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News and New Releases

All the latest news and new releases since our last issue

Maxi Reviews

Wilco Phenom -100 Business Jet
Orbx FTX Moorabbin Airport
Sait k Pro Flight Cessna Flight Controls

Ring of Fire Tour – Part III

We started the Tour in Seattle and have worked our way north, to Juneau, Alaska. The surroundi ng area of Juneau is well worth exp loring, and many hours can be had finding new glaciers or valleys to fly over. We will, however, be travelling to Yakutat, then onto Anchorage, and finally, westward along the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to our next stop and end of Leg 3, Dutch Harbor, PADU.

Flight Sim Round Table

This issue we ask the panel about the most useful piece of information they have received to help improve their flight sim experience, and what piece of information they might give new flight sim users to help them along in their journey. Plus the panel responds with their preferred flight sim control setup and configurations and give opinions on the ongoing lifespan of FSX, X-Plane and other simulators.

Prepar3d Updated

We previously reviewed Lockheed Martin ’s Prepar 3D product , and version 1.2 has now been released, to provide student , private , and professional pilots an immersive flight simulation training environment . Doug Horton looks at what ’s been added and fixed in this latest version update

General Aviation Flight Adventures 2011

This article explores some interesting variations of General Aviation airplane flying, including combined VFR and IFR flights, flying through a large system of light and moderate rain, flying in a zone of temperature inversion, and emergency readiness planning related to seeing lower than normal engine oil pressure during a flight.

Building The Terrafugi a Transition In X-Plane

“It’s a plane !” “It’s a car !” “It’s a fl yin g car !” “It’s a roadable aircraft !” However you look at it , it is the only automobile expected to be manufactured in the state of Massachusetts and at the same time accepted by the FAA as a light sport aircraft . Chuck Bodeen explores buildin g this flying car in the X-Plane simulator .

Helicopter flying in Far North Queensland:
Real versus Virtual

“Holidaying recently in Far North Queensland my wife Maureen and I shouted our good friend Joanne her first ever flight in a helicopter. We flew from the sugar cane town of Mossman right along the Mossman River and up into the Gorge itself.” Later the flight was recreated in Flight Simulator to see how the real experience stacked up against a virtual one.

Flight Adventure - Roger Curtiss

Let us say you have between 8000 and 11,500 relativel y short -range aircraft that need to be transported a distance of nearly 5000 nm and time is of the essence . What is the most efficient and expedient way to get it done ? Well , from 1942-1945 the answer was ALSIB, the Alaska-Siberia air route of the Lend-Lease Program .

Round Robin Adventure

For this adventure , we will fly a turboprop Dash-8-400 on a regular Porter Airlines daily route . Porter Airlines is based in Toronto , Canada and operates out of the Toronto /Billy Bishop City Airport (formally known as Toronto /City Center Airport , which we will use for this article ).

Mike Ray – Emergency Descents

Let’s say you are cruising along at altitude in your Microsoft Flight Simulator world, mindlessly watching the clouds going by as you enjoy looking at your favorite airliner. What would happen if you had an explosive decompression and you had to make an emergency descent?