PC Pilot Magazine Issue 77: January-February 2012 Edizione posteriore

Hello and a very warm welcome to another packed issue of PC Pilot. As usual we have news, reviews, tutorials and features – encompassing both flight sim hardware and software.

Reviews
Cessna Skymaster C337H from Carenado - An excellent all-round performer that looks great and is heaps of fun to fly.

Aircraft review highlights include:
• The Ultimate Collection 757 from Quality Wings - An intermediate level simulation, thoughtfully designed to make the Boeing 757 as accessible as possible to simmers who are put off by complexity or simply want to jump in the cockpit and fly with the minimum of fuss.

• P-51D Mustang from Warbirdsim - A visually stunning model of the classic American fighter from World War Two.

Scenery review highlights include:
• Fall City Airport - Another stunning scenery add-on from ORBX, designed to be integrated into the Pacific Northwest package.

• US Cities X – Las Vegas, the Gambling Capital of the World

Hardware review highlights include:

• VoxATC6 - VoxATC will immerse you in a realistic virtual ATC environment. If you want to take flight simulation to the next level, then this is a ‘musthave’ package!

• Vector Elite Sandybridge Laptop - The Vector Elite is a capable high-end laptop that does a great job of running Flight Simulator at good frame rates.

Tutorials
As usual our tutorials encompass a wide spectrum of subject matter.

Airliner:
• Keeping on Track – Concorde Navigation Primer

General Aviation:
• Flying Gliders – An Introduction to Gliding

PLUS!
Flight Sim Adventure – The Alps to the French Riviera
Flight Sim Flight Test – The Piper Club
Flight Sim Q&A – Advice on how to transfer your files, programs and settings from old machines to a new one, solving error messages and curing visual anomalies.


Cover CD highlights:
Imperial War Museum Duxford – This historic airfield is now available as freeware.
Halifax Bomber –The four engine bomber by Alphasim is included on the CD.