5 th FScene "Beagle" Mission

Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 15:25
During 2009 and 2010 FScene published a new series of free Flight Simulator X Missions, in cooperation with a team of old FS boys: Ruud Faber, Jaap van Hees, Chip Barber and Francois Dumas are veterans of the international flight simulation 'scene' and have put their spare time, enthusiasm and talents together to come up with this "Beagle" series , they are joined by Justin Tyme and Chuck Jodry for the latest Mission.

The Missions are all Inspired by the 35-part Radio/TV series of VPRO, a Dutch Radio/TV station, to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birth year and the 150th anniversary of his publication of "On the Origin of Species". They follow Charles Darwin's journey on the "Beagle" (1831-1836). Packed with Scientists, writers and artists the clipper "Stad Amsterdam" has left Plymouth on the first of September 2009 for an 8 months' journey around the world.

The latest mission is a great Galapagos Islands environment that includes a test of your driving skills in a Jeep to tour the island, the full set of Missions are available from the FScene Beagle homepage .

The Avsim Store has a great selection of instant download products

Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 - 17:05
The Avsim Store has a great selection of instant download products.

From Carenado, you can get the latest PA-28 Archer II, the Mooney 20-J , the C172N Skyhawk and others. From Wilco we have the Boeing 777and the CRJ Regional Jet. From Aerosoft, we have recently added My Traffic 2010. It is he latest version of the popular and successful My Traffic series. My Traffic 2010 generates more than 800,000 flight a day, worldwide. For
Team SBD, we have just added UK Cold War Airfields and RAF Scampton, on top of US Airfields 1 and 2.
For those who want to extand their Flight Sim experience, we carry FSFlying school as well as FS2Crew products.
FScene software transforms the default scenery textures of Microsoft's Flight Simulator to something with far greater realism. Mountains, forests, jungles and deserts take on a new 3-dimensional feel; the countryside is subtly transformed and urban areas look more... urbane. The world's continents are improved across the four seasons as the generic ground textures are replaced with more realistic ones.

ATCsimulator 2 is the premier Air Traffic Control simulation on the market for the PC. This is as close to the real thing! as you can get. ! This is a serious simulation but, it can also be fun. ATCsimulator®2 provides you with the most comprehensive set of programs to help boost your air traffic career, or satisfy your thirst for experiencing the real thing! ATCsimulator®2 has it all!

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New Products available at the Avsim Store : FScene and ATC Simulator II

Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 16:39
FScene software transforms the default scenery textures of Microsoft's Flight Simulator to something with far greater realism. Mountains, forests, jungles and deserts take on a new 3-dimensional feel; the countryside is subtly transformed and urban areas look more... urban. The world's continents are improved across the four seasons as the generic ground textures are replaced with more realistic ones.

ATCsimulator 2 is the premier Air Traffic Control simulation on the market for the PC. This is as close to the real thing as you can get. ! This is a serious simulation but, it can also be fun. ATCsimulator®2 provides you with the most comprehensive set of programs to help boost your air traffic career, or satisfy your thirst for experiencing the real thing! ATCsimulator®2 has it all!


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Free Fun For The Holidays.

Posted: Monday, December 21, 2009 - 14:53
FScene releases #4 in the "Beagle" Mission series. What this is all about: During 2009 and 2010 FScene is publishing a new series of free Flight Simulator X Missions, in cooperation with a team of old FS boys. The Team Ruud Faber, Jaap van Hees, Chip Barber and Francois Dumas are all 'veterans' of the international flight simulation 'scene' and have put their spare time, enthusiasm and talents together to come up with this new "Beagle" series.

The Theme: The missions are all Inspired by a recently started 35-part Radio/TV series of VPRO, a Dutch Radio/TV station, to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birth year and the 150th anniversary of his publication of "On the Origin of Species". They follow Charles Darwin's journey on the "Beagle" (1831-1836). Packed with Scientists, writers and artists the clipper "Stad Amsterdam" has left Plymouth on the first of September 2009 for an 8 months' journey around the world. Get involved and join their adventure.

