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Cal Lewis of Imagine Simulation writes that his next product  “…. Washington Dulles Airport, has completed testing and is all set for release next weekend. On any typical day up to 2000 flights are operated at Dulles and it’s the second busiest trans-Atlantic gateway on the Eastern Seaboard. IAD is also famous for the unique Eero Saarinen designed passenger terminal……”.

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The IVAO Events Department “…… in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Division is pleased to announce the sixth edition of the popular Real Flights Event on November 29, 2008  starting from 1600Z. If you are looking for the most realistic flight experience possible and think you can fly like a real capatain in the real world, the United Arab Emirates Division invites you to join for a flight under full ATC staffing between 1600Z and 2200Z on November 29, 2008…..”.

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India Knight from Ariane Studios reports “…… Things are changing at Ariane. A range of brand new products and new support policies is being introduced. We hope to make the Ariane experience a lot easier and more welcoming. My name is India Knight and I will be leading the change and looking into the way we present Ariane as well as the way we register products (issues such as reactivating loyal users for free are already up and running)…..”.

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Alex from SibWings in Moscow reports that “….. SibWings team is pleased to announce an update to their SAAB 91 Safir X. This update includes fixes to most bugs. We recommend you to redownload and reinstall Safir X…..”.

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One of our most avid readers, found us a link to a great website showing a bunch of 360 degrees pictures of the new Airbus A380. Not sure if there will be many flying, what with all our economic woes currently, but then at least we can have a look at what we’d be flying in! Check out the site here !

Modern-day PC’s AND FSX (graphics!) take a lot of power and produce a lot of heat. So Guru3d takes a “….. quick peek at a new CPU cooler from Arctic Cooling. The unit submitted is the Artic Cooling Freezer Xtreme, which can cool the latest AMD and Intel processors…..”.

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SSM2007 Space Shuttle Simulator

Exciting Simulations “…… has released today a new Service/Mission Pack for the Space Shuttle Mission 2007 simulator.  The download includes several changes, fixes and adds new special effects, and of course, a new mission – STS-51A…..”.

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Ron Hamilton, owner of the Eaglesoft Development Group, reports that “….. Team Eaglesoft, is pleased to announce their Thanksgiving Savings Coupon! Thanksgiving Savings Coupon provides 10% off any FS9 or FSX aircraft in our catalogs now through November 30, 2008!…..”. More info here.

Did I hear someone say “…too fast”? Well for those of you that want to give a spot of joy to a simming friend, or even family member, then this is the link for you! Oh, by the way… do wives ever drop by here? Now there’s a good hint for “Her indoors” if she’s in need of a “hubby stocking filler”.
If you’re wondering, then click on the picture for a close-up of one idea…
Oh yes - you can wear your presents in the sim. 

Carenado has released the C152 II for FS2004. Fernando Herrera writes “….. As we previously announced, the decision was taken after many emails from customers demanding us to make that aircraft compatible with FS2004. The product has superior textures and the 3D model has an excellent relationship between polygons and details, soft curves and excellent FPS allowing a smooth performance….”. Soon to be had at simMarket, for now more info here.