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Canopy = Vidan Design
September 6, 2010 - 8:58 pm
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“Danish scenery design studio Canopy has changed its name to Vidan Design.
Vidan Design will continue to develop Danish addon products of highest quality for Microsoft Flight Simulator, including the popular series Danish Airfields X.”
“Vidan Design will provide customer support on all products published by canopy.dk. Vidan Design products is availiable on SimMarket. For more information, [...]
Flytampa – Buffalo KBUF
September 6, 2010 - 3:29 pm
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Complete your FlyTampa collection with their latest release : Buffalo KBUF is an international airport located in New York, USA.
Do I really need to specify it’s blended in default scenery, with high resolution custom and seasonal textures, animations, Autogen, road traffic.. For both FSX and FS2004.
Suvarnabhumi airport 2010 FSX
September 6, 2010 - 3:21 pm
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Our Dutch friends at simFlight.nl have published a preview screenshots series of Suvarnabhumi airport VTBS, Bangkok, for FSX.
The FS2004 version has already been released and it’s found here.
Viking Aviation – Zambezi Airlines B737-500
September 6, 2010 - 2:19 pm
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Viking Aviation invites us to join the Zambezi Airlines “crews as they fly this classic Boeing 737-500 on regional routes”.
“Connecting Zambia with the rest of the South African region”, this new DVD has almost 3h30 of flight deck action.
Carenado news projects
September 6, 2010 - 1:42 pm
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Some news have been published at Carenado homepage about two projects for FSX.
Go see preview screenshots and a virtual cockpit 360° view of Bonanza C35B and Commander 114, both for FSX.
Review: Aerosoft’s Faro X
September 5, 2010 - 11:57 pm
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Faro X is one of several newly released sceneries this summer from Aerosoft..
The airport of Faro (LPFR) is located several kilometres from the city of Faro on the southern coast of Portugal. Having a moderate climate it is an area that is popular with tourists. That has impacted the airport by making it extremely busy [...]
DBS Studio – Follow Me Service for FS2004
September 5, 2010 - 11:17 pm
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With the FS2004 version of Follow Me Service from DBS, you can call anytime from any airport for the ground service to guide you, from the runway to your gate, from the gate to the departure point, or to the refueling area for instance.
The FSX version is still here.
JustPlanes – Winair
September 5, 2010 - 11:00 pm
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I’ve just seen a hole in your DVDs range on the shelves. Perfect for this new DVD video from JustPlanes, featuring Winair.
The Carribbean regional airline operates the Twin Otter, and you’ll fly to St Maarten, St Barth, Saba Island, St Kitts, Nevis … for 3 hours.
Epic Victory From Lionheart Creations
September 4, 2010 - 12:07 am
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Lionheart Creations release their newest plane the Epic Victory, a private VLJ by Epic Aircraft in the United States. This unique, small 5 passenger jet features a single engine turbine powerplant, high mileage economy, and fast cruise at 320 Knots. The Victory features the Garmin G1000 [...]
FlightSim Labs Releases Concorde X
September 4, 2010 - 12:06 am
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Offering the “easiest-to-fly” but also the “most complete” Concorde aircraft simulation to be produced for a desktop flight simulator, the Concorde-X has arrived to set new standards with its amazingly accurate systems, stunning photo-realistic graphics, vigorously detailed external model and virtual cockpit, and a fully immersive three-dimensional sound experience.This [...]
Another FlightSim E-Book
September 4, 2010 - 12:05 am
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Angle of Attack is proud to announce their first ever E-Book. This E-Book focuses on the Three Pillars of Communication and has been dubbed PilotSpeak. Through this powerful document you will learn the 3 most important things needed for great communication, whether you are just starting on VATSIM or you [...]
UK 2000 Scenery – VFR Airfields vol. 1, 2 and 3
September 3, 2010 - 11:40 pm
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VFR Airfields volume 1, 2 and 3 are ready for download at simMarket. UK2000 Scenery designed all airports and airfields of the respective area, making of each volume a package of nearly 70-80 airports with FSX animations like birds or native jetways.
All of these are also corrected and blended to match Horizon’s photoreal sceneries.
FSPS – Ultimate Checklist
September 3, 2010 - 11:31 pm
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At Flight Simulator Platform Solutions (FSPS), they thought about our needs of checklists. As we can fly a large variety of aircrafts, FSPS helps not to avoid any item for any aircraft.
It comes with 23 Aircraft manufactures and 71 different Aircraft type checklists. Of course, you can add and edit checklists with this new Ultimate [...]
Virtavia – more releases
September 3, 2010 - 2:11 pm
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In the latest Virtavia releases, we found pure military airplanes : the F-104 Starfighter, Hawker Hunter, F-105D Thunderchief, and Saab Gripen.
Note that all of them are compatible with both FSX and FS2004.
Expo shows the way forward for flight sim events
September 3, 2010 - 11:12 am
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We missed publishing the following press release received from the Astrasim Expo offices two days ago: “ Astrasim Expo Summer Sim 2010 was held at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, UK, over the weekend of August 28-29.
Our first show at this world class venue lived up to everything we expected and more, with record [...]
UK Operating Improved Desert Hawk Mini-UAVs
September 3, 2010 - 9:00 am
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An improved version of the Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk mini-UAV is now operating with the British Army in Afghanistan. The hand-launched system has an improved video sensor and a larger wing. The UK is the only announced customer for the Desert Hawk. Another mini-UAV, the Honeywell T-Hawk VTOL system, is also operating with British forces, [...]
Iran Shows New Jet Bomber Drone
September 3, 2010 - 9:00 am
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Iran unveiled a jet-powered UAV that it claimed could deliver two 250-pound bombs to targets beyond 600-miles range. The Karar drone appears to be in the same class as the CL-289 UAV designed and built for reconnaissance by Canadair in the 1980s. It was unveiled on Iran’s Defence Industry Day by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who [...]
Northrop Grumman Defends the Global Hawk
September 3, 2010 - 9:00 am
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Responding to public complaints from Pentagon officials about the cost and progress of the Global Hawk program, Northrop Grumman has provided a robust defense. In briefings at the Farnborough airshow followed by the AUVSI (Association for Unmanned Systems International) show in Denver last month, company officials made detailed comparisons with the cost of using manned [...]
AeroVironment Flies Global Observer as HALE Interest Grows
September 3, 2010 - 9:00 am
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AeroVironment has become the first company to fly a stratospheric, very-long-endurance UAV as part of the U.S. government’s Global Observer initiative. The 175-foot-wingspan aircraft took off from Edwards Air Force Base on August 5 and flew for one hour, reaching 4,000 feet. The airplane’s four airscrews were turned by battery power on this maiden flight, [...]
Problems Emerge in Saudi Eurofighter Deal
September 3, 2010 - 9:00 am
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The crash of a Spanish Air Force two-seat Eurofighter at Moron airbase on August 24 that killed a pilot from the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has raised questions about the progress of the al-Salam agreement between the UK and Saudi governments. This $6.6 billion deal provided for the training of RSAF pilots and ground [...]