Recommended Aviation & Flight Simulation Resources
Quality over quantity. Instead of a mindless list of links, I’ve curated a small selection of exceptional resources. These are sites that offer something unique, and while I’m careful about what I recommend, these definitely deserve a spot on your radar.
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The Mid-Atlantic-Air-Museum in Reading, PA, hosts a beautiful collection of aircraft from the Golden Age to 1960. They currently restore a P-61 Black Widow to flyable state. Support them by checking out their flight sim models.
Air-to-Air Simulations offers a unique portfolio. Their Accusim B-17 is just unbelievable - it lifts your flight simulator experience to a new border. Excellent customer care with native FSX re-releases.
Airliners.Net is a massive aviation website with over a million high-quality photographs. A perfect place to search for specific aircraft types, airlines, or countries.
The Scramble Magazine website is a vital resource for military aviation enthusiasts. Search several online databases for military and civil aircraft registrations per country.
These two sites are the "institutions" of the community. They offer uncountable free downloads - aircraft, scenery and tools - for every version since FS98.
Sergey Bunevich (sib2217) has contributed stunning Russian military AI models like the MiG-29 or Su-27. Check out AVSim.Ru for more great downloads.
Robert-Jan Oosterloo provides the most convenient way to search for specific airports across both freeware and commercial sceneries.
David Cenciotti's blog offers exciting news and in-depth reports that are hard to find elsewhere. Highly recommended for in-depth aviation news.
Another paint artist who makes great models even better. Check out his paints and sceneries at his web presence.