tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44927474777090367072024-03-19T03:17:33.750-07:00Flight Simulator and Virtual Aviation BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-18749808838961993572016-02-15T05:00:00.000-08:002016-02-15T05:00:00.592-08:00Prepar3D v3.1 scenic flight over Istanbul in a Cirrus SR22Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-4835330997150415232015-07-19T05:24:00.003-07:002015-07-19T05:25:19.451-07:00Oldies but goodies - Antonov An26
A couple of pictures I took of the interior of an retired AN26 in passenger configuration.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-947207439987731092015-05-31T03:35:00.001-07:002015-05-31T03:35:10.488-07:00Clinceni Airshow
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-37952138896330222982014-12-04T07:57:00.000-08:002014-12-04T07:57:37.071-08:00Sim pilot view on Arma 3
I've been spending a lot of time lately in Arma 3 so I've decided to share my opinion in this game from the point of view of a flight simulator pilot looking at the flight possibilities in Arma 3. This is somehow related to the recent release of Helicopters DLC for Arma 3, but I will not focus on that part since I did not get the chance to buy and try the full DLC, however I've had some fun Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-2977976375693615602014-12-01T09:18:00.003-08:002014-12-01T09:18:42.539-08:00FSX VFR flight over some beautiful landscapes
A short flight with a C172 over the beautiful mountain areas of Romania. The photoreal scenery is Prahova Valley VFR by Romanian Scenery Design Team.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-79914376944853394212014-11-14T09:35:00.000-08:002014-12-01T06:24:47.139-08:00Now this is what I call a mountain landingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-49542214719305032812014-06-22T10:26:00.000-07:002014-06-22T10:27:39.555-07:00Bucharest International Air Show 2014Some photos from an airshow today on Bucharest Baneasa International Airport.
Cockpit of a medium airliner parked on the apron
Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration stand
Surface to air missile
Tarom Boeing 737 in anniversary livery escorted by Romanian Airclub Extra 300L
Tarom Boeing 737 in anniversary livery in formation with four Romanian Airclub Extra 300L
F5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-25219270959182082302013-12-15T04:06:00.002-08:002013-12-15T04:06:21.894-08:00Prepar3d V2 Cross country winter flightHere are some screenshots I took last week during a short cross country VFR flight at sunset with very nice winter weather in the Carenado A36.
Unfortunately I forgot to turn on HDR for better lightning, but still I really like the new rendering engine.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-78739756787457271572013-12-11T07:44:00.000-08:002013-12-15T04:01:23.614-08:00Prepar3D v2 Academic Preview - Aircraft and Vehicles
My second post in the series will focus on the aircraft that come out of the box with the Prepar3D V2 Academic simulator.
If you missed the first post in the series here it is:
Prepar3D v2 Academic Preview - First Look
Prepar3D version 2 Academic comes by default with 15 vehicles (14 aircrafts and a submersible). They come in various paint schemes and configurations. Some are similar to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-76238385395169314722013-12-09T02:13:00.000-08:002013-12-09T02:13:00.144-08:00 Prepar3D.cfg and scenery.cfg config files and paths.I like a lot to get my hands dirty and manually change the config files, sometimes this is also a necessity if you want to fix certain things and interface is not accessible. Location of the before mentioned files changed in Prepar3D V2, both from FSX but also from Prepar3D v1 so it's good bookmark these paths, especially if you want to install older addons that make changes to these files:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-28234823330484093882013-12-08T02:11:00.001-08:002013-12-08T02:17:18.553-08:00Prepar3D v2 Academic Preview - First LookI promised to get back with the first impression after installing Prepar3D, but this took longer than I expected due to a lot of activities and projects I had started lately. Also it took me a while to the simulator up to speed and get familiar with its ropes, how to install addons, different paths and so on.
As there is a lot to tell I will start presenting Prepar3D v2 in a mini series of postsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-5868326989792781622013-11-25T14:25:00.002-08:002013-11-25T14:25:58.765-08:00Prepar 3D v2 first flight - screenshotsAfter more than 10 hours of download, finally I have it. Too bad it's very late in the evening and I can't fly too much but here are the first screenshots I took in Prepar3D v2. As first impression, I was very happy on how the new DX11 rendering looks like: absolutely no blurries, ENB like effects, nice lighting and shadows. The best of the best, the improvements they did to the autogen loading Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-75004051846556467032013-11-24T23:19:00.004-08:002013-11-24T23:20:16.528-08:00Prepar3D V2 now available for purchaseThe Prepar3D V2 is now available for purchase!
