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Cessna Citation X 1.0 Package for FSX goes Gold! 03.04.2008

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:01:50 GMT

Cessna Citation X 1.0 Package for FSX goes Gold! 03.04.2008

Team Eaglesoft, is pleased to announce that their Eaglesoft Cessna Citation X 1.0 Package for FSX has just been released and is now available for purchase! Please Download your 30% Discount Coupon prior to purchase of your FSX Eaglesoft Cessna Citation X 1.0 here: http://www.eaglesoftdg.com/coupons.htm

Due to popular requests Eaglesoft has released the original Cessna Citation X 1.0 to work seamlessly in FSX/SP2/DX9.0c. This package contains a number of internal avionics fixes and a few graphic issues to insure smooth and proper operation under FSX/SP2/DX9.0c.
More information at this link: http://www.eaglesoftdg.com

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Ron Hamilton

FSX Piper Twin Comanche goes Gold!

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:00:44 GMT

11/5/2007

Twin Comanche X Released!

After 23 days from the FS9 release, the Twin Comanche is finally available for FSX! Features include (Exclusive FSX features highlighted in Gold):

Aircraft Feature List

Accurate and Finest Quality FSX Model using the latest 3D Studio Max techniques
Separate model for exterior and interior
Specular Maps, Reflective DXT5 Textures
5.1 Surround sound package experience based on real world PA-30 sounds
Six High Quality PA-30 liveries included!
Accurate and Finest Quality Virtual Cockpit with Full Animations
Accurate and extremely realistic Flight Dynamics
Accurate systems modeling
Accurate animated control surfaces
Accurate reflective textures, dynamic shine, luxurious night lighting
Accurate wing views from the luxurious Cockpit
Easy to use PA-30 Repaint Kit to create your own favorite livery, with specular map templates (Coming Soon!)
Requires FSX SP1!

Cockpit Feature List

Exclusive! 16:9 Widescreen Monitor 2D Panel supported!
Improved Photo Realistic 2D and VC Panel
Bendix King KI825 · J.P. Instruments EDM 760 · S-Tec 55X Autopilot
SimFlyer Garmin GNS480, MX20, and PMA8000 Audio Panel
Eaglesoft Garmin GTX 330 Transponder, Vatsim Compatible
Extensive System Documentation including real world information

....And much more! Also, for a limited time, we're offering a 30% discount coupon!

Note: Right click on Coupon and use browser save picture as function to obtain your Discount Coupon. Do not Left Click! Discount Coupons must be used at time of new product purchase for a discount price to be applied!

Visit the Eaglesoft website to obtain your copy now!

Eaglesoft Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche goes Gold!

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:17:52 GMT

After years of development, the Twin Comanche is finally available for FS2004! Features include:

Aircraft Feature List

Accurate and Finest Quality FS2004 Model using the latest 3D Studio Max techniques
Specular Shine, Reflective DXT3 Textures
Accurate and Finest Quality Virtual Cockpit
Accurate and extremely realistic Flight Dynamics
Truly immersive sound experience based on real world PA-30 sounds
Accurate systems modeling Animated Pilot
Accurate animated control surfaces
Accurate reflective textures, dynamic shine, luxurious night lighting
Accurate wing views from the luxurious Cockpit
Three High Quality PA-30 liveries included
Easy to use PA-30 Repaint Kit to create your own favorite livery
Outstanding performance in FS2004 with FS2004 SP1!

Cockpit Feature List

Exclusive! 16:9 Widescreen Monitor 2D Panel supported!
Improved Photo Realistic 2D and VC Panel
Bendix King KI825 · J.P. Instruments EDM 760 · S-Tec 55X Autopilot
SimFlyer Garmin GNS480, MX20, and PMA8000 Audio Panel
Eaglesoft Garmin GTX 330 Transponder, Vatsim Comp
Extensive System Documentation including real world information
....And much more! Visit the Eaglesoft website to obtain your copy now!

Barrington Irving Completes RTW Solo!

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:11:24 GMT

Barrington Irving landed his Columbia 400 at Florida's Opa-Locka Airport Wednesday at 10:26 a.m., completing his round-the-world flight as -- unofficially -- the youngest person and first person of African descent to fly solo around the world. Irving, 23, launched from Florida in March, and flew up the East Coast and across the Atlantic. He stopped in Europe, the Middle East, India, Japan and Alaska, before heading back across the U.S. He covered about 25,600 miles in just over three months. Irving grew up in Miami but he was born in Jamaica, and Jamaican nationals greeted him at airports around the world. Upon landing Wednesday morning, he was greeted by a crowd that included local politicians and a steel-drum band. At launch, Irving had expected to make the trip in just 37 days, but weather caused multiple delays. He waited in Japan for two weeks for flyable weather across the North Pacific. He wrote in his blog that the delays gave him some time to explore local cultures. Irving is a graduate student at Florida Memorial University and works on Experience Aviation, a Saturday morning program he started to teach children about flying. He has said that he hopes his flight will inspire other young people to resist the negative influences of the streets and work toward their dreams. It's unclear whether Irving has set any "official" records. The National Aeronautic Association does not track aviation records by age or ethnicity. See Video!

