Flight Journal: Short flight near Palermo

Not having a ton of time available, I did manage to get in a short flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator with the new Italy World Update. Taking my trusty M20R up for a short tour I got a chance to see Palermo, examine some of the new terrain details and photogrammetry and do a landing…

Flight Journal: Destination Gold Coast

I’ve recently returned to Microsoft Flight Simulator with a new PC and a new World Update to check out. I decided I wanted to do a few things with this new journey. First, I wanted to make use of the first third party aircraft I purchased for the sim, the Carenado Mooney M20R. Second, I…

TorqueSim lays out exciting roadmap for X-Plane 12

A new development blog update from TorqueSim puts a lot of cards on the table for how the sim aircraft development company is going to handle the transition to X-Plane 12 and what aircraft they are going to be working on for the new sim. Let’s have a look at everything in store! Free updates…

Carenado M20R for Flight Simulator full review

Being first out of the gate has its advantages and right now there are just three aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace. The most recent entrant to the Marketplace is the Mooney M20R by prolific flight sim aircraft developer Carenado and this is my review. A bit of history The Mooney M20 family has…

The first few aircraft into Flight Simulator’s marketplace

It takes time to develop aircraft and when a new sim comes out with a new SDK and engine to develop for, it can take time to get things put together and working. However, despite the early date we do now have a couple of aircraft in the marketplace and you may want to have…