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Flight Journal: From Crosskart to Norden, traversing the roads and skies of Idaho
Published: April 27, 2025 19:53
Following on with my recent review of the GotFriends Crosskart, the scenery suggestion of Lost Trail Pass Airstrip, made by TheDukeNewcomb on Flightsim.to, clued me into a small but great looking collection of mountainous Idaho-based bush strips. The…
Flight Journal: Crossing the Atlantic in the ini A330-300 with successes and failures
Published: April 26, 2025 18:15
This weekend, VATSIM has been hosting their scheduled Cross the Pond event, encouraging people to get on their network and take part in a mass aircraft movement across multiple sims. I’m not quite VATSIM ready yet but I love the concept and it worked out…
PMDG 777-200ER release window, videos, DC-6 and other items
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/26/pmdg-777-200er-release-window-videos-dc-6-and-other-items/
Published: April 26, 2025 14:37
Lots of activity happening over at PMDG right now with a release window now tightening up for their upcoming MSFS 2020 and 2024 PMDG 777-200ER release. There’s also some upgrades coming to the Freighter and -300ER variants which are highly anticipated and…
Surprising immersive and fun! Project Crosskart mini-review
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/26/surprising-immersive-and-fun-project-crosskart-mini-review/
Published: April 26, 2025 13:58
Fast, capable, with great features for Microsoft Flight Simulator. You think I’d be talking about an aircraft just now but no… this is a mini review of the Got Friends Project Crosskart. I’ve spent some time driving it around the world of Microsoft Flight…
DCS World gains new assets and starts ‘Cold War’ sale
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/25/dcs-world-gains-new-assets-and-starts-cold-war-sale/
Published: April 25, 2025 20:50
A couple of DCS World Weekend news updates to talk about this week. Eagle Dynamics are reporting that they have partnered with ‘Currenthill’ to bring new AI assets to DCS World. There’s also a new sale underway with some decent savings on various modules.…
IL-2 Korea AAA detailed in new update
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/25/il-2-korea-aaa-detailed-in-new-update/
Published: April 25, 2025 20:40
The latest update from 1C Game Studios on their IL-2 Korea project is focused on the AAA that will be used in the new sim. The update gives us an overview of the pieces available and that you’ll be potentially facing up against. There’s also some…
FlightSim Studio AG launches 727-200 Passenger version
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/25/flightsim-studio-ag-launches-727-200-passenger-version/
Published: April 25, 2025 12:33
Following on the heels of the 727-200 Freighter, FSS AG have released the passenger version of the classic airliner. Both versions are available and work on both versions of MSFS though there are a few caveats for 2024 owners for the current point in time.…
IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Update 5.507 brings in numerous minor fixes
Published: April 23, 2025 11:33
Released yesterday without much fanfare, Update 5.507 for the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series is a relatively modest update for the series with a number of fixes and some minor content additions. Let’s have a look! What you can expect The first item…
MSFS City Update 10 focuses on cities around the United States
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/22/msfs-city-update-10-focuses-on-cities-around-the-united-states/
Published: April 23, 2025 00:26
The next update for the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024 series is out and this one brings in new imagery for several United States cities. The new update is now available, however, it also has a bit of a problem. Let’s have a look at the details!…
DCS: F-5E livery competition cancelled
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/22/dcs-f-5e-livery-competition-cancelled/
Published: April 23, 2025 00:15
A few weeks back, Eagle Dynamics announced another in a series of successful livery competitions. This one was focused on the DCS: F-5E with winners of the competition receiving various prizes and inclusion of their work in the released modules. This…
VIRPIL launches Cadet Series pre-order
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/22/virpil-launches-cadet-series-pre-order/
Published: April 22, 2025 13:00
The flight sim hardware market continues to be an interesting area of competition and innovation these days and we’re seeing some pushes towards more affordable hardware without making tremendous sacrifices in feature set. The latest entry in that…
DCS: Cold War Germany map review: Not just a map but a story!
https://stormbirds.blog/2025/04/21/dcs-cold-war-germany-map-review-not-just-a-map-but-a-story/
Published: April 21, 2025 18:52
Ugra Media’s release of the DCS: Cold War Germany map has me excited by the possibilities. DCS hasn’t been short on maps recently with three releases in recent memory all offering some level of excitement, however, I think this one has something special…