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When i have a minute or two i like to go through FS related contributions in Youtube and sometimes there is a movie that really strikes a bell watching. This time it’s the way the maker, Larsked,  sees FS that stood out for me… sometimes taxiing aircraft reminded me of ballet dancers (am i getting to mellow? <g>) But watch for yourself:

And if you don’t know who Nick (Churchill) is… then have a look around on his web site. Or perhaps you recognize his work from an Aerosoft box! Or from some of the reviews he’s posted together with Ian. Francois Dumas of FSAddon Publishing writes “…… Nick’s latest addition to his forum are a number of magnificent shots of our upcoming Plum Island title… a small airfield near the Atlantic coast, north of Boston……”.

If you’re still on the fence for buying a new graphics card, then Hilbert Hagedoorn’s articles will surely interest you. Link them to knowledge and experience found in our forums and you should have a solid foundation for decision making! Hilbert writes “……. BFG is in the house with their latest weapons of mass gaming. They recently tweaked something in their product line-up and released the “OCX” series of products…..”.

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Ron Hamilton of Eaglesoft reports that “…….. Eaglesoft announces FS9/FSX Cirrus SR22G2/G3 Turbo Service Release 1 is now available! Current owners may simply redownload and reinstall to obtain Service Release 1 for either FS9 or FSX Version. Each Version corrects VC operation and minor tweaks to textures and avionics operation. We apologize for any inconvenience to users…..”.

Some may have trouble reaching www.simmarket.com and the simFlight sites today. The problem is actually fixed but it takes some time for the new IP settings to be propagated around the world.

What happened?: Last week we started to move simMarket to shiny new servers (quad core, 4GB Ram… all the nice things)  and we wanted to work in the background without any disruption of services, we did not want it to be noticeable to the customers. We managed to actually switch one server like this already 10 days ago and are in the process of moving the second one right now. And this is when the trouble started. Read Full Story »

After the minuscule uproar following the new Aerosoft Flightplanner release last week, here’s something to play with if you do NOT want to spend a dime … or a cent, for that matter. Nav Monster is a web-based flightplanner (for the US) and has all sorts of nifty links to useful information when setting up a flight. I don’t plan much but if I would, this thing really looks like a useful tool to have. Check it out here!

Raimondo Taburet has released yet another one of his ‘photoscenes’; Dallas X. “……It is a photorealistic  scenery for day and night / summer - covering the whole area of Dallas. The scenery resolution is 2 m / pix - to ensure that all users benefit from the highest frames rates as possible in order to achieve a pleasant experience ! Very easy download and automatic installation ! Fully compatible with FSX SP1 - SP2 - Acelleration……”. Available from simMarket.

FSW has released it’s Super Traffic Board for FSX. Some of the features include “……. Airport passenger style flight information board, and much more, support for all AI packages, configuration data included for Just Flight Traffic (and Traffic 2005), MyTrafficX, ORBX Full Terrain Experience (FTX),  Ultimate Traffic and World of AI.  Further packages configured on request, real time advanced information including actual airport names, runway allocation, speed, altitude, and distance from airport .. and much more….”. Available on here on simMarket.

More news from the FSAddon Publishing pages at the closing of this Sunday. A new Lysander Preview Page was added to the site. “…… the pictures you see here, especially the ones at moonlight, are what this product is all about and showing what I had in mind for many years. We want to follow the book by Hugh Verity, one of the original Lizzie pilots of WW2 and let the FSX user experience what it was to fly this plane in the dark, over enemy territory, without radar, GPS or other high-tech support…..”.

I was a subscriber to Scramble, the ’spotters magazine’, way back in the eighties. And it still exists ! What’s more, they now have an English version AND you can find them on the Internet, see here. Scramble has a wealth of information for aircraft spotters, but they also provide a lot of other aviation info, now straight from their databases and accessible via your browser. Not the worst 40 Euros you may spend if you’re an aviation buff !!