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| Thursday, August 27 | | · | Gripen Mod v1.2 |
| Tuesday, August 25 | | · | Dillingham, Hawaii |
| Saturday, August 08 | | · | 3GO Flanker Model 1.5 |
| Friday, July 31 | | · | a trip to Warnervale |
| · | Our Survey |
| Tuesday, July 14 | | · | Cessna Citation Mustang Review |
| Wednesday, June 17 | | · | FSX Carrier Ops |
| Saturday, June 06 | | · | Nevada terrain for Lock On FC by HAWG |
| Friday, May 29 | | · | YPEC AEROPELICAN AIRPORT |
| Monday, May 25 | | · | |
| Monday, May 18 | | · | Windows 7 RC and DCS Blackshark – it works! |
| Wednesday, May 13 | | · | Gripen Mod by VireVolte Tigrou released |
| Monday, May 11 | | · | A2A Curtiss P-40B Review |
| Saturday, April 25 | | · | YSCH COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT |
| Tuesday, April 14 | | · | Strike Fighters 2 - Vietnam Released |
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Ricardo's Lock On HD Cockpit Mod released
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A new set of high res Cockpits for Lock On have been released by Ricardo, It includes high definition pits textures for these Russian fighters : the Su-27, Su-33, MiG-29s, MiG-29A and Su-25T.
This mod is the 'export' version, it means that most of the active buttons are in English and the non active are in Russian. The quality of textures gives a totally new experience in flight specially if you have a trackir that allows you to zoom on instruments.
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Not a bad year for us , we are close to getting 6 Million page hits in 2009 , membership grew steadily to over Sixty thousand and we got past 1,500 uploads. Thanks to Mark, our webmaster, we finally managed to upgrade our Forums and Downloads code . Once again mid-year we survived what seems to be a 'mandatory' yearly Sever meltdown, an event which we hope to skip next year.
We started 2009 posting on the transformation of the MiG-29A into the MiG-29K, then wrote about the Beta release of Windows 7. Ironhand posted a quick review of FSX FEX and REX ( it is a pity that Vimeo deleted the Videos ) and soon after we learned of A2A new P-47 add on, in a fit of penny pinching which no doubt endeared them to the huge FSX community, Microsoft closed down Ace Studios, included the entire FSX development team ... life goes on and we made our first ever review of an FSX model, of the Wyvern.
In March some nice photos of the Kuznetsov were posted, Rise of Flight - a WWI flight sim if you don’t know it, showed its impressive effects and graphics and the new LO Flanker model was released . Ruggbutt reviewed the Buttkicker, a must have for those that crave realism, we did the Carrier Quals on a Yankee Air Pirate 2 Aircraft Carrier and were quite impressed with it.
In April we had the release of Black Shark in another form other than download and Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam was released by Thirdwire, ORBX Coff’s Harbor for FSX was reviewed showing what is possible to do when you have the talent and motivation, we liked it so much that soon after we reviewed another ORBX airport : Aeropelican. Tigrou released the Gripen (which I still keep misspelling as Grippen …) and we tested Windows 7 with Black Shark with no problems.
June ... June saw the release by Javier Fernandez of his beautiful Nimitz FSX add on as well as of the T-45C and F-14D models by Dino Cattaneo, so finally we could enjoy Carrier Ops in FSX. Later in the year realistic HUD was also added as well as Carrier AI and all of it free - you can’t ask more than that. Hawg released his LOFC Nevada Terrain Mod, a terrain that we will see included in the upcoming DCS A-10C.
In July a couple more FSX reviews were done, including a Cessna Mustang review written by Zorrin , one of the few FSX add ons created with the support of the Manufacturer.
Updates to the Flanker (v1.5) and Gripen (v1.2) were uploaded in August – DHC-6 and Dillingham FSX were reviewed and later in that month Ruggbutt got his hands on the Logitech G940, great review and we all envy him for that opportunity, did he return it to Logitech after doing that review? I sure hope not…
The rest of the year can still be read on our front page : Ironhand started releasing his great FSX Sceneries, we reviewed A2A's P-40 and P-47 add ons for FSX and Greg Morris posted a review of the L-39, the first of many reviews we hope he'll write.
