Here's some rare footage ... the view from the back seat of Blue Angels number 7 jet during a performance over the Severn River for the Naval Academy's Graduation and Commissioning Week. Enjoy.
Posted by kevindg on Friday, June 12 @ 18:29:26 CDT (106 reads)
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Turkish 737-800 crashes at Schiphol
A Turkish Air 737-800 has crashed on approach to Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Early reports indicate at least some of the passengers and/or crew have somehow escaped harm, however pictures from the scene indicate the aircraft broke into pieces in a field short of the runway. No fire was apparent. The flight originated in Istanbul.
Investigators announced Saturday, February 28 that they are focusing on turbulence as a possible cause of the crash - either caused by a wind shear or potential wake turbulence from a 757 that landed just ahead of the 737-800. More details here.
A new free mission recreating the conditions leading up to the crash is available by clicking here.
Posted by kevindg on Wednesday, February 25 @ 03:55:14 CST (596 reads)
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A USAir Flight departing La Guardia airport in New York City on Thursday landed in the Hudson River following takeoff after reportedly striking a flock of geese, damaging both engines. All passengers and crew survived the crash and were reported safe despite landing in the freezing water.
You can now fly a recreation of this flight in a new mission released today! Check the FSX Acceleration area of the Downloads area for more details. (This version of the mission requires Acceleration and features music, cut-scenes and lots more detail. An SP1-compatible version is available in the Beta missions area.)
Take a peek inside the design and construction of one of the most interesting aircraft in development .... the Icon A5 LSA.
Posted by kevindg on Wednesday, January 07 @ 17:17:55 CST (634 reads)
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4 New Missions, One Wicked Cool Aircraft!
Wilco Publishing has released its long-awaited version of the Bell-Agusta BA609 Tilt Rotor, along with four missions to test your skill in handling a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft in Microsoft's Flight Simulator X.
The missions included with the add-on aircraft will truly test your skill as a pilot, requiring you to land on every type of surface that FSX has to offer a VTOL aircraft: buildings, raised helipads, moving ships and very tight LZs. And you'll have to do it in all kinds of weather conditions as the missions are offered in day, night and IFR versions. Landing an aircraft that flies like an airplane, but which can transition into a helicopter-like attitude opens up all kinds of new vistas. The experience is quite addicting.
The included missions take you to all parts of the world. In "High Roller Shuttle," you'll deliver a high-stakes gambler to his poker tournament at a casino sitting on the cliffs of Monaco.
In the mission called "Carrier Resupply," you must land the aircraft on a very small moving ship cruising into the Meditteranean Sea off the coast of Gibralter supplying an aircraft carrier steaming to assist victims of a volcano eruption.
In "Rig Evacuation" you'll have to land on a very tight raised helipad to evacuate its crew ahead of a hurricane entering the Gulf of Mexico.
In the mission called "Everest Extraction" you'll travel to Nepal and one of the world's shortest runways to attempt a mountaintop rescue that only an aircraft with the VSTOL capabilities and extended operating ceiling of the Tilt-Rotor could pull off.
Here's some video of this truly revolutionary aircraft in action.
You can get more information about the Wilco Tilt Rotor here.
Posted by kevindg on Wednesday, December 10 @ 03:48:09 CST (1122 reads)
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