Archive for September, 2007

Wallpaper: The Darkness


Darkness falls across the land (in the Northern hemisphere, at least) but don’t despair! Fight the crepuscular mood with this indomitable wallpaper depicting the Shockwave lights as they pierce the darkness!

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Wallpaper: Aero Albatros


Get the cool, freeware Aero L-159B by Doughbree Design!
This Czech aircraft is a fighter trainer and a lot of fun to fly.
Super-sleek external model and flyable VC. Very nice.

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…


…but developer Scott Gentile, of Shockwave Productions, has come up with an ingenious method that allows FSX aircraft to pierce the veils of darkness: a new 3D lighting system! Continue reading ‘It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…’

This Island Life

Bill Womack goes Aloha! with his gorgeous rendition of a Hawaiian gliding and parachuting sanctuary. And you get to try, for eu15 (some u$s18), what FSX can look like when developers really try. Continue reading ‘This Island Life’

Flight Simulator X for Pilots

Microsoft Flight Simulator for Pilots: Real World Training
by by Jeff Van West and Kevin Lane-Cummings
Wiley, Paperback, 726 pages Continue reading ‘Flight Simulator X for Pilots’

Wallpaper: Vancouver Plus FSX


Vancouver Plus FSX, by FSAddon.

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