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30 December 2010 - Warren Wright recently had an opportunity to visit the South
Africa Air Force (SAAF) Museum at Swartkop AFB. He has sent a
few images of the aircraft, weapons, and other Mirage and Cheetah related items on
display at the museum.
24 December 2010 - May you and your loved ones enjoy the true meaning of Christmas
and have a prosperous New Year. Let's all give thanks for what we have and pray for
a more peaceful year in 2011.
Season's Greetings ~
Les Salutations De la Saison
~ Saluti Della Stagione
Grüße Der Jahreszeit
~ Saludos De la Estación ~
Cumprimentos Da Estação
21 December 2010 - Antonio Diaz had released another repaint for both the
Mirage F1CE and the Mirage IIIEE
in Ejército d'Aire service. These are textures only so you will need the Mirage
F1 by Kirk Olsson and the Mirage III by J.E.Narcizo.After inspection these IIIEE
textures are the original work of Jens-Ole Kjølberg for
the Mark Harper Mirage III. They have been copied and applied to this model
without requesting permission or giving credit.
18 December 2010 - Mark Harper has announced that he is completely re-working
the virtual cockpit and improving the exterior models of the
Mirage III/5 series originally available through Skysim. His goal is to make
this the "ultimate" Mirage set. More information is available on his
website.
14 December 2010 - Johan Jacobs (aka Jakes) of JDSModels in South Africa has released a
new Atlas Cheetah D for FS2004 and FSX. Two schemes by Brent
Best are included. Several external loads designed around two basic configurations, clean
and with drop tanks, are included. A new instrument panel and
gauges by Thinus Pretorius are also included.
11 December 2010 - Antonio Diaz has released four texture sets for the
Mirage F1 by Kirk Olssen. The base F1M textures are those
by Pablo Diaz. Included are the 2009 NATO Tiger Meet, 2008 NATO Ocean-Tiger Meet,
Don Quixote 400th Anniversary, and the 2006 Tactical Leadership Programme scheme.
All four aircraft are stationed at Albacete - Los Llanos AB.
2 December 2010 - I put up the annual Holiday Season's Greeting on the
Home page. I found a nice winter looking image of a IAI Finger in Argentina.
30 November 2010 - An update to the beta version of the
Étendard IVM by the Royale French Navy Design team has been released. This
update includes, among other additions, revised VC external views and a new soundset.
A
mission pack to use the PHI is also available.
28 November 2010 - Geoffrey de Kergariou has painted a new set of textures for the
Étendard of the Royale French Navy Design. The textures represent an
Étendard IVM of Flotille 15F. Only the textures are
included so you will need to download the Étendard IVM.
24 November 2010 - Aaron Haase has painted three new textures for the AI Mirage
2000C and 2000D of Fernando Martinez. The textures represent aircraft in
special markings from the 2004 and 2010 NATO Tiger Meets.
Only the textures are included so you will also need the base
Mirage 2000C and Mirage 2000D aircraft.
20 November 2010 - Antonio Diaz has painted a set of photoreal textures for a
Mirage IIIEE of the Spanish Ejército d'Aire. The file set
includes textures only so you will also need the
Mirage IIIE by Patrice Grange.
18 November 2010 - While doing some website maintenance I found that over 1/3
of the aircraft under the section "Other Mirage" were Étendards. So I have
seperated them out and given the Étendard it's own section.
11 November 2010 - A while back Michel Gérard sent me many photos taken while he
was with the Armee de l'Air. I add them to the website from time to time.
This latest set is of a Mirage IIID trainer
and the description is of the final few minutes of a training flight with a new
Libyan Air Force pilot in the summer of 1977.
22 October 2010 - A beta version of the Etendard IVM
has been released by the Royale French Navy Design team. This version is limited
to one external configuration (wing tanks) and the four texture sets shown on my earlier
preview page.
16 October 2010 - Patrice Grange has released a new version of his
Mirage IIIB. New textures are included for the "Last Flight" IIIB-RV but the
update is not limited to just that. He has included a new enhanced virtual cockpit,
a reworked model with new features, animations, and four configurations.
5 October 2010 - I have had the opportunity to view the upcoming Etendard IVM
by Royale French Navy Design for FSX. I have put together a
page of information and will update it as new information becomes available.
14 September 2010 - Nick Black sent some images and information on the soon to
be released Rafale AI project. I have put together
a preview page to share them. As more information
becomes available I will add it.
26 August 2010 - This past January Nick Black let me have a look at a Rafale AI
project he was working on with
MAIW. Needless to say after viewing and flying it I was very excited.
