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Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby Pipe » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:30 pm

Let´s have a sticky list with useful links to Freeware Flight Simulation Sites. Airplanes, Sceneries, Repaints ........ all kind of add-ons that make the hobby so exciting. Feel free to add to the list whatever you judge useful.

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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby Pipe » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:43 pm

Avsim.com is probably the biggest and most complete download site. You´ll find almost anything here.

http://www.avsim.com

But there´re more. Sometimes you won´t find uploads at avsim that are on other sites like these:

http://www.flightsim.com
http://www.simviation.com
http://www.fsplanet.com
http://www.surclaro.com

For sceneries there´s nothing better than this site. All in fashionable order, better would be impossible:

http://walhalla.mine.nu/

For fans of russian iron:

http://www.avsim.ru
http://www.flightsim.ru
http://www.fs-proteam.com

That´s it for now ...

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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby DeskFlyer » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:10 am

I found this one pretty helpful in filling my airports & skies with some traffic

http://www.projectai.com

A lot of packages there with varying degrees of up-to-datedness.

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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby ZeroAltitude » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:09 am

... up-to-datedness.

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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby GerryW » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:33 pm

http://www.calclassic.com/

This is a good website (a small one) with classic airliners. (until FS2004, some work with FSX too)

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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby KPryor » Mon Jul 29, 2019 3:50 pm

I know it's only been 10 years since the last post in this thread, but thought I'd add some stuff. Also, I noticed some of the links above go to sites that no longer exist. I've gotten back into simming quite a bit since switching to X-Plane 11. Not sure if anyone here does any flight simulator stuff these days. Doesn't look like it, but here's some useful sites to enhance your flight simming time if you choose to get into it sometime.

VATSTAR: http://www.vatstar.com
It's a pilot training organization that teaches and certifies you for the VATSIM pilot ratings. The ratings aren't required, but the flying info is good and having a rating shows ATC that you can probably do what's expected of you in their airspace. All VATSTAR training and certifications are free, but if you sign up for a paid account, you support the continued existence of the site and get a few other perks. They also have a great Discord channel.

https://x-plane.org and https://store.x-plane.org
The main site has news, downloads and forums. The store is where you can buy payware stuff for X-Plane.

https://www.x-plained.com/
News, reviews and downloads for X-Plane.

https://www.thresholdx.net/
News, reviews and forums.

http://www.fseconomy.net/
Adds a "purpose" to your sim-flying. Earn virtual currency for flying jobs anywhere in the world. I do this and it's ok. The best part about it honestly is it causes you to fly to places you probably would never otherwise go to in your sim. Plenty of available flights for GA and heavy metal alike.

https://datastore.swift-project.org/page/about.php
New pilot client for VATSIM. Works with FSX, FS 2004, Prepar3d and X-Plane. The setup for this new client sucks, but once you get it figured out it works pretty well. It solves a lot of the issues seen with XSquawkbox and other clients.

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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby KPryor » Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:42 pm

Another site with VATSIM pilot and controller training materials. You have to complete a very simple test and answer a few questions to join this site, which I assume is to help keep out the trolls. I just did that and am waiting to hear if I am approved.

Boston Virtual ARTCC
https://new.bvartcc.com/
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby 3WE » Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:03 pm

I just did that and am waiting to hear if I am approved.
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby KPryor » Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:31 pm

I just did that and am waiting to hear if I am approved.
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby KPryor » Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:30 pm

I guess I should have said I don't remember who Wonzie is/was.
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby Not_Karl » Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:17 am

I guess I should have said I don't remember who Wonzie is/was.
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby KPryor » Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:50 am

Oh yea, I remember now.
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby 3WE » Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:07 pm

It was a friendly razz. I think VFF/Charles Wonnzy may have been somewhat prolific at Vatsim activities.
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby KPryor » Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:13 pm

LOL I know. Just couldn't remember who he was at first.
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby Gabriel » Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:18 pm

The first versions of Sublogic / Microsoft Flight Simulator that can be flown in a PC today online with no downloads, no installation, no adds and for free.

https://s-macke.github.io/FSHistory/

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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby supersean » Sat Aug 14, 2021 12:49 am

The first versions of Sublogic / Microsoft Flight Simulator that can be flown in a PC today online with no downloads, no installation, no adds and for free.

https://s-macke.github.io/FSHistory/
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Re: Useful Flight Simulation Sites

Postby 3WE » Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:48 pm

The first versions of Sublogic / Microsoft Flight Simulator that can be flown in a PC today online with no downloads, no installation, no adds and for free.

https://s-macke.github.io/FSHistory/
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