Exploration FSS World Tour for the BushDivers VA January 6, 2026 / January 16, 2026 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment The FSS World Tour supports the efforts of the Bush Divers Virtual Airline, which is a gracious and friendly group of flight sim nerds who, among other things, are holding group flight events and have a very nice VA system. This is a solo tour, no live group flights here. In the recordings you’ll get […] Read more »
Addons/Tools Review: GA-8 Airvan 2024 from SWS January 5, 2026 / January 7, 2026 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment I took a closer look at the Airvan from SimWorks Studios which was created for MSFS 2024. Since I’m a fan of utility bush planes I needed to at least try the Airvan out using the Rental option in the Marketplace. The plane doesn’t exactly fit my profile since it’s struggling with high altitude scenarios. […] Read more »
News New Tour: Random Airdventures November 5, 2025 / November 19, 2025 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment Tired of predictable routes and neatly planned itineraries? Then welcome to our new Random Airdventures series — where we throw the flight plan dice and see where the winds take us! Read more »
Addons/Tools Update 1.2.0: BN2 Islander from Blackbox Simulation October 6, 2025 / November 3, 2025 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment Now that the guys from Blackbox have finally managed to release a version of the addon which kinda solves the most immediate problems I can safely pull from this post the fixes I offered as intermediate solutions and instead just link to the videos which tell the entire story – from the first release to […] Read more »
Addons/Tools Updated: Random Flight Generator for MSFS 2024 September 25, 2025 / October 6, 2025 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment As the name implies, this is a simple tool to generate random flights anywhere in the world. Many pilots often fly in the same countries or regions, and the choices we make are always biased in some way. That’s no issue at all unless you really want to explore and find new locations you’ve never […] Read more »
Addons/Tools Is it worth buying? Video-Review of the BN2 Islander 2024 from Blackbox September 25, 2025 / September 25, 2025 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment I’ve spent some dozens of hours in this plane in FS2024 and can safely say that it’s one of the better addons out there. But it’s not without quirks and imperfections. Here’s my final review of version 1.0 of the Islander for FS2024 from Blackbox Simulation. Please do leave a comment, a thumbs up or […] Read more »
Addons/Tools Updated: Video Review Series: Ken Hall’s PNG Highland Bush Strip Packs 1 to 4 August 11, 2025 / September 25, 2025 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment There’s an indie addon developer who goes by the name of Ken Hall. He’s a known quantity on the platform OrbX, previously having published airport addons. By now you guys know from my videos and streams that I very much like to fly over Papua New Guinea, so it makes sense for me to enhance […] Read more »
News New Tour: Ring Road Rally July 4, 2025 / July 8, 2025 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment The island of Iceland in the Northern Atlantic is a paradise for bush pilots, offering many remote airstrips located at spectacular locations. And flying can become quite challenging: Especially during spring and autumn, rapidly changing weather conditions as well as strong winds are an aviators everyday business. The new tour follows the famous Ring Road […] Read more »
Exploration Virtual Tourism: The Bloody Battles Of 1066 June 13, 2025 / June 13, 2025 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment In 1066, England’s fate was forged in three furious clashes, fought by three rivaling parties, barely three weeks apart. Follow me on a tour in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 for a documentary-style aerial exploration that retraces each turning point from the sky: Read more »
Exploration Virtual Tourism: The Tunguska Event May 25, 2025 / June 13, 2025 by DefragDad | Leave a Comment One of the joys of the latest generation of FlightSimulator is that you can really explore the world and visit places you probably couldn’t go to in real life. I’ll call that Virtual Tourism – it actually works in many cases, because the scenery in the sim looks pretty real. There are a lot of […] Read more »
