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January 2009
SimHQ.com has an article
reviewing Intel's latest Core i7 CPUs and their performance in
simulations including Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Flight Simulator X still has yet to overtake
Flight Simulator 2004, at least according to a casual poll over at
SimFlight. With over 2,400 votes, 47% chose FS2004 but only 39%
picked FSX. It is a good thing a new version of Addit! Pro For FS
2004 is in-the-works!
Our featured addon for the first month of the new
year is F3D
Skyknight.
 
December 2008
Bill Womack at
Sim Pilot
offers an in-depth article
Creating High-Detail FS Ground Polygons. It explains how to make
visually stunning runways, step-by-step.
Does a joystick that automatically cools your
sweaty palm sound interesting? Three levels of air flow from the
Genius MetalStrike keep your hand cool while you game. The idea and product are
certainly innovative.
This month we feature a
fine
Piaggio P-149
aircraft.
 
November 2008
Addit! Pro Tip: You can quickly hide an
aircraft in the Edit Aircraft window by pressing Control+H.
Likewise, Control+S will show the aircraft once again. Why
hide an aircraft? To streamline and speed up Flight Simulator's
aircraft list.
Our MSFS Files
section now includes links to Flight Simulator X Service Pack 2,
Bonus Acceleration Racing Missions, and FSX Acceleration Wallpapers.
Microsoft's
Flight Simulator X
Missing Building series parts 3 and 4 are now available at
FSInsider.com.
A splendid
Beech
D-18 Amphibian is our
featured addon this month:
 
October 2008
Not sure where to fly next? Check out
FourFlights.com, updated hourly, which provides 4 flights based
on real-world weather conditions (2 VFR and 2 IFR routes).
SimHQ.com offers up an article
Spy in the Sky-The Future of Warfare, a continuation of a piece
written back in January covering the application of Unmanned Air
Vehicles or UAVs. Discussed are General Atomics MQ-1 Predator,
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, Lockheed Martin/Boeing RQ-3
DarkStar and others.
For October we feature
an old-school manned
Cessna 310:
 
September 2008
 Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator
X
Version 7.2.5* is ready. This release adds new
capabilities while enhancing existing features to bring you
the best companion program for FSX!
What is Addit! Pro? It's is a comprehensive addon
manager for Flight Simulator X. Easily install, manage and remove
aircraft, adventures, flights, flight plans, gauges,
missions, panels, A.I. airport and facilities data, scenery,
sounds, textures, videos, weather and more! Archive add-ons
to Addit! Pro's File Cabinet or recreate them in zip files.
Modify your aircraft, panels and sounds. Automatically
update Flight Simulator's Scenery Library.
You can now import missions along with
aircraft, panels, sounds and scenery. Just check
the
Missions box in the Import Options window. Stock Flight
Simulator missions are tagged accordingly and mission
descriptions are included automatically.
Addit!
Pro now checks for and fixes duplicate aircraft title
problems! When there is a duplicate title,
Flight
Simulator displays an annoying pop-up whenever you access
the aircraft list. Addit! Pro not only looks for this
conflict but offers several choices to resolve it for you.
The Edit
Aircraft, Edit Panels, Edit Sounds and Edit Scenery windows
are enhanced. You can view an addon's files by right
clicking and selecting the Configuration menu then picking
View Files. For example, you can view an aircraft's effects and effect
bitmap files. For panels, view a gauge and panel
bitmap list. For sounds, view an audio effects files list and
for scenery, view a scenery and texture file list. New
progress bars appear when loading long lists and a repair
button appears in the configuration file report area if
the addon has issues that may be fixed by Addit! Pro.
This release includes
a few other changes and additions along with updates to the Help system and bug fixes. Please see
the Revision History for complete
details.
Below are some screenshots. From left to
right: import missions, Edit Scenery view scenery/texture
files and Edit Aircraft duplicate aircraft title
identification:
  
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version 7.2.5*. We hope you enjoy this update!
*Version 7.2.5 fixes a
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Sim Pilot posted an article on
Creating
your own FSX mission but if that's not enough Microsoft has it's
own 2-part version up at
FSInsider.com.
Tom's Hardware published a graphics card review
series called
Best Video Cards For The Money: August '08 and
The Fastest 3D Cards Go Head-To-Head: Taxing Modern CPUs With
Powerful Graphics. The later includes benchmarks from Flight
Simulator X (skip
right to Tom's FSX video tests).
A forum thread over at SimHQ.com offers up
pictures from the public-funded and free-to-the-public airshow
Dawlish Carnival Airshow 2008.
Be sure to download our newest featured addon,
Beechcraft 1900D Regional Airliner.
 
