Summary: Note: If you downloaded the podcast before Monday at 8:30PM Eastern and got the incorrect download, please download again. Thanks! Hosted by Eric McClintock, Mark Stewart, Marty, and Rafael. Listen Here: Subscribe to automatically get the latest podcast: iTunes, Zune, RSS XML, E-Mail, All Other. Followup From Last Week From the comments from last episode: The landing gear "bug" you talked about in the Catalina is not a bug. That particular model is a non-amphibian model and that is a non-retractable gear that was clipped on by divers so they could take the Catalina ashore. I should also add that the gear was strictly for beaching purposes only and would not have been strong enough to be landed on (they would have obviously been removed once the Catalina was returned to water). Avsim.com Update It looks like Avsim.com has put up a placer page on their website with more information on the situation. Here is the latest status report from Tom, as of Saturday May 23rd: "Our team at the NOC are reporting that the contents of WWW.AVSIM.COM may be recoverable. Data for *.net (the library and the forums) and *.org are still to be determined. What this means is that the web site and its reviews, history, and all of our hosted sites may be able to be brought back online sooner than we had anticipated. I am still concerned about the forums and the team is working on the library. Everything depends on how much damage was done to the NAS." He comes back later and says: "I have just received some very good news. With a lot of help from individuals pulling together from around the world, including experts in data recovery, we have been able to confirm that the web site will be brought back and so too will the forums. We are transferring data, as I write this, to a temporary storage unit and that process will take most of the night. Once we have the data in the storage system, we will then transition the entire web site and forums on to the new servers." Tom has also stated in the temporary forum that the 2009 Avsim Fancon scheduled later this Summer is still a go for all attendees and vendors. They have set up temporary pages for members and vendors to sign up. [Link] FlightSimulatorXWorld.com Reopens Patrick Ashley Writes: After a ruinous crash 2 years ago, I was so devastated I just moved on; but some interesting personal things came together that made me think again about reviving FSXW. That was some 5 months and several hundred man-hours ago! That's all in the past! The new FSXW has features no one else has! We have awesome, animated tutorials, insightful opinion pieces, and product reviews which include movies! You can also make comments on just about any article. Of course, a library that has some great features - including several large screenshots, fine searching parameters, you can even rate and review the files! On the lighter side, we have online flight games, the BEST FSX videos from around the net, and more. The basic features of FSXW are free - news articles, forum, on-line games, movies and even the library - download as much as you like without speed restrictions! Special features, including the animated tutorials, opinion pieces, and Celebrations are available for only $4.99 a month! We also have a yearly membership for $39.88, which is a 33% savings! You may cancel your membership at any time. Have a look at flightsimulatorxworld.com! 777-HD Addon for MyTrafficX 777-HD for MyTrafficX is a new flight simulator add-on offering brand new and highly detailed texture replacements for the MyTrafficX 777 AI Aircraft. Main Features: Completely redesigned from scratch, all textures are supplied in both 1024times;1024 and 2048times;2048 resolution, allowing you to see even greater detail and step even closer to your favorite 777 airliners. All textures made from a specially designed HD template, featuring ...
