MARCH 2008 VOLUME 12 - ISSUE 3 - This is the full magazine in digital form!
How To Fly Like A Thunderbird – Part 1
The USAF Thunderbirds are one of the premier jet aerobatic teams of the world. For six months of the year, this team of dedicated individuals thrills thousands of devoted fans with their precision and skill during the air-show season. This month we begin a series designed to get you on to the wing of the virtual Thunderbird One and show you how to fly like a Thunderbird.
Networking FSX
Networking sounds complicated, expensive and dull – so why bother? After all, it won’t help you nail that crosswind landing at Aspen in your Beaver; it can’t teach you how to use an FMC; it certainly won’t improve the geometry of your holding pattern. But, what it will do if you use third-party utilities such as weather generators, moving maps or ATC simulators, is significantly enhance your flight sim experience.
Another Day at the Office
When flight simulator seems pointless and boring (is it possible?), or when you are getting lonely in the flight deck of a 747, one needs to find some form of interaction! CP reader, Roy Hinds, offers us his insight into virtual airlines and other forms of online human interaction to make it fun again.
Who’s Simulating Flight? - What’s Going on in Those Newsgroups?
“I chuckle at letters written to the daily advice columnists in which solutions are sought for urgent problems. Do those people actually check the newspaper every day for their answers while their urgent problems persist or worsen?”
Flight Sim Affairs and Crimes of Passion – Part III
“My wife’s question had come out of the blue and I took a moment to formulate an appropriate answer. There was something quite surreal about the circumstances surrounding her long-distance call to me. I was covered head to foot in protective clothing, in the middle of a floodlit murder scene and she wanted to know what the weather was like.”
Baby’s First FS Add-on
These tips are aimed at flight sim enthusiasts who have successfully flown the default “Landmark 737” so many times that they now find themselves becoming a little bored with it. If you are one of those who are now ready to try something a bit more complex and challenging, read on.
Recreating Historic Events - Operation Market Garden
Reader Glen Broome describes how he recreates historic events by using scenery, effects, textures and ATC in multiplayer when he flies with virtual airline, DC-3 Airways.
Round Robin Adventures – St. Maarten Special
We are flying a charter flight for a holiday travel agency and taking a full load of passengers from Miami to San Juan, and then another load to St. Maarten and back to Miami.
Horton’s Hints for FSX
More great tips and tricks for FSX pilots.