entertaining articles.

HiFi Simulation Website Updated

HiFi, developer of ActiveSky, announces that they have just launched their brand-new website! They have also made some key additions to their development team and have exicting new product plans in place. All the details are available at the new HiFi Simulation Software website.

SimTube.com Launched

The flightsim community can now enjoy a growing array of flight simulation videos organized into categories. You can also freely create video groups, and create their own internal video "pow-wows".

SimTube.com would like to thank all of those who have shown their support through its development, as all of your dedication has finally paid off.

FScene Release FScene4X USA & Canada

FScene have just announced the release of FScene4X USA&Canada for FSX. This scenery features new and rearranged textures specifically for FSX while leaving the important advantages of FSX intact, thus combining the best of both worlds. As a bonus to their customers, an updated FS9 version of the scenery is also included in the pack. For more information, visit the FScene Website

SimFlyer's SeriesX 'Bendix' GPS Released

SimFlyer have just announced the release of their SeriesX GPX-SX "Bendix Series" GPS Systems for both FS2004 and FSX. This package boasts features such as 5 GPS units, a full Bendix radio stack with autopilot, replacement VOR Heads and over a dozen gauges. For more information visit the SimFlyer Website

JustPlane's SpiceJet DVD Released

JustPlanes, The popular producer of over 500 aviation-related programs have just announced the release of their SpiceJet DVD. SpiceJet is fast becoming one of India's most popular low-cost airlines with a rapidly growing fleet of Next Generation Boeing 737-800s. Within the DVD, you get to take your seat in the cockpit for 12 flights to 7 destinations in India. Throughout the flights you will get information from the pilots during a walkaround, cockpit presentation, approach briefings to most airports and a lot more. For more information, visit the JustPlanes Website

New Caravan 675 Set For FSX

Friendly Panels have finished their work on a couple new Cessna Caravan planes. They are the Caravan 675 in both the land and amphibian models along with two different GPS's for each.

For screenshots and more details, visit Friendly Panels.

FSX US Landclass From FSGenesis

FSGenesis has released an upgrade to their US National Landclass Project for FSX, bringing it to 2.01. This is a new landclass made from 2001 source data.

For more details and to download, which is available for a free upgrade for current users, is located at the FSGenesis website.

Hahnweide Scenery For Condor Gliding Simulator

Hahnweide Southwest Germany 1.0 by Stefan Kessleris is now available to download for Condor the Competition Soaring Simulator enthusiasts.

The comprehensive flight zone features a realistic distribution of textures, nice custom airports, as well as major VFR landmarks. That scenery is of a new kind since it has been specifically designed to recreate during massive multiplayer flights the real Hahnweidewettbewerb 2007 soaring competition in conditions that are close to reality. To find out more details about this scenery, visit the Speedbattle Website.

Carenado Announce FSX Patch For Cherokee

Carenado have announced the release of the FSX patch for the Carenado’s Piper Cherokee. This patch, not only updates that aircraft for FSX, but also improves the quality of the instruments, increases the size of the tail (making it more real) and corrects some smaller issues like the design of the antenna. The patch is available for all the customers who have previously bought the aircraft at Carenado’s site and it is also available at distributor’s web pages. For more information about this press release, visit the Carenado Website.

ImagineSim's KLGA La Guardia FS2004

ImagineSim have released their latest airport add-on, KLGA New York, La Guardia for FS2004. LGA is a network hub for the four giant US airlines - American, United, Delta and US, and is the closest airport for breathtaking views toward the sprawling skyscrapers of Manhattan Island.

La Guardia features custom made ground textures and runways, terminal, cargo and hanger buildings rendered to 5cm per pixel scale, smoothly operating jetways that dock with your aircraft's forward door with an interactive docking system to park you right on the mark, taxiways with realistic concrete textures, full airport taxiway and runway signage, 3D approach lighting and full ILS navigation. Also included are hundreds of airport vehicles and ground personnel, aircraft can be found parked at custom textured parking positions, all hangers, cargo and airport auxiliary buildings are also modeled, there is even a perimeter fence.

Complete details, screenshots and a demo version are available now at ImagineSim's website.

FS2Crew Updates ATR Edition

A new update for the Flight1 ATR Edition of FS2Crew is now available at the FS2Crew website. This minor fix works to improve memory usage over long flights.

Flight1 ATR captains may download this 1MB file from the FS2Crew home page.

CIM Flight Decks Launches New Website

CIM Flight Decks, part of the Dutch company Cockpit in Motion, has recently launched its new website. Beginning in May, the web shop will be open for the flight simulator hobbyist to obtain what is needed to raise his or her hobby to a higher level in the field of ‘cockpit building’.

With its recent product line, CIM Flight Decks enables the flight simulator hobbyist to obtain various products and components to build a cockpit at competitive prices. These will be products such as panels (MIP, overhead etc.) of among others, the Boeing 737. In the near future CIM Flight Decks will offer two different versions of these panels. The Basic version for the user at home with a smaller budget and a Luxury version for the demanding flight simulator hobbyist.

