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What exactly is R2? R2 is a robotic helper for the space station. With hands and arms and stereovision, is expected to perform some of the repetitive or more mundane functions inside the orbiting laboratory to free astronauts for more complicated tasks and experiments. It could one day also go along on space walks.

Announced by Microsoft on the 18th August 2010 at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany is the development of the next flight simulator in Microsoft series, now called "Microsoft Flight".  They seemed to have dropped the "Simulator" ending, opening up the software to many more players and simulation enthusiasts.  By dropping the "Simulator" word, the game is targeted at anyone with a slight interested in virtual aviation, not just the flight "simulator" enthusiast.

GLB Flight Products, distributors and retailers of flight simulation hardware products have just announced that they have been trading for one year.  To celebrate this anniversary, they are running a special offer campaign to existing and new customers.  They will be offering customers a 5 GBP discount towards their next purchase of 50 GBP or more.  This offer will apply to every purchase made with them.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, Space X has announced its goals for heavy lift vehicles, beginning with the Falcon X and Super X family of launch Vehicles. At the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Joint Propulsion Conference in Nashville, Space X unveiled its exploration vision. Until recently Space X focused on (LEO) Low earth orbiting vehicles, but now they want to help get us to Mars and beyond! To get to Mars, it would take as many as 15 chemical-powered vehicles to perform the same mission as two nuclear-powered Earth-departure stage vehicles. The nuclear thermal vehicles would also be capable of faster transit times in the order of 170-210 days, With standard chemical rockets it would take up to 6 months and perhaps more!

SimShack.net, the on-line flight sim store have now started stocking the entire flight simulator scenery range from Fly Wonderful Islands.  Fly Wonderful Islands, or as they are know in the community, FWI are a flight simulator development company focusing on creating highly detailed scenery package add-ons for islands.  Their entire range is compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

Announced from flight simulator scenery developer Team SDB is their rendition of the RAF Station Driffield scenery add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and 2004.  The scenery includes many enhancements and accurate buildings, vehicles and ground textures for the airfield.

Bern, Switzerland - 40 laser attack's on airline pilot's are reported around Switzerland for the year 2009. This year has proven even more shocking, over the running 7 months 40 attack's are reported, that's much more than over the whole last year. These lasers are not given enough of a "danger rating", but in reality these lasers are very dangerous.

Announced from Flight Simulator developer Iris is their Audioworx add-on sound packages for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.  They have released three sound packs featuring the F-16, Lycoming 360 and the F-6F Hellcat sounds.  All addons are high quality sound replacements for your aircraft in FSX.

I’ve owned a wide variety of software for both FS9 and FSX. I’ve seen the vast variation in the “not so real” category and the “I can’t believe it’s not a real airplane” category... all jokes aside this product so very well fits into the highest category of realism! The MD-11 has been in development for over four years as the major FS9 to FSX transition was made. PMDG has always put their best foot forward in every single product they make. Along with Flight One, and Captain Sim, Aerosoft to mention a few.

Now available from Flight1 is their latest version of Flight Environment X for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.  Flight Environment X or FEX is a environment enhancement addon for FSX that brings your simulation to life with ultra realistic textures including land, water, clouds and much more.  Using HD or High Definition textures with high frame rates, this is one of the best add-ons their is to make your simulation experience even more realistic.  You can now pre-order your copy from the SimShack.net online store.

In an announcement from Great Lakes Express virtual airlines, they state that they have expanded their operational area out to Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee Wisconsin.  Great Lakes Express VA is focused on covering lots of smaller airports and airfields rather that the bigger international airports.

This article lists some of the features of Microsoft Flight Simulator X.  Microsoft Flight Simulator X or as it's commonly known, "FSX" is the latest flight simulator release from Microsoft game studios.  However, the ACES studio has been closed down due to financial decisions.  ACES were the developers of the Microsoft Flight Simulator range and are an in-house Microsoft company.  The MSFS franchise has yet to be sold to an external company, but this is expected at some point.

We are living in era of technology. Technology is booming today and it has touched every aspect of life. Either we talk about our daily life or highly skilled tasks. They can be related to earth, water and space which are considered as main factor of life. Here we are talking about space.

In current article we are moving on technical details for Flight Simulation related to its visual system. First of all, we are talking about wide visual systems. The simulation of visual System foe visual scene that present itself through the window of a real aircraft has been one of the most significant technical challenges in the development of Flight Simulators and also for flight simulation technology. As I have discussed in previous article that with the advancement of time technology was advancing too but simulation of visual scenes is one of the element of Flight Simulators that did not begin to see major advancement or major progress until the 1980s.

Flight simulator is used for simulation of flight considering every aspect of flight environment. Flight simulation is an important tool in space related programs. It is used for various purposes as flight training and development of aircrafts. Flight Simulators are used for collecting various degrees of details used in high technically skilled programs such as Software modeling, Cockpit design, Black box design and wide field visual systems.

