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Last year seemed to be a pretty good year for North American acts with regards to accidents at airshows.  This year does not appear to have had the greatest start. Kyle and Amanda Franklin were both seriously injured in an … Continue reading →

Take a nostalgic journey back in time by visiting Flight Sim Books where you will find vintage text of Flight Simulators of yesterday. One book in particular is a gem – PC Pilot by Steve Smith. It covers an assortment … Continue reading →

Author’s note: I thought that it would be fun to dig this post from my archive as I sometimes get inquiries on methods of how aircraft are created for Flight Sim, and this is a great illustration of that. This … Continue reading →

I ran across this interesting video of concept aircraft for FSX. Anyone know where this guy has his stuff for download? Tagged: Concept, FSX, FSX Film

My desktop was begging for a new look, so this is what I came up with and thought I’d share. Tagged: Prometheus, Render, Skip Stewart

Those of you who have been watching Flying Wild Alaska on the Discovery Channel on Friday nights might get a kick out of this. Era Alaska pilot Doug Doherty did an audio interview with the folks at the new site … Continue reading →

Straight from the MS Flight development team is welcome news that should ease the minds of skeptical flight simmers. I’ll quote the message here: “One topic that has been voiced is the concern over online game play. We understand some … Continue reading →

A fellow blogger has taken the time to give a great MS FS 98 through MS Flight comparison. The shots are taken in Hawaii since that was the location chosen by the MGS team to showcase the initial screens: Part … Continue reading →

I am often amazed at what I can stumble upon when doing a simple #fsx search on Twitter. I curiously clicked on @frenchpainter to broaden my horizons a bit, and WOW…my jaw hit the floor. I picked two shots that … Continue reading →

What seems to be an appropriate follow-up post to my previous post, I’ve compiled a list of folks I follow related to real-world aviation. If there are others I should include, I welcome any suggestions! Twitter Name Description GetInTheAir Excited … Continue reading →