It is hard to single out any Mod made by our community , some 350 were uploaded this year, I encourage you to browse our library, there is outstanding work there that truly enhances the experience of flying LO and DCS and FSX.
We can’t fail to mention that Eagle Dynamics finally decided to do something about that patch for Lock On FC 1.1 – after years of declining to do it due to other pressing matters and priorities, we were told that they won’t do it after all. Instead a new DCS LO v2 will be released early next year, allowing LO flyables to be integrated in the DCS series.
DCS Black Shark was patched to v1.01 with a second patch imminent and progress on the A-10C seems to be steady, Eagle Dyn. producer Matt Wagner released just a few days ago screenshots of the A-10C model and its cockpit, as always Eagle Dynamics raised the bar in terms of quality and technical achievement.
That is all, we hope to see you all here next year,
the LockOnFiles team
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Sunday, December 27 @ 04:45:00 PST (176 reads)
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Greg Morris is the Chief Pilot of Gauntlet Warbirds, a warbird and aerobatic school outside of Chicago. They operate a Decathlon, Extra 300, T-6, L-29 and L-39, and he reviewed Lotus' FSX L-39 v1.3 comparing it with his own experience of flying the real thing.
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Posted by Greg_Morris on Friday, December 11 @ 18:20:00 PST (3166 reads)
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Ironhand has created for FSX a Scenery Pack of the Island of Niihau, Hawaii - a preview of what eventually will be the complete map of the Hawaiian Islands.
for the Kauai demo, click on the banner bellow
to read our review click on the image above or the Read More link.
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In real life Combat Pilot skills have a short life span, stay away from the cockpit for a while and reaction times get slow and hard earned skills are lost, things progress to the point where it is mandatory to undergo a refresher training course.
For a Flight Simmer it is no different : it is all about dedication to learn, constant practice and more practice.
For all that took part in our survey, thank you.
Our next survey is about what type of Windows you have in your Home PC - lots of people are still using Wndows 95, are you one of them ?
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Strike Fighters 2 Israel released
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Thirdwire has released a Vista compatible update of SF Israel, flyable aircraft include Mirage IIICJ Shahak, Nesher, Kfir, A-4 Ahit, F-4 Kurnass, F-15 Baz, and F-16 Netz.
It can be downloaded as a 619 MB installer from Third Wire Store for only US$19.99 - and it can be installed merged or as a stand alone, click on the image for the download page.
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Monday, October 19 @ 05:38:44 PDT (776 reads)
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A2A Simulations P-47D Razorback Review
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Its ability to sustain a lot of damage and still get its pilot back, earned it a reputation for ruggedness, hated by some of its pilots 'it ought to be able to dive, it certainly can't climb'- nevertheless it ended the war with over 3,700 air-to-air kills and an enviable reputation as a ground attack fighter.
The P-47 is a WWII classic, no surprise then that A2A developed a P-47 add on for FSX and we gave it a thorough review and created a Video tutorial that will help you master the P-47 in no time.
to read our review , click on the image above or the Read More link.
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FSX Aerosoft DHC-6 Twin Otter Review
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Not exactly what you would call an exciting aircraft, yet the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a remarkable product. So much so that after 21 years, it is back in production and but for an improved cockpit, still very much the same aircraft.
Aerosoft created an FSX-only add on of the DHC-6 and I reviewed it to see if it lives up to the reputation of its real life counterpart, to read this review , click on the image above or the Read More link.
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Wednesday, September 23 @ 11:15:00 PDT (1973 reads)
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The Logitech G940 HOTAS was promo'd at E3 earlier this year, and E3 being an industry show - many people just didn't get the chance to see it, touch it or talk to someone who had. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on the G940 and run it through it's paces.
To read our review , click on the image above or click the Read More link.
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Posted by Ruggbutt on Sunday, August 30 @ 06:35:00 PDT (16398 reads)
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