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Flight Simulator flight stick expert, Saitek have released a new product, F.L.Y. 9 Wireless Flight Stick – a high-end flight stick for every simmer who wants to be in control in a cockpit of any civilian and military aircraft.

VRinsight and Wilco Publishing released two new modules of cockpit hardware compatible with FS2004 and FSX, namely GPS-5 and Prop Cockpit Trainer. 

Saitek has released Pro Flight X-65F Combat Control System. 

Your flight simulator’s performance can be affected by your anti-virus software. But, if you don’t install an anti-virus software on your computer, you expose yourself to possible attacks. If you want to maintain the performance of your flight simulator while also protecting your computer, GameGuard might be just what you need.

In a press release in January 2010, Matrox announced the upgrade of its Multiple Graphics eXpansion Module Support.

Matrox Graphics Inc., a major manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions headquartered in Montreal, Canada, announced its release of multiple DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go Graphics eXpansion Module (GXM) which are designed to drive up to four or six monitors, respectively, from a single system.

Users of the Apple iPhone or iPod touch will be pleased to hear about the release of the free Fly Away Simulation iPhone/iPod touch App which is now available to download from iTunes or the App Store on your device.  The App brings the latest flight simulation headlines and hottest payware product releases to your mobile device in real-time.  Keep up to date with the hottest flight simulator topics while on the move.

Jetline Systems has launched it's latest line of high performance flight simulation gaming computers. The companies newest offering is the Intel Core i7 powered Xjett 795. The Xjett gaming series is focused on providing flight sim enthusiasts the necessary performance to run their favorite gaming software at the most optimum level possible.

With many of the latest big budget cinema releases being available in 3D, and everyone talking about the 3D future of television, many eyes are starting to focus on 3D hologram projections...without the glasses!

Panasonic showcased their 150 inch plasma at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, trumping their puny 103 inch model from last year. Currently they use this sucker for stadiums as a jumbo tron, but pretty soon you can buy one for your living room.

The long awaited xJETT series is a microATX system that has been specifically designed for flight simulation games. The xJETT focuses on processor power (the most important performance factor in flight sim). The xJETT features high end dual core processors from AMD and Intel. There is an available CPU overclocking option on the xJETT 700.

The SlickSteel stainless steel mousepads have now been reduced to only $26.50.  You can pre-order your mouse pad here.  These Mouse Mats are made with both the professional computer user and hardcore PC Gamer in mind!  This is the new whole stainless steel mouse pad from SlickSteel.  For more information, click on Read More.

The TrackIR head tracking product has been around for a few years now, and its name is becoming recognized within the world of Flight Sim. With technological advances with every release, the realism offered in the current release is superb. The guys at NaturalPoint have sent us one of the latest products, the TrackIR3 Pro for review, but not only that - we have the vector expansion pack included to review, giving you "Six Degrees of freedom (6DOF)" as stated by the manufacturer, for most realistic head tracking that's fully supported in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. Click here to read the full TrackIR 3 Pro review.

Elite Simulation Solutions, makers of IFR training simulation software, now offer a set of high quality rudder pedals. The pedals works with ELITE's own sim software as well as with Microsoft Flight Simulator. For full details, click on Read More.