If you are a developer, professional or otherwise, you want your creations safe from being sold or copied by others.  Recently I have seen and reported an infringement of another’s creations. The person(s) in question took an Aircraft from Alpha Sim and is including it in Scenery they created for sale! I have since reported this to Alpha Sim  and they were very glad that there is someone looking out for there interest and the same goes for Captain Sim; both are investigating these thefts of intellectual material.

Hello my Name is William. I am currently a student pilot starting my climb to a career in the Aerospace industry. Ever since I was a toddler I was fascinated with aviation. I one day plan to go into space at least once. I would also like to fly very large aircraft. I was asked to review the Airbus A400 created by Wilco publishing so without further waiting I give you the A400 REVIEW!  The most unique thing about the A400 is the Virtual cockpit. It is absolutely HUGE! With the Cockpit the crew rest area behind the cockpit door the main stairway and behind that is the HUGE cargo/pax hold. Here are a few pictures of the various compartments of the A400 VC.

Flight Sim aircraft developer Carenado have continued their support for FS2004 products with the release of their PA-34 200T Seneca II package for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.  This package features many detailed features such as 3D animations, high quality audio files, manuals and checklist documentation and much more.

Just released from developer Worldwide Sim is their Sedona Airport package for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.  This is a very scenic airport in North America.  The scenery boasts many great features with lots of buildings and objects around the airport.  The add-on is also very frame rate friendly.

Another virtual organization has opened its on-line doors.  Misty Air Charters are a web based virtual bush flying organization that cover mainly the panhandle region of Alaska.  They advertise the fact that they are friendly and welcoming and anyone may join their "clan".

The battle between Boeing and Airbus is one with long tradition and one that never loses on it's interestingness. The airplane manufacturer industry is one that requires the companies to be flamboyant, adaptable and aggressive. The most famous manufacturer battle was when Boeing introduced the 737 series and Airbus had problems coming up with a adequate answer that would bring it up to even terms. The Airbus family of the A318, A319, A320, A321 is today seen as direct competition, but in today's world the spotlight shifted away from the short-haul airplanes to the long-haul planes.

All of us have different dreams and passions in life but not all of them come true. Some of them do and some of them don’t. But how close can we get to fulfil these dreams? Do we have the resources to do so or do we have the opportunity? One of the dreams many youngsters and adults alike maybe having, is that of flying an airplane. Surely, it’s not everybody’s destiny to do so and to join an aviation school is not a cakewalk either.

There are two most recent advancements in this simulation one is Microsoft Flight Simulation X and the second one is the Microsoft Flight Simulation 2004, both of these are used to cater to only pilots as well as all the would be pilots and in addition with all the people who had a dream of being pilot or similar to that.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is an excellent tool for exploring the world of flight. Whether you have pilot experience or not, you can climb into the cockpit and fly a plane. Perhaps it seems surprising but reality can’t be changed. Indeed any of hundreds of planes ranging from simple four-place fixed-gear aircraft such as the Cessna Skyline or the Piper Dakota, to roaring Mach busters like the Concorde or the Space Shuttle Orbited Of course you will need to develop some experience before tackling some of the faster aircraft.

This Microsoft Flight Simulator is also famous as the FSX; this is the most recent version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator immediately after the launch of the flight simulator of 2004. This Microsoft Flight Simulator consists of an updated graphics engine as well as the compatibility with the windows vista version. This Microsoft Flight Simulator x was marketed by the Microsoft as it’s most excellent as well as important milestone in terms of technology in the whole series till the date. This is the first version in the series of the flight simulator and to be release on the dvd-rom.

Aviation is a great industry in which the United States has played a major role. The more people participating in it to some degree, the better off us all are. Aviation is a strong element in our National Defense and in every aspect of business, transporting people and goods all over the world. Even our major league sports industry could not exist without speedy aircraft to move the teams around. If you have ever seen an airplane flies over while walking and wondered how it works or how you could learn to use an airplane, the Microsoft Flight Simulator gives you a chance to find out.

The International Airport at Bratislava, Slovak Republic has had a historic moment in the last month. This moment is has been historic because a brand new terminal has been opened up.  The previously used one has been built in 1970 and could not handle the growing passenger volume that has been generated by the largest active airline flying to the airport, Ryanair.

Back In January The FAA The federal government has granted the Jacksonville Aviation Authority a license to operate a commercial, horizontal launch spaceport at Cecil Field.  Living around Cecil Field (KVQQ) all my life, this is a real exciting prospect, The Ex Navy Master jet base has been a part of my life since 1969 and to see it listed, as a spaceport is good for the local economy and for our Countries space tourism/space research.  

There are various uses of these Flight Simulators. Some of these are as follows: Flight Training: These Flight Simulators are used very much in the industry of the aviation for the purpose of training of the pilots as well as for some other kind of crews like military as well as civil aircrafts.

In this press release from Livewire Virtual Airlines, they announce an invitation to join their virtual airline.  Livewire Virtual are one of the oldest virtual airlines on the internet, and have crossed many of the Microsoft Flight Simulator releases.