178: An Alternative Cockpit

For those simmers who would like to have a separate gauge display in their setup but don’t have a second monitor or any Saitek’s Flight Instrument Panel, Cockpit HD from RemoteFlight is a pretty good alternative.

The prerequisite: you need an iPad and it’s better to be the new retina one.

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177: Move on to the12.8 Radeon Driver

After I downgrading to Radeon 11.x driver for nearly 5 months, AMD finally released a good enough 12.x driver for the FSX.   It is also the choice of Samy Fay who recommended the driver in a comment about his crossfire setup a week ago.

I wouldn’t say the new driver boosts the FSX’s performance obviously.   Also my observation is subjective.   However, my FSX running under this 12.8 version does give me an impression that it is above the overall level of the last 11.12.

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Cockpit: Jean Marie Humez (LFPB, France)

Followings are photos of the Tourism Plane built by Jean Marie Humez in France.

Builder: Jean Marie Humez
Location: Cires les Mello, France
ICAO: LFPB, Paris Le Bourget Airport


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Cockpit: Richard Leaton (EIDW, Ireland)

This is the B738NG cockpit photos from Richard Leaton in Wexford, Ireland.

Builder: Richard Leaton
Location: Wexford, Ireland
ICAO: EIDW, Dublin Airport


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176: A Basic Aircraft Livery Creation Guide

Ever wanted to create some custom liveries for your favorite aircrafts?    Here’s a simple step-by-step guide how I create mine for the Centurion T210.

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Cockpit: Dwayne Drover (CYKF, Canada)

Dwayne Drover in Canada says he has a Butt Kicker for rumbling the windows in his house.  Here’s the photo.

Builder: Dwayne Drover
Location: Waterloo, Canada
ICAO: CYKF, Kitchener/Waterloo Regional Airport

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Cockpit: Christian (NTAA, French Polynesia)

Following is the cockpit photo from Christian in Tahiti, French Poloynesia.

Builder: Christian
Location: Tahiti, French Polynesia
ICAO: NTAA, Faa’a International Airport

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Cockpit: Joe Lavery (EGFF, Wales) #3

…continued from Part 2

Followings are photos of the Overhead Panel, Pedestal and Throttle Quadrant in the cockpit.

Overhead Panel


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