It's only been out for a little over a day at this point but I thought, given the excitement, that I'd react to my very first experiences with DCS: C-130J. This new addition to DCS World is the series first four engine transport focused aircraft and its a very interesting proposition. Let's have a quick look at how it feels on the first go plus some challenges I'm trying to work through.

We've got some updates coming in from Microsoft Flight Simulator third party developer Fenix Simulations. The developer has built up a sizable reputation thanks to the high quality of their A320ceo family of aircraft. They aren't perfect and recent complaints about a few features on the current releases has not gone unheard. There are some updates about their forthcoming A320neo as well so let's look at it all!

1C Game Studios Korea IL-2 Series begins pre-orders as the product gets a new release date window. We've also got pricing and a hint of what is planned in the future. Pre-orders begin A new cinematic video has just been released advertising the pre-order. Korea IL-2 series has some significant new information coming out today. First, there's a new pre-rendered trailer (above) that reminds me of the original IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad trailer that came out back in 2013.

The developers at TFDi hosted a 2-hour long live stream showing off the latest updates to the TFDi MD-11 aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The aircraft has been available for about a year now, however, work hasn't stopped on it and the aircraft is set to pick-up some big updates to both the systems and the art assets for the aircraft.

While DCS World has long had a lengthy list of fighter jets, warbirds, and helicopters, its never really ventured into the world of large transport aircraft before. That has all changed now thanks to the release of DCS: C-130J by the Airplane Simulation Company. The latest DCS World update also brings with it dozens of other changes. Let's have a look.

The last aircraft needing an upgrade to make it ready for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has arrived. Just Flight's BAe 146 simulation, the 146 Professional, is now here with a two-hundred point change log and arrives during the company's Black Friday sale as well. Let's have a look! Upgraded and ready to go The headlining feature of the 146 Professional v2.4 upgrade is that the aircraft is now 2024 native.

First launched in November of 2001, the IL-2 Sturmovik series has turned 24-years old. The series has had a long history with plenty of ups and downs and so let's take a brief moment to reflect back on the long history of this famous combat flight simulation. A personal story shared by many The original IL-2 series started on the eastern front before moving to cover more of the west.

I'm in the process of readying a review for the X-Crafts E-Jets series for X-Plane 12 and I thought I'd do what should have been quite a scenic flight into Innsbruck flying a route that Austrian Airlines. Instead, I got moody weather and a fair bit of piloting error that lead to a moment where I said some choice words. Here's how it went!

Put together in partnership with Blackbird Simulations, Miltech Simulations has just released their rendition of the A-1 Skyraider for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This vintage aircraft comes with quite a long list of features so here's what you need to know! Skyraider takes to the air Designed during World War II but not entering into frontline service until just after the war, the Skyraider found itself in service in subsequent conflicts and saw lengthy service including in the Korean War and in Vietnam.

For a long time if you asked the X-Plane community what the best general aviation aircraft available was, there were a handful of choices but one of them was AirfoilLabs King Air. The developer is back in action after a lengthy pause and has just released this significant V2 refresh. Let's have a look. King Air back in action AirfoilLabs reports that they are back in action after a long pause in development.

For a couple of years now, we've known that MicroProse resurgence included a return to the legendary Falcon series. Falcon 5 has been talked about a few times before in the past and MicroProse CEO David Lagettie has even talked to PC Pilot about the project. The latest tease we have about what is happening behind the scenes comes from now-former DCS World third party developer RAZBAM.

Holiday sales, end of year sales, Black Friday sales, whatever they are being called... its sales season. Some of the best discounts of the year come up over the next five or six weeks. Here are some of the deals that you might want to take advantage of. DCS World Already reported on and well underway, DCS World's Thanksgiving Sale will end on 27th of November at 10:00 GMT.

The La-7 and MiG-29 are the focus of the latest developer updates from the DCS World Weekend News. We learn more about what is done and what is still in progress on the DCS: La-7 while we get an interesting status update on some extra model work on the MiG-29 plus new liveries. The latest from Octopus G and the La-7…

For 12-years many IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles fans have been interacting constantly over on the official forums. This was an epicentre of the series' community hosting discussion, support, and content creation focused threads and messages. These forums are going away and are being replaced by new ones. Here's what we know. Out with the old, in with the new IL-2's old forums are about to go away and are being replaced.

There's been a sudden burst of activity with a couple of new X-Plane releases all at once. One of them is Flight Factor who have just released their Boeing 777F release. This is an upgrade to their core product and here are the details! Freighter action 777 style Flight Factor have just made available the 777F for X-Plane 12. The aircraft sports the developer's highly detailed 777 simulation with authentic systems, modeling, a flight model tested to within 2-5% accuracy, together with an immersive FMOS sound experience.

Well known X-Plane developer Felis has released a follow-on product to the 747-200 Classic passenger version released back in 2021. This new release is the freighter variant and here are some details. Classic jumbo now with freight Not too many developers have tackled the 747 in recent history but Felis' work on the 747-200 Classic has certainly attracted some fans over the years.

What's another Stuka? The Ju87 was an aircraft that, for about a year during the early war period, managed to make an impressive name and reputation for itself during the early Blitzkrieg battles. But after that, the aircraft suffered from its slow speed and vulnerability to fighters and ground based flak. Of all of the models that we were getting with IL-2's Siege and Liberation expansion, the Ju87D-5 variant seemed like the least interesting.

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If you’re into space weather, you’ll know that we’ve recently had a large solar flare spark some very impressive aurora activity in the skies over the poles. I unfortunately was under thick cloud and light snow at home, however, my Aurora spotting in Microsoft Flight Simulator was incredible. Here’s how it went! Keflavik departure I’ve been meaning to do a couple more flights with the Asobo 737 MAX8.

We've known for quite some time that FSReborn, the developer behind the well regarded FSR500 (a Piper M500) and the Sirius TL3000, has been working on a Phenom 300E business jet. I remember seeing a sneak peek back at FSExpo 2024 even! Now that project is coming to fruition as the developer has released a teaser trailer ahead of a future release.

In the last couple of years, the Microsoft Flight Simulator community has witnessed an explosion of available wide-body long-haul airliners. One that can't be ignored is PMDG's 777 series for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024. Representing the Boeing 777 airliner, this iconic airplane is a frequent sight at major international hubs around the world and a staple of long distance flying in the modern era.