General Flight Sim News

“CLS is pleased to announce the release of a new livery expansion package for our Boeing 767 series. The livery expansion package is free and can be downloaded from our webshop. Simply add the product to the basket and checkout (when shopping basket is 0 euro, you will obviously not be asked for payment). Enjoy! [...]

Aerosoft have released some preview pictures (CLICK) and an awesome video of their up and coming Cusco X.  Cusco (Cuzco) is a small domestic (with some International traffic) airport in Peru, and its full title is  Teniente Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport, IATA code CUZ.  Cuzco is 1,165 Km (724 miles) from Lima and it takes 20 hours [...]

After their work in VFR Germany, Scenery Germany. LimeSim developed airfields series for FSX. These are detailed sceneries featuring photoreal winter and night textures, with mesh and autogen. They’ve just released EDKI Betzdorf Kirchen, EDLS Stadtlohn Vreden, and EDLH Hamm Lippewiesen.

Zinertek comes back on the FS2004 scene with a night textures pack including 300 new ones for the ground, among the 2500 featured. Full details at simMarket.com.

Aerosoft announced the release would be close at the time of preview. True ! Gibraltar X has been released so you can get impressed by the spectacular area. Designed by Thorsten Loth / Sim-Wings, enjoy the dense and singular scenery with its road crossing the runway, AESlite controlling the traffic, photoreal surroundings with autogen and more. The [...]

Among the latest flowing released products, there’s another soundset from Arezone. They recorded a real Cessna 172 with a Lycoming O320 engine with 4 cylinders and designed a FSX / FS2004 sound package that you can purchase here.

“Cycle 1008 is now available in the FMS Data section of the Navigraph website. Each cycle costs 20 credits, independent on the number of addons/downloads you make during that cycle. We also offer an annual cycle package (13 cycles) for 200 credits – a 23% discount compared to purchasing each cycle individually.” More info here.

“The F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, single-engine stealth multirole fighter that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air defense missions.” Dino Cattaneo designed the F-35A model for FSX with its external and virtual cockpit models but no custom sounds. That’s why it requires you have FSX Acceleration or Gold version, as [...]

Live a busy and entertaining week of flights with this new mission from VFD. Variety may bot be enough to define it, as you will fly a glider, in formation with 3 Douglas DC-3, fly through bad weather, drop bombs over ships, participate at a precision landing match, fly a race and pilot radio controlled models [...]

“Mexsim proudly presents Leeds Bradford International Airport, It is located at Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Leeds itself. It serves the cities of Leeds and Bradford, as well as the wider Yorkshire region [...]

For home-cockpits builders, Sismo Soluciones completes his products range with system annunciator panels, display control and selector panels, either for captain’s or first officer’s side. Open simMarket.com.

Mexsim proudly presents Leeds Bradford International Airport, It is located at Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Leeds itself. It serves the cities of Leeds and Bradford, as well as the wider Yorkshire region including the cities of York and Wakefield, and is the largest airport within [...]

Real Environment Simulations is pleased to announce the release of Service Pack 3 for the FSX version of REX. Fixes include handling of flight planner aircraft information import, distance reading of small flight plans in the flight planner, URL data pull issues for the Metar/Pireps/TAFS reports from server, WASys crash if TAF is not found [...]

Flightbeam is modeling San Francisco Intl airport for FSX and has published screenshots of the work in progress on a regular basis. Now you also have a preview video, just reminding they haven’t done the runway and taxiways customized textures yet.

“Having had six months experience of using an Elite Simulation Solutions S623T helicopter dual pilot simulator – bought because it came well recommended, has excellent features and was competitively priced – the Heliwest Group in Australia is now planning to expand its use further.”
“The group is based at Jandakot Airport, near Perth in Western Australia [...]

“HotSeat Chassis will demonstrate Lockheed Martin’sPrepar3D simulation software in both 2025 in Hanger B at EAA Air Venture in Oshkosh, WI this week. HotSeat Chassis manufacturers low and medium fidelity Flight Simulators used for procedural training. “
“The companies Pilot Pro has 3 Surround View screens, a cockpit display and the companies latest  Instrument Pod, with [...]

Arezone has released more of their soundsets. The two latest ones are for the SIAI Marchetti SF260 with Lycoming O-540 engine, and for the Piper PA18 150 Supercub with Lycoming O320 150 hp engine. Both are designed for FSX and FS2004.

In Aerosoft forum, there’s a preview of Sim-Wings’ Gibraltar X designed by Thorsten Loth. Close to release, these pictures depict the actual development but very close to the final product. Do you remind this famous LXGB airport with its road fence across the runway ? The preview is here.

Smartbytes sells a new and improved 3D drivers and a conversion software as bonus. It supports 180 PC games and converts your DVD and photos in 3D on your monitor, TV or beamer. You need the eDimensional 3D glasses – sold apart here – or other carboard analog 3D glasses. Click here.

Mirko Stefanics ..”wanted to make an announcement on simFlight.com about a cenery I am developing for Delhi Indira Gandhi Intl. airport. My website is www.flightscene.net and I have a few screenshots of my work.”