X-Plane

9.12.2022 – The story of the collapse of FlightSimCon and the rise of FlightSimExpo. How one convention split from another over creative differences and an attempt to make a more community-focused event… or unfairly stole the resources and format of another because of toxic male privilege, depending on who you ask.

4.12.2022 – The Orbx team has recently taken to their forums to announce an upcoming version of their popular flight tracker. Volanta is going to get its update 1.4, which is going to come with a mobile app, stream overlay and much more. Firstly, the Volanta Mobile is going to be available for iOS, as well as…

3.12.2022 – In a recent email, Lewis from Boundless informed us of their upcoming rendition of Paris-Beauvais Airport (LFOB) for X-Plane. Paris-Beauvais is an ‘exciting’ project for Boundless, as it will be their first scenery based on an airport outside of the British Isles. Unfortunately, the announcement does not include a “features list”. Yet, Lewis did tease…

2.12.2022 – Today, we explore the story of Papa Tango. A developer who from 1999 to 2001, launched a series of legal maneuvers and intimidation tactics that sparked a battle between flight simmers and American Airlines. A battle which threatened to undermine the open nature of add-ons and reshape the future of simming.

25.11.2022 – How a well-regarded developer of add-on aircraft sullied their reputation with the brilliant idea to ship malware with their product in the name of tracking down pirates.