Eaglesoft FSX Citation II goes Gold!

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:25:12 GMT

Eaglesoft Cessna Citation CII 1.5 Package for FSX goes Gold! 06.16.2007

Team Eaglesoft, is pleased to announce that their Cessna Citation II 1.5 Package for FSX is now available for purchase! Download link Here!
Eaglesoft FSX Cessna Citation CII 1.5 retains all the great features of our FS9 CII 1.0 and adds an FSX 3D Studio Max model with .dds textures, bump mapping, specular lighting, self shadowing, and other great FSX features! Citation CII 1.5 includes revised and improved Eaglesoft Sandel 3308 andEaglesoft GNS 530 GPS! A Hobart GPU is included for those who need the use of a ground power unit for starting or restarting their engines.
New Customers and Current Owners of original FS9 CII 1.0 may download a 30% Discount Coupon from our Coupon Page! The limited time 30% Discount Coupon may be used to purchase Cessna Citation CII 1.5 for FSX!
This limited time Discount Coupon is designed to help our customers make the transition from FS9 or FSX! Discount Coupon Expires June 20, 2007.
See our Coupons Page for more on our Discount Coupons.

FS Insider Emissive Texture Article

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:14:25 GMT

FS Insider: New Article on Emissive Textures and Virtual Cockpits

As part of our ongoing effort to better collaborate and communicate with the development community, we've asked for folks to submit articles related to the creation of add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The first of these articles, "FSX Emissive Textures and How They Relate to Virtual Cockpit Lighting" was submitted by Bill Leaming of Eaglesoft fame. Bill's paper has been through review by our internal team, and is intended to help other developers understand our virtual cockpit lighting technology. We encourage you to read this article if you are at all interested in adding lighting effects to your virtual cockpit.

A big thanks to Bill for being the first to take on a role like this! If you would like to submit a paper for publication, and believe you have the technical knowledge and writing skills to contribute a write up similar to this one, please send us your abstract and a brief bio of who you are and what your experience is with developing add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Eaglesoft Columbia 400 1.5 for FSX goes Gold!

Fri, 18 May 2007 03:15:39 GMT

Team Eaglesoft is pleased to announce that their Columbia 400 V1.5 Package for FSX is now available for purchase!

Eaglesoft FSX Columbia 400 V1.5 retains all the great features of our FS9 Columbia 400 V1.0 and adds an FSX 3D Studio Max model with .dds textures, bump mapping, specular lighting, self shadowing, and other great FSX features!
Current and New Customers alike may download a 30% Discount Coupon from our Coupon Page.
The limited time 30% Discount Coupon may be used to purchase Columbia 400 V1.5 for FSX!
This limited time Discount Coupon is designed to help our customers make the transition from FS9 or FSX!

Don't forget to check our other FSX offerings while visiting our site.

Thanks to all!
Team Eaglesoft

Eaglesoft Twin Comanche News!

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:50:40 GMT

For those who have have been following the Eaglesoft Twin Comanche Project in eager anticipation, our own Owen Hewitt has posted an in-sim screenshot of work on the Bendix/King KI 825 which is progressing well courtesy of our own Ed Wilson, one of Eaglesoft's talented gauge gurus. Yep, that's an actual screen capture of it going in FS. One interesting note regarding the KI 825 is that the rose has a unique feature called "ferris wheel" which causes the pilot to always see the heading indicators in an upright view as compared to traditional compass rose which is a simple rotating card! Owen has been very busy working on the Columbia 400 for FSX, and our Cessna Citation X 2.0 for FSX. Owen writes "I am placing panel lines on the exterior paint of the Piper Twin Comanche model." When finished to a satisfactory level, Owen will be handing the textures over to our own Bob Hayes for the special tweaking only Bob can provide.

FS Insider Facelift!

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:21:08 GMT

Breaking news! FS Insider has undergone a facelift! Be sure to take a look at the newest layout!

Eaglesoft FSX Citation CJ1 V1.5 goes Gold! 04.26.2007

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:30:50 GMT

Team Eaglesoft, is pleased to announce that their Cessna Citation V1.5 Package for FSX is now available for purchase!
Eaglesoft FSX Cessna Citation CJ1 V1.5 retains all the great features of our FS9 CJ1 V1.0 and adds an FSX 3D Studio Max model with .dds textures, bump mapping, specular lighting, self shadowing, and other great FSX features!
Customers and owners of original FS9 CJ1 1.0 may download a 30% Discount Coupon from our Coupon Page.
The limited time 30% Discount Coupon may be used to purchase Cessna Citation CJ1 V1.5 for FSX!
This limited time Discount Coupon is designed to help our customers make the transition from FS9 to FSX!

