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Check out my current VAP AIR Fleet in the video above.   Click the Video to PAUSE it.   Click the SOUND Button at the bottom left of the clips to TOGGLE the Sound ON or OFF. 
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       WELCOME TO VIRTUALAIRLINEPILOT

                                               LATEST NEWS - SATURDAY 27 MAY 2023 - 11:12 Zulu ...



LATEST NEWS . . .


PACIFIC ISLAND SIMULATIONS (PACSIM) UPDATE FOR SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT RELEASED . . .
Pacific Island Simulations, better known as PACSIM, has been hard at work updating SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT (KSLC) for MSFS2020 and the project is very near to release.   The busiest airport in the State of Utah and well known for it's on-time departure achievements, KSLC is a hub for DELTA AIRLINES and PACSIM expects to release this scenery in early June.   And it will be reviewed on my channel!   For more info, go HERE

PMDG FINALLY RELEASE THE 737-700 & -800 ON XBOX . . .
The Team over at Precision Manuals Development Group (PMDG) have finally released their popular Boeing 737 series aircraft for MSFS2020, onto the XBOX platform.   Beginning with the 737-700 and 737-800 variants, these aircraft are a FULL port from the PC platform and so expect to gain the same enriched performance as your PC compatriots do!   Check out MARKETPLACE where the two aircraft are available, priced at US$69.99 (around UK£57.00) 


FSLABS PROVIDES AN UPDATE FOR THEIR CONCORDE SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT  FOR MSFS . . .
Lefteris and his Team at FSLABS have released more news on their upcoming CONCORDE SUPERSONIC AIRLINER for Prepar3D and MSFS2020.  With the last news brief posted in December 2022, the Team have told us that much progress has been made in producing this iconic jet in the 64-bit environment and the aircraft is expected to enter BETA in the next week or so.   Initially, the jet will feature release on Prepar3D first, with the MSFS2020 version to follow soon after.   More