Basically, isn’t that what brings YOU here too? We are all passionate about flying, aviation and/or airplanes in one way or other. And that’s why I think you will just LOVE the short video about the Tiger Boys and Girl that’s available from the WhyFly.aero website that was recently opened. Check out the Tiger Boys and Girl article here and DO run that video. There are lots more interesting stories by interesting people there and I think a subscription is more than worth it. Give them a try and click here for more information.

I’ll also be adding the download files that previously were done through Flight1 over the coming weeks.

I hope you like the new shop…… let us know HERE !

A brand new, on-line, commercial ‘web-zine’ has been born. Conceived, designed and ultimately produced and launched by some friends (Glenn Norman and Michelle Goodeve) and people many of us know (Hal Bryan and Mike Singer, both fromer MSFS gurus)! It is called Why Fly and is all about WHY we/you love FLYING (and aviation). "

……  Glenn and Michelle fell in love with each other—and the sky—while they were still in their teens. After getting their start as aviation writers, they’ve spent the past 25 years working as actors, screenwriters, story editors and producers on numerous TV shows. But as most of their stories were about flying, the couple decided to combine their skills and create Why Fly in partnership with their friends Hal Bryan and Mike Singer….".

You can see the FREE initial version by going here ! I know you’ll like what you see, so get a subscription and make sure the mag takes off into a wonderful future, serving us all with great stories about flying !

So, if you use it and can spare a few dollars, I’d really appreciate some help in keeping the server running. You can just go to the SERVICES PAGE and click on the ‘Donate’ button there….. as often as you like *chuckle*. FYI, I need some $ 600, but any bit will help!

On another note: this site is now running on another server. We were getting too popular (also because of Simon’s freeware downloads!!)  and the host made us upgrade to a business account. A victim of our own success, as it were…. oh well.

Simon Smeiman, author of our Cubs and Supercubs, has released a little gem in the form of an Ultimate 10-300 Aerobatic Biplane for FSX SP2. Simon writes in the assoicated Readme file"…. This freeware model of the Ultimate is my gift to my fellow Simmers especially those who bought my commercial models marketed by Francois Dumas of www.fsaddon.eu.

The model is also dedicated to Gordon Price, the creator of the real world Ultimate.
Gordon was so kind to let me use the color scheme of his aircraft and to display his name as the pilot on the Ultimate Bluehawk model.

If you like to know more about Gordon and the Ultimate Bipe please visit http://moleski.net/ultbipe

Martin X. Moleski, SJ (Marty) is the owner of the abovementioned web site. He was so kind to bring me in contact with Gordon, He also allowed me to use the info from his web site to create the model for FSX. Thanks Marty!….".

You can download it on our download page, see column on the right!

Yup, its out ! Finally!

Sales are picking up already from simMarket, and if so desired you can also buy it from our product page (see link on the right) using the Flight1 wrapper system, or on CD (personally manufactured!).

The Lizzie has finally seen the light… or rather, dark…. and is starting to make her way on many PC’s around the world! It has been 6 years since I started with this project and I am thrilled to finally see it finished. AND with a beautifully rendered and working model. Counting down the minutes for it to appear on the torrent sites….. *cough*. Anyway, I’ve been working day and night, literally, these past 3 weeks to get it ready for Christmas, as I promised.

Thanks to Chuck Jodry for all his quality work on it, and Jan Kees Blom for his beautiful additional paints. And Jaap for his Tangmere Airfield and Athlète Operation.

Many more have contributed, and they are all mentioned in the manual. Thanks folks !!

Some more info here, on the product page.

Next project: building a dedicated website for the Lizzie and associated aircraft and facts. And then getting the Lockheed Hudson built, an aircraft that was also used for clandestine operations.
FSX is not a military sim, but ultimately very well suited for these kind of aircraft… and it so happens I like this era and NEED pet projects to stay sane…… so there !

I can only hope that you’ll love Lizzie as much as I do……. and that it can help remember those brave men flying them, and what they ultimately did for us !

As of tomorrow night you can do what I have been doing for over a year now: relive and re-fly those hair raising missions in the middle of the night over a mostly dark France (well, not so dark these days, use your imagination!).

Check out Hugh’s book in our bookshop (see the column on the right).

“…. but thanks to Chuck Jodry and JanKees Blom we will have a model without the extra long range tank and painted in various liveries. This model has been under development for more than three years and the project started back in 2003. So you can call it a ‘pet project’ if nothing else.

Also included is a wonderful virtual cockpit, a very special STOL flight model, initially designed by Rob Young of RealAir fame, an extensive user manual AND a Secret Operations Flight Guide, including some 5 flights based upon the real flights of that time.
More flights will be added for free next year!

Last but not least visitors of the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield will find a CD version of the package in the museum gift shop and half of the proceeds of those sales will go to the Shuttleworth Collection fund.

Meanwhile, FSAddon is now working on a Lockheed Hudson, as a follow-up to the project. The Hudson was also used to ferry agents to occupied Europe and will be published next year we hope.

The ‘Lysander Secret Operations’ package will cost Euro 24,95 at simMarket, or US$ 34,95 at FSAddon’s own shop. A CD version will be available as a special service from FSAddon Publishing later…..”.