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HiFiSim is pleased to announce the release of a new product in its long line of innovative weather add-on software--this time for the Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) platform. Active Sky FS (ASFS) provides direct MSFS2020 integration to bring the Active Sky weather engine to the MSFS2020 (PC) platform. Focused on comprehensive weather realism simulation, ASFS includes high-fidelity weather data and synthesis, planning, briefing, mapping, live weather, optional historical weather with playback... Читать дальше...

TDSSim has released the TDS GTNXi Pro version of their Garmin GTNXi 750/650 gauges for MSFS, which utilize Garmin's own trainer software and in a groundbreaking step forward now includes support for maintaining current nav data via Navigraph database ugrades (Navigraph subscription required). Special upgrade pricing is available for current TDS GTNXi users. Details at: https://www.tdssim.com/ProUpgrade/main Community discussion of the new gaugeware at:

A year and a half in the making, the much-anticipated Block 2 upgrade to the Fenix A320 for MSFS has been released. Along with many improvements to the simulation, it includes both IAE and CFM engine variants, native GSX ground handling integration, improved interfacing with Simbrief and much more. Discussion in the forums at:

Each year, Navigraph conducts and publishes a survey to assess trends in the amateur flight simulation community. The 2023 Navigraph annual flight sim community survey is now underway at: http://flightsimsurvey.com/2023?partnerid=navigraph Discussion of the survey is also underway in the Hangar Chat forum.

Active Sky P3D v6 Officially Released This new product integrates specifically with the new Prepar3D v6 platform, taking advantage of its new atmospheric engine and various graphical and lighting improvements to provide an enhanced and comprehensive weather experience. ASP6 includes the Active Sky advanced weather engine, proprietary HiFi DataNet weather network, flight planning and briefing features, mapping, historical weather with playback, voice features, weather gauge, and much, much more. Читать дальше...

Lockheed Martin has released a new major version of its flight simulation and training platform--Prepar3D v6. With the new release, some of the licensing conditions have changed--a new Personal Edition license has replaced the former Academic Edition license, which now explicitly permits home use by anyone as well as K-12 educational use. The Personal Edition requires internet connectivity during use, and LM have removed the watermark that was displayed on the former Academic versions. Pricing... Читать дальше...

Microsoft/Asobo and the Working Title team has released Avionics Update 2 for MSFS 2020. This update focuses heavily on improved avionics, systems, and flight dynamics for the default Asobo B787-10 and B747-8 aircraft, plus some other bugfixes and minor improvements. The update to AAU2 is automatic upon starting MSFS. More detailed discussions can be found in the MSFS forum.

Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of a new simulator platform, MSFS 2024, coming at an as-yet undetermined date in 2024. A video trailer showing a preview of the new simulator platform's features is available on their website. Everyone is invited to join us in the forums in the already energetic debate over what that might mean for the flight simming community.

ASXP12 brings Active Sky to the X-Plane 12 platform using its new weather and sdk capabilities, enabling highly accurate weather conditions, comprehensive weather reporting, visual weather mapping and planning, specialized XP12 air effects, voice weather delivery, weather briefings, and much, much more! ASXP12 utilizes the latest version of the HiFi DataNet cloud-based weather network, featuring surface observation data, global forecast modeling, air data analysis and curated weather synthesis... Читать дальше...

HiFi Simulations has announced that free upgrades to the new XP12 version of ASXP for users of their existing ActiveSky XP for XP11 product are available until May 19th, 2023. Existing users need to install and run ASXP12 RC2 (v8531) or later at least one time prior to May 19th, which will automatically upgrade their existing license for the new XP12 version. Users of previous beta/RC versions of ASXP12 will also need to install/run RC2 or later to preserve licensing for the new version. To determine whether your license has been upgraded... Читать дальше...