BluePrint Simulations is pleased to announce the publication of a very significant upgrade for our KDTW, Detroit Metro scenery to version 1.3. The upgrade is free to all owners of our KDTW scenery. It includes improved ramp and taxiway markings as well as new night illumination effects. The FSX version also features higher-quality textures for all scenery...

Runway excursion, followed by a nose landing gear collapse. ASN and Aviation Herald have the news for you! A China Eastern Embraer ERJ-145, registration B-3052 performing flight MU-2947 from Huaian to Shanghai Hongqiao (China), landed on Hongqiao Airport’s runway 18L at 17:25L (09:25Z) but veered right off the runway, ran across a grassy area and came to a...

A U.S. Army and Boeing team completed the first flight of the first of four Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) Engineering, Manufacturing and Development aircraft on May 22. The aircraft was in the air for more than four hours and completed all first-flight test objectives, including evaluation of aerodynamic handling...

FS2Crew developer Bryan York is proud to announce that FS2Crew’s new “Voice Controlled” Aerosoft Airbus airline crew simulation is turning final! This product promises to be the most realistic Airbus crew simulation ever created for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It will be up to FS2Crew NGX standards for realism! To help promote the upcoming...

Just Flight got half price deals this weekend on some of World War II’s most revered fighting machines – fly the legends! See the V is for Value sale page for all the details. Use discount code: VALUE in the Shopping Cart. Some of the “V” models are: - Spitfire Mk V Legends of Flight - P-51D Mustang - Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero - Battle of...

Found for you at AVSIM and uploaded by Dave Romford … British English Captain Voice Pack for Aerosoft Airbus X Extended (A320/A321) HQ HD Audio – Version 1.3. According to Dave “Full instructions included. Enjoy!” More information and download details can be found at the dedicated AVSIM Library web page. Share...

Incoming message from Imagine Simulation. Thanks to the wonderful efforts of those who helped with our information request, Imagine Simulation can confirm that we are starting our next project  - ZSPD Shanghai. It’s a big airport! We started work on the ground elements this week and estimate a release somewhere towards late summer. To be continued! Share...

A bird strike can make a lot of damage. That happened to this Avianca A320, provided to you by Aviation Herald. An Avianca Airbus A320-200, registration N599AV performing flight AV-9521 from Barranquilla to Bogota (Colombia), was accelerating for takeoff from Barranquilla when the left hand engine (CFM56) ingested a large bird, presumably a heron. The crew...

Just Planes is delighted to be returning to Brazil’s biggest aviation success story : AZUL! In just 5 years the airline has grown to over 100 aircraft and over 100 destinations served. In this newest program we’re bringing you 2 firsts in our series: our 1st flight on the new ATR72-600 and the 1st ever delivery of a prop aircraft across the...

There’s always place for new Aerosoft Sim News reviewers. We’re looking for passioned dedicated persons who are able to write an interesting story about not just Flight Sim products, but any kind of ‘serious’ simulator products. As a reviewer you should have the ability to look at products with an open mind, as if you are the kind of customer...

Frankfurt am Main (ICAO: EDDF) is one of the most important aviation hubs world-wide. With more than 57 million passengers last year this airport is Germany’s busiest airport and even the third busiest one in Europe – measured by the volume of cargo even the number 1 in Europe. RealOPS is a special event in which realworld air-traffic from a...

Starting with this first edition and continuing up to and after the A350 XWB First Flight, Airbus will bring you an all access backstage pass on the development, assembly and flight test for this evolutionary aircraft. In this issue: - Meet members of the first flight crew – the three men in the cockpit – and follow them as they test themselves and...

Key Publishing released a new Combat Aircraft July 2013 magazine. In this Combat Aircraft issue you’ll find … SHIPBORNE ‘FULCRU M’ COMES OF AGE Alexander Mladenov details the MiG-29K/KUB shipborne fighter, which has emerged from apparent oblivion and turned into a success story thanks to huge investment by the Indian Navy TAKE CHARGE AND MOVE...