Saturday, April 9, 2011

Freeware DolomitiX Belluno Airfield at FSAddon

Real Earth has released DolomitiX Belluno Airfield (LIDB) for FSX as freeware. Details and download at the FSAddon Store.

X-Plane Flight School - X-IFR Introduction

A new lesson has been added to the X-Plane Flight School titled "X-IFR Introduction", details in the X-Plane.org Forums.

Felis Team Yakovlev Yak-40 for X-Plane Patch 1.2.0

The Felis Team has updated the Yakovlev Yak-40 for X-Plane to version 1.2.0. More information in the Felis Team Forums.


Romania VFR Preview Screenshots

Preview screenshots from the upcoming Romania VFR photo scenery have been posted in the FSDeveloper Forums.

Skysoft Beijing Capital Intl. Airport (ZBAA) First Pictures

Skysoft Simulation has posted the first pictures of Beijing Capital Intl. Airport (ZBAA) for FSX and FS2004.

Friday, April 8, 2011

X-Scenery Mitsubishi MU-2B V1.5 for X-Plane Development Videos

X-Scenery has posted more development videos and information from the Mitsubishi MU-2B version 1.5 update for X-Plane in the X-Scenery Forums.      Video 1 on YouTube      Video 2 on YouTube      Video 3 on YouTube


JRollon Canadair CRJ-200 for X-Plane Release Candidate

JRollon announced that the Canadair CRJ-200 for X-Plane has been upgraded to RC1 status. Details in the JRollon Forums.

Leading Edge Simulations Saab 340 for X-Plane Previews

Leading Edge Simulations has posted more previews from the upcoming Saab 340 for X-Plane in the LES Forums.

Navigraph NAVData AIRAC Cycle 1104

Navigraph NAVData AIRAC Cycle 1104 is now available for purchase at Navigraph or SimMarket.

FSX & FS2004 Navaids Update 1104 by Hervé Sors

Hervé Sors has released Navaids Update 1104 for FSX and FS2004 on his website. Flight Simulator Navaids Page

New Cushman Meadows and Bear Gulch Previews

More previews from the upcoming Cushman Meadows and Bear Gulch scenery have been posted in the Orbx Forums.

Aerosoft Larnaca X (LCLK) for FS2004 Released

Aerosoft has released Larnaca Intl. Airport (LCLK) for FS2004. More information and purchase at the Aerosoft Website.


Features:
Detailed representation of Larnaca International Airport and immediate surrounding
Photo-realistic ground texture
Fully functional docking systems at all gates
Custom aerial image with night effects
High resolution day and night textures
AI traffic support
Airport vehicles
Very easy on frame rates

New iFly 737NG for FSX VC Screenshot

Steve Halpern has posted one new preview picture from the iFly 737NG for FSX virtual cockpit in the iFly Forums.

More IRIS Pilatus PC-21 for FSX Preview Pictures

IRIS Simulations has posted more pictures from the upcoming Pilatus PC-21 for FSX on the IRIS Facebook Page.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Eagle Rotorcraft Simulations Enstrom 280FX

Eagle Rotorcraft Simulations has posted preview pictures of their Enstrom 280FX for FSX in the FSDeveloper Forums.

Orbx Darrington Municipal (1S2) Version 1.1 Patch

Orbx has updated Darrington Municipal airport (1S2) to version 1.1, adding PeopleFlow. Orbx Support Website


Orbx PNW Region and Airports for $19 each

Orbx has posted a one-week special for the FTX PNW region and airports at $19 for each item at the The FlightSim Store.
This sale has been extented until April 17th.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

More INTERSim Studios Miami Preview Pictures

INTERSim Studios has posted more preview pictures from the Miami Project in the INTERSim Studios Forums.

Drzewiecki Design Polish Airports Vol.2 for FSX

Drzewiecki Design has announced the release of Polish Airports Vol.2 for FSX. Details at Drzewiecki Design. YouTube


Scenery features:
Fully compatible with FSX only
Highest level of accuracy in geographic positioning, modelling and texturing
High quality photoreal textures of airport buildings
Łódź city centre with a very detailed autogen and some famous landmarks
Animations and special effects
High quality aerial photos of each airport area are included (5 seasons+night) - up to 20cm/pix in EPLL
Product includes customly designed charts and a manual in PDF format

New Carenado Commander 114 Screenshots

Carenado has posted new preview screenshots of the Commander 114 for FSX on the Carenado Website.