Beagle Mission - Rio de Janeiro

Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 14:11
FScene releases its third 'Beagle' Mission - Rio de Janeiro, in this 3rd mission you fly the vintage Douglas DC-3 N47D and visit 3 airports in the Rio De Janeiro region. The missions are all Inspired by a recently started 35-part Radio/TV series of VPRO, a Dutch Radio/TV station, to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birth year and the 150th anniversary of his publication of "On the Origin of Species".
The first 2 missions are waiting for you. Download them and get connected to the project at the FScene website . not only for experienced players the missions are meant as 'Just for fun' challenges, though this 3rd one is a bit more difficult to fly.

FScene "Beagle" FSX mission series

Posted: Friday, October 16, 2009 - 15:05
Do you like to fly missions? We've got some news for you. During 2009 and 2010 FScene is publishing a new series of free Flight Simulator X Missions, in cooperation with a team of old FS boys. Ruud Faber, Jaap van Hees, Chip Barber and Francois Dumas are all 'veterans' of the international flight simulation 'scene' and have put their spare time, enthusiasm and talents together to come up with this new "Beagle" series.
Read all about it in the missions PDF Flyer and follow the greater part of Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS "Beagle" (1831-1836) to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birth year and the 150th anniversary of his publication of "On the Origin of Species", for further details visit FScene .

FScene Goes Multi-lingual

Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 0:26
As of to-day most international visitors to the FScene website will find information, Questions&Answers as well as installation instructions in their own language. These files are available in 10 languages, in both HTML and PDF format.

Take The Scenic Route

Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 23:38
Just Flight is pleased to announce the downlaod version of FScene X is now available to purchase from the Just Flight website. The boxed version is still scheduled for release on 29th May.

FScene X is a unique program that transforms the default textures of Flight Simulator X and 2004 to something with far greater realism. Mountains, forests, jungles and deserts take on a new 3-dimensional feel; the countryside is subtly transformed and urban areas look more authentic. The software covers a huge swathe of the planet's surface and will transform your simulated flying in all four virtual seasons.

FScene Service Pack

Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 14:46
FScene is pleased to announce the availability of a service pack to rectify a problem with the winter texture set, the 1 meg download is available from FScene

New Patches From FScene

Posted: Friday, November 28, 2008 - 14:57
Ruud Faber from FScene has annouced the release of two new patches . Ruud says,"On approach many airfields in FSX really disturb the feeling of realism becasue of the 'sandy appearance' of the areas around the runways. In some cases even the runways themselves look like strips of beach that are totally out of place. So,listening to the request of an enthuastic fan in the forum, I have adapted the colors of all related ground textures to the FScene palet. As a result you can download 2 free patches at www.fscene.com, one for the runways and one for the airfield grounds. They actually increase the challenge of navigating to (and spotting) the airfields. Just as in real life."

Orbis World Flight Charity

Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 - 21:40
On Monday November 2nd at 2300hrs UTC, seven FBS (fixed based simulators) will depart Sydney Australia (YSSY) on a seven day round the world fund raising flight. The flights are conducted on the VATSIM network and will be handled by the World Flight ATC Centre that will provide ATC for the group and also assist local controllers who are online as we pass through their airspace. The event will conclude on Sunday November 9th at 0900hrs UTC Full details of the participating team’s web addresses, flight plans and route details can be found at World Flight Group.

In addition to the flight, this year World Flight Scotland are holding a charity auction in support of ORBIS and the Flying Eye Hospital, which is also the chosen charity of World Flight USA. The auction is held on eBay and runs for the week of World Flight 2008. With over 40 listings and products from Flight1, Just Flight, Aerosoft, Captain Sim, FS Addon, FScene, FS2Crew, Topgun Simulations and Vroute. Hardware from GoFlight, DVD's from Angle of Attack, ITVV and Just Planes, there is something for everyone. What a great opportunity to get great add-ons from your favorite developer while supporting ORBIS.

A child goes blind every minute. £2 provides the medicines to treat 2 adults and 2 children and prevent unnecessary blindness, a little goes a long way. Full details of the items can be found on the Ebay Listing Site or go to World Flight Scotland’s website for more details. Further information on all the items and the companies supporting the auction can also be found at Sky Blue Radio.

