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Bravo 369 Flight Foundation
Through my good friend and favorite community evangelist Hal, I was recently introduced to an interesting chap named Jeff Geer and the Bravo 369 organization. You see, Jeff is set to make a “ Flight for Education ” in the summer of 2009 from Bellingham...
Last day for voting
The SimFlight 2008 Awards voting is about to wrap up. Be sure to cast your vote today! Read More...
Announcing the Nemesis® NXT® for Flight Simulator!
I am proud to announce the project that has had me busy for the past 3 weeks ... the Nemesis® NXT® project for Microsoft Flight Simulator! Created by Jon & Patricia Sharp, the Nemesis® NXT® is the premier Sport Class racer at Reno. Jon plans to shatter...
Flight Simulator as therapy?
Many flight simmers in the world use their time with the sim to wind down from a long day or to escape from the realities of day-to-day life. Have you ever considered how this could be done in a hospital setting to help patients "get away" from...
Real Environment Xtreme video
Check out this incredible demonstration of the wave and coral effects in the fourthcoming Real Environment Xtreme ! REX Wave & Coral Simulation from Tim Fuchs on Vimeo Read More...
Tale of a hat and a switch...
Hal has just published a wonderful account of his brush with royalty ... Belgian royalty that is. It's a MUST READ! Read More...
FSInsider Newsletter
April is here. Along with (hopefully) warmer weather with Spring upon us, ACES Studio brings us a new feature - the FSInsider Newsletter! Get the best of FSInsider delivered right to your Inbox! The FSInsider newsletter features: A letter from the Editor...
What's your command?
Often when I encounter new users to the MS FS franchise, I am asked how I know so many of the key combinations or keyboard shortcuts. The answer I give is practice and consistency from our friends at MS. Fortunately, many of the core key commands have...
Draw Call Monitor
Fellow FS MVP Arno Gerretsen has just released an essential new development tool for optimizing models for FSX - Drawcallmonitor! Check out his blog entry about it and you can obtain the program here . Good on ya, Mate! Read More...
AlacrityPC is available - get it now!
The sequel to FSAutoStart is finally here - AlacrityPC ! Developed by Ken Salter for Win XP/Vista 32- & 64-bit, this utility shuts down any non-critical program while running a resource hungry application, such as our beloved FSX. When the user is...
Piracy and how it has affected me
In a post back in January, I mentioned discussing my take on the whole piracy issue that faces the FS payware community in an ever so painful way. Since the topic seems to have died down a bit in the forums lately, I'll rekindle the flame a bit with...
New FSX Citation X 2.0 render
She's really coming along now. With Bobby 's help, panel lines have been applied to the new fuselage, engine nacelles, and vertical stabilizer. Next will be some shadow enhancements Bobby has agreed to assist me with. Be sure to check out the...
Paul Lange A.K.A. P-12C joins Spaces
It seems that Hal has started a trend. First he joined Spaces, then Brett , then Mike , then I joined the foray. Now we have Paul Lange A.K.A. P-12C in the mix, and he seems to be happy with the move. Welcome to Spaces, Paul! Don't be a stranger....
PC Pilot Issue 51 - Eaglesoft Interview & Twin Comanche review
Just hitting newstands here in the U.S., issue 51 of PC Pilot magazine features not one, but two articles with an Eaglesoft focus. In their Meet the Producer's series, PC Pilot interviews Ron Hamilton, president of Eaglesoft. The second is a review...
The Citation X 2.0 underway
I have been quiet lately with infrequent posts. This has not been in vain - I have been busy on several projects and I've kept my nose to the grindstone. I thought that it was a good opportunity to show some of the work that I've been doing now...
Summing it all up
Houston ... we have a problem! This cliché term h as been beaten to death but for a lack of a better phrase, fits the title of Francois Dumas' latest treatise quite well. Francois makes some very valid statements that have been on my mind for quite...
Jason Waskey is leaving ACES
ACES is losing a long time contributor to the FS franchise this Friday. I received word via a personal note from Jason that he's leaving 10 1/2 years of work to pursue his first love - fine art. You thought that Jason had quit blogging by the looks...
FSX SP2 now available!
Congratulations to the ACES team at MGS for releasing FSX SP2 with 10 days to spare (original goal was to publish by Christmas)! Details on individual downloads can be found at Phil's blog. Check out Jon Patch's notes on SP2 here . I hope the...
Flightcast interview!
Flightcast #10 has just been published with an interview done with yours truly! Patrick Ashley of Flighsimulatorxworld.com asked me to discuss with him the process behind what it takes to develop 3rd party aircraft for FSX. So a few weeks ago, he and...
Simming La Vida Loca with Jarn
First off, I'm sorry for the infrequent posts - things have been very busy for me in my "day-job" and family arenas. This time of year - "the holidays" - are always hectic for me. This will probably be the rule at least until after...
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