September/October 2012

Issue 81

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FEATURES

Quality Wings Interview We interview Corey Ford of Quality Wings and get the scoop on their latest BAe 146 for FS2004 and FSX.

OVO-04 GA Full
Motion simulator Richard Benedikz travels to Spain to experience the OVO-04 - the first Full Motion General Aviation flight simulator that completely surrounds you for a truly immersive flight experience.

Challenging Airports – Saba
Chris Frishmuth’s ‘Challenging Airport’ for this issue takes us to the Caribbean and the imposing
volcanic island of Saba, with the shortest commercially serviced runway in the world!

Prepar3D
We continue our exploration of Prepar3D with an in-depth look at the software, including user interface, graphics engine, thirdparty support and performance.

TUTORIALS

DCS: A-10C Warthog
This issue sees the third part of Chris Frishmuth’s series on The Fighter Collection’s DCS: A-10
Warthog. For our third tutorial flight we are going to take a look at the all-important skill of airto-
air refuelling.

A Beginner's guide to Flight Simulator
In this edition of our ‘Beginner’s Guide’, we take a look at a collection of addons including the English Electric Lightning, the little known Pasped Skylark and the Lionheart Creations’ Avelina,
rounding off with a selection of recommended utilities.

Jet Airliners – A Flight Sim Pilot’s Guide
Jane Whittaker takes an in-depth look into the myriad of customisation options for the PMDG 737NGX.

GA Tutorial – Twin-engine Flying
Now that you are well on the way to becoming a competent ‘twin’ pilot and have come to appreciate some of their idiosyncrasies, we’ll conclude this part of the series by learning how to safely manage an engine failure during key phases of flight.

Rise of Flight – News from the ‘Front’!
In this instalment of our series on Rise of Flight we take a look at the recent major updates that have been introduced to this everpopular World War I flight sim.

Flight Sim Adventure – Shelter Cove to Half Moon Bay
In this issue we take an extremely scenic trip down the California coast. Our journey starts at the
small hamlet of Shelter Cove, before progressing south towards Little River and finally ending at
the idyllic Half Moon Bay, close to San Francisco.

HINTS + TIPS

Flight Sim Q&A
Our Flight Sim Q&A for this issue answers questions on FSX crashing to the desktop, ORBX
scenery animation problems, and issues installing FS2004 aircraft into FSX.

REVIEWS

RealAir Lancair Legacy
A2A’s P-51D Mustang
K&A Sim’s T-28C Trojan
Aerosoft Antarctica X
UK2000 Cardiff Xtreme
Flying Stations’ Hawker Sea Fury FB.11
FS Flying School Pro

REGULARS

Editor's Letter + Comms
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