September 2007 - Posts
Fresh from the announcement at NBAA, the Citation X prototype retrofitted with elliptical winglets from Winglet Technology LLC made its maiden flight on Tuesday, September 25th. For more information, check out this press release. (Image courtesy Cessna...
Bill Womack is a Jack of many trades. In addition to authoring some spectacular scenery designs , Bill is an accomplished writer. Did you know that he is currently authoring a novel ? Bill has been writing reviews for SimFlight for some time now. Recently...
We're getting very close to beta on this project. Years of hard work are finally going to be realized when this bird sees the light of day...hopefully within a month! I am really liking how this panel is looking at night. Click on the picture to see...
There is a new ACES team member in the blogosphere, and he's gotten off to a great start! Please welcome Mike Porter a.k.a. Portergraphics to the scene. Mike is a former FASA Interactive team member (you know, the guys responsible for games such as...
Emma Field will live again in FSX! My good friend and scenery designer extraordinaire Bill Womack is teaming up with another accomplished scenery designer Holger Sandmann . Be sure to keep an eye on Bill's blog for development updates as they reconstruct...
It seems that Cessna has been making a lot of news lately. I hear through the grapevine that Cessna will have an announcement regarding the Citation X this week at NBAA. They have already made news with the introduction of a G1000-equipped Caravan . And...
The 2007 SimFlight Award nominees have been announced and voting has begun. I was happy to see that the Eaglesoft Cessna Citation CJ1 for FSX was in the General Aviation category, though we are up against some really great packages. I like the "open"...
I revised and added something new to the Twin Comanche VC screenshots in my photo album today. Pictured are a 95% complete panel (all that remains is an SL 30 radio being built), a close-up of some of the avionics, and a capture taken at night! These...
I was deeply saddened by the news I stumbled upon this evening about the tragic helicopter accident that claimed the life of Colin McRae and 3 others on-board, including his 5-yr-old son. I have been a fan of the Codemasters' series of rally games...
Adrian Woods published his 4th installment of the "performance art" series of blog entries today. This time Adrian discusses the pitfall they (MS) have fallen into by using untextured objects with different colors. My experiences with using...
Please welcome Bruce Williams' BruceAir, LLC to the Live Spaces blogosphere! Make sure to check out the videos that he has uploaded to his Skydrive account. Bruce has published a great book entitled Microsoft Flight Simulator as a Training Aid: A...
Announced a few months back by Paul, the official launch event for Flight Simulator X - Acceleration starts today at the Reno Air Races. Paul describes yesterday's setup in this blog entry. I spoke to my good friend Brandon (Paul's sidekick) who...
I uploaded a few images of the Twin Comanche 's virtual cockpit to my photo gallery the other day (in case you didn't notice). I did this for two reasons: 1) I wanted to try out the new " enhanced for photo printing " capabilities, which...
Twin Comanche VC Progress Full Panel with 90% accurate gauges Close-up of EDM 760 and GARMIN stack Close-up of MX 20 Close-Up of GNS 480 Read More...
I love my Saitek AV8R joystick . It is the perfect peripheral for hopping into FS quickly to check out what I have been designing. I was delighted when I heard about Saitek producing a true yoke system to give CH Products a run for their money. The features...
While I have been busy working on a project that I cannot disclose (at this time), Bobby has posted a quick update on the work that has been going on behind the scenes regarding Roy's Twin Comanche. Bobby has been combing over my original textures...
Just released today, Sim Pilot has reviewed the FSX Columbia 400 in their 2nd issue. This review was done in conjunction with Sky Blue Radio , and was handled by their news guy Larry. He liked the aircraft so much, it was awarded with a gold medal! Thanks...