Aerosoft Larnaca (LCLK) for FS2004 Preview Pictures

Aerosoft has posted the first preview screenshots from Larnaca Airport (LCLK) for FS2004 in the Aerosoft Forums.

Orbx Concrete Municipal Airport (3W5) Patch 1.10

Orbx has updated Concrete Municipal Airport (3W5) to version 1.10, adding PeopleFlow. More at the Orbx Support Website.


Orbx Orcas Island (KORS) Version 1.15 Patch

Orbx has updated Orcas Island (KORS) for FSX to version 1.15, adding PeopleFlow. More at the Orbx Support Website.


Tuesday, April 5, 2011

LLH Créations Challes-les-Eaux (LFLE) Preview

LLH Créations has posted new preview pictures from Challes-les-Eaux (LFLE) for FSX in the LLH Créations Forums.

Simulation Data TRUElandscape Corsica Preview

Simulation Data has posted preview pictures from their upcoming TRUElandscape Corsica in the Simulation Data Forums.

Just Flight April Special Offers


CARGO PILOT (DOWNLOAD & BOXED) FOR FSX & FS2004
Was: £20.40 / €25.50 / $30.65
NOW ONLY: £10.20 / €13.25 / $15.30

FSCENE X (
DOWNLOAD & BOXED) FOR FSX & FS2004
Boxed was: £28.60 / €35.70 / $42.85 - Download was £25.50 / €31.60 / $38.80
NOW ONLY: £15.30 / €19.35 / $22.45

DASH 8-300 PROFESSIONAL (
DOWNLOAD & BOXED) FOR FS2004 & FS2002
Was: £20.40 / €25.50 / $30.65
NOW ONLY: £10.20 / €13.25 / $15.30

737 PILOT IN COMMAND (
BOXED) FOR FSX & FS2004
Was: £30.60 / €38.75 / $45.95
NOW ONLY: £20.40 / €25.50 / $30.65

CARENADO P180F CHEROKEE FOR FSX OR FS2004

FSX version
was: £15.30 / €19.35 / $22.45 - FS2004 version was: £13.25 / €16.30 / $20.45
NOW ONLY: £10.20 / €13.25 / $15.30

CLS SYDNEY AIRPORT X (
DOWNLOAD) FOR FSX
Was: £20.40 / €25.50 / $30.65
NOW ONLY: £10.20 / €13.25 / $15.30

CARENADO C182Q SKYLANE II FOR FSX OR FS2004

FSX version
was: £15.30 / €19.35 / $22.45 - FS2004 version was: £13.25 / €16.30 / $20.45
NOW ONLY: £10.20 / €13.25 / $15.30

Aerosoft US Cities X Las Vegas Version 1.10 Update

LimeSim has updated US Cities X - Las Vegas to version 1.10, adding night textures. Details on the Aerosoft Website.

Aerosoft Corfu X Preview Pictures

Mathijs Kok posted preview screenshots from the upcoming Corfu X (LGKR) scenery for FSX in the Aerosoft Forums.

INTERSim Studios Havana (MUHA) WIP Screenshots

INTERSim Studios has released more development pictures form their Havana Airport (MUHA) project. INTERSim Forums

Gloster Meteor F Mk8 by Robert Richardson

Robert Richardson has released his freeware Gloster Meteor F Mk8 for FSX including detailed VC at Simviation.

Maui Scenery and LandClass by Charles Reid

Charles Reid has released his freeware Maui scenery and landclass for FSX. More information and download at AVSIM.
This is a detailed landclass and scenery redesign of the entire Island of Maui. The changes that have been created will make for excellent VFR flying. Hundreds of objects have been added that reflect the real layout and scenery for this location. Maui's three airports have also been extensively modified to look like the real existing airports.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Aerosoft Vilnius X Preview Pictures

Mathijs Kok has posted preview pictures of the upcoming Aerosoft Vilnius X airport (EYVI) for FSX in the Aerosoft Forums.

CLS Boeing 767 Service Pack 4 Released

Commercial Level Simulations (CLS) have released service pack 4 for the Boeing 767-200/300. Details at the CLS Website.


Service Pack 4 fixes:
- VC night lighting
- SP3.1 uneven fuel burn
- VC always active upon loading the aircraft
- Fuel dump
- Yokes in VC ability to hide
- additional camera views
- improved ground handling
- VC windows more seethrough
- FSX multiplayer issues
- 2D panel night lighting
- NAV receiver audio

Baja Sim San Jose del Cabo (MMSD) for FSX Preview

Baja Sim has released more preview pictures and a video of San Jose del Cabo (MMSD) for FSX in the Baja Sim Forums.