Earlier this month Nick released a
video to publicly announce his Armée de l'Air/Aéronavale Rafale AI project.
18 August 2010 - Patrice Grange has made a new
Mirage IIIB for FS2004 and FSX. Two schemes (bare metal and Bicentenaire Revolution)
and configurations (clean and armed) are included as well as a 2D instrument panel and a virtual cockpit.
7 August 2010 - Nick Black and MAIW have released the seventh and final in their
series of French Armée de l'Air Mirage 2000 equipped air
bases. This release covers the various Mirage 2000 units stationed at
Mont de Marsan AB (LFBM),
Cazaux AB (LFBC), and Djibouti (HFFF).
To add to the flights in French air space and increase traffic at the
Mirage air bases, Nick Black and MAIW have released
a new AI package covering the transport aircraft of the Armée de l'Air. Scenery
is included for Évreux-Fauville AB (LFOE),
Orléans–Bricy AB (LFOJ), and
Metz-Frescaty AB (LFSF).
23 July 2010 - André Chancel and the folks at
Restauravia have released a new Dassault Mystère IVA
for both FS9 and FSX. External configurations include clean (Patrouille de France)
and wing tanks (four Armée de l'Air and four Israel Air Force). A 2D
instrument panel and 3D virtual cockpit are included as well
as flight models for both the Verdon and Tay engines.
17 July 2010 - I have had the opportunity to view the upcoming Rafale M
by "Thor's Hammer" for FSX. Even with much work to be done on the cockpit and flight model it
is really a beautiful aircraft to view in flight. I have put together a
page of information and will update it as new information becomes available.
13 July 2010 - Vladimir Levkov has repainted the
Skysim Mirage III/5 in the fictional colors of a
Mirage IIIS in Yugoslav Air Force markings. Only the textures are included
so you will also need the
base package.
8 July 2010 - Nick Black and MAIW have released the sixth in their
series of French Armée de l'Air Mirage 2000
equipped air bases. This release covers the Mirage 2000N of EC 3/4
"Limousin" stationed at Istres/Le Tubé AB (LFMI).
Istres is not only an Armée de l'Air base, but also the home of the French test
pilot school (EPNER - Ecole du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception), and
it houses both a government flight test establishment and Dassault's private
flight test center. Its 5000 meter runway can accomodate the Space
Shuttle in the event of a diversion.
5 July 2010 - While visiting the
Royal French Navy website of Sonny I found a few Base Aéronavale (BAN) sceneries by
Tony Mézières I had not seen before. These included
Landivisiau BAN (LFRJ), Lorient Lann-Bihoué BAN (LFRH),
Nîmes Garons BAN (LFTW), and
Hyères Le Palyvestre BAN (LFTH). These are all for FSX and include static military
aircraft by Sylvain Parouty.
29 June 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay is at it again with another set of textures
for the Skysim Mirage III/5. This latest release
depicts a Mirage IIIS assigned to Fliegerstaffel 16 of
the Swiss Air Force. The aircraft is textured in the original bare metal scheme
of the 1970s. Only the textures are included so you will also need
the
base package.
26 June 2010 - Martial Feron has repainted the Super Etendard
Modernisé of Romain Lucas in a special white tiger scheme worn by 11F Flotille at the NATO
Arctic Tiger 2007 event. Only the textures are included so you will also need to download
the SEM.
22 June 2010 - Nick Black and MAIW have released the fifth in their
series of French Armée de l'Air Mirage 2000 equipped air bases.
This release covers the Mirage 2000N of EC 1/4 "Dauphiné" and EC 2/4 "La Fayette"
stationed at Luxeuil-St Sauveur AB (LFSX).
20 June 2010 - After researching more Zsolt Beleznay sent me a revised fin
texture for his overall gray Mirage IIIEA of the Fuerza
Aérea Argentina. The commemorative badge on the tail should have been for
the 30th FAA Anniversary (2002) of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina. He has painted
it as it appears today, faded on the left side and removed on the right side.
16 June 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay has painted a new set of textures for the Skysim
Mirage III/5 package. The texture set represents a
Mirage M5MA "Elkan" of the Fuerza Aérea de Chile.
Only the textures are included so you will also need the
base package.
11 June 2010 - Nick Black and MAIW have released the fourth in their
series of French Armée de l'Air Mirage 2000 equipped
air bases. This release covers the Mirage 2000D of EC 1/3 "Navarre", EC 2/3 "Champagne", and
EC 3/3 "Ardennes" stationed at Nancy-Ochey Air Base (LFSO).
