I figured it wouldn’t take long before someone would write to be about the recent release of the Aerosoft Airbus A330 and I wasn’t disappointed. I’ve had several readers email me in the past 24-48 hours about this and here are my thoughts on the matter. But first, let me show you the email from…
PMDG 737 MAX Deprioritized
I’m sure you’ve all heard the news from PMDG. Late last week, PMDG provided a development update to the flight simulation community. In this update they talked about their upcoming Boeing 777-200LR and 200ER releases. They mentioned their hope is the 777-200LR will release before the end of the year. PMDG continued by stating “The…
MSFS 2024 Purchase Options
By now I’m sure you’ve all heard that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now officially available for pre-order. The actual release date, pending no issues is set for 19 November which is less than two months away. Like you, I’ve been diving into all the various purchase options to try and determine which option suits…
Farming Simulator 25
It’s been a little while since I’ve blogged about anything other than flight simulation and with the quickly approaching release date for the new version of GIANTS Farming Simulator I thought I would put a few thoughts down. As I’ve mentioned before, my first experience with any sort of agricultural based simulation game was with…
Let’s Talk about KDFW for MSFS
Anyone who knows me in the flight simulation community knows that the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW) is one of my absolute favorite airports in the real world. I have very fond memories of visiting DFW as a child in the mid to late 70’s. Watching the airplanes/airlines including American, Braniff and seeing the awesome…
Another Real World Update – Texas Trip Success
My wife and I just recently returned from our trip to Texas to visit family and to hunt for a house. During our week long stay, we toured nine different houses with our realtor and found our new dream home. Interestingly, the house we purchased was the first house we toured. We’re currently in the…
Reader Question – Airbus Fenix versus FSLabs
In recent weeks I’ve had a few emails from readers regarding the various options available or soon to be available in the Airbus A320 family of aircraft. I’m going to sort of summarize the main general question which each asked and provide my own opinion and plan towards the topic. In a nutshell, the general…
Some Real World Stuff – An Update
As mentioned back in May, my wife and I are planning to move from Colorado back to my home state of Texas. In about a week, we will visit my family in Central Texas and spend a few days shopping for a new house. It’s been a hectic past few weeks as we’ve already started…
Fenix A319/A321 Expansion Pack – Oh Yea!!!
Fenix released their much anticipated Airbus A319/A321 expansion package companion to their awesome Airbus A320 on Monday and wow….what an impressive package it truly has been. I purchased and downloaded the expansion pack within minutes of the announcement and was quickly flying the Airbus A321 from DFW to DEN which is a real world route…
Happy 4th Anniversary to MSFS 2020
Today, 4 years ago was the official release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and what exciting times we live in as a result. While it took me almost two years to fully embrace and move over to MSFS 2020 as my primary sim, I knew on day one that what we were witnessing with MSFS…