Vol.2 Issue 8 September 2019 Your Free digital Flight Simulation magazine 2 Welcome once again. Flight Sim Show 2019 in Cosford, UK will be a two day event for the first time, which should increase attendance. This year it is dedicated to the late Bob Sidwick, who will be sadly missed. I will be there as a visitor on the Saturday only and I’m looking forward to taking my time to wander around and enjoy the exhibitors and presentations. Microsoft recently hosted a ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator Global Preview Event’ on FS2020. You can watch two reports on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkMoZkGhIog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ppN8HjZGk You can also read a report, which includes 4K screenshots at: https://flyawaysimulation.com/news/4953/#heading01 Published by In this issue we have two reviews; the A220 Series Pack (FSX) and The PC Pilots Ireland LEAL Alicante Airport (P3D). John McNeely looks forward to the coming dark season with ’Winter is Coming’. If you would like to try something novel pcpilotsireland.com aviation related in the real world, have look page 47. Contributors The next issue is due December 2019. Terry McGee Terry McGee [email protected] Ian Broni [email protected] John Melville [email protected] John McNeely [email protected] Brian Church [email protected] Aerosoft www.flightsimshow.com www.aerosoft.com Simmarket www.simmarket.com X-Plained.com www.x-plained.com Contents: Page Flight Sim 2019 advert 2 Flightsim Apps 29 Editorial 3 Plane Talking 30 Front Cover 4 Freeware Focus FSX & P3D 35 Arrivals (New Products) 5 Freeware Focus FS2004 39 Cockpit Hardware 17 Freeware Focus X-Plane 42 Winter is Coming 20 Aviation Gallery 47 Airbus A220 Series Pack 21 NOTAMs 48 LEAL - Alicante Airport 24 Aerosoft Advert 49 3 By Fanzahn Aviation Studios www.fangzahn-productions.com Greek Island Zakynthos Airport scenery features: PBR Textures. Dynamic Lighting. Airport Clutter. Static A321. 3D Grass. 3D Ditches. 2 Compatibility Modes. Basic custom houses and vegetation around the airport (in Photo Scenery Mode). Landclass correction. Two Compatibility Modes: Orbx Mode Default: This changes the colours to match Orbx Global Base, it also in- cludes a landclass file to improve rendering of the surroundings. Photo Mode for Realworld Scenery Greece: This changes the colours to match Realworld Scenery Greece. You can of course use any other photo scenery but RWS is recommended. The Activator Tool activates the scenery via the XML method and copies some important files into the simulator folder. It also installs a custom GSX file for the airport. 4 Arrivals 1011 Captain II and passengers. The Yak-12A is a dows and dynamic light on head- From Captain Sim conventional monoplane with metal lights. Night lighting in the restau- www.captainsim.net braced high-wing, metal and can- rant. Optimal adaptation to Swit- vas covered fuselage, four-seats zerland professional P3D V4 and cabin, fixed landing gear with tail ORBX. wheel. Wing fitted with flaps and automatic slats. Single nine- B-45 Tornado cylinder, four-stroke, air-cooled, From Virtavia petrol-powered radial engine AI- www.simmarket.com 14R. Two-blade propeller. Fea- tures: All materials with HD specu- Captain Sim is proud to introduce lar, bump and reflection maps. 5 the new generation of the award- different liveries. Custom sounds winning ‘1011 Captain’ series: the effects for switches, knobs, levers. ‘1011 CAPTAIN II’ family of expan- Detailed and completely custom sions for Prepar3D 4..4+ The 1011 animated VC. Windshield and family includes the following two gauges reflections. Volumetric side products: 1011 BASE PACK. 1011 view prop effect. Authentic totally FREIGHTER EXPANSION. The key 3D gauges and avionics systems. product of the 1011 CAPTAIN II Accurate flight dynamics. PDF User Boeing B-45 Tornado for P3Dv3,4 & family is the 1011 BASE PACK Guide. For use on FSX and P3dv2/ 4.5. Although the design for North which delivers highly detailed and v3. American Aviation's B-45 originated accurate digital replica of the L- during WWII, the arrival of the Tor- 1011 airplane wearing retro Cap- nado in 1948 held the distinction of tain Sim House livery. Cockpit: Airport Birrfeld professional becoming the first purpose-built Functional flight deck loaded with From FlyLogic all-jet bomber in the world fitted accurate systems simulation. Ad- www.aerosoft.com with four jet engines. Features: justable flood lights New! Panels’ Two model variations with seven backlight independent from the detailed hi-res texture sets: 47th flood lights New! WXR. Improved BW, RAF Sculthorpe, England. CIVA New! Hundreds of realistic 3200th PTG. 422nd BS, Langley animations. High resolution tex- AFB, VA. 91st SRG, Barksdale AFB, tures. Aux 2D panels. Custom LA. 91st SRG, Lockbourne AFB, OH. views. Exterior: Cabin with win- 91st SRG, RAF Sculthorpe, Eng- dows, interior, pax, stewardess and land. Royal Air Force (Black Ops), pilots. Hundreds of realistic anima- RAF Sculthorpe, England. Opti- tions including