Flight Simulator videos

SimTube (not to be confused with out recently launched FlightSimTube) has a very odd message on their web site.

Until recently, there was a message along the lines of “check back soon for a better SimTube“. Today, the page title reads “Simtube doesn’t pay their bills” and the main text of the site states “Simtube has been shut down for non-payment. Please see flightsimworld.com for videos.” (Of course, on a biased note, I’d say see FlightSimTube for videos!)

This is a pretty bizarre situation. I can only assume that the people operating SimTube didn’t actually own the domain name, or they did and the hosting provider has taken the extreme step of making this statement.

It’ll be a shame if yet another flight simulator related site has closed down. Although obviously in direct competition to our new site, competition is a good thing and it’s always sad to see a flight simulator resource lost.

Update: I’ve just checked their site again (on the 5th May) and they seem to be back online. I guess the public dressing-down was enough for them to get their payments up-to-date.

learnthemaddog.com has released a DVD to help simmers get to grips with the MD-80.

The Learn The Mad Dog team is proud to announce the release of a complete training program created specifically for the Mad Dog 2006 panel. Although the Mad Dog 2006 series is the premier product available for Flight Simulator, many enthusiasts have experienced frustration as they pushed to learn how to handle the Mad Dog. Our new training DVD will end that frustration and have you flying the virtual Mad Dog as well as any experienced captain who collects an airline paycheck.

Based on input and experience provided by a pool of Mad Dog pilots from airlines around the world, Learn The Mad Dog comes astoundingly close to actual training done by professional pilots. Complete with professionally voiced instruction and accompanied by screenshots and video, Learn The Mad Dog streamlines your training in order to teach you everything you need to know to comfortably fly this plane in a matter of 3.5 hours. The pros take months to learn to fly the actual plane.

WingBest are kindly offering a free Boeing 737NG Simulator Basic Tutorial Video via download.

The video is “A complete, 25 minute basic video tutorial visitors have to watch before flying the full-size Boeing 737 Flight Simulator at The House Of Future Exhibition, Millenaris Park, Budapest, Hungary.”

This is a video tutorial introducing viewers and would-be virtual pilots to the basics of flying an airliner and operating the flight simulator at The House of Future Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary. The simulator (using Microsoft Flight Simulator) is a life-size replica of the cockpit of a Boeing 737NG aircraft. The instruments, displays, and switches work exactly the same way as in the real thing. Before flying the simulator, visitors have to watch this tutorial video to familiarise themselves with some of the basic techniques of flying such a complex and realistic simulator, including taxiing, takeoff, ILS approaches, using the flight director, and landing.

The FS Altitude team has released a video of FS Altitude Volume 1 - Western European Edition. This demo video shows the performance of FS Altitude at a high altitude flight and explains the display mechanism. The demo flight lasts 16 minutes presenting each country covered in this edition and sizes up to 180 Mo in HQ with a soundtrack.

GamersHell has posted a teaser video of Shockwave’s upcoming Wings of Silver.

It’ll be very interesting to see how well Shockwave have done with airliners. On the whole, their military aircraft are second to none.

Shockwave has released a new Wings of Silver trailer, showcasing this new product line for Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Wings of Silver will feature amazing aircraft starting with a classic piston-powered airliner. The trailer shows a glimpse of this new aircraft built on the very latest technology and boasting many ‘first time seen’ features that will be the hallmark of the new Wings of Silver product line.