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Where one great show leads to another!

April Edition

Kids in Planes

Take off with Concorde X

In the Hangar

Lights Camera EZCA

Sleaping Beauty

WIN!

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Editorial

Kids in Planes

Concorde X

Competition

In the Hangar

Lights Camera EZCA

Sleaping Beauty

Front Cover Image By: Tim Smith

Inside this issue

Editorial

This month Astrasim Expo bring you news on thelatest supersonic air travel for Flight Simulator in the

shape of Concorde X. Developed by the team at

Flight Labs this amazing aircraft which was very

popular in Fs2004 now makes a welcome return.

April also sees us attending the Youth Aviation Conference at Brooklands

Aviation Museum on the 17th. This very important event has been

Organised by the Youth & Education Support Strut of the LAA.

We also continue to develop the website with new and exciting additions

over the coming weeks, one of our latest ventures is to promote and show

flight simulation films with our Movie of the Day This is updated everyday

of the week to bring you some of the best flying action from the genre. The

guys who produce these movies are without doubt very passionate and also

technically very adept to this style of movie making, but above all it makes for

great entertainment and compulsive viewing for every flight sim fan. Check

our article Lights Camera EZCA for new software with movie makers in mind!

General Aviation fans always love to visit new and exciting airfields, in this

issue we visit Sleap, based in Shropshire and home to the Shropshire Flying

Club.

Finally dont forget our amazing competition sponsored by Just Flight one of

the worlds leading developers and publishers of quality software for flight

simulator. You can WIN any title of your choice from their massive catalogue.

As the build up to Summer Sim 2010continues, don't miss it!

See you next month!
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One of the main items to come up time and time again is how do we introduce young people into the world of aviation. Not only in the real

world but also within flight simulation as a hobby, young folks still prefer the Xbox or Play Station to sitting down and flying an aircraft.

We all need to ignite passions in the teenage community, show them the excitement and fun you can have by flying and maybe even give

hem an excellent stepping stone to the real world of aviation, as a professional or club member.

hris Shaw is the Specialist Advisor on Air Scouting with the UK largest youth organisation - The Scout Association and along with us is very

een to get flight simulation enthusiasts and clubs developing a connection with young people and getting them involved. The challenge is

o firstly get people interested, and then offer training to move the young person forward; giving a greater understanding and knowledge

hat will help their progression.

We have for some time been discussing ways in which the Scouting movement can get involved and after months of work, a proposed new

adge is in the process of being developed for all members of the movement. Trials will take place initially with hopes that it will eventually

o nationwide in 2011. This will encompass all that has been discussed and planned, utilising tasks at different levels on the course work,

eveloping the young person and teaching techniques required to be able to pilot a light aircraft. The culmination is hoped for an individual

o fly a solo bringing together all the skills learnt over the course and upon completion the successful young person will gain their well

arned badge.

s not just flight simulation that can help bring more young people together, on April 17th at Brooklands Aviation Museum a Youth

Aviation Conference is being held, this has been organised by the Youth and Education strut of the Light Aircraft Association (LAA).

he Programme will include information and guidance on a wide range of aviation-related activities and careers for young people, and

he support which is available for them through a number of established organisations.

There will opportunities to find out about:-

Airfield Days,

Bursaries and Grants,

Build-a-Plane Projects,Flying & Gliding Opportunities,

LAA Junior & Student Members

Young Aviators Days,

Brooklands Museum,

Models and Model Flying with the BMFA,

Scout Aviation Activities, Air-Scouts and Camps

Specialist Resources and Projects,

Training Opportunities for aviation-related jobs

We will bring you more information on the event in

our next issue.

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The Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde is a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner, a supersonic

transport (SST). It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, incorporating the assembly

efforts of Aerospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation. Initially flown in 1969, Concorde moved

into service in 1976 and carried on for 27 years.

Concorde flew frequent transatlantic routes from London Heathrow airport (British Airways) as well

as Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (Air France) to New York JFK and Washington Dulles, travelling

these routes at record speeds, within much less than half the time associated with other airliners.

With only 20 aircraft built, the production stage represented a considerable monetary loss.

Additionally, Air France and British Airways had been subsidised by their own governments in order

to buy the aircraft. As a direct result associated with the types only accident, (on 25 July 2000),

economic consequences arising from the 11 September attacks, and various other reasons,

procedures ceased on 24 October 2003. The final "retirement" flight occurred on 26 November

2003.

Now you can relive the golden age of supersonic travel with a new release from Flight Sim Labs,

Concorde X.

