The second annual Sturmovikfest has ended and I wanted to take a few moments and thank people and organizations for helping to make the second annual festival happen both on the stage and behind the scenes. Thank you all around A virtual festival like this doesn’t happen on its own. A lot of people are…
Tag: Flying Circus Vol 1
Sturmovikfest day five!
It’s day five of Sturmovikfest and we’re closing in on the finale happening this weekend. Tonight, the scheduled fly-in is on the Jasta5 Flugpark server. Every Thursday (and Sunday), Flying Circus virtual squadrons and individuals hop in on this server to engage in some fun WWI air combat action. The server has seen numbers go…
Flight sim news round-up for April 10
There’s a lot of news flying around these days and here are some key stories that jumped out at me over the last several days that you might want to know about. JustFlight working on a BAe 146 for X-Plane They are calling it the 146 Professional and its a new regional airliner for X-Plane…
1CGS is offering 40-85% most IL-2 content for the annual spring sale!
From now until April 23rd, 1CGS will be offering their annual spring sale. The sale celebrates the start of spring and is offering ample discounts on plenty of IL-2: Great Battles Content. I have all of the details of the sale right here! Webstore and on Steam Available on both the webstore and on the…
IL-2 24-hour flash sale on webstore
1CGS is having a webstore only flash sale for IL-2: Great Battles Series with three titles on sale for anywhere between 50% and 75% off. Here’s what you need to know! On sale for 24-hours only Three titles in the Great Battles Series are going on sale for today online on the IL-2 webstore. Tank…
Flight Journal: Pfalzing out of the sky
Last week I was on the Flugpark server for one of their Thursday night fly-in events that have recently picked up steam again after the announcement of Flying Circus Vol 2. Among my flights that night was one particularly challenging fight in the Pfalz D.IIIa that I thought I’d share. Sometimes its not about the…
Thoughts on the future of Flying Circus in the IL-2: Great Battles Series
Now that we’ve put a few days between the full announcement for Flying Circus Vol 2 I wanted to offer up a few more thoughts on the franchise and address some of the different opinions in the community. Let’s talk the future of Flying Circus! Renewing the excitement levels Flying Circus Vol 1 was a…
We’re going to learn more about Flying Circus Vol 2 next week
A note posted by IL-2’s Lead Producer, Jason Williams, on the IL-2 forum has indicated that there will be no developer diary update this week in lieu of full announcement on Flying Circus Vol 2 next week. Although we know very little about the project, I can make some guesses and read between the lines…
Flight Journal: Varied flights and scenarios in IL-2: Great Battles
I’ve been doing plenty of IL-2: Great Battles flying recently on several of the series’ popular multiplayer servers. This won’t be a full flight journal but rather a summary of each and an example of the kinds of multiplayer experiences you can have on IL-2 right now. Transport run in a Ju52 I wanted to…
Black Friday sales are out there! IL-2, DCS, X-Plane, MSFS, more!
The sky is calling and in this time of isolation one of the best ways to get out there is pick up some cool new flight sim software or hardware. And what better way to get into something new or add to your collection than by taking advantage of the deals out there. Let’s have…
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