Category: Add Ons


  • One of my favorite GA aircraft is the Piper Comanche. I bumped into this beauty on the ramp this Summer, and I’ve loved this airframe since. So I’ve coveted the A2A Comanche 250 as well, but never pulled the trigger on the purchase until today. I’m getting better at handling more powerful aircraft in the…

  • A YouTube viewer has pointed me to this eerily similar real-word version of the Basement Sim Bonaire tour video. Very cool and it really shows how accurate the Aerosoft airport scenery is!

  • Flamingo Airport

    I’ve been fortunate to travel to Bonaire many, many times with family over the past 25 years. And today I found this. Downloading ASAP …

  • REX Worldwide Airports HD Is Now Available

    I posted about this a few days ago about this, and it’s now available. I’ll be downloading it in a few minutes and will post a report. In the meantime, Tom Tsui beat me to that punch, and while his first report isn’t exactly glowing I’m going to hope for the great work we usually…

  • Twitch TV stream is live now. And there is a URL here. Some screenies …

  • This in my inbox today: Dear REX Customer – You are personally invited to join us for a Major “Unveiling” of a new product this Saturday, October 29th at 19Z  (11am PDT). You may watch the unveiling of our new product at:  https://www.twitch.tv/adxlive This new product will revolutionize your experience within Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X, FSX:Steam and Lockheed…

  • As I noted in this post, Tom Tsui has been working on FIP engine gauges for the A2A 172 and 182. They are now done, and this mean Tom now sells a full set of gauges programmed to work specifically with these A2A aircraft. The noise you hear is the sound of many A2A /…

  • A follow-up to this post: Tom Tsui has now released the Saitek FIP nav gauges for the A2A 172 and 182. Get them here. The engine gauges are next, although Tom says it may be a month or so before they’re available. If you’ve not used his FIP gauges, I highly recommend them. They look…

  • New A2A Cessna Gauges From Tom Tsui

    This morning I was happy to see that Tom Tsui at FSX Times has released a first set of Saitek FIP gauges designed specifically to work with the A2A 172 and 182. This is great news for any FIP user flying these aircraft, as they require unique coding to work with the A2A local variable…

  • ForeFlight 8

    ForeFlight 8

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    While I was away ForeFlight released version 8 of its great iPad and web-based electronic flight bag. I had a chance to play with it some over the past few days, and it’s a real upgrade of an already great product. I won’t go into the details here, as Sporty’s iPad Pilot News has an…