FScene Total Pack Available

Posted: Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 16:06
FScene has been twelve and a half years of continuous work by Ruud Faber. FScene is valued worldwide by many flight simulation enthusiasts and has won many Flight Simulations Awards. Ruud – being a professional aquarelle painter – started the project in 1996 with his first set of replacement ground textures for Europe, and soon other continents followed. All these years, development never stopped following the exciting developments in the FS world, every new version of Flight Simulator requiring adapted and new texture versions. FScene has provided thousands and thousands of replacements for Flight Simulator`s default ground textures, for all over the world and for every season. The program is replacing most ground-textures with new texture files, which are specially designed to match the characteristics of the landscape on the different continents even better than the default ones do. Additionally, a special drawing technique applied to the textures gives them almost the impression of being three-dimensional. No matter if you fly over cities, springtime meadows, snowy Alps, summer islands, or rainforests, they will turn every flight into an optical experience of enhanced realism. The complete work for FS9 / FSX is now available in a combined package, the FScene - Total Pack.

FScene Patch Released

Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 14:30
Ruud Faber at FScene.com has released a patch forFScene4X Australia/New-Zealanded. Ruud said in his press release that some textures of the FScene4X pack for this part of the world had to be improved. As of now all users can download the free patch from the FScene website . Also those who recently bought the TotalPack as download or in the new CD-box are requested to install the patch. Users of FScene for Flight Simulator 2004/FS9 should not install this patch.

FScene Freebie

Posted: Friday, February 8, 2008 - 17:59
FScene has released its second free Mission for FSX. Over 1500 Simmers took the opportunity to download the Holiday free mission from FScene. This second mission is exactly the same with one catch; it has to be flown in even worse weather. What makes it much more difficult to accomplish; you fly in hard winter. The missions were built using a new tool made by Jim Keir and are scheduled to be released by FSAddon Publishing in the near future. For now though, you can get this individual mission free! Visit the FSCene site to get your free copy of this hard winter mission.

Free Holiday Present From FScene

Posted: Monday, December 24, 2007 - 15:17
To-day FScene.com released a very interesting mission for FSX. Actually it's a Fun Mission for the 2007 Holidays. It plays in early Winter.

Ruud Faber describes it as follows: "Urgent mission from a Navy Airport; The weather is bad; All flights have been cancelled; You (experienced pilot) just arrived from London at Navy Airport de Kooy - Netherlands for a special mission."

The co-pilot briefs you on the purpose of this special flight. He's a Dutch airforce captain you know for years already. This airport has been officially closed some years ago. It's only available for special Navy flights. There's no ATC from the tower. A Marine talks you in and out via his cellphone. There's not much to rely on this afternoon. The mission is not easy to play, but flying it over and over you'll grow to become a great Cessna Pilot. Don't give up too soon! You can download it for free at the FScene website.

Scenery For Central Florida Airfields

Posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 14:30
Ruud Faber of FScene Design Network informs us that they have released their first product. He reports, "Our first title "Central Florida GA Airfields, Volume 1" is an enhancement to a whole range of small Florida airfields that were left completely barren in FSX. The developer Joe Watson has added 'life' to the fields by placing many objects, as one would find in real life."

"Volumes 2, 3 and 4 are already waiting at the sideline to be packaged and will become available in the coming weeks." For more information, visit the FScene Design Network.

FScene Releases Total Pack

Posted: Friday, November 16, 2007 - 13:12
FScene has released the final Total Pack of replacement textures for flight sim. An all-world pack of replacement textures, FScene TotalPack, is a complete FScene4X + FScene for FS9 Collection. The FScene program replaces thousands of ground-textures with new texture files specially designed to match the characteristics of the landscape on the different continents. A special drawing technique applied to the textures gives them almost the impression of being three-dimensional.

FScene writes, "frame rate-friendly textures won't slow your flying down. FScene includes spring, summer, autumn, winter and hard-winter textures to give your flying a makeover that lasts all year." For full information about the FScene TotalPack visit Ruud Faber's website FScene.

