The day came. I’m selling my Aeronetics (AAR) Indicator Course Selector 5160. My plan was to build a home simulator, but due to the decrease in price on high-res monitors and the complexity of simulating a VOR, ILS and all the stuff to make this instrument work with a PC, I decided to sell this […]
Decoding aircraft positions from ADS-B broadcasts
I always wanted to know how sites like FlightGear24 or FlightAware worked. Doing my research I found they use Digital Radio receptors to decode the signals planes are continuously broadcasting on the 1090MHz band. Well, turns out its more simple than it looks! There are plenty of tools out there to help you […]
Getting xPlane 11
I just purchased the Public Beta 9, so the package also includes the xPlane 10 full version just in case 11 is broken. X-Plane 11.00 is the initial version of the newest flight simulator from Laminar Research. X-Plane 11 includes new features such as new aircraft, a new user interface, tutorials, service vehicles, European autogen, […]
Practising in Gibraltar (LXGB)
Gibraltar airport (LXGB) is such a nice place to practice take-offs and landings due to the nature of its runway (just above the water) and the “Rock”, a big monolithic limestone located right next to it.
First landing in FlighGear
Yes! Finally! I did it! XD After almost a month learning the basics being able to take off, it was time to have the first landing. In this case I broke the front landing gear, but hey, nobody died =P
First full landing in FlightGear
After the updated a couple of days ago of my first landing, this was the logic continuation. First “landing no breaking the landing gear”. Yeah, not breaking anything is a plus!
La Aviación, Sky-Riders
No es oro todo lo que reluce, y os contaré el porqué. Actualmente, España se encuentra entre los peores puestos de educación de toda Europa, y con una economía decreciente. Dentro de este círculo se encuentran los innumerables jóvenes que, hoy en dia, su única preocupación es salir de copas y pillarse un buen ciego. […]