The Little Wheel Goes in Back

Musings on simulated things, now being of the large and extremely heavy variety.

New FS Blogger!

You'll really 'dig' him: https://blogs.technet.com/habibi/.

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/08/2005

New FS Feature

Given the complexity of our application I feel pretty confident we could get a lot of value out of...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/08/2005

My Favorite Settings: Part I

For those that missed it we just posted an article on the new FSInsider site that explains a few of...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/06/2005

Betas and Bedmates

(Yawn) It's Saturday morning and I'm sitting in the TV room watching my 2-year-old play with her...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/05/2005

Daylight Savings Time

It's that time of year again when we get an extra hour of sleep and Flight Simulator 2004 decides to...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/03/2005

Gulp!

It's been a little bit since my last post. Things have just been WAY busy for the past couple of...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/26/2005

Docuholics Unite!

I'm a big fan of documentaries and Nova on PBS is one of my favorite series. This past week they had...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/13/2005

I'm So Old

At least I feel that way, working in this business. As much as I love technology I'm actually pretty...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/13/2005

Moving Lights on Roads

I just noticed a comment from 'Raphotograhper' concerning the old FS2000 feature of moving lights on...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/08/2005

Workin' for a Living

I have to admit I have a great job and I feel quite fortunate to do what I do. Much of the credit...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/08/2005

The Blogroll is Growing!

More folks from the FlightSim team have caught the blogging bug. Check out the links in the left...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/08/2005

Getting #$@! Done

Wow, what a couple of weeks! Even with missing a few days in between from my jaunt to Florida it's...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/07/2005

No Place Like Home

I'm just back from a weekend in the Fort Lauderdale area. We were there to visit my sister-in-law...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/04/2005

Beers and Squawks

I met Joel DeYoung, creator of the popular SquawkBox add-on for FlightSim, last night at Redhook in...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/29/2005

Excellent JetBlue audio

Unless you were living under a rock you probably heard about the JetBlue flight from Burbank that...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/27/2005

Looking forward to a new version

Yawn. There are some things I definitely look forward to when we release a new version and one of...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/26/2005

The "Other" Flight Sim

Forgive the takeoff on a pork commercial but I was sent this link to an interview with X-Plane...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/21/2005

Back to the Salt Mines

After two weeks of vacation it's time to get back to work. I've just about caught up on email. All I...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/20/2005

Viva Las Vegas

Today’s post will be off topic compared to the past few. I finally decided to take a real vacation...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/14/2005

Alright already

The fact that I failed to begin my blog without first clearly identifying myself seems to be fueling...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/01/2005

Backward compatibility

I just finished reading a couple pretty extensive threads on AvSim on how important customers think...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/31/2005

Sorting it all out

Well, everyone's back from Oshkosh and things are a bit busier desite the great weather outside....

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/08/2005

Is Flight Sim US-centric?

That's a criticism we hear quite often. It's unfortunate, because we do go to great effort to ensure...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/26/2005

Off and running at Oshkosk

Well the team arrived safely and got the booth in order. Early reports are that this year's show is...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/26/2005

AOPA Commander 112 now available

Through a partnership between Microsoft, AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) and Flight1...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/26/2005

Changing tower view location

I just got this question via email: Can we please have the ability to move the tower view to the...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/25/2005

Great Real-World Info

I just came across a link on AvSim to some great resources for both real-world and simulated pilots...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/25/2005

Back to Oshkosh

A bunch of the crew are getting ready to make yet another pilgrimage to the world's biggest fly-in...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/22/2005

Real pilot training with Flight Sim

This topic comes up quite a bit. People want to know if you can use FS for real pilot training. The...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/19/2005

When will Flight Sim be like...

Well, someone is reading the blog. JasonF is apparently a big fan of Google Earth and asked: "The...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/15/2005

Blackpool Conference

Scott and Carl just got back from presenting at the Internation FlightSim Conference (IFC2005) in...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/14/2005

Howdy, howdy!

Gosh, it seems like I'm the last person to take a stab at this blogging thing! Hello! The blog name...

Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/14/2005

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