9 June 2010 - The latest repaint of the Skysim Mirage
III by Zsolt Beleznay is an Armee de l'Air Mirage IIIC
painted up in the sand and chestnut colors worn by the Mirage IIIC's of E.C. 3/10
"Vexin" over the skys of Djibouti.
5 June 2010 - Two new textures from Zsolt Beleznay are available for the
Skysim Mirage III. Both are of aircraft operated
by the Fuerza Aérea Argentina. The first is a Mirage IIIEA
in camouflage from the 1980s. The second is of a IAI "Finger"
or Mirage 5P "Mara" with a more recent scheme of blue upper surfaces. This should
actually be a Mirage IIIEA.
29 May 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay has been busy painting new textures for the
Skysim Mirage III. He has also been adding
weathering to his textures. The first is of an overall gray
Mirage IIIEA of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina wearing "Vuelo Solo 2010"
commemorative badges on the tail.
26 May 2010 - Marc Oberholzer of Switzerland has repainted the
Skysim Mirage III/5 in the colors of a
Mirage IIIRS. Represented is R-2118 "Mata Hari" which was the last
of a total of 18 recce Mirages to be put in service with the Swiss Air Force.
22 May 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay has finished a repaint for the Mirage IIIS of
Beat Schaffner. An Aggressor scheme from the Swiss
Air Force is represented.
15 May 2010 - Chris A Brown and Menno van den Boogaard have released
a new FS2004 scenery for the Belgium
airbases of Beauvechain (EBBE),
Kleine Brogel (EBBL), and
Florennes (EBFS).
9 May 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay has repainted the Mirage IIIS
of Beat Schaffner in the colors of Swiss Air Force Fliegerstaffel (FlSt) 16 "Gold".
Only the textures are included so you will also need the
base package.
6 May 2010 - Dale Ashcroft has released a new FS2004 scenery for the Egyptian
Air Force base of Gebel El Basur (HE0T).
The scenery uses elements from MAIW and works perfectly with the
flight plans of Giacomo Gramazio.
4 May 2010 - Giacomo Gramazio has created
flight plans for the Mirage 2000 operating in the air forces of the Republic
of China (Taiwan), Egypt, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar. The flight
plans are intended for use with the
AI Mirage 2000 series by Fernando Martinez combined with the
textures by Michael Pearson.
I have packaged them with complete installation instructions.
30 April 2010 - Nick Black and MAIW have released the third in their
series of French Armée de l'Air Mirage 2000 equipped
air bases. This release covers EC 2/5 'Ile de France' stationed at
Orange-Caritat Air Base (LFMO).
21 April 2010 - Michel Gérard has sent another article and photos about
the Mirage. This one is about the
special flight suits worn by the Mirage III pilots when flying the
aircraft equiped with the SEPR 844 rocket.
18 April 2010 - Nick Black and MAIW have released the second in their
series of French Armée de l'Air Mirage 2000 equipped
air bases. This release covers EC 1/12 "Cambrésis"
stationed at Cambrai-Epinoy Air Base (LFQI).
17 April 2010 - Beat Schaffner has released two patches for his
Mirage IIIS beta
to improve frame rates. The patches are available on his
website.
You can also find information on using the Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) and how
to shoot the Sidewinder missile.
13 April 2010 - As many know, Beat "Isra" Schaffner of Switzerland has been
working on a Swiss Air Force
Mirage IIIS for FS2004. The airframe is based on the
Mirage III by Warwick "Wossa" Carter and has been extensively reworked to include
the external differences of the Mirage IIIS. The cockpit has also been reworked
to look and work like the very unique cockpit of the Mirage IIIS. The aircraft
is still under development but a Beta Release is being
offered at this time. Please send your
feedback to Isra.
9 April 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay has painted two more texture sets
for the Mirage F1 by Kirk Olsson. They
represents the Mirage F1CJ of the Royal Jordanian
Air Force. Only the textures are included so you will
also need the base package.
7 April 2010 - Nick Black wrote me last week to say that he is doing a
series of seven scenery packages covering all air
bases where the Armée de l'Air Mirage 2000 operates. For more information
and a complete list of the packages go here.
The first package covering Dijon-Longvic AB
(LFSD) and Al Dhafra AB, UAE (OMAM) has now been released.
5 April 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay of Hungary has painted two more texture sets
for the Mirage F1C by Kirk Olsson. The first
represents a Mirage F1JA of the Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana.
