NOW UPDATED!
The Flying Club has now been updated to be better than ever! Now supplied on DVD, we have ripped out the existing radios and installed authentic avionics which are the same as those featured in the real aircraft. Not only that, but all the aircraft have been given various service updates to make them even more authentic and we have increased the total number of aircraft you can fly to 65! These include new liveries as well as aircraft featuring international registrations from France, Germany and the USA as well as the existing UK ones.
The aircraft are modelled in high-quality detail based on extensive research on the actual real-world aircraft featured in the pack. To make the Flying club a home for you to fly from, also included is accurate scenery of Shoreham airport in Sussex. From here you can explore the south coast of England, fly a circuit around the Isle of Wight or even pop over to France for a baguette or two.
Features include:
- 4 highly accurate and detailed General Aviation aircraft based on extensive research; PA28-161 Warrior, PA38-112 Tomahawk, C152 and the twin engine PA34-200T Seneca II
- Authentic looking and operating avionics as fitted to the real aircraft
- A total of 65 aircraft to fly
- Four liveries per aircraft type. Each aircraft is available to fly in UK, American, German and French registrations
- Authentic custom sound sets built from the real aircraft sounds in and out
- Highly realistic custom flight models created by an industry leader in this field
- High-quality authentic aircraft textures inside and out giving you that 'real feel'
- All models are based on extensive research on the actual real-world aircraft
- Accurate Shoreham Airport scenery (DVD version only)
- Immersive virtual cockpits with mouse clickable instruments and knobs
- Authentic 2D instrument panels included
- Works in FS2004
- Authentic animations; Propellers, rotating wheels, moving flaps, elevators, rudders, ailerons, nose wheel steering, entry doors, engine inspection panels, undercarriage shock absorber movement, trim tabs and where applicable, variable pitch props and operating landing gear - even the door handles and sun visors work!
- Details, details! Visually detailed engine compartments and small but important items like the brake fluid lines, pitot head, Comms and Nav radio antennas, sun visors, footsteps, tie down points, flap hinges, door hinges, temperature gauge probes, fuel tank caps, hand grab handles - even the door stops are modelled!
- AeroLoad payload editor. Change the amount of fuel, baggage and the number of passengers you are carrying. You will even see the correct number of people in the cabin
- AeroPaint texture utility. Create new custom liveries of the aircraft or edit the existing ones. (External painting program required such as MS Paint)
- AeroFace. You want to be the pilot? Easy. Use AeroFace to place your or any other face image on pilot!
- Operating navigation and landing lights
- Cockpit night lighting
- Printed manual
- Ability to use the aircraft in conjunction with Flight Simulator Flying Lessons
More details!
System operations: Improved and more accurate aircraft systems, numerous small operational improvements for even more accurate and realistic system simulations, such as:
- Electrical system simulation and operation
- Engine indications
- Flap lever and flaps indicator simulations
New liveries and international aircraft registrations added:
- Four liveries based on two different paint schemes
- Four different registrations per aircraft from different countries:United Kingdom, United States, Germany and France. The registrations are authentic according to the aircraft type
- The combination of liveries and registrations makes a total of 16 individual variations of each aircraft (17 for the Tomahawk) model making a massive total of 65 aircraft available to fly
All-new avionics - A complete custom set of avionics individually developed for each aircraft based on the actual equipment fitted in the original machines. (NOTE; Installing the update will remove any custom instrument panel modifications).
In detail the following custom period avionics equipment has been added:
C152
ADF system
VHF Communication/Navigation Transceiver
Transponder
PA38 Tomahawk
ADF system, including working Flight Timer and Elapsed Timer
VHF Communication/Navigation Transceiver
Transponder
PA28 Warrior
Audio Control System
ADF system, including working Flight Timer and Elapsed Timer
Two different VHF Communication/Navigation Transceivers
Transponder
DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) including groundspeed and time-to-station display.
PA34 Seneca
Audio Control System
ADF system, including working Flight Timer and Elapsed Timer
VHF Communication/Navigation Transceivers
Transponder
GPS (limited functionality).
DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) including groundspeed and time-to-station display.
Autopilot
Additional new operations
All Aircraft
- Updated altimeter operation. Unique! Each aircraft has an altimeter that will change from Milibars to Inches indications in the pressure setting window on the altimeter depending on which International settings you have set in Flight Simulator. Also, to make it easier to read, it only takes a simple mouse click to enlarge it
- Individual Avionics can now be turned ON or OFF
- Engine Starter motor(s) engaged warning lights (some also Press to test)
- Low-voltage warning light (some also Press to test)
- Mouse-over text added where appropriate
- Instrument panel placards clarity improved in the 2D and Virtual cockpits
- All avionics are available in a large pop-up window
- Yokes can be toggled to show/hide in the Virtual cockpit with a mouse click
Additional in Seneca
- Individual vacuum pump failure lights
- Left/right AUX fuel pump warning lights
- AUX Fuel pump switches animation added in 2D Ignition panel and virtual Cockpit
- Press to test switch for annunciator lights
- Anti-collision light switch a split switch for tail and wing lights
- Autopilot operation added
- Autopilot Glideslope coupled light operation added.
- Autopilot NAV source switch added
- Fuel selector lever operation realistic.