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Scenery Review | Faroe Island X-Plane 12

Flying from the States to the Faroe Islands is for our reviewer Paul Beckwith not a long trip and therefore, Paul decided to review for you the Faroe Islands from Maps2XPlane which is updated to X-Plane version 12. Want to know all the ins and outs Paul discovered on his Faroe island hopping? Then you MUST check out his comprehensive review. Enjoy!

Aircraft Review | Thranda C337F Skymaster

Paul Beckwith, our personal Thranda reporter reviews for you the latest Thranda GA aircraft; the Cessna C337F Skymaster. The C337 Skymaster is a twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a unique push-pull configuration. Its engines are mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. This is only a very small excerpt from the massive in-depth review from Paul. Check it out via this review link, offered by X-Plained.Com. Enjoy!

Scenery Review | Updated Maps2XPlane Society Islands

We’re pleased to inform you that our dedicated reviewer Paul Beckwith flew back to the Society Island which are updated for X-Plane 12. The Society Islands or actually the package is known as “Society Islands XP – Bora Bora and the Leeward Islands” are a product from Maps2XPlane and published by Aerosoft. Curious what Paul has to say or do you want to know all about this scenery add-on package? Then check out Paul’s short review impression for X-Plane 12 or his previous comprehensive X-Plane 11 review.

Aircraft Review | VSkyLabs M-7-235B

Our dedicated reviewer Paul Beckwith explored the VSkyLabs Maule M-7-235B Project aircraft for X-Plane 12. As on owner said “My Maule is a fairly straightforward airplane to fly—but a very nuanced and difficult airplane to fly well. I am constantly working on improving our relationship.” but what experiences Paul. Paul has much more to say then only this. On behalf of Paul and X-Plained.Com we invite you to check out Paul’s comprehensive VSkyLabs Maule M-7-235B review. Enjoy!

Scenery Review | Frank and Fabio “Italian Dolomites”

Angelique van Campen, your personal reporter for detailed and in-depth reviews tried to cover the Italian Dolomites from Frank and Fabio.Not an easy task since the X-Plane 12 version of the Dolomites covers an area of 11.000 square kilometeres. You can read Angelique’s Dolomites experiences at the dedicated X-Plained.Com review.

Aircraft Review | AOA Simulations T-6A Texan II

The AOA Simulations team created another masterpiece. This time they modeled the famous USAF trainer, the Beechcraft T-6A Texan II. The T-6A has been reviewed by your personal reporter and ex-ground engineer and technical trainer Angelique van Campen. Although it cost Angelique also a lot of time to check all the systems, it was more then worth to check and above all, to fly the modeled Texan II trainer. Sit back, relax, take a coffee, tea or something else, but above all, take the time to read her comprehensive and highly detailed review. Enjoy!

Navigraph AIRAC Cycle 2213

Another Navigraph AIRAC (Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control) period starting on December 29th, 2022. Let’s give some background information about the AIRAC Cycle.In aviation, an Aeronautical Information Publication (or AIP) is defined by the International...

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Aerosoft NavDataPro AIRAC Cycle 2213

Aerosoft released on December 29th a new AIRAC Cycle 2213 for their NavDataPro.For operationally significant changes in information, the cycle known as the AIRAC (Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control) cycle is used: revisions are produced every 56 days...

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Aerosoft NavDataPro AIRAC Cycle 2212

Aerosoft released on December 1st a new AIRAC Cycle 2212 for their NavDataPro.For operationally significant changes in information, the cycle known as the AIRAC (Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control) cycle is used: revisions are produced every 56 days...

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Navigraph AIRAC Cycle 2212

Another Navigraph AIRAC (Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control) period starting on December 1st, 2022. Let’s give some background information about the AIRAC Cycle.In aviation, an Aeronautical Information Publication (or AIP) is defined by the International...

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1-on-1 Flight Sim Training by FSC

Online flight instructor service develops software to improve safety/proficiency with scenario-based training at home. FSC instructors can now control failures and weather while monitoring studentsNovember 8, 2022 — Flight Sim Coach LLC (FSC) has developed new...