The second is a Mirage F1EQ of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
25 March 2010 - A repaint group know as Partnership Paints has made a set of
textures for the Mirage IIIE of Italo D'Attomo and Giovanni
Quai. The textures represent a fictitious Peerhoven Air Virtual Airline.
19 March 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay has painted two new sets of textures for
the Skysim Mirage III/5 package. The first
represents a Mirage 5BR of the Belgium Air Force
with special 30th Anniversary markings for 42 Squadron.
The second texture set represents a "Shahak" of the Israel Air Force. This
should be a Mirage IIIC but Zolt has painted the textures
for use with the IAI Nesher. Only the textures are included so you will also
need the base package.
13 March 2010 - I was made aware of the full length version of Lionel
Charlet's film "Vols Blancs" on YouTube. If you haven't seen this Mirage
III tribute you will enjoy it. It is broken into four parts beginning
here.
Here are links to parts
2,
3, and
4.
After watching perhaps you will want to go for a flight in a
Mirage IIIDS?
5 March 2010 - Zsolt Beleznay has painted a new set of textures for the Skysim
Mirage III/5 package. The texture set represents a
Mirage 50CN "Pantera" of the Fuerza Aérea de Chile.
Only the textures are included so you will also need the
base package.
28 February 2010 - Patrice Grange has created a new package for his FS2004/FSX
Mirage III. This one features textures for RAAF 75 Squadron to make it a
Mirage IIIO. Three external models are included:
clean, air-to-air, and ground attack. You will also need the previous
Mirage IIIE package.
20 February 2010 - Michal Lubiscak has been working on updating the flight models
of two more FS2004 aircraft of interest to this website. These include the
Mirage F1 by Kirk Olsson and the
Super Etendard by Romain Lucas. He has updated weights, flight dynamics,
fuel tanks, engine parameters, contact points, and has simulated the effect of a
deployed drag chute.
13 February 2009 - Edmundo Abad has repainted an older Mirage model in the
colors of the Fuerza Aérea de Chile. He then adapted it for use with CFS1.
The aircraft is Mirage 50CN Pantera.
9 February 2010 - Over the past year
Michel Gérard has sent me many images of the Mirage in action from when he was
an Intelligence Officer with the 2ème Escadre de Chasse at Dijon. This first
group is from a four aircraft formation of the Mirage 2000 over Corsica and Italy in 1987.
31 January 2009 - Michal Lubiscak has updated the configuration file for the
Mirage 2000N by Roland Laborie/Jonathan Hilaire.
He has updated weights, flight dynamics, fuel tanks, engine parameters, contact
points, and more.
24 January 2010 - Bob Chicilo has released an update for the
Rafale C and M by Cyril Pioffet for use with FS9. The package updates the flight
dynamics and instrument panel gauges. Since it is an update it requires the
Rafale base aircraft. Several repaints are also
available for this aircraft.
19 January 2010 - Peter Dooley wrote to say that he had good news
regarding his Mirage
F1CZ simulator. The SAAF invited him to come
over to the local airbase and strip ALL the parts, switches, panels, and believe it
or not, a complete intact Martin-Baker Mk 4 ejection seat for the F1CZ simulator he and his brother
David built. The real
thing!!! They also gave him the seat's 'gun' section with slides for mounting
the seat into the cockpit. "Without the cartridges which is just as well as I
don't need any holes in my ceiling."


Peter said, "Those guys were so impressed with the work that I have done on my simulator
so far that they decided to donate me anything that I was missing in my cockpit.
Obviously, I will still use my 3D panel gauges (which I have upgraded to high resolution)
and vastly improved air file, etc. Everything, including the TACAN and HUD with
most of its proper modes, will work properly."
"For safety and security reasons, the ejection seat was rendered unservicable prior to release
and they also removed the entire firing mechanism, links, cables, cartridges, etc. All
other components, although genuine parts, are factory modified simulator parts from Dassault
and we have now further modified these to connect directly to the computer interfaces used
in our commercially certified
WX-400
range of full cockpit simulators."
14 January 2010 - Similar to the
startup sequence and other videos he made for the Skysim
Mirage III/5,
MirageIII2009 has made
a series of
videos for the Mirage 2000 by Rollus13.
9 January 2010 - Gérard Finaltéri, Webmaster of
Virtual Cors'Air, wrote to tell me he has a new URL address for his website and to
let me know about a new scenery for my favorite French Air Base --
BA 126 Solenzara. 2010 is already starting out to be a great year.
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