July / August 2010

Issue 68

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REVIEWS –
Concorde X (Flight Sim Labs)
Epic Victory (Lionheart Creations)
B-17 Flying Fortress (A2A Simulations)
Flaming Cliffs 2 (Eagle Dynamics)
Pacific Northwest (ORBX)
FS Flying School (FS Inventions)
Isles of Scilly (Earth Simulations Ltd)
Douglas SBD Dauntless (Vertigo Studios)
Grumman F6F Hellcat (Vertigo Studios)
X-65F Combat Control System (Saitek)

REGULARS –
Editor’s Letter
Comms
News
Cover CD
Downloads

FEATURE –
Logbook! – Meteor over Nashville
Continuing his new series on memorable flights taken from his logbook, Chris Frishmuth recounts a short flight he took on November 4, 2000 - one of the most interesting flights he’s ever experienced. With a little help from Flight Simulator and some imagination, you too can ‘relive’ the experience!

TUTORIALS –
DCS: Black Shark!
In his third instalment of his series on Black Shark, Chris Frishmuth takes a look at how to navigate using the various avionics installed in the Ka-50.

Flight Simulator – A Beginner’s Guide
In this edition of his ‘Beginner's Guide’, Tony Radmilovich takes a look at the seemingly simple process of installing Flight Simulator which, in reality, is not always as easy as some may imagine.

Jet Airliners – A Flight Sim Pilot’s Guide
Our Airliner guide this issue delves into the flight management system of the MD-11, which will give you your first opportunity to enter a flight plan that can tracked by the autopilot.

GA Flight Sim Training
In this, the second part of our guide to night flight, we will be familiarising ourselves with aircraft and airfield lighting before starting to explore and understand the myriad of illusions that make night flying such an absorbing challenge.

Professional Instruction with Bill Stack
In today’s instrument flight rules (IFR) flight, Bill Stack simulates a 231 nautical-mile flight from Mombasa to Nairobi, carrying scientists and environmentalists to Nairobi National Park in Kenya.

HINTS AND TIPS –
Rise of Flight – Flying the S.E.5a
The aircraft in the spotlight in this edition of our series on Rise of Flight, is the S.E.5a. Although it was less ‘glamorous’ than its stablemate, the Sopwith Camel, the S.E.5a was, in many areas, a superior aircraft.

Flight Sim Hints and Tips – FSUIPC
Our Hints and Tips section for this issue takes a detailed look at Peter Dowson’s FSUIPC – a utility that allows developers and end-users alike to take control of certain elements within Flight Simulator.

Flight Sim Q&A
In our Flight Sim Q&A section we provide more detailed answers to some of the ‘challenging’ issues you’ve been experiencing with Flight Simulator.

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