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Aircraft Review | Thranda “Caravans”

Our dedicated reviewer Paul Beckwith reviews for you the Thranda Caravan models. Yes, you're right, Caravan models since it's not just one model, but more then that. Actually, it are the Caravan 675 and Grand Caravan 208B models.According to Paul "Okay, so you have...

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Aircraft Review | Rotate MD-11F

When you're familiar with X-Plained.Com reviews, you know that we not only try to write comprehensive reviews, we also want to add additional sections with in-depth information in it. What those sections are, depends on the reviewer. Whatever it is, we - Angelique van...

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Aircraft Review | AD Simulations CRJ700

You personal reporter and long time reviewer Angelique van Campen took a lot around, and in it and flew with the AD Simulations Bombardier CRJ700 jet. The result of this check is a comprehensive review of the Bombardier jet and it was worth her time.According to...

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Airport Review | SFD KSFO Definitive

On behalf of our dedicated reviewer Paul Beckwith we're pleased to in form you that Paul finished his comprehensive SFD (Short Final Design) KSFO review. According to Paul "KSFO is a five-star scenery package that is worth much more than the asking price. Period. If...

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Airport Review | FeelThere Las Vegas

Our reviewer Todd C checked out for you the FeelThere KLAS - Las Vegas International Airport. According to Todd "The scenery is very much a real-life representation of the KLAS - Harry Reid International Airport that has been painstakingly updated to introduce simmers...

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Airport Review | Verticalsim KBOI

Our dedicated reviewer Todd C. flew to KBOI or also known as Boise Air Terminal which is modeled with great precision by Vertical Simulations or just short Verticalsim. According to Todd "Verticalsim has a very strong reputation of being a top-notch scenery developer...

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Hardware Review | Honeycomb Airbus A319-A380

Your personal reporter Angelique van Campen tries out the Honeycomb Aeronautical "Throttle Pack Airbus A319 - A380". Angelique did review already the Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls and Bravo Throttle Quadrant.But what is this for hardware add-on package?According to...

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Video | TrueEarth EU Balearics “Mallorca”

When you decide to buy TrueEarth EU Balearic Islands you get a bit more then expected. That is a bunch of Spanish islands ortho textures, hand-edited modified and colour corrected to fit perfectly on top of the individual X-Plane islands. The overall package -...

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Video | VSKYLABS R44 Raven II Project 1.1c

OK, I know. It's not an aircraft, but a rotorcraft although I've aded the video in the aircraft section.This video and belonging review (https://www.x-plained.com/helicopter-review-vskylabs-r44-raven-ii-project/) which can be found at X-Plained.Com deals with the...

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Globall Art Vancouver Intl. Airport Video

Originally planned as a slide show at X-Plained.Com, but final thoughts changed me to creating a movie. Although being a movie slide show, it's still a bit better and pleasant to look to.Enjoy our Vancouver airport impression.It's a very detailed and well modelled...

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A typical Grumman Traveler IFR Flight

Although the vFlyteAir Grumman American Traveler can be flown easy under VFR conditions, flying IFR with the AP gives you a lot more time to look outside, making longer flights and try to keep it a little more relaxing. On today’s flight I depart from KBFI (Boeing...

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Animating your Airport in 15 minutes

On behalf of Marc Leydecker, I would to inform you about his mini tutorial of how to create animating airport objects based on GroundTraffic. X-Plane has come a long way in scenery development but that being said, most of our airports are static. Those airports should...

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Realistic AP Trim Indicator Panel

Marc Leydecker, well known of his awesome US airports, needs an extraordinary break. Oops, what does this mean? No, he’s not going on a holiday. Instead, he’s trying to link real aviation hardware to X-Plane. You can buy tons of dedicated hardware suitable to work...

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Realistic Cessna Flap Gauge linked to X-Plane

Marc Leydecker, well known of his awesome US airports, needs an extraordinary break. Oops, what does this mean? No, he’s not going on a holiday. Instead, he’s trying to link real aviation hardware to X-Plane. You can buy tons of dedicated hardware suitable to work...

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Avare Moving map and Flight planner

Received this incoming article/tutorial from our SketchUp guru Marc Leydecker. It deals with the Avare moving map and flight planner. According to Marc “You can turn any GSM (cell phone/mobile phone) into a moving map and flight planner. It will even show meteo,...

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