April 2007 - Posts
My good friend and fellow FS developer Bill Womack has posted new images of his fourth-coming update of Bear Gulch scenery that will accompany the RealAir Simulations Scout FSX package. The images are courtesy of the talented screen shot "grabber"...
SimHQ , a site that covers the entire spectrum of simulation software from air , land , & sea combat, and driving genres, is celebrating ten years of community service starting this week. One of their contributors, John "Spoons" Sponauer...
Those of you who have been following the Twin Comanche project in eager anticipation, I have some updates to relay. As you can see above, work on the Bendix/King KI 825 is underway courtesy of Ed Wilson, one of Eaglesoft's talented gauge gurus. Yep...
I'm always excited when I stumble upon a new aviation site. The great thing about my blog is that I get to share that excitement with my fellow aviation enthusiasts. I found AirShowCast this morning, and gave a listen to each of Rob's 6 episodes...
A good friend of mine gave me a head's up on a pretty cool event that is going to be taking place tomorrow in New Zealand . It's the Forum Field 2007 airshow that will be hosted in a multiplayer FSX session! From the site: "To celebrate the...
Reported this afternoon by Phil Taylor , Senior Program Manager for Graphics and Terrain: "It is true, for perf testing the upcoming Beta3, I gave advice to turn AI aircraft down. Some AI aircraft have a high render cost and will skew the results...
I'm pleased to announce the release of the Cessna CJ1 version 1.5 for FSX. Bill Leaming has been completely rebuilt using the latest FSX techniques featuring specular and bump mapping technology, and he has done a fine job of it! Head over to Eaglesoft's...
Breaking news! FSInsider.com has been re-launched in a completely new format! Make sure to head over and take a look! Read More...
This was not Kirby's day - first he hits a gate during the race, and then he has this unfortunate incident at the airport. Read More...
Did you know that GARMIN had a blog? Until last Thursday, I did not. While searching for information on Sun-N-Fun, I ran a search through Technorati and this post appeared. I followed it, and saw that built into the post was a contest: name the barnyard...
I've had a few inquiries regarding how to get tickets for Monument Valley, so I thought that I would post the direct link to it here. Buy Monument Valley Tickets! Here is a flyer for the event in PDF format. Read More...
Top qualifier Paul Bonhomme managed to edge out the competition taking the podium as the winner of today's finals. A crowd of over 500,000 people gathered to watch the race. Alex Maclean took 2nd and Mike Mangold took 3rd. World Series Standings 1 Paul...
Why is everyone so quiet regarding FSX SP1? Public testing is still underway and code has yet to be fully set in stone, so there are still a lot of question marks as to what will or will not be included in SP1. I can only say that I very much like what...
British pilot Paul Bonhomme barely edges current series point leader Peter Besenyei by .31 seconds to take the lead in qualifying, putting him as the last pilot to fly in tomorrow's elimination before the finals. His time of 1:34:05 at speeds exceeding...
Microsoft unveiled a brand-new set of features for Live Spaces today. Details of the new stuff can be found at the Space Craft . The new code took away my "hack" that allowed me to add custom HTML where I wanted, but I was able to add the "official"...
I found this fact very interesting: Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator. Read More...
The Monument Valley Air Race will take place May 12th against the unique backdrop of the Monument Valley Tribal Park surrounded by trees and windblown sand – all comprising the magnificent colors of the breathtaking valley of the Navajo Nation. Only 5...
Images courtesy of Red Bull and Sport & News International . Read More...
Here are some of the highlights from Sun-N-Fun so far: Epic Aircraft reveals two new single engine aircraft (Aero-News) Cessna shows the Next Generation Piston concept aircraft (AVWeb) Cirrus introduces Generation 3 of the SR-22 (Aero-News) MXR introduces...
While I was home this afternoon working in my office, I received a phone call on my cell - I looked to see who it was, and I was delighted to see that it was my good friend Roy Wilbanks. I proceeded to answer it and to my surprise, all that I can hear...
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