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Old News - 2008
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24 December 2008 - Happy Holidays! I wish everyone the very best this holiday season,
and hope you have a safe and prosperous new year. Thank you for all of your wonderful support
and friendship. It means a lot to me!
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19 December 2008 - Roland Laborie (alias Rollis13) has been working on his
Mirage 2000-5. You can view images at the
Forum French Air Force web site. You can view additional images, including
the cockpit and instrument panel, and read comments from Rollis13 at
Pilote-Virtuel.com.
13 December 2008 - After a short time away Sonny has reopened his
Royal French Navy
website with an emphasis on FSX.
10 December 2008 - Joel Aramendy has reworked the Mirage F1CR
of Kirk Olsson for use with FSX/Acceleration. Two new texture sets are included for ER
1/33 "Belfort" during Op�ration Daguet and ER 2/33 "Savoie". The virtual cockpit has
been reworked with new day and night views. The flight model is based on the
earlier work of Delizisis Thanasis and Delizisis Panagiotis.
6 December 2008 - Jens-Ole Kj�lberg has painted a new set of textures for Kirk Olsson's
Mirage F1. The texture set represents a Mirage F1AZ of the
Gabon Air Force. Only the textures are included so you will also need the base
F1V25.zip file.
1 December 2008 - I put up the annual Holiday Season's Greeting on the
Home page. I found a nice winter looking image of a Mirage 5BA in Belgium.
28 November 2008 - Bob Chicilo has released an update for the
Super Myst�re B2 by Wim Regeer for use with FSX Acceleration. The package updates the
flight dynamics and instrument panel gauges. Since it is an update it requires the
SMB2-v3 base aircraft. Several repaints are also
available for this aircraft.
21 November 2008 - Work continues on the
Skysim Mirage III/5 project. Since my last
report Mark Harper has increased the versions included, further enhanced the Virtual Cockpits
(Wow!), and expanded the available external weapons and fuel tank options.
14 November 2008 - Team Valair has repackaged the FS2002
Mirage 2000N of Roland Laborie for use in FSX. New textures are included representing
their "Sky Angel" demonstration team. Here is a YouTube Video of the aircraft in action.
31 October 2008 - Sean Noens has repackaged the FS2002 Rafale C
of Cyril Pioffet for use with FSX. The package includes some cockpit instruments
from the KBT F-18 and a modified Demonstrator scheme with Belgium AF insignia.
27 October 2008 - I have added a couple images of the next AI
Mirage F1 aircraft and scenery package. This time the subject is the F1M and F1BM
of Ala 14 of the Ej�rcito del Aire at Los Llanos near Albacete, Spain.
23 October 2008 - Nick Black has released the first of several planned AI aircraft/scenery
packages for his AI Mirage F1. This first package, distributed
via MAIW, features the current French
Armee de l'Aire units and bases for the Mirage F1. Included
are aircraft and scenery for Colmar-Meyenheim (LFSC), F1CT and F1B; Reims-Champagne (LFSR), F1CR;
and Mont-de-Marsan (LFBM), F1CR.
13 October 2008 - Alpha Simulations
has made their FS2004 Mirage IV available as freeware. The
package is complete with panel and gauges and includes three models and texture sets.
There are also several addon texture sets available by
Pierre Lheureux and Michel Merle.
9 October 2008 - An unknown contributor has repackaged the FS2002
Rafale C of Cyril Pioffet for use with FSX. The package includes some cockpit instruments
from the KBT F-18 and a modified Demonstrator scheme with Belgium AF insignia. Dassault wanted
to team up with Belgium for Rafale production early in the program.
3 October 2008 - Morn� Pieters has finished a set of textures for the
Mirage F1AZ of Kirk Olsson in the colors of the SAAF Avionics Flight Demonstrator. The
unusual blue and white scheme was often referred to as the "World's Fastest Dairy Truck".
These are textures only so you will also need the original
Mirage F1 of Kirk Olsson.
27 September 2008 - Beat (Isra) Schaffner of Switzerland continues to work on his Mirage IIIS
project. The screenshots of the VC have been updated on his
website and they look outstanding.
20 September 2008 - Bob Chicilo has released two updates for the
Mirage 4000 of Romain Lucas for use with FSX Acceleration. One is packaged around the
default texture scheme and instrument panel. The second
is for use with the repainted FAA version by Andrew Whitney.
In both packages he has updated the flight dynamics, changed the afterburner burner effect, and
worked on the panel and VC. Both versions require the appropriate base aircraft.
17 September 2008 - Nick Black continues to work on his AI Mirage F1
series. He has uploaded a video to
YouTube to preview the F1CT and F1CR in action at Mont-de-Marsan AB
and Reims-Champagne AB.
13 September 2008 - Two new repaints are available of the Mirage F1 in South Africa Air Force
service. The first represents an F1AZ just after the tan of the
camouflage was changed to a dark buff color to make them less visible. The second is
F1AZ No. 233 while it was assigned to the
TFDC (I can't believe no one painted this yet?). No. 233 was later used for the Aerosud
demonstrator scheme and the Citro�n C3 automobile commerical scheme. These are textures only
so you will also need the original Mirage F1 of Kirk Olsson.
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