- Ultra HD textures
- Realistic glass and metal reflections
- HD ground textures
- Amazing self rendered shadows

Orbx WA79 Walter Sutton's Version 1.1 Patch

Orbx has released version 1.1 of WA79 Walter Sutton's Private Airstrip for FSX. Download at the Orbx Support Website.



- Peopleflow added (kept this very low-key as it's a country strip, 2 folks at the house, 2 folks at the horse stable, 2 folks at the gas station)
- Removed autogen lightpoles from some houses
- Tweaked some PLC files
- Tweaked the Autogen...trimmed the approaches a little
- Added 3D wires to the powerlines around the airstrip, so the red balls don't 'float'
- Adjusted control panel to add Peopleflow switch
- Added the flatten fix for Musa's runway
- Removed the AGN lightpole at Musa's shed, and replaced with a small light over the doorway to fit the lightsplash

Orbx Cessnock Airport (YCNK) Version 1.31

Orbx has released version 1.31 of Cessnock Airport (YCNK) for FSX, adding PeopleFlow and more. Orbx Support Website


SceneryBox France X - Business Class

SceneryBox has released 'France X - Business Class' scenery for FSX, covering all of France. Purchase at SimMarket.


"France X - Business Class" is the ideal product to connect all of your french HD add-ons.
432 Airports adjusted to fit the aerial imagery + airport documentations
Platform effect around airports are removed
Over 550.000 sq. km available in one product ! (DOM-TOM not included)
New SceneryBox technology: enhanced colors and soft frontiers
4.75 m per pixel texture resolution over the whole country area
Mesh two times more detailed than FSX
Detailed water mask
Lakes and Seas processed and navigable
The scenery is designed and optimized for flights above 5000ft
The scenery is optimized for the best quality / performance ratio
Framerate friendly (no autogen)
"France X - Business Class" is fully compatible with Hi-Res SceneryBox products (see www.scenerybox.com for more details)
Photo-textures (summer day) from the french geographic institute IGN
Night version will come very soon...

Aviation Multimedia Studios (AVS) Cancun 2011 Released

New Development House Aviation Multimedia Studios (AVS) has finished Cancún Intl. Airport (MMUN) for FS2004.
Aviation Multimedia Studios Website       Purchase at SimMarket

 
Features:
An incredible and fantastic Cancun representation with all surround areas.
Extremely detailed airport.
Excellent optimization for best performance.
Hand placed Autogen
Custon & Smooth taxiways, lines, Runways markings and appron areas.
High resolution re-digitalized photoreal textures.
Fully operational Aircraft Bridge.
Stunnings and the best Night effects.
A whole representation of Hotel Zone.
3D Surrounding areas with a re-worked shore, Cancun city and ISLA MUJERES Airport and Island.
A lot of airport vehicles animations.
Ground Traffic animations.

X-Plane 10 Developer Interview at AVSIM

AVSIM has posted an interview with Laminar Research, the developers of X-Plane 10 on their website. AVSIM Website

Sunday, April 3, 2011

TropicalSim Azores Pico Island (LPPI) Preview

TropicalSim has released the first preview pictures from the upcoming Azores scenery, Pico Island (LPPI) for FSX and FS2004. View more screenshots in the TropicalSim Forums.

AivlaSoft Electronic Flight Bag Version 1.31 Update

AivlaSoft has updated Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to version 1.31. More information and download at the AivlaSoft Website.


New Features:
Weather data (METAR) shows 'virtual temperature'
Improvements:
VATSIM oceanic areas can be assigned to active controllers via mapping table
Groundchart: Cargo parkings are depicted with another color than airline parkings
Online frequencies 199.998 and 199.999 will not be considered
Online: Frequency ribbon shows "digital ATIS" (if available)
Bugs fixed:
Online frequencies not shown if more than one frequency is active within a CTR
Online traffic is shown with correct speed data
Save route as *.rt2 file

FSDreamTeam Hawaii Airports Vol1. 1.4 Update

FSDreamTeam has updated Hawaii Airports Vol1. Lihue (PHLI) and Hilo International (PHTO) to version 1.4. FSDreamTeam


Improvements in version 1.4:
- PHLI: Fixed other misplaced signs
- PHLI/PHTO: Fixed trees appearing on runway on certain conditions