Besides the Boeing 737 flight deck panels, CIM Flight Decks, located in Drachten, the Netherlands, will supply components and products to build F16 (for simulator hobbyists with military flight interests) and Airbus A320 cockpits. CIM Flight Decks will not only supply panels, seats will also be part of the product line in the future.

At this moment, CIM Flight Decks, part of Cockpit in Motion, (a company building simulators for the semi-professional market), is primarily known for its motion bases. These moving bases are now also available for the flight simulator hobbyist, making it possible to build a simulator on top of a moving base. The motion bases are not available through the web shop, as these are be custom made for each customer. If you are interested, you can contact CIM Flight Decks without obligation. The website is available in Nederlands and English languages.

Eaglesoft Announce Citation For FSX

In a press release today, Eaglesoft is pleased to announce that their Cessna Citation V1.5 Package for FSX is now available. Eaglesoft FSX Cessna Citation CJ1 V1.5 retains all the great features of our FS9 CJ1 V1.0 and adds an FSX 3D Studio Max model with .dds textures, bump mapping, specular lighting, self shadowing, and other great FSX features! Customers and owners of original FS9 CJ1 1.0 may download a 30% Discount Coupon from their Coupon Page. To find out more about this latest release, visit the Eaglesoft Website.

Georender Announce Yellowstone FSX Demo

Ponder the mysterious Yellowstone Lake. Explore the 'Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone' and look deep into the earth's interior. Marvel at the beautiful Absaroka and Gallatin mountain ranges. All 8,000 kilometers of Yellowstone National Park are yours to explore with the release of a 2.4M per pixel resolution demo of the popular Georender Yellowstone scenery for FSX.

For more information and to download the demo, hop over to the Georender website.

Weather Maker RX Demo Updated

Calibre Software Solutions announced it has released an updated demo version of its recently released Weather Maker RX for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

The new demo version now supports users of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows XP SP2. The features of Weather Maker RX are limited in the demo version and you are limited to flight around San Antonio, Texas. To see if Weather Maker RX is right for you, set your course to the Weather Maker RX home page.

Some WWII Action

Two of the most famous fighters of World War II are now available for you to fly in Flight Simulator X and FS2004.

In fact with two different versions of the Spitfire being included alongside the Hawker Tempest V you are really getting three different aircraft. The Spitfire Mk VB model is a representation of an aircraft from 401 'Canadian' Squadron from May 1942; the Spitfire Mk VB Tropical model is of a 249 Squadron aircraft based at Takali (Malta), March 1943, and the Tempest Mk V is one from 3 Squadron based at Hornchurch in 1944.

Complete details and screenshots are available at the Just Flight website.

FSX SR20/SR22 LSK Issue Fix

The Eaglesoft Team is pleased to announce that theFSX SR20/SR22 LSK Issue Fix is now available! This fix addresses the Avidyne PFD Line Select Keys becoming unusable after FSX completes its 30 minute "security check". This fix has been "rolled into" our current FSX SR20/SR22 Download and users may simply redownload and reinstall using the Reinstall Button on their Flight One Wrappers and inserting their existing Key and Password in order to prevent repurchase.

Wilco Publishing/feelThere.com Cessna CitationX

With advanced functionalities such as, Flight Simulator X viewpoints and contextual animations, the Cessna CitationX will be part of the best simulation software. Bearing a Pilot in Command label, the Cessna Citation X is developed for experts as well as beginners. On top of all systems simulation, the Cessna CitationX features a full glass cockpit equiped with ultra-realistic Honeywell Primus 2000 advanced digital avionics suite.

Among Cessna CitationX advanced features are: Vertical profile on the MFD; Accurate AutoPilot features; Colour weather radar with turbulence detection; and Traffic avoidance system with audio-visual Traffic Advisory.

Cessna CitationX has a Luxury VIP/Executive interior with a welcoming flight attendant, as well as specific animations of VIP welcoming which can be triggered at several airports around the world !

Fly at nearly supersonic speed, the Cessna CitationX is now available for Flight Simulator X or 2004 (download version). Complete details are available at the Wilco Publishing website. The Cessna CitationX is developed by feelThere.com.

Earth Day 2007

Yesterday, April 22nd, was Earth Day. The first Earth Day was organized 37 years ago and took place in Ann Arbor, Michigan and came off with much fanfare as the way to save the environment.

An article in the FS Free Press describes a personal background about the first Earth Day and then looks at how the aviation industry has fit into the environment. How have we done since the first Earth Day?

SceneryTech Announces Scenery Addon

SceneryTech is a new company formed by Flight Simulator hobbyists to produce innovate scenery products for Microsoft Flight Simulator X. The press release goes on to say: "At launch SceneryTech is offering their "North America Landclass" (the first in a set of 6) which, besides simply improving the realism over the default landclass, will reduce the pervasive use of desert textures as found in the default and substantially increases the number of towns and cities. This is also the first product to ever include a modified slope landclass, which activates smoother texture transitions on slopes."

To find out more about this product, visit the SceneryTech Website.

