Thank you to GEB reader Paul Moskowitz for bringing to our attention the fact that opening the flight simulator in Google Earth Pro automatically turns off the 3D buildings layer. The reason for this ...

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All you Xbox wannabe pilots out there must be thrilled with Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, now that it is finally available for consoles, too. But if you want to really feel like you own that virtual ...

Russian Aircraft Company's MiG is best known for its fighter planes which have been used by the USSR, China, North Korea and North Vietnam since the beginning of WWII. These days, the former ...

We have seen quite a few DIY joystick designs that use Hall effect sensors, but [Akaki Kuumeri]’s controller designs (YouTube video, embedded below) really make the most of 3D printing to avoid the ...

X-Plane 11 (2017), the highly-touted and expansive flight simulator for PC, now has a few new badges under its Steam listing, which includes support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows “Mixed ...

Attaching a 3D-printed joystick and throttle to an Xbox controller is the perfect solution to playing Microsoft Flight Simulator on consoles. There are only two problems with that: flight sticks are ...

A sharp-eyed GEB reader named ‘Will’ has discovered something pretty cool. At the north end of the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Netherlands’ main airport, there is a 3D model of an airplane coming ...

I've followed this series from the start and have been as anxious for this release as I can be in this busy season. This time around the Combat Flight Sim franchise wings its way west to return to the ...