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Airline Alliances
Virtual Airline memberships are a popular way to inject some meaning and purpose to flight simulation flying and to provide an online presence as far as callsign use and company affiliation. There is a certain feel of camaraderie when you hear the callsign of a fellow VA member or receive a private chat from a company pilot just asking “How are you?” and “Where are you headed?”
How To: Take Great Flight Sim Screenshots
One of the truly great features of flight simulation is the ability to easily take virtual photographs (screenshots) of your aircraft, environment, or flight mishap! But it can be difficult understanding how exactly to take that “perfect” shot. Mike Ray offers a detailed insight on how to become a screenshot taking wizard!
Mining the Internet to Build for X-Plane
“After randomly selecting the Piper Tri-Pacer as an airplane about which I thought I could find very little information, the Internet yielded much more than I expected!”
Aircraft Spotlight: The A320 Family
This time around we have a close look into one of the oldest Fly-by-Wire members. After the A310 Series and modified A300B4-600, it was time to find something new, something that could compete with the Boeing 737NG as well as many other small to medium passenger airplanes. A small and lovely star was born!
Horton’s Hints for FSX – Part 1
It’s a double column this month with two Horton’s Hints articles in the one issue! In this first part, Doug explores the abundance of information that is available in the Learning Center for default aircraft, and he asks and answers an important question about saving flights with downloaded real-world weather.
Horton’s Hints for FSX – Part 2
Part 2 of Horton’s Hints for this issue includes reminders on setting up FSX aircraft folders, aliasing configuration files, a recommended configuration to enhance frame rates, utilities for AI traffic, and various other hints.
Multi-Crew Operations in FSX
In FS you can fly any aircraft you like but the more complex types can, if you want to get really into this hobby, be a handful for a single pilot. So perhaps that’s one good reason for exploring the multi-crew option built into FSX? |