Really looking forward for really long time to make the purchase and put my hands on a brand new copy of Prepar3D V2. I will come back with some images after first look.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-76326350700181826272013-11-22T07:54:00.001-08:002013-11-22T07:54:09.430-08:00Prepar3D v2 launches Monday Nov 25thJust a couple more days to wait till Prepar3D will be available for purchase. In a post on the official website dated Nov 19th LM announced Prepar3D will be launched on Monday Nov 25th Some of the notable features:
- DX11 rendering
- Dynamic shadows
- Volumetric fog
- Improved lighting
- 3D water
- A couple of new good quality aircrafts developed by some of the major names in the field
- andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-10467980083221006592013-07-07T07:59:00.001-07:002013-07-07T08:00:41.722-07:00Range Shooter 3D - my first game for Android
I haven't been posting for a while now on this blog. One reason for that is that the development work on my first game for Android kept me quite busy lately. This weekend I finally managed to publish the game and it is available for free in Play store.
Range Shooter 3D is first person shooter game for Android featuring 25 weapons and almost that many levels. It is fully 3D Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-57519472888167309462012-09-07T02:59:00.004-07:002012-09-26T00:38:31.013-07:00Are we becoming less smart day by day?I started to wonder this a few weeks back when I was playing a modern RPG
game and realized that, even if my mind was preoccupied with very different
matters than the game itself, I was still very successful in slaying the
monster and advancing trough the level.
Heck, all I had to do actually was to
double click constantly in the left side of the screen or the monsters and from
time to time on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-78656668809381179972012-08-27T09:08:00.000-07:002012-08-27T09:08:09.258-07:00Aviation Facebook coversThe cover image is the first thing your Facebook friends see when accesing your profile (timeline) page. It is also one of the key elements that you can customize to make your profile page stand out. For the aviation fans like myself, I assembled a list of some nice aviation Facebook covers available online. You can also read more about how to create a Facebook cover photo.
Cockpit Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-55350345870137885482012-05-21T08:42:00.000-07:002012-05-21T08:43:18.790-07:00Paragliding Simulator for Google EarthI've found this cool and free paragliding simulator plugin in Google Earth. It can also be easily embeded in web pages, allowing users a quick start for the flight. You will need the free Google Earth plugin to play with it. You will get a download link if you don't have it installed.
The simulator features quite a few locations around the world from where you can launch and a wide varietyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-80691509786795662902012-05-01T07:58:00.000-07:002012-05-01T07:58:33.862-07:00Adding autogen automatically to FSX photoreal scenery
These days I am working on a huge project, creating a FSX photoreal scenery covering my home country. One of the problem I faced was adding autogen to the textures. As adding it manually would have taken ages I have been looking from start for some automatic solution that can do it for me.
After some long searches I have found it. Actuall it is a combination of a couple of programs,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-41698601305870913242012-01-04T09:51:00.000-08:002012-01-04T09:53:01.945-08:00Microsoft Flight Gameplay video and release date announced
Microsoft posted a short gameplay video from the upcoming Microsoft Flight and also released new details about the game and the launch date.
You can find more details on the official site.
A more detailed description of the upcoming game can be found on IGN.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-43928419038887264362011-12-20T00:15:00.000-08:002011-12-20T00:16:43.054-08:00Update Reality XP GNS430/530 WAAS navigation database/AIRAC
If you own the wonderful Reality XP GNS430/530 WAAS here is a quick tutorial on how to update the navigation database that comes to the product (from 2007) to a newer one (newst I could find was from 10 2009).
Create a backup copy of the following files in your GNS400W-500W Trainer installation folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Garmin\GNS400W-500W Trainer)
basemap.bin
terrain.odbUnknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-76361554162500360902011-12-17T04:42:00.000-08:002011-12-17T04:42:47.240-08:00Microsoft Flight insight into the audio philosphyMicrosoft Flight development team released a short article giving some insight into their philosophy for the games's audio system.
You can read the full article on the Microsoft Flight website and hear some sample sounds!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-12252519532255809342011-12-06T04:16:00.001-08:002011-12-06T04:20:58.073-08:00Back in timeAn episode of Computer Chronicles TV show from the early 90's presenting a few of the top computer flight simulators of the time. Included are demonstrations of Falcon AT 1.11, F-15 Strike Eagle II, Jet Fighter 1.5, A-10 Tank Killer 1.2, subLOGIC's Flight Simulator ATP 1.0, and Microsoft's Flight Simulator 4.0
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-8659644357690893302011-12-04T00:53:00.001-08:002011-12-04T00:56:09.445-08:00Microsoft Flight Beta program accepting applications
Microsoft announced the kickoff of the Beta program for the upcoming Microsoft Flight in January and they are currently accepting applications to participate in the program.
To apply you will have to sign up and register on the Microsoft Connect site.
I have to say this is a very good news, because it means the actual release is not that far away!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492747477709036707.post-38328299646770793482011-12-01T10:44:00.001-08:002011-12-01T11:12:51.477-08:00My cheap Cessna Mustang home cockpit projectA couple of weeks ago I had a crazy idea. After barely getting through almost two months of house renovation (moved recently in a new apartment) I thought I might make good use of my time by starting something that I have in mind since quite some time ago. Well more or less building my first home cockpit for flight sim.
Living in something that can be sometimes called a 3rd world country, with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0