August
2008
Flightsim.com's
Freeware Focus targets a familiar aircraft designer, Kazunori
Ito, credited with dozens of original models mostly for FS 2002 and
FS 2004. Odds are, if you have spent any time downloading Flight
Simulator addons, you will recognize his name.
XSI's
FighterOps sim site released new T-38C screenshots and a second
FighterOps teaser video. Their
FAQ section was also updated.
Thunder Works offers up some screenshots of the Tierra del Fuego
zone for the upcoming sim title
Jet
Thunder. This sim intends to cover the Falklands/Malvinas war
scenario from the early 80s.
This month we feature
Lockheed-Boeing YF-22A Raptor add-on aircraft. Be sure to check it out!
 
July 2008
French Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000N
is our featured addon for this month. Enjoy!
 
June
2008
Bonus Flight Simulator X Acceleration multiplayer racing missions
are available at
fsinsider.com.
Simtube.com
features videos for
all kinds of flight sim content. What not give them a visit and
check out a movie or two?
For June we feature a splendid
Hawker Raytheon 125-800XP in 7 paint schemes:
 
May 2008
SimHQ's
World Tour: Flying the "Table Saw" in
Part 1,
Part 2 and
Part 3 offers a good read on the Tupoluv Tu-114 prop airliner's
distinctive characteristics including its use of gigantic turboprop
engines with 18.5 foot blades.
AVSIM.com takes a look at
Walk and Follow for FSX, a camera movement utility from DBS
Studios.
Be sure to take time to download our newest featured addon,
Eurocopter Ecureuil AS350B3.
 
April 2008
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Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator
X
Version 7.2.2 is available for download! This release
focuses on tweaks and bug fixes to ensure Addit! Pro remains
the best companion program for FSX!
What is Addit! Pro? It's is a comprehensive addon
manager for Flight Simulator X. Easily install, manage and remove
aircraft, adventures, flights, flight plans, gauges,
missions, panels, A.I. airport and facilities data, scenery,
sounds, textures, videos, weather and more! Archive add-ons
to Addit! Pro's File Cabinet or recreate them in zip files.
Modify your aircraft, panels and sounds. Automatically
update Flight Simulator's Scenery Library.
FSX Acceleration addons are now treated
as stock/default addons, Windows Media Audio files are
considered FS sound files and a special dialog appears if
Addit! Pro's database grows large. A number of tweaks and
bug fixes are included in this release (see
Revision
History for a complete list).
All drive and folder navigation has been updated and
improved in both the Select Addon Files Window and
Browse Folders/Files Window. This was done to boost
performance, provide new features,
address freeze
issues under Windows Vista and resolve
incompatibilities with some system security software.
Please read the
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Eagle Dynamic's upcoming helicopter simulation
DCS:
Black Shark is now listed in our SimWorld
Game Developers area.
ThunderWorks released more screenshot's of their upcoming
simulation
Jet
Thunder.
Flightsim.com introduces new
flight sim Wiki pages as a repository for flight sim material that
is a step above their forums.
This month we feature
BAC Jet
Provost, a 1950s era jet trainer designed for use with
Flight Simulator 2004 and FSX:
 
March 2008
SimHQ.com offers up a 5 page feature called
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th, part of their Second Look
series.
A new patch for
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force is available from Lead Pursuit.
A very fine
French Chance Vought F4U-7 Corsair is featured this month:
 
February 2008
Need help with Addit! Pro for Flight Simulator X? Please visit our comprehensive
Addit!
Pro Support Area.
Please read our new support document covering
type mismatch errors when starting Addit! Pro, if you have such
issues.
Microsoft's
FSX
support site contains how-to articles, downloads and
troubleshooting solutions for Flight Simulator X.
Computer
Pilot Magazine, a leading flight sim enthusiast print
publication, celebrated its 100th issue in January.
This month we feature
a stellar
Savoia Marchetti S.73 an
aircraft, panel and sound package:
 
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