Another weekend is here and with it a bunch of flight sim news that I didn’t get to report on through the week. As usual there are updates all over the place. Flying Iron Simulations updated their Spitfire to version 1.2.1, IndiaFoxtEcho has done a DCS: MB-339 start-up training video, RedKite compares old and new…
Tag: Laminar Research
X-Plane 12 development update
We’ve got a new status update from Laminar Research providing us a wide-ranging update on the status of X-Plane 12 and where most of the content is at while they work towards release. There’s also some new screenshots and some hints towards release. Let’s have a look! Early access plans The first part of the…
News round-up for April 9, 2022
It has been a slightly quieter week in the world of flight simulation but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been some news kicking around and so here are some updates that I haven’t written about through the week. X-Plane 12 updates Laminar Research continue to show off what their third party developers are up to…
New X-Plane 12 updates highlight third party content that has made the jump
A series of posts coming from Laminar Research this week have highlighted the efforts of some well known third party scenery and aircraft developers as they start to integrate some of their products into the new X-Plane 12 sim. Let’s have a look at what they’ve posted so far. Headline Over the last week or…
New X-Plane 12 dev update
We have a new X-Plane Developer Blog update and it’s a big one that gives us a great picture of the current status of the project and where it is planning to be. Let’s have a look! An overview The first thing we learn right off the bat is that X-Plane 12 is now being…
Austin Meyer talks X-Plane 12 flight model updates
A new update on the Laminar Research developer blog goes into some detail on the kinds of flight model fixes that the team at X-Plane have done for X-Plane 12. The update, provided by X-Plane founder Austin Meyer gives us some interesting insights into what X-Plane 12 will bring to the table. Let’s have a…
More X-Plane 12 videos for SR22, F-14, and A330
Laminar Research through Michael Brown’s YouTube channel has released two more long form videos featuring Austin Meyer with a look at the Airbus A330 and the F-14 Tomcat. These, together with the video I posted about yesterday give us better looks at what X-Plane 12 is capable of. We also have a terrific new trailer…
Austin Meyers gives us our best look at X-Plane 12 yet
A new 23-minute video from Laminar Research shows us our best look at X-Plane 12 yet as Austin Meyers takes us on a walkthrough his own personal experimental aircraft that has been recreated in the sim. Lancair Evolution X-Plane creator Austin Meyers owns his own experimental airplane – a Lancair Evolution. It’s a kit built…
Laminar shows off a bit more of X-Plane 12 with new images
A pair of new screenshots from Laminar Research shows off the latest work on X-Plane 12 with a shot of an airport taxiway with markings and a very nice shot of an SR22. Let’s have a look! Featuring the SR22 The Cirrus SR22 is the feature of these two latest screenshots. One shows off a…
A330 trailer for X-Plane 12 is out!
Laminar Research has released a cinematic trailer featuring one of their new flyable aircraft, the Airbus A330, as a kind of teaser for X-Plane 12’s launch. Let’s have a look at the trailer and what we can learn about the aircraft in advance of the launch. Is it a “default” aircraft or something more? After…
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