But of course, we knew it would be right? The wait is over…PMDG finally released their very highly anticipated Boeing 777-300ER on schedule just a few days ago. Due to my traveling schedule, I was actually down in Texas at the DFW Airport when it released so I didn’t get to take part in all…
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Are Virtual Airlines Still Relevant Today?
I became first acquainted with a virtual airline or VA for short in the 1999 or early 2000 timeframe. During these past 24-25 years, with exception for a year to two when life was so busy that I didn’t spend much time at all with flight sim, I’ve belonged to one or more VA’s. Today…
The 777 Is Coming….The 777 Is Coming!
Well….blow me down and shiver me timbers. Yes, PMDG broke radio silence on Sunday to announce a tentative release date for their Boeing 777-300ER. This anticipated release date is Tuesday, 25 June. PMDG also mentioned in that same announcement that should a delay be needed (for whatever reason) then provisional backup days extending out to…
MSFS 2024 Thoughts
Hello and welcome back to my blog site. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably already watched the brand new release trailer which Microsoft released over the weekend regarding their brand new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The announced release date is 19 November 2024. I’ve watched this trailer now about a half dozen…
PMDG 777 and MSFS 2024 Release Rumors
I hope everyone is having a great start to the summer season. While it’s still a few weeks before summer officially arrives, the weather is warming up across the country and in most places school is out. PMDG Boeing 777 In recent days PMDG have broken their silence and informed everyone via their forums that…
Thrustmaster Airbus Captains Pack
Those of you who know me and have been reading my blog posts for the past 13+ years, know that I enjoy the immersion which the flight simulation hobby provides to us. I’ve spent time, money and a lot of effort to build up my home simulator with various controllers from GoFlight (which sadly went…
Reader Question – Help Me Please!
Hello to all my wonderful readers and followers of my blog site. I hope you are doing well. I received the following message from a new, young sim pilot who received Microsoft Flight Simulator for Christmas. This is his first introduction virtual aviation and simulation and he’s desperate to get some help. The reason I’m…
Reader Question – What is CTAF?
Hello to all my loyal readers. We have a question regarding the use of CTAF on the VATSIM network and I felt it was worthy to share with everyone. Hello Jerry, I occasionally fly on the VATSIM network and have been curious about the use of the CTAF frequency versus just the standard unicom frequency…
Microsoft Flight Simulator SU15 Update Postponed Yet Again
Yes, the news broke yesterday that due to some issues found during the latest beta build for SU15 (1.37.15.0) which was supposed to originally release back in March, then postponed to 7 May has once again been postponed. At the time of this writing, there is no new date available. The issues found have to…
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
I mentioned a little while ago when I wrote about the recent delay to system update 15 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 that I would take the time to write about the new version of MSFS2024 which is due to release sometime this year. While we don’t have a release date at this time, if…