July 2007

Real Scenes has released their Redlands Airport add-on for Flight Simulator 9:

Redlands Municipal Airport is a city owned airport with a 4,505 foot runway. Compared to Flabob, it has a much more modern look. New hangars were added in the past few years making room for even more aircraft. For those who fly large general aviation aircraft, or even small jets, Redlands makes for a nice place to base your flying at or a fun fly in.

What Real Scenes™ Redlands Airport Scenery has to offer

• Photo-real terrain covering the surrounding area of Redlands
• All photo-real hangars
• Scenery designed for ultimate accuracy with coordinates from Google Earth
• AI traffic to make the airport feel “alive”

DreamFlyer have released details of their gimbal framed full motion platform for flight simulators that has taken over 5 years to develop. The device simulates movement, pitch, roll, vibration, pilot lead and pilot-induced  oscillation!

I might have to try and clear some room in the attic for this one

The device appears to be in the late stages of development (check out the very impressive web site) and close to being released. The following videos are of a prototype system:

No specific price is mentioned, but it does state “no other product on the market offers this level of full motion flight simulation for less than $3,600″, so I guess that’s what they’re aiming at.

I’m sure there are quite a few people who’ve been waiting for this news. CH Products has released Version 4.30 of their Control Manager software which supports all CH Products retail peripherals under Vista.

You can download it from the CH Products FTP site.

Just Flight are offering the aircraft from their Flying Club add-on for only £6.99 for this coming Monday (30th July, 2007) only:

We all know that flying a light aircraft can be an expensive hobby. But… for 24 hours from 09:00 on Monday 30th July you can make a huge saving on the fixed-wing aircraft from the best flying club in simulation! Download and fly the PA28-161 Warrior, PA38-112 Tomahawk, C-152 and the twin engined PA34-200T Seneca II for just £6.99/€10.95/$12.99 each – that’s over 25% off the normal price!

Full details at www.justflight.com

Just Flight’s Flying Club aircraft are beautifully modelled, both inside and out, and all come with highly realistic custom flight models created by an industry leader in the field. A huge list of features makes Flying Club the one to join!

Outstanding animation includes nose wheel steering, entry doors and engine inspection panels. Small but important items like the brake fluid lines, pitot head and radio aerials are modelled, and the sounds in each Flying Club aircraft are all specially recorded to ensure authenticity.

Use the Flying Club aircraft to take the lessons in Flight Simulator and further your aviation aspirations.

Exciting tools include a Load Editor, passenger modelling and a repaint tool – you can even make the pilot’s face your own!

The offer runs from 09:00 UK time on Monday 30th July to 09:00 Tuesday 31st July, so file your flight plan and hurry over to the Just Flight website to fly a bargain!