Providing the *easiest-to-fly* but yet furthermore *most complete* Concorde aircraft simulation

ever to be developed for the pc flight simulator, the Concorde-X has arrived to define innovative

standards together with it's extremely accurate systems, amazing photo-realistic graphics, intensely

comprehensive external model and virtual cockpit, and a fully immersive three-dimensional sound

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Building on their understanding as well as expanding their experience from having worked on

several award-winning aircraft add-on products in the past, the Flight Sim Labs development

staff has now released the brand brand-new Concorde-X add-on, which has been developed

from the ground up to be able to display a complete and faithful simulation associated with theimpressive airliner. A totally new and stand-alone software development package permitted

Flight Sim Labs to put collectively all of the actual systems, gauges and panels identified in the

actual Concorde, while maintaining super-high performance in the final outcome.

Utilizing its significant network of technical advisors, including Concorde Captains, Engineering

Officers, Field technicians as well as several of the same people whom have been involved in

building the actual aircraft, the team had been able to make certain that accuracy in the final

production was verified down to the very last visual detail, but also in all its flight and systems

operations.

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In our latest series we take a look at some of the aircraft you will see when visiting our show later this year at RAF Museum

Cosford. Not only will we provide information on the different types but also allow you to download the aircraft for use in

your own flight simulator.

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Derived from a single seat fighter project an example of which is also displayed

at Cosford the Gnat provided advanced flying training for RAF fast jet pilots in

the 1960s and 1970s.

The Gnat first flew in August 1959 and the type entered service with the Central

Flying School in February 1962. It was intended to replace the Vampire as an

advanced trainer for pilots who would fly jet fighters and bombers, combininghigh performance with the handling qualities required for effective instruction.

A total of 105 Gnats served with the RAF and the final group of pilots trained on

the Gnat graduated from No.4 Flying Training School on 24 November 1978.

Its aerobatic qualities led to the formation of the Yellowjacks aerobatic team in

1964, leading to the foundation of the world famous Red Arrows the following

year. The team flew their red Gnats for fourteen years until they were replaced

by the British Aerospace Hawk at the end of the 1979 season.

Image Gnat T1 : Serge Bailleul

Hawker Siddeley Gnat T1
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Flight One Software, in collaboration with EZdok Software, is thrilled

to provide EZdok Camera for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

EZCA is a application that includes visual effects of both pilot and

also camera shake, caused through aircraft accelerations, surfaces,

and turbulence, which can make flying in Flight Simulator more

immersing and realistic. EZCA is also a fantastic resource which can

certainly be applied by flight sim movie producing enthusiasts in

order to help to make their own movies more enjoyable.

EZdok Camera (EZCA) is the camera and effects system and manager

which boosts the pilot experience in FSX. This gives view control in Flight

Simulator with regard to effortless navigation all the way through the

virtual cockpit as well as cabin, around the aircraft, as well as around the

Flight Simulator environment. But furthermore very exciting are the

effects exerted upon the pilot, immersing the virtual pilot inside a much

more realistic physical simulation of aviation. We believe EZCA is one of

the "Must Have" systems for FSX.


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Sleap (pronounced "Slape") is an ex-RAF airfield, which was initially open in April 1943, and made use of by RAF advanced flying

training units. To begin with this had been the base for No.81 OTU inside of No. 93 Group of Royal air force Bomber Command

equipped with Whitley bomber aircraft. From 1 January 1944 Sleap was assigned to the RAF's No.38 Group, Airborne Forces.

81 OTU's Whitley's towed Horsa heavy troop-carrying gliders on training missions and the Horsas made practice formation

landings at Sleap to replicate the attacks to take place upon German-occupied territory. Vickers Wellingtons superceded the

Whitley's from November 1944 and through January 1945 the strength was 51 T.Xs, remaining utilised to train Transport

Command air crews. The RAF eventually released Sleap in 1964, but the location is still used as a relief airfield by close by RAF

Shawbury for Squirrel helicopter training.

The Shropshire Aero Club members' bar at Sleap is actually given its name after Bayston Hill born Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock the

World War II Battle of Britain pilot whom has been the highest scoring British-born pilot in the fight with sixteen and a half wins

throughout the epic battle.

Take a trip over to Sleap, this friendly flying club operates seven days a week from two licensed and one unlicensed tarmac

runway and an unlicensed high quality grass strip running east of and parallel to runway 23/05 which is maintained throughout

the summer.

Image: UK2000 Sleap Airfield


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