The FS2Crew PMDG 737 NGX Button and Voice control versions have been updated to Version 2.3. Note that the FS2Crew NGX Configuration Manager, which is handled separately, has been updated to Version 2.0. The new version is built into the Main Installer only. To obtain the update, please login to your FS2Crew account, click “COMPLETED ORDERS”, and...

Boeing and Southwest Airlines announced today the launch of the 737 MAX 7, the third member of the 737 MAX family. The Dallas-based carrier and launch customer for the 737 MAX program became the first airline to order the 737 MAX 7, when it converted 30 existing orders for Next-Generation 737s into orders for the 737 MAX 7. Southwest also exercised options to...

Although being a well known Brasilian singer, this is something you don’t want .. a passenger in the captains seat during  an enroute flight. Aviation Herald brings you this news. A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MHU performing flight JJ-3081 from Recife,PE to Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ (Brazil), was enroute when a passenger, a well...

Indonesian investigators indicate that the crew of a Lion Air Boeing 737-800 continued to descend below minimum altitude despite not having visual contact with the runway during a non-precision approach to Bali. The National Transportation Safety Committee, in its preliminary report into the 13 April accident, says the first officer, who was flying, mentioned...

Blue Sky Scenery is pleased to announce the FSX freeware scenery Logan-Cache (KLGU). It covers a total of 3625 sq km. and has a resolution of 1 m/pix brings you razor-sharp images even near the ground. Best enjoyed in low and slow operations. The FSX version also contains a 10 m high resolution elevation mesh. Check it out at the dedicated Blue Sky Scenery web...

FSInventions is pleased to announce the release of FSFlyingSchool Pro 2013 add-on Detail Pack for Cessna 208B Caravan for FSX and FS2004. Want to fly a flight like a PRO in the rugged Cessna Caravan? This new add-on for FSFlyingSchool Pro 2013 offers extra detailed treatment when flying this all purpose airplane. Your instructor know the details of this aircraft...

Just Flight comes with another Pick & Mix, but this time a totally different Pick & Mix. Which add-ons are going to be included in the next Just Flight Pick & Mix sale? This time we’re leaving it up to YOU to decide! Just click here and select the three Download add-ons which you’d most like to see in the sale and we’ll make sure that the...

Boeing and Turkish Airlines today finalized a firm order for 40 737 MAX 8s, 10 737 MAX 9s and 20 Next-Generation 737-800 jets, valued at $6.9 billion at list prices. The order, originally announced as a commitment last month, also includes options for an additional 25 737 MAX 8s and is the largest Boeing order in Turkish Airlines’ history. Today’s...

Perhaps something complicated, but worth to inform you. And John Venema from Orbx would like to tell you that. Given that each new FTX Global announcement raises more questions and in particular about third party landclass and mesh products, I thought it may be time to draw some diagrams of the architecture behind FTX Global and explain it that way. You can...

Boeing delivered a 767-300ER (extended range) to MIAT Mongolian Airlines today, the first-ever direct purchase delivery to the airline. Mongolia’s flag carrier completed a historic order in 2011 at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., marking the first time in more than two decades that the airline extended its route network by purchasing Boeing...

A navigation system failure isn’t really where you’re waiting for, especially when you’re in Russia. ASN and Aviation Herald have the news for you. A Vladivostok Avia Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BCG performing flight XF-4656 from Khabarovsk (Russia) to Harbin (China), was climbing out of Khabarovsk when the crew received indication of...

MegaSceneryEarth 2.0 is proud to announce the release of photo-real scenery New Mexico. Now fly the entire state of New Mexico, in hyper-real photo detail recreated from 50 cm aerial photography throughout. The first of the visually stunning “mountain states” offered in 2.0 format, New Mexico is the fourth largest state in the lower 48 at over...

VATITA is organizing a new step of our “Focus on…” events’ series, featuring a fully staffed medium sized-airport, realistic procedures and much fun for everyone! This time we’ll focus on Brindisi (LIBR). The event is held on Wednesday, 15th May from 21.00 – 23:30 CEST (19.00 – 21.30 zulu). To make the flight sensation...