Round the world USAF style

Link: www.vusaf.org

I belong to a pretty cool virtual airline called vUSAF or Virtual United States Air Force which is very nice. Currently I am assigned to the Air Force Reserves out of Dover where I fly the C-5 Galaxy and the C-9. Both are very nice aircraft.

Currently I've been doing an around the world flight, from Dover I headed over to Incirlik Turkey and then over to Bagram in Afghanistan. From there I took another long flight to Yokota Air Force base in Japan and then I have to legs left, one to Nellis Las Vegas and then back to Dover.

If you like fighters it is also for you, not just the transport stuff.

C-46 Buffalo Airways

Link: flightsim.com

If you like me really liked the Ice Pilots series from the History Channel you will recognize this aircraft. Markus Hellwig has made this repaint.

You can find the original model here.

PAYA default?

Hi guys! I flew by Yakutat (PAYA) in fs9 and discovered that the airport was amazing. At least I think it was the default airport, I can't remember installing any addon.

Piper cub

Link: flightsim.com

This repaint by Daniel Nole fo J E Narcizo's model of the Piper Cub is looking quite smart, can't wait to give it a try.

Gazelle

Link: simviation.com

I was looking through the new files at avsim and came across a repaint of the cool Gazelle helicopter. I had a real hard time flying it though but the model is really nice and I thought I would give it a head up here.

It is made by Cyril Pioffe.

Posky CRJ SAS

Link: flightsim.com

Dickson Chan has repainted this version 3.0 of the Project Open Sky's CRJ.

New INS gauge

Link: flightsim.com

Julian Avisenis has designed this new INS gauge for fs9. I've tried the CIVA one before and that is quite nice, it will be interesting to see how this one holds up.

A nice fs2004 blog

Link: fs2004screenshotssweden.blogspot.com/

I found a very nice blog about someone that is making a lot of fs9 flights, very nice! Good work!

Version 9 of Rio de Janeiro

Link: flightsim.com

This is the 9th version of Rio de Janeiro. Good work guys! It's made by Newton Drumond, Fernando Marques, Dave Pearce and Luis Vargas.

Savioa Marchetti SM.74

Link: avsim.com

By Manuele Villa this Savioa Marchetti SM.74 is a very cool design. Is it just me or were the designs way more cooler in the older days.

NAMC YS-11

Link: www.alliedfsgroup.com/

Allied FS Group has designed this beautiful model of the YS-11 with it's wonderful sound set. If you like Greg Piper's HS748 this plane will surely be to your liking too.

Defunct ailines makes for fun

I've been feeling somewhat sad as some of my favorite aircraft has gotten older and are slowly being replaced but then I realised that I can fly them for as long as I want to and anyway too.

I been fooling around with some of the older airlines that has gone out of business or have been merged into newer ones.

I love the Hawker Siddeley 748 but since West Air Sweden (a local cargo airline) stopped flying them, opting for newer types I've been at a loss to why I would take it out for a spin until I discovered a old airline that got bought in the early nineties, i.e. Dan air.

Looked on the web and found a bunch of information and route maps and on I my way I was again.

Junkers 52

Link: avsim.com

Oliver Fischer has made this very nice Junkers 52 model for fs9. Might just take this old beauty out for a spin.

DM Flightsim BAC 1-11

Link: www.dmflightsim.co.uk/bac_1-11.htm

I've been trying out a number of different older style aircraft lately and the ones by DM flightsim are great, the one-eleven, i.e. the BAC 1-11 is a very nice one indeed.

Actually there all very nice so why not give them all a try.

VFR Balice EPKK

Link: flightsim.com

Lothar Tomczyk and Jakub Mista has developed a very nice vfr scenery for fs9 that you might want to check out.

FS video marshaller

Link: www.fsvideomarshaller.com

A cool new addon that adds a video mashaller, looks cool and a nice video can be found here. It is both for fs9 and fsx.

Tupolev 154 updated

Link: Project Tupolev 154

The very nice Tupolev 154 project has been updated to version 2.03.

Dornier 27

Link: avsim.com

Hannes van der Heide has designed this model of the nice Dornier 27. There is a payware version of it too somewhere but this is quite sufficient for my needs. Four models included.

Tarbes/Lourdes-Pyrenees

Link: avsim.com

Lordes-Pyrenees Tarbes aisport by John Hines. For some reason the file size is extremely small and I might download it and give it a try simply to find out why.

Frieda airstrip

Link: flightsim.com

I don't usually put references here to fsx scenery but this one caught my eye as it looked like a fun and exciting scenery.

Contrails Pro

Link: Contrails pro

Contrails pro adds more realistic looking contrails to your and ai aircraft in fsx and fs9. It also adds a lot more adaptability and custom settings to your contrails.

New Warzaw scenery for fs9

Link: avsim.com

Mateusz Stabryla of MK Studios as designed a new scenery of Warsaw's international airport for fs9.


You can find a couple more sceneries on the webpage.

Dinard/St Malo scenery

Link: avsim.com

Vauchez has designed this scenery of Dinard/St Malo which claims to be a great scenery and on the edge of what can be done with reasonable frame rates within fs9.

And after trying it out I can only agree with the statement, the frame rates are great, the scenery is very pretty, especially when you overfly the nearby town. Great work!

Buffalo B18S

Link: flightsim.com

Oh I just have to mention this repaint of the Beech 18S from Shupe et al. The base model can be downloaded here and is a recommended aircraft it is just plane awsome.

More information on the type can be found at the Wikipedia page which you can find here.

AAL Lockheed Electra II repaint

Link: flightsim.com

Fabio Cabral has made a repaint of FS KBT's Lockheed Electra II for fsx and what a beauty it is, I want fsx too now! Or if someone would like to make a shiny American repaint of the fs9 Electra model I linked to a couple of weeks ago? :)

The base model can be found here.

Funny Cessna 172

Link: flightsim.com

A very cool repaint of the Cessna 172SP Skyhawk into St Marteen colors.

There are some really cool repaints out there, I like a brown version of the default 172 that I unfortunately can't find my way back to where I downloaded. But if you have any tips on cool repaints please go ahead and post them in the comments.

ELP scenery

Link: flightsim.com

Roger Wensley has been mentioned here before for his sceneries and there is a new one out of ELP, Factory Field in Quebec, Canada. It looks like a nice smaller scenery.

Passed the Captains Checkride

Link: www.aavirtual.com/

One of the VA's I belong to is American Airlines Virtual and it is a very nice one indeed. Among other things they have a cool screening process with a checkride when you join and one as you move up in the ranks. I've completed my 150 hours last week and was eligible for the Captains checkride. After a challenging flight all by hand from Dallas-Forth Worth to Houston that took me 1.3 hours, made a SID, three loops in a holding pattern, a descent with altitude and speed restrictions along the STAR, and an ILS approach and then it was finally done.

I did pass and felt really, really glad about it! It felt great and is one of those things I will remember for a long time as a proof of my ability in the flightsimming world!