Mark Avey's Page

As some of you are probably aware, I also created a blog called Virtual Aviators. It was a "mashup" of the articles from a number of well established and respected flight simulation web sites.


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Hi folks,

I know we've got a few bikers here on the site. You may be interested in our fledgling Bikers Network, which runs along the lines of the Flight Sim Network. We've only got 4 members so far (including me), so feel free to come along and bump the membership up :)

You don't have to have a bike, just an interest.

You can find us here.

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H gang,

Sorry about the relative lack of updates from me over the past week or so.

As many of you know, I work away from home during the week, so most of my updates come at weekends. For the very first time, I'm unable to get home this weekend due to the poor weather (I find it hard to believe you can be virtually "trapped" anywhere in the UK, but here I am!), so I have to rely on the very flaky Internet connection in my hotel room.

Hopefully normal service will resume soon :)

I get a lot of emails from people asking me why I prefer X-Plane to FSX and FS9, so I thought it was about time I wrote about the subject.

I'll try and keep to the facts, but I know there are going to be certain aspects of this article that are based purely on my personal preferences. I'll try and point those out as such.

Please bear in mind that all of these observations relate to my experience on my particular hardware.

Setting them up

This particular issue came to a head over the… Continue