X-Plane 12.00 is now final

The full release of X-Plane 12 is now at hand after a series of 14 beta updates and 6 release candidates. The latest edition of this sim with its long legacy continues on with a host of new features. There’s also more to come. Version twelve point zero Fans of Laminar Research’s X-Plane series will…

FSA hosts X-Plane 12 live stream with Laminar Research

The folks at Flight Simulation Association gathered together the folks at Laminar Research to talk about… you guessed it, X-Plane 12! The chat is focused on both the present and the near future of the product. If you’re an X-Plane fan, you may want to listen in on this live stream. Live update I always…

X-Plane 12 early access live stream coming up

Scheduled for November 27 at 2:00 pm EST (that’s 7:00 PM GMT), the folks at Laminar Research are going to be giving as an update on X-Plane 12 and its early access status. Road to release? A new live stream with the Laminar Research time is scheduled in just two days time and it sounds…

X-Plane 12 adds eVTOL in latest beta update

A new aircraft has been added to X-Plane 12 and its quite a different beast from the usual airplane in X-Plane. This one is the Alia-250 and its an eVTOL aircraft that Austin Meyers posits as the future of general aviation. Let’s have a look! Might Alia 250 be the future of general aviation? General…

X-Plane MCDU, DCS AI dogfighting and more in news round-up

It’s time folks for another flight sim news round-up as the last couple of week’s have been action packed and jammed with news that I haven’t yet reported on. Let’s round it up! MCDU for X-Plane 12 Laminar research gives us a little insight into their Airbus style MCDU that’s currently in development for X-Plane…

X-Plane 12 early access review

Laminar Research have unleashed the latest version of X-Plane into the public spotlight. Sporting new features, enhancements from the previous version, and a relatively substantial overhaul of some of the core features, X-Plane 12 brings a lot to the table. But is it everything that we hoped for? That might depend on what features are…

X-Plane 12 has landed on Steam

Fans of X-Plane waiting for the Steam version can now rest easy as the early access version of 12 has finally arrived onto the store. Early access now on Steam Already available for over a week now directly from Laminar Research, X-Plane 12 is now on the Steam Store and available to purchase. There are…

X-Plane team lay out next steps in X-Plane 12 early access

The folks at Laminar Research have just posted a blog entry on their developer site that details some of the areas that their recently released X-Plane 12 will build on. There’s some key details in here on what they have planned and if you’re an X-Plane fan you’re going to want to know what they…

X-Plane 12 is out! Rounding-up the news!

For X-Plane fans, today is a big day as X-Plane 12 is now officially available for sale on the X-Plane official website with Steam store access due any time now. Let’s have a look at the launch and round-up some news that has been coming out through the day. Ready for flight Early access for…

Aerobask shows off Falcon 8X in X-Plane 12

The folks at Aerobask are on a roll today with their ViperJet announcement and now we have some new screenshots of the Falcon 8X. Let’s have a look! New images Aerobask announced quite a long time ago now that their Falcon 8X project, which began under X-Plane 11, wouldn’t be ready until after X-Plane 12…