Air Madagascar Scenery

After several months of hard work, the AMS Team is proud to announce the Antananarivo 2007 project. Readers should note that the website is in French. Readers are required to create a logon to gain access to the website. To find out more, visit the Air Madagascar Website.

Computer Pilot Digitize Entire Back-Catalogue

The popular flight-simulation magazine Computer Pilot have just announced that they will be releasing their entire back-catalogue in electronic (.pdf) format. Responding to numerous requests from Computer Pilot readers, they are now providing entire year back volumes of Computer Pilot Magazine on CD, all the way back to their first issue in 1995.
With these digitized versions - Called The Computer Pilot Reference Collection- you can have these issues on your PC ready to read in it's 'as published' format, print any part you like or perform instant searches of over 8,000 pages of Computer Pilot Magazines from over the years. Currently available are Volume 10 (2006) and Volume 9 (2005) with the remainder (1996-2004) becoming available within 3 months.
The Computer Pilot Reference Collection Volumes 9 and 10 are available now at a low introductory price, and are available on CD-ROM or to download; both include a free version of Adobe Acrobat to view the '.pdf' files. These are currently not available on the Computer Pilot website but are out on the PC Aviator online shopping site. Here are the links you can click on to purchase your preference of CD-ROM or Download Version:

Volume 10 (2006) CD-ROM Version

Volume 9 (2005) CD-ROM Version

Volume 10 (2006) Instant Download Version

Volume 9 (2005) Instant Download Version

Russian AI Traffic System Release Aeroflot AI

The Russian AI Traffic System team have just announced the release of their long-awaited package - Aeroflot - Russian Airlines. The package includes 1721 regular and charter flights, and 81 hand-made repaints for all fleet. The AI operate with accurate rotation and realistic time periods for each plane. For more information, visit The Russian AI Traffic System Website.

FriendlyPanels Release Cessna Caravan 675

FriendlyPanels has just announced the release of their Cessna Caravan 675 Executive Edition for FSX. This completely new design for both the Cessna Caravan 675 and the 675 Amphibian advertises features such as a range realistic GPS equipment, three liveries for each aircraft, full moving parts, low impact on frame rates, and complete virtual cockpit and cabin, with a custom 2D panel as well. Please, visit The FriendlyPanels Website for more information.

AlphaSim's AH-1W Super Cobra

Sleek and effective, the Super Cobra is the classic battlefield helicopter, combat-proven in Vietnam and the Gulf. This AlphaSim package pays homage to a US Marines version from the 1991 Gulf conflict. The paintwork depicts a war-worn example, custom sounds add to a movie-like image in the sim.

The FSX version has the full spec with bump mapping, glass bloom and self-shadowing. The flight dynamics are finely tuned and come with a full checklist, reference card and an Operations Manual in .doc format. The VC is detailed and the 2D panel sports a large-format HUD with adjustable brightness.

The pilots can be toggled on/off and the externally mounted missiles and rocket pods can also be removed using a keypress. The chin gun and sensor pod on the nose are animated with joystick input.

This release is for FS2004 and FSX with a filesize of 13MB (FS9) and 23MB (FSX). Details and screenshots can be viewed on the AlphaSim Newspage.

Looking For Some Adventure?

Have you ever wanted to go back in time and get a sense of what it was like for bush pilots to make Alaskan supply runs to radio stations in the days of WWII? How about searching for UFO's above Antartica? Or set out on an expedition to the Mongolian Temples of Doom?

If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, FS2004 Adventure Sky might be worth checking out.

The purpose of the site is to provide, free of charge, FS2004 users with already made scenery adventure files that they can download and fly by themselves or with other pilots via a dedicated server. The site is available in English and Spanish versions.

So if you're wanting to search for gold in the rivers of Chile or looking for a jungle flight in Panama, head on over to FS2004 Adventure Sky and book your reservation.

Tips, Tricks & Trips For FSX

If you're one of those who have installed Microsoft Flight Simulator X and you're looking to get more out of your flight sim immersion, Abacus Publishing says it has a companion to help you along.

Tips, Tricks & Trips for Flight Simulator X was written by two flight sim experts, Adam Howe and Scott Slaughter, and its aim is to "put the complexity to rest so that you can enjoy the Flight Simulator experience rather than fight it."

According to Abacus, "This is not a users manual for Flight Simlulator X. Instead, it's a collection of "right to the point" articles that will help you run FSX faster, better, easier. In short, you'll have more fun!."

Tips, Tricks & Trips for Flight Simulator X is available for immediate purchase via download in Adobe (.pdf) format and the book w/CD-ROM version is slated for a May 18th release.

For more information and to purchase Tips, Tricks & Trips for Flight Simulator X, try saying that fast five times and set your course to the Abacus website.

FScene4X-Europe Patch

FScene announced it has released a patch for users of FScene4X-Europe. According to FScene's Ruud Faber, an update for FScene4X-USA & Canada is also forthcoming.

FScene produces replacement ground texture sets for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and FSX.

For more information and to download this patch, you can fly direct to the FScene website.