Microsoft Games' ACES team has now released the long and eagerly awaited SP1 for publication. It solves a LOT of previously found problems of the original Flight Simulator X release and should at last allow many more people to enjoy the 'new sim' to a much larger extent. Read all the changes AND instructions for downloading and installation on Phil Taylor's blog here !

The patch is available from FSInsider, and on Phil's blog.

On Owen Hewitt's blog we can read that ".....the Eaglesoft FSX Columbia 400is very close to release! The team and I have been working very hard to incorporate the very latest technology offered by Microsoft in their latest version of FS, and will require the use of SP1 before installation.......".

"......The aircraft will include: High resolution textures with specular mapping, dynamic environment mapping, self-shadows, precise animations including independent control over all access points, pre-flight gauge, and Avidyne portrait MFDs that are fully integrated with the GNS 430 and S-Tec 55X Autopilot. In addition, the package will include 9 paint schemes, 6 of which are based on real Columbia 400 aircraft! .....".


Check Owen's blog for images

Sky Blue Radio is the new home of flightsim entertainment. It offers flightsim news, call ins, chat shows, competitions and interviews. For more information, read

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VATSIM, the Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network, has announced the release of Virtual Radar Client (VRC) 1.2. This new version introducdes voice ATIS and other new enhancements.

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announces the release of the InstantScenery Update 1.1
The latest update has some new features and options to make scenery management more accessible , the update includes a tool for making thumbnails for existing libraries, A Library Maker for new add-on libraries and several bugfixes,

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