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AboutOne year on and a look at the MiGPit Mk.VII, happily esconced in a TrakRacer TR160 chassis and re-engined with a HP OMEN 45L beast driving the sim.

AboutA list of the most desirable SimVars to display and control from your simpit, IMNSHO of course. The list arose out of a discussion I had with the programmer of that incredible app, Sim-Dashboard.

AboutThis was the sim that I, like countless others, cut my teeth in the world of simulated air combat.

AboutScanned from my personal copy of the CD-ROM Classics edition.

AboutCover art to the Strategy Guide published by Computer Gaming World magazine.

AboutLars Gramkow Nielsen from Denmark remembers how he got into CYAC: " Here's what was featured in The One for ST Games in June 1991. The One was split into seperate mags covering Amiga and ST in the early summer 1991 (don't remember if there was a PC mag as well - I was one of the approximately 8 people owning an Atari ST in Denmark back then : - )." Read on...

AboutYAC provides a utility to generate, record and display pilot careers for Chuck Yeager's Air Combat by Electronic Arts. The user may keep track of separate pilots for each flyable plane in CYAC.

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AboutIn these videos I was looking for examples of ray traced reflections in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Running DX12, ray tracing was theoretically available in the sim. I believed I was looking at RT, but according to feedback from some of my viewers, apparently not! Nonetheless the reflections I found added a wonderful sense of depth and reality to the simulated world and I am thrilled every time I fly in it. The progression in graphics since the early 1980's, and in particular since the first GPUs hit the consumer market in the late 1990's has been wondrous to behold.

AboutIt was 1982 and Flight Simulator 1 on the Apple ][ was my first exposure to flight sims. It kicked off a passionate hobby which continues to this day with Flight Simulator 2024.

AboutThis fanfare is the official Theme for MiGMan's Flight Sim Museum, which I composed and orchestrated in 2006. The flight sim footage features some of my misadventures in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 and Lock On Modern Air Combat (LOMAC).

AboutThe audio routing is still not where I want it to be, but it works for now and gives me bass and volume control as well as a push-button solution to changing from speakers to earphones.

AboutScript for removing unwanted apps from a standard Windows install. Here I have copied most of the appslist.txt for my own reference. | Use with caution Always create a Windows restore point before altering your system. I didn’t use this script, but rather took suggestions from it and uninstalled some apps using the control panel.

AboutScript for removing unwanted apps from a standard Windows install. | Use with caution Always create a Windows restore point before altering your system. I didn’t use this script, but rather took suggestions from it and uninstalled some apps using the control panel.

AboutGuide to a script for removing unwanted apps from a standard Windows install. | Use with caution Always create a Windows restore point before altering your system. I didn’t use this script, but rather took suggestions from it and uninstalled some apps using the control panel.

AboutComfortable and reliable with robust braided cables. Seems to produce a pretty clear low end. Light weight. Great for multi-hour flights. Consider that I wear the headset 8 hours and more per day and never suffer a sore neck or back.

AboutI use this simple device to switch between headphones and speakers in the cockpit.

AboutReliable and clear speakers that have provided the thump of propellers, the whock whock of helicopters and the roars and whines of jet aircraft. The amount of bass is not window-shattering, but pretty good for the price point.

AboutThis device solved the headache of updating firmware with my USB flight sim controllers. The headache being that when updating firmware it’s recommended to have only one controller plugged in to the PC. and I have seven. This meant moving my simpit and then clambering behind the PC, which in practice meant I never updated the firmware! Now I have all my USB sim controllers plugged into the Wenter, which sits on the easily maintenance accessible tray on my TrackRacer TR160, and I can disable all the unwanted controllers with a few button presses, update the firmware and then re-activate. The entire process of turning the USB devices on and off takes place in less time than I can type this sentence. In summary, a game changing device for power USB users.

AboutAfter 4 1/2 years running 24 hrs, 7 days per week and powering over 5,000 hours of flight time in MSFS 2000, the OMEN proved to be the most reliable PC I have ever used, with not one BSOD.

About"The A-4 Skyhawk is an American single-seat, single-engine, carrier-capable multi-role combat jet aircraft. The small, subsonic A-4 took its maiden flight on June 22, 1954, and was introduced into service on October 1, 1956. It was operated primarily by the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps and also by several foreign ally nations, including Israel, Kuwait, and Australia, among others."

AboutThe a/c has 6 included liveries.

AboutA quick MiG-review. 2.6/5. A shame, as I really wanted to like this. Perhaps future updates will see these issues addressed?

AboutThe cockpit in this aircraft represents the state of the art in virtual aircraft modelling in 2024. The object modelling and texturing are wholly convincing and almost all of the main cockpit elements are functional.

AboutThe top notch modelling in this aircraft represents what the Asobo engine for MSFS 2020 was capable of. These images showcase the Australian Westpac Flying Doctor service from the 4Simmers Livery pack.

AboutI purchased the aircraft from the MSFS 2020 sim marketplace, so installation was as simple as pressing the "Install" button.

About"The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2 comes with five liveries: White, Executive White, Executive Black, Xbox Aviators Club, and Aviators Club."

About"This pack includes a captivating selection of 12 liveries for THE MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MU-2."

About"Kullen Lighthouse is an operational lighthouse in Scania, located by the mouth of Öresund, at the point of Kullaberg peninsula, in Höganäs, on the south-west coast of Sweden." - Wikipedia

About"This is the original Microsoft F/A-18C Hornet for FSX Acceleration, fully converted to native MSFS format for distribution as freeware only."

About"The FreedomFox is a two-seat, single-engine STOL (short take-off and landing) kit aircraft. The airplane is a customized variant of the Series 5 Kitfox STi by American aircraft designer KitFox. The FreedomFox sports a distinctive nose-to-tail USA livery."

About"The Zippy Sport is a plan-built single-engine, single-seat airplane designed by aircraft manufacturer Green Sky of the United States. The Zippy Sport took its first flight in 1986 and was introduced that same year."

AboutThree Editions of Microsoft Flight Simulator.