The first beta of WorldEditor 1.5 is now available! This version features numerous bug fixes and major improvements to make editing airports easier and faster by providing more visual clues. Taxi routes and runways are color coded. The size setting on ramp starts and taxi route segments changes how large the icons are in the map pane. […]
Weyauwega-Fremont High School in Weyauwega, Wisconsin is the winner of the fourth GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge! Four students, one teacher, and one chaperone will travel to Glasair Aviation in Arlington, Washington, to build a Glasair Sportsman as their prize this summer. 76 schools across the U.S. participated in the 2016 Aviation Design Challenge. Students learned […]
Helicopter pilots rejoice! Markku Uttula has released a free heliport scenery for Helsinki, Finland. It features two helipads as well as two carefully modeled major landmarks: Helsinki Cathedral (Helsingin Tuomiokirkko) and the M/S Baltic Queen ferry. Check out more screenshots and information, then download your copy here!
X-Plane’s automatically generated city scenery is getting a facelift in the 10.50 update. New buildings, including skyscrapers, have been added. Many of the buildings also have lit textures so they look great morning, noon & night!
Question: What’s your “official” title with X-Plane? Chris Serio: Official title? Mobile Product Manager/Senior Software Engineer/Mobile Marketing Manager/QA Lead/Social Media Specialist/HR Manager/Expert Scotch Drinker/Professional Ranter sums up the daily duties. Q: Can you provide a little background on yourself? CS: I’ve been contributing to LR since 2008 but I’ve been programming since 2000 in some […]
Registration is still open through January 31, 2016 for the GAMA 2016 Aviation Design Challenge. The Aviation Design Challenge promotes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in high schools across the nation. Participating schools receive complimentary “Fly to Learn” curricula, which comes with flight simulation software powered by X-Plane. Student teams complete the curricula in […]
The update for X-Plane 10.2.1 Mobile has been released on both iOS and Android! This update includes some minor bug fixes and the gorgeous new McDonnell Douglas MD-80 with 3 liveries and 3 missions.
Happy New Year! Flight simmer John Bennett has really gone the extra mile to make his set up as realistic as possible. He’s converted a real Saberliner cockpit into a sim in his basement. Feast your eyes (and your jealousy) on these drool-worthy photos he’s provided.
For the remainder of the holiday season, V10 Mobile in-app purchases will be on sale! Happy Holidays to everyone from us at Laminar Research! We hope you and your family have a safe and healthy New Year. We’ll have some news about exciting new features that we’re working on after the new year. Until then, […]
We at Laminar Research, along with many other companies, are being sued by a company called Uniloc, which is owned by The Marathon Patent Group (NASDSQ: MARA) FOR USING THE GOOGLE STORE. Uniloc, despite having no affiliation with Google, claims to own a patent that DESCRIBES the Google Store. Here is that description from their […]