You may have seen this already, but if not, it’s worth watching. Everyone involved in this process was a pro, and this pilot was cool as a cucumber throughout. Amazing, at least to me.

So there’s been something I’ve been thinking about since a sim flight the other day (KWYS to KGIC). And it’s that we really have come to a new state of realism and quality in flight simulation. Yes, the hobby has built upon itself, year after year, carried along by clever developers, advancing technology, and committed…

Try turning your antialiasing settings down to FXAA. SSAA can really hit your frames when working with transparent objects like clouds (which former P3D users know well). The other day when I went into an overcast cloud deck my frames when from 30 down to 7. I turned the antialiasing down to FXAA and my…

And time very well spent. 

Today I’m going to continue the Saratoga’s point-to-point travels with a flight from KSUN (near Sun Valley, ID) to KGIC Idaho County, via the Donnelly VOR. 182 miles and I’ll be flying at about 150 knots for a flight of just over an hour depending on the winds. You can see the route here. I hope to…

Regular readers know I am a loyal and happy customer of Tom Tsui and the custom gauges he makes for Saitek FIPs. His store now offers over 170 FIP gauges that cover nearly 30 aircraft, including planes for FSX, P3D, and X-Plane, as well as RealAir and the always finicky A2A. Tom charges about $10…

BoldMethod has an airspace quiz up to start your day. See how you do, and no peeking. 

One of the best ways to get good color consistency across multiple sim monitors is to calibrate your displays. Amazon has many DVDs that will allow you to do this, but a poor-man’s version that I’ve used is this site. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough, and it helped me improve my brightness and contrast…

I have a good friend who recently passed his ATP and Citation training, and he’s now right-seat flying jets. He’s been sending along some pretty cool photos of his travels, and here are a few he said I could share. Pretty cool to zoom along at 30,000 feet and 450 knots.

And I’ve begun. The Saratoga now sits at virtual Bear Lake Co. airport in Idaho after a short flight up VFR from KSLC (on PilotEdge). I think from there I’ll take it to Montana for some virtual fishing.  One of the things I’m going to do along the way is make photosceney and design airports.…