May SimHQ Calendar
For May, Steve Serdikoff provides this unique angle of the Blue Angels. Steve writes, “I shot this Blue Angels photo down at NAS Kingsville this past March. It is Blue Angels Five (LCDR Dave Tickle) and Six (LT Mark Tedrow). The shot was from a photoshoot I did with Rob Holland. Kevin Coleman piloted the […]
Team Fusion Mod 4.31 Review
A new breath of life for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover “Keeping the dream alive” is the slogan of the modders Team Fusion, who have just released a major update to their IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover mod. Dreams aside, the reality for those who aren’t already flying Cliffs of Dover is whether or not […]
Maid In The Shade – SimHQ rides in a B-25 Mitchell bomber
Ryan Field (KRYN) is a quaint little airfield. Sitting out in the Sonoran desert west of Tucson, AZ, it’s by no means a large airport, although it has a tower, two parallel runways, and lots of occupied hangar space. At 10:30am on Thursday, April 10th, the infamous Tucson heat was already picking up but traffic […]
Davis Monthan Air Show 2014 Pictures Tucson AZ
Air shows are always a great experience. Not everybody gets to run around a military flight line, walk up to military hardware primed up to look like a million bucks (or billion, depending on the airframe). In addition to all the cool static displays, there are plenty of aircrew and ground crew who are more […]
April SimHQ Calendars
Ken “Arthonon” Cartwright provides this month’s calendars that were taken at the Nellis Aviation Nation Air Show on November 10, 2012. Visit Ken’s web site, techflyer.net to see more of his beautiful photographic work. 1920 x 1080 1280 x 1024 1920 x 1080 1280 x 1024 Related posts: August 2013 Calendar […]
MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals Review
Introduction As a long time digital aviator, I’ve had a somewhat tepid relationship with Yaw. Frankly, it’s not the most exciting input one can make to an aircraft. In fact, it’s been relegated to clean-up duty for the mess other inputs make: Yank back on the stick in your Spitfire? Yaw’s there to deliver a […]
Screenshot Contest for a Saitek X-55 Rhino HOTAS
We’re giving away a Saitek X-55 Rhino HOTAS to a SimHQ member who uploads a screen shot from their favorite simulator/game to this contest gallery. For each share, like, tweet or other social media action using the social media bar above the image, the member will receive an entry to win the X-55 Rhino. Drawing will be […]
Saitek X-55 RHINO HOTAS Review
Introduction I’ve been an active flight simulation hobbyist for many years and as well as a software and hardware Beta Tester for CH Products for over a decade. I have used Logitech, Thrustmaster, Saitek (X-65) and CH Products. For purpose of this review I will be using the new Saitek X-55 HOTAS (Hands On Throttle […]
March SimHQ Calendars
Long-time contributor Steve Serdikoff provided these March calendar images in honor of the US Navy Blue Angels and USAF Thunderbirds 2014 air show schedules. The US Navy Blue Angels were photographed at Andrews AFB in May 2012. Their 2014 show schedule is here. The USAF Thunderbirds were photographed in the diamond formation takeoff at Dover […]
Saitek X-55 RHINO H.O.T.A.S. System Interview with Tim Di Iullo from Mad Catz
by Ken “531 Ghost” King I had some time with Tim Di Iullo from Mad Catz to discuss the upcoming Saitek X-55 RHINO H.O.T.A.S. System. You’ve seen our announcements and there have been various questions on the forums as well. Keep reading below for an inside scoop on this upcoming product. Ken: According to the Saitek website the RHINO X-55 […]
A-10C Warthog Pilot Interview
I am a Warthog addict. Who isn’t, right? I do my best to immerse myself in the Warthog world: books, all the YouTube videos I can watch, and, of course, I spend as much time as I can afford in Eagle Dynamics’ DCS A-10C Warthog with my Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS. To us fanbois (and fangurls), […]
February SimHQ Calendars
For this month’s calendars, we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the E-2 Hawkeye. You can visit the NAVAIR site for the event here. “The E-2 Hawkeye, the Navy’s airborne early warning, command and control aircraft, was delivered to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 11 on Jan. 19, 1964. To mark this milestone, E-2/C-2 […]