wing flex. Custom With its close proximity to Zurich mised for P3D. Both B-45A bomber visual effects including volumetric and Aargau, the Birrfeld airfield is and RB-45C reconnaissance vari- lighting New! Misc Features: Fuel one of the most important Actors of ants included. Virtual cockpit with and payload manager New! Au- the "General Aviation" in Switzer- gauges and controls. Both bomber thentic engines sound set. ACE land. When creating the scenery, and recon have unique FDE's (flight (Aircraft Configuration Editor) New! the designer has not only on the dynamics/fuel etc tailored to air- Growing number of easily installa- airfield itself concentrated, but also craft). Seven stunning reflective ble free liveries. Extensive Manual. modelled the surrounding area. The metal 2048-pixel texture sets with closeness to reality is thanks the custom spec and bump maps. Two Air Yak-12A large equipment of 3D objects, very high quality native FSX mod- From Air Design Bureau many small aircraft and the ani- els. Bomber version has 1000lb www.simmarket.com mated car traffic on approach to free-fall bomb loadout (bombs not the 08 or 26 excellently done. Fea- droppable). Animated opening tures Birrfeld P3D V4.x: Adaptation bombay doors, crew hatches and of scenery to P3D V4.x. Conversion ladder. togglable realistic crew fig- of all buildings, objects and floor ures with full harnesses and period layout. Updating the floor layout, flight gear. Virtual cockpit includes extended asphalt surfaces, rear seat with gauges and controls, changed hold-lineNew markings on walkway and bomb aimer position the grass runway, etc. Demolition spaces. Illustrated user manual in of old hangar and new construction PDF format. High quality soundset "Maintenance Hangar" and "Hangar by Sonic Solutions. PhotoShop This is last generation of widely 7". Supplementing the vegetation. paintkit files provided. Note: NO 2D produced soviet light multirole Site-specific 3D objects in the panel is provided. Note: installs to STOL aircraft that was introduced course area like the industrial area C: Program Files (x86) Virtavia by in late 1957 with numerous in the area West (ALSTOM, Antalis) default (path can be changed if re- changes which led to improved for more realistic approach and de- quired), so files need to be moved/ aerodynamic performances and parture. Night lighting in some win- copied to P3D. better level of comfort for the crew 5 Buenos Aires Ezeiza Saez side view prop effect. Takeoff run sula of the Greek island of Crete, From Tropicalsim and landing real rolling movement serving the city of Chania, 14 kilo- www.simmarket.com effect. Custom brakes sounds on metres (8.7 mi) from the airport. It taxi and landing run. Features: is the sixth busiest airport in Original autopilot installed. HD Greece. Features: Fully compatible quality textures (4096 x 4096). with FTX Global openLC Real S330 sounds. Customizable Europe. Shading and occlusion panel for controlling windows (texture baking) effects on terminal transparency, instrument reflec- and other airport buildings. Ground tions and static elements such as polygons made with the require- wheel chocks and sights props. ments of the SDK Prepad3D. Dy- Ministro Pistarini International Air- Real behaviour compared to the namic lighting of the apron. High port (Spanish: Aeropuerto Interna- real airplane. Real weight and bal- resolution ground textures / Cus- cional de Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini) ance. Tested by real pilots. Realis- tom runway textures. High resolu- (IATA: EZE, ICAO: SAEZ) is located tic night lights effects on panel and tion building textures. Many ani- 22 km (14 mi) south-southwest of cockpit. NOTE: This aircraft does mated custom ground vehicles. Buenos Aires the capital of Argen- not have a 2D panel. *Flight1 GTN Surrounding area with custom tina. The airport covers an area of 750 and Reality XP GTN 750 are autogen. Fully AI traffic compatible 3,475 ha (8,587 acres) and is oper- sold separately. Requirements: with accurate AFCAD file.Excellent ated by Aeropuertos Argentina FSX, FSX SE, P3Dv4/v3. night effects. 3D birds. 3D grass. 2000 S.A. Features: Highly detailed Optimized for excellent perform- rendition of Ministro Pistarini Intl' ance. Fully 3d taxiways lighting. Airport - Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Casablanca Complete Automatic season change for vege- SAEZ. Optional SODE animated From PrealSoft tation, photobackground high reso- jetways. Includes the new www.simmarket.com lution. Realistic reflections on Aerolineas Argentinas Hangar 5 glass. Inclusion of manual in PDF complex. Featuring the brand new format. control tower. Specular maps on glass terminals. Semi-transparent glass on jetways. Full night illumi- DHC-3T Turbo Otter for XP11 nation. 103km² of photoscenery From Milviz with full custom autogen. Photo- www.simmarket.com scenery features full night illumina- tion and seasonal variations. Cus- Mohammed V International Air- tom animated cars on highway for port is an international airport FS9 version.