Thanks to all!
Team Eaglesoft

Eaglesoft FSX SR20/SR22 Fix Released! 04.23.2007

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:11:59 GMT

Team Eaglesoft is pleased to announce that FSX SR20/SR22 LSK Issue Fix Now Available!

This fix addresses the Avidyne PFD Line Select Keys becoming unusable after FSX completes its 30 minute "security check". This fix has been "rolled into" our current FSX SR20/SR22 Download and users may simply redownload and reinstall using the Reinstall Button on their Flight One Wrappers and insert their existing Key and Password in order to prevent repurchase.

Cirrus Design unveils Cirrus G3 at 2007 Sun N Fun!

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:47:14 GMT

Cirrus Design announces Cirrus G3 at 2007 Sun N Fun! Follow this Cirrus Link for more on the newest offering from Cirrus!

Diamond Aircraft at 2007 Sun N Fun!

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:48:36 GMT

At the 2007 Lakeland Sun N Fun Fly In, Diamond's complete piston lineup, including the DA20-C1, DA40 XL, DA40 FP and DA42 Twin Star, will be on display, and available for demonstration flights. Center stage is the D-JET mockup that has been touring the USA, for an up close look and feel of the controls, avionics and luxurious comfort of Diamond's new personal jet aircraft.

The big news for Diamond at Lakeland Sun N Fun will be the introduction of the Diamond Flight Center Program, to be launched officially on Monday, April 16. Attendees can visit a prototype of a Diamond Flight Center, including a fully functional Diamond Simulation DA42 flight training device, available for demonstration "flights."

FSX SP1: Beta 2 Posted!

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:29:00 GMT

Phil Taylors Blog contains an announcement that Microsoft Flight Simulator X SP1 Beta 2 has been released for beta testers! While we cannot say much about this we are happy to see a few issues resolved. Sorry we can't share more at this time.

Barrington Irving in Rome, Italy!

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:36:33 GMT

A fresh look at Barrington Irvings Blog reveals that he is still in Rome, Italy awaiting dparture for his next leg of the round the world flight.

From Barringtons Blog it is easy to see that he is enjoying his Roman Holidy before getting back to the business of trans global flight!

Bob Hayes and Helicoptor Movie!

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:52:50 GMT

Our friend and Eaglesoft VP Bob Hayes has posted a movie of a recent Helicoptor flight on his Blog. Looks like Bob and Dave are having waaaaay tooooo much fun! Be sure to drop over and check it out.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:02:57 GMT

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AOPA Catch a Cardinal Sweepstakes Update!

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:38:30 GMT

The AOPA Catch a Cardinal Sweepstakes aircraft renovation is in full swing! Be sure to take a look at their progress! Don't forget the Photo Gallery at the top of the page! Hope to see her up close and personal next week with my friend Bob Hayes at Sun N Fun! Hope to see some of you there as well.

FSX SP1 to take advantage of Multi Core Support!

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:01:43 GMT

On the day Intel Corporation introduced its Core™ 2 Extreme processor QX6800, the company's twelfth quad-core processor offering, Aces' Phil Taylor announced the FSX Service Pack 1 (SP1), due out later this month, is expected to take full advantage of multi-core support.
According to Taylor's blog, "Our multi-core support will take advantage of both two and four cores today and more cores in the future when they become available via a config setting. This is for both Intel and AMD processors." Taylor added that single core users will also see performance improvements with the release of SP1.
For more information and discussion on the upcoming SP1, please visit the Avsim FSX Forum.

Eaglesoft, David Drouin, and Cessna CJ1V2.0 FMS!

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:58:22 GMT

Eaglesoft is pleased to announce that David Drouin has chosen to become the newest member of Team Eaglesoft! David brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to the Eaglesoft Development Hanger and we are we pleased that he has chosen to bring along his Universal FMS for completion in our Cessna CJ1 V2.0! Please help us welcome David to the team as we move forward on all fronts. Click this Link for early screenshots. More information and screenshots as we progress.

Eaglesoft, Laurie Doering, and Diamond DA42!

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:51:10 GMT

Eaglesoft is pleased to announce that Laurie Doering has chosen to become the newest member of Team Eaglesoft! Laurie brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to the Eaglesoft Development Hanger and we are we pleased that he has chosen to bring along his model of the Diamond DA42 "Twinstar" for completion to release! This Link provides information on the Real World Diamond DA42! Please help us welcome Laurie to the team as we move forward on all fronts. Click this Link for early screenshots. More information and screenshots as we progress.

Oshkosh 2006 the right way!

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:01:12 GMT

Found this link at Simflight.com. Francois Dumas posted it in the Real World meets Simworld or something to that effect.

Anyway, click this Silverhair link and the pictures will be a joy, we promise.

Eaglesoft Twin Comanche and SimFlyers!

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:05:44 GMT

Our friend Keith Giveans has a nice selection of GPS and Nav/Com products on his SimFlyers site. If you've never visited Keith's site you are missing out on quite a nice selection of addon avionics for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and Flight Simulator X!

A custom version of the SimFlyers GMX20 and GNS480 will be featured in the upcoming Eaglesoft Piper Twin Comanche!

Eaglesoft Twin Comanche is a detailed and faithful reproduction of Roy Wilbanks Piper Twin Comanche currently under development at the Team Eaglesoft hanger.

Screenshot Artist Gallery

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:37:16 GMT

Our friend Nick Churchill happens to be an accomplished Screenshot Artist. Nick's screenshots are available at the Screenshot Artists link on the Links of interest list at lower right. For a look at Nick's screenshots of the Eaglesoft Columbia 400 please click this Gallery Link.

Avsim announces Sim Con!

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:14:17 GMT

From Avsim Hanger Chat....

AVSIM is pleased to announce its 2007 Convention and Exhibtion, which this year we are entitling "The AVSIM Sim Con", short for the AVSIM Simulation Convention! In prior years, the AVSIM Convention was held in September. This year, we are doing something very different. The AVSIM SIM CON will be held starting Friday, Novemember 9th and ending on Sunday, November 11th. Where will it be held, you ask? Seattle! That right, AVSIM is going to Seattle for the 2007 event or more specifically, we are going to Bellevue, Washington, just outside of Seattle. Our venue will be the Bellevue Hilton Hotel, the largest venue that we have ever booked for the AVSIM event.

Why Seattle? We are going to leave that to your imagination for the moment. But we can tell you that this year's AVSIM event will be like no previous AVSIM Convention. Commitments from exhibitors are pouring in, and we guarantee that this will be the biggest AVSIM event ever... In fact, the biggest event in flight simulation this year.

So, set the dates aside, put your vacation schedule in to your boss, and prepare for the biggest event ever in flight simulation!
We will be providing more detail, sign up pages, and payment details in the coming weeks. YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS!!!

Inspiration enroute to Madrid!

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:28:29 GMT

Just checked Barrington Irvings tracking map and was pleased to see that he is currently enroute to Madrid, Spain!

Weather seems to be in his favor on this leg. Those who wish to accompany Barrington in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 may obtain their own Columbia 400 with Avidyne Entegra System at Eaglesoft Development Group.

Inspiration departs for the Azores!

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:28:06 GMT

Just checked Barrington Irvings tracking map and was pleased to see that he is currently enroute to the Azores! We certainly hope that the rest of his route will have smooth flying as he approaches the near half way point of the Atlantic crossing. Those who wish to accompany Barrington in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 may obtain their own Columbia 400 with Avidyne Entegra System at Eaglesoft Development Group.

Bob Hayes blog contains more on the Experience Aviation flight. Bob Hayes writes...

Barrington Irving has set out to achieve a dream on Friday March 23rd, 2007, to be the first African American and youngest pilot to fly solo around the world while inspiring youth around the world to pursue interests in aviation.

I've had to meet with Barrington often while developing the Flightsim version of the Columbia 400, he is truly an impressive young man filled with ambition and determination. He's outwardly friendly and truly presents himself as the perfect role model for todays kids.

Be sure to visit FS Insider to track his progress and read more about Barrington and his vision.

Also be sure to check out the pics and read about Mike Singer's visit to Florida where he witnessed Barrington begin his endeavor. In addition, Bob Hayes has placed some photos in his photo album of Barrington's visits, his real plane, and the Eaglesoft Columbia 400 for FlightSimulator.

You can also show your support and post a comment to Barrington Irvings own blog!

Patty Wagstaff Extra 300 new Livery!

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:21:44 GMT

We recently learned from Owen Hewitts blog of a new paint scheme for Patty Wagstaffs Extra 300S. Owen has challenged repainters out there to do a livery of Patty's Extra 300S for the default MSFS Extra 300.

Welcome to Team Eaglesoft Blog

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:39:42 GMT

Thank you for visiting. After some urging from Eaglesoft Team Members I've joined the ranks of the Flight Simulation Blog Community. Here we hope to provide items of interest to Flight Simulation and Real World Aviation enthusiasts who visit blogs on a regular basis. We will update information as schedules permit and we hope to provide interesting topics, news, and information for aviation enthusiasts who read these pages.