A couple of weeks ago I mentioned how Microsoft had released it’s 1994 offering of Flight Simulator v5.0 to the abandonware community, if you missed it here is the link. Well it would seem that the boys from Redmond are feeling generous once more and have now released the Microsoft Paris: Scenery Enhancement add-on for [...]
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Flying Simulator Hardware (Part 2) | Rudder Pedals
Ryan John Rudder Pedals After adding the a Flight Yoke to an airplane simulator set-up the next thing I would look for is to free my hands some more and use a set of rudder pedals. Once again I’ll repeat that it isn’t necessary to have this item to pilot your flying simulator, but we are all [...]
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Tags: Rudder Pedals, Simulator Hardware 
Comments OffFlying Simulator Hardware | Yokes
Ryan John Flight Yokes Elsewhere on the site we have discussed the use of flying simulator hardware and in this post I’m taking a look at one of the most commonly used bits of kit for any simulator enthusiast, namely the flight yoke. Whilst a yoke is not a necessity to control your airplane simulator it does [...]
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Ryan John With the excellent variety of high quality simulators available to purchase these days, you may be forgiven for forgetting (or are maybe just too young to remember) about the early airplane simulators that preceded the likes of X-Plane, FSX and ProFlight Simulator. Browsing the feeds today I came across a gem I remember from way [...]
