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Tags: CubCrafters, FSAddon, Top Cub

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On its web site we can read that “…… CubCrafters is pleased to announce that the CC18-180 TOP CUB has received Type Certification from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.  This certification allows new, certified, ready-to-fly Cubs to be delivered to customers in Australia for the first time ever.  The CC18-180 was certified in the US in Dec. 2004, and has now been approved on floats and wheels in Canada and Australia as well…..”. A really nice little model of it for FS2004 and FSX can be found in the FSAddon stable and on simMarket.

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Tags: flightplanner, freeware, navmonster

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After the minuscule uproar following the new Aerosoft Flightplanner release last week, here’s something to play with if you do NOT want to spend a dime … or a cent, for that matter. Nav Monster is a web-based flightplanner (for the US) and has all sorts of nifty links to useful information when setting up a flight. I don’t plan much but if I would, this thing really looks like a useful tool to have. Check it out here!

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Tags: aviation databases, Scramble, spotters

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I was a subscriber to Scramble, the ’spotters magazine’, way back in the eighties. And it still exists ! What’s more, they now have an English version AND you can find them on the Internet, see here. Scramble has a wealth of information for aircraft spotters, but they also provide a lot of other aviation info, now straight from their databases and accessible via your browser. Not the worst 40 Euros you may spend if you’re an aviation buff !!

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Tags: classics, history, warbirds, Yak, Yakkes

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As usual when FS news is ’slow’ there is plenty of real-world aviation news around for you to enjoy. Here’s a worthy organization aiming to keep old-timers flying. Yak’s in this particular case ! I am talking about the Yakkes Foundation who restore, maintain and fly old Russian Yak’s ! Pay their web site a visit and awe at some of the great pictures in their image gallery. And maybe lend them a (financial) hand at keeping the Yak’s flying?

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Tags: celebrities, Wagstaff

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A well-known song from Sesame Street. So what have Patty Wagstaff, Pamela Anderson and Paris Hilton in common? They’re all women, yes. They are also ‘celebrities’, at least to some people’s standards. And hence they all are watched hawkishly. So when Patty mistakenly took a wrong turn getting her on the Oskosh runway in her CAR, that was NEWS! Maybe she’ll be a bit less of an aviation icon after this? Read all about it on AVweb here.

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Tags: Airventure, Cirrus, SJ50 jet

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Cirrus Design sent out a press release confirming that their Vision SJ50 jet be unveiled in public at the EAA AirVenture on Wednesday around 2:15. The aircraft had its maiden flight in early July and has bee subject to initial flight testing in Duluth, Minnesota. They had hoped to bring the aircraft to Oshkosh but Alan Klapmeier, the Cirrus CEO, said it would depend on the progress of the flight testing and the discretion of the test pilots…..”. Some more information on Aeromarkt.

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Tags: flight1, Oshkosh

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Flight1 Aviation Technologies reports that they “……will be attending the 2008 AirVenture in Oshkosh to display their latest technology offerings, at Booths 2106-2107, from July 28th through August 3rd. The products that will be on display at the show are the G1000 Student, Virtual Instructor Station for ESP, Avidyne Student Simulation and Courseware, and our ELITE/Flight1 Tech LSA (Light Sport Aircraft) Aviation Training Device…..”.

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Tags: Fantasy of Flight, Fieseler Storch, Paul Lange, video

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Paul Lange, one of the FS experts at Microsoft, was one of the lucky people to be taken along in a real Fieseler Storch some time ago. Paul flew the Storch at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida. The same one that I personally put ‘on digital’ in November last year. You can read more about it and see the video on Paul’s Blog !

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Tags: Cirrus, Jet, Oshkosh

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Rumors have it that the newly designed Cirrus ‘Jet’ may attend the upcoming Oshkosh EAA AirVenture as a flying visitor ! Sources have seen a finished-looking model outside the Northwest Airlines A320 hangar and it looks like the new family member is ready to fly. Already more than 400 customers have deposited money for the jet and are holding their breath too, no doubt! More info on the Cirrus site.

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Tags: Airbus

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Laurent from Taxiway in Blagnac, near Toulouse, reports that they are inviting companies (and individuals) to make use of their tourist services. Taxiway arranges visits to the Airbus company and other industrial areas of interest in the Toulouse area. Also possible is a visit to the original Concorde. More about their services on their web site.