The Vulcan makes it to FSX

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As this is my all-time favourite real-world aircraft, I’m delighted to announce that Just Flight has released a Flight Simulator X version of the Vulcan.

RAF Vulcan has now been updated for FSX compatibility, and also to make it compatible with Windows Vista and (with some minor limitations outlined below) the Flight Simulator SP2 service pack and Acceleration expansion.

RAF Vulcan for FSX and FS2004 is available now as a 100MbDownload, priced at £19.99/€29.95/$39.99.

A DVD-ROM version with a new printed manual will be released on the 23rd May and is available now to pre-order.

Existing owners of the Just Flight FS2004 version of RAF Vulcan can purchase a downloadable upgrade to FSX/Windows XP compatibility for £4.99/€7.95/$9.99. 

RAF Vulcan includes a faithful model from acclaimed developers PSS of XH558 as it appears currently, an additional eight all-new liveries from some of the aircraft involved in the Falklands conflict of 1982, and some of the preserved aircraft in the UK.

Fully licensed by the Royal Air Force, RAF Vulcan contains a total of eighteen examples in different Squadron liveries and with different model variations, including the 2K air-to-air refuelling tanker variant and  those carrying the Blue Steel British nuclear cruise missile, the Shrike anti-radar missile as used in the Falklands, and the ‘project cancelled’ Skybolt missiles. The FS2004 version also includes scenery of RAF Cottesmore.

There’s a new video of the RAF Vulcan in action - download either a 40.5Mb high-resolution or a 15Mb low-resolution Zipped file of the video, or watch the streaming video here.

While we have made every effort to update the FS2004 package as completely as possible, there are a couple of minor features which have not been carried over to FSX. These are the one-button ‘quick start’ function and autopilot, which only operate in FS2004.