An Italy Trip (August 2004) OK so it was time to code X-Plane version 8 with all-new scenery, and Magic-Ben had a bunch of non-linear adaptive […]

OK the day has finally come! I just picked up a new Cirrus SR-22 Centenial Edition from Cirrus Design in Minnesota. Thanks to all the people […]

“The Firebomber” (July 2003) So Sergio (chief artist for X-Plane) Ben (cheif computing technologies consultant for X-Plane) Lori (girlfriend of cheif computing technologies consultant for X-Plane) […]

“The Cows” (July 2003) Ok so in this area of Italy (the Dolomites, an area of huge stone mountains surrounding grassy green valleys with little villages […]

“The Abyss” (March 2003) OK So a friend of mine named Chris Scott swore on the Bible that the set to the movie The Abyss by […]

“The Long Room” (February 15, 2003) “Hang on, let me see for myself what is going on down there!” The tech opened the aluminum door in […]

“The 4-WD Buick” (November 2002) So my experience with the Piper Archer has been pretty tame for the most part. Being the Buick of light planes, […]

“The City” (September 2002) OK so I told Sergio (the guy that does most all the artwork for X-Plane, including the excellent terrain textures, airliner textures, […]

“The Magical Fishbowl” (July 2002) Hello! Austin Meyer here. So I just got back from a trip test-flying the EC-135 helicopter to fine-tune the performance of […]

OK I just got back from New York city (September 28, 2001… 17 days too late) and I took a digital camera with me to record […]

“The Speck of Incredible Speed” (July 2000) I recently test-flew the Lancair Columbia 300 at Oshkosh. First: My favorite part of aviation: The QUIET part. This […]

The Space-Glider (February 2000, experience not real for me: Simulated in X-Plane only) Read this chapter before attempting Space Shuttle landings in X-Plane if you want […]

The Martian Chronicles (February 2000, experience not real: Simulated in X-Plane only) NASA has very exact data on the atmospheric pressure, density, and temperature on Mars. […]