Open source flight simulator

I found this free open sourse Flight Simulation and i want to share it with you.I don't try it yet but i recgonize that sounds very intresting.I will come back with my comments when i try it.Follow the link for more informations.

http://www.flightgear.org/

HD Environment 2010

It is a  greatly enhances the overall visual appearance of Microsoft® Flight Simulator® 2004 by replacing the default environmental, autogen, airport and runway textures with, ultra-realistic HD quality textures that drastically improve visual realism with no adverse frame-rate effects whatsoever. HD Environment 2010 uses high definition textures and virtually lossless image compression to deliver an unprecedented balance of quality and performance that is sure to please any flight simmer!

It's a beautiful day?an FS2004 movie.

Infrared ash detectors on planes

 Low-cost airline easyJet PLC unveiled plans Friday to test infrared technology's ability to detect volcanic ash clouds and urged other airlines to help map the ash risk across Europe's skies.

The company said the devices — which are placed on an aircraft's tail fin and can detect ash clouds within 60 miles (100 kilometers) — are the first of their kind, calling them "essentially a weather radar for ash."

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New BA strike

Starting from today members of a British Airways cabin crew begun a new five days strike.

Air Transat in Greece

Air Transat is an airline based in Montreal, Canada. It operates scheduled and charter flights to 90 destinations in 25 countries, including Greece. During summer, its main destinations are in Europe, while during winter, the airline focuses on the Caribbean, Mexico, USA and South America.You can reserve your ticket online,by a very friendly and useful site.

A-380

The delivery of Lufthansa’s first Airbus A380 on 19 May marks the dawn of a new era in flying for the airline’s passengers. Airbus President at an official ceremony at the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, which was attended by about 700 honorary guests.Lufthansa will celebrate the first long-haull flight with a lot of special guests.The national football team will fly to Johannesburg with the great A-380 at 06/06/2010 to the World Cup.