At our children's school prom, we were sitting at a table with another family. During the conversation, it turned out that our son's classmate had been thinking about becoming a pilot for a while. That was a good reason to invite her to join us in th...

 Displaying the views of the outside world is often a tricky business, especially in dual-seat cockpits. The main problem is that the captain (CPT) and first officer (FO) have a slightly different perspective of the screen, even though they are ...

If you'd told me a few years ago I'd be opening a flight simulator showroom in Dubai, I probably wouldn't have believed you. But here we are — and I couldn't be more excited to share the journey that's brought me here. From Passion Project to Profess...

We take our new plane on a virtual visit to the VIER IN POTT production facility in Dresden. The weather in Germany is fantastic - downright boring. 30 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. And so it's a relaxed but uneventful flight. The only challeng...

These stories make our world of flight simulation so extraordinary.Paul is planning to set up a commercial entertainment simulator in Austria and asked us for a contact person who could help him with the initial instruction. Wolfgang, experienced wit...

It should be a completely normal day. The weather forecast predicted only light winds and no turbulence. Ideal conditions for the return flight from Sylt Westerland to Dresden. Everything is routine. The biggest excitement is the bumpy taxiway A and ...

The new VISUAL-PC is up and running. Time for a new journey. We are in Hamburg-Finkenwerder (EDHI) and take over a brand new A320. Exciting. It's a bit like picking up a new car from the dealer. The smell of something new is only virtual, but we stil...

My name is Manuel and I am an aviation enthusiast, in life I am an Air Traffic Controller for the Italian Agency in charge of flight assistance. I'm trying to reproduce, at home and in my spare time, the cockpit of an A320 using X-Plane 11, some inst...

What could be better than flying for fun at the weekend? Quite simply! Flying together! In professional flight operations, there are always at least two pilots in the cockpit: the "Pilot Flying" and the "Pilot Monitoring". One takes over the actual c...

We are always surprised at the perfectionist, loving and creative way our customers integrate their simulators into their homes. Here is a truly exceptional example. Wow! Amazing setup, Robert!

Working daily with real life Airbus aircraft is sometimes not enough. You can easily get addicted to aviation. Therefore consequently some years ago the idea came up to build a simulator at home. A long internet research duri...

Our Visual PC is now almost four years old. It was definitely well suited for three full HD and P3D. But the new generation with several 4K projectors and the MSFS2020/2024 require more up-to-date computing power. Now that Nvidia's RTX5090 is officia...

Why you should make backups Imagine you've spent days installing your flight simulation computer. Wouldn't it be a shame if an update ruined everything? Or you want to change a hardware component on your computer, which is sometimes associated with t...

We are always happy to report on smart solutions from our customers. In today's case, Captain Tango has developed an interesting DIY solution for dimmable floor lighting. The premium version of our Sidebase already has a light outlet for the Floor Li...

Gibraltar Airport is one of the most extraordinary airports in Europe, mainly due to its unique location and challenging conditions for pilots. The runway runs across one of Gibraltar's main roads and is surrounded on both sides by water and high cli...

When we think of series production, images of endless conveyor belts, flashing robots and monotonous work processes often spring to mind. But for us, series production means something different: technology-supported manual labour and a deep understan...

Almost two weeks ago, the phone rang on my way home. That's how the story begins. And it ends with a weekend in a studio in Berlin. The producer of „Klein gegen Groß" calls me. They had an idea in which a simulator was to be used as the backdrop for ...

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We pay a lot of attention to the packaging of our deliveries. When shipping over long distances, consignments often pass through global hubs. This means that they are often unloaded and reloaded. During this process, other objects are bumpe...

We had the unique opportunity to take part in an approach to Nice RWY 22R on the jumpseat. Now we try to fly this approach in the simulator. Can we do it as well as a real pilot? Well - of course not :-) But it's an interesting attempt to f...