Outskirts-Patch for FScene4X-Fall

Posted: Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 17:05
Ruud Faber of FScene reports, "Many Fscene users already adopted the new FScene4X replacement ground textures for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X (FSX). In our former press release of Aug. 24 we explained not only why this is an interesting option but also about our continuous work on improving the flightsimmer's joy in using FScene4X for FSX. Some repeats of former statements are in place here, thus giving new users some overview on what's going on.

1) FScene has reworked all the textures to make them better suited in FSX. Why? Because of the many changes in Microsoft's new FSX, the use of previous FScene versions was very disappointing. Ugly "gaps" appeared in the terrain, due to many FSX textures not being replaced by FScene ones. Moreover the difference in color between FSX and FScene showed very prominently. And after having released revised texture files for almost all world we reported the birth of the free Outskirts patches.
2) FScene announces a new pack of color-adapted textures which will enhance the pleasure of using world-wide FScene4X in FSX. This is why: When using FScene4X, we found the color mixing of cities vs. outskirts not quite satisfying. Especially in Spring and Summer. So we adapted the colors of several outskirt textures to fit the specific FScene gamma. By outskirts, we mean the urban rural fringe, also described as the "landscape interface between town and country".

This Outskirts Patch for the present FALL season is Free. Head on over to the FScene website Land at and look for the free Outskirts Patches.

Free Update For FScene4X Users

Posted: Friday, August 24, 2007 - 1:34
FScene announces that this pack of color-adapted textures will enhance the pleasure of using world-wide FScene4X in FSX. Ruud Faber explains: "When using FScene4X, I found the color mixing of cities vs. outskirts not quite satisfying. Especially in Spring and Summer. So I adapted the colors of several outskirt textures to fit the specific FScene gamma. By outskirts, I mean the urban rural fringe, also described as the "landscape interface between town and country"." To enjoy the effect just download the free outskirts pack (47Mb) at FScene's home-page.

FScene Release South-America FSX

Posted: Friday, June 22, 2007 - 13:21
New from FScene South-America for FSX, in a news submission sent to Avsim today the crew at FScene follow the release of FSX packs for Europe, USA & canada and Asia with South-America. Over 2300 textures cover this huge continent in all seasons and as a bonus the buyer will get FScene 2006 (FS9) for free, for a look at the full range of sceneries visit FScene

FScene for FS9 Patch

Posted: Friday, June 15, 2007 - 5:01
On request of some FS9 users, Ruud Faber has made a patch with replacement textures for the "small airports" which originally appeared in FScene2004/6.

So if you think you find too many of these fields in your FScene world, go and click the special button and get the patch at the FScene website.

FScene Palm Trees

Posted: Saturday, June 2, 2007 - 0:09
Ruud Faber of FScene has sent us this press release: reports: "Some users reported early warning signs of global warming in North-America and Northern-Europe using FScene4X in FSX. They found the growth of tropical trees in some of the colder parts of the world. There's no reason for alarm though. Only 7 autogen files had to be revisited to change the FScene4X world for the better". Please visit the FScene website for more information.

FScene4X Asia Now Available!

Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 19:27

FScene just released their latest scenery enhancement for FSX, FScene4X Asia. This release includes over 3000 new textures, and replaces all four seasons. This new package takes advantage of the improvements that FSX offers to deliver realistic textures with adjusted autogen, all without affecting performance.

Ruud Faber explained that "If you still wish to use FS2004... the complete set for use in FS9 is included as a bonus", which includes 1700 new textures at no additional cost.

More information about FScene4X Asia can be found on the FScene website here

Two New Patches For FScene4X

Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 20:04
FScene has released two patches for FScene4X. Both the Europe and USA & Canada versions have been updated. If you use the FS9 version of FScene, you don't need them.

You can download these updates from the FScene website.

FScene Release FScene4X USA & Canada

Posted: Saturday, May 5, 2007 - 15:49
FScene have just announced the release of FScene4X USA&Canada for FSX. This scenery features new and rearranged textures specifically for FSX while leaving the important advantages of FSX intact, thus combining the best of both worlds. As a bonus to their customers, an updated FS9 version of the scenery is also included in the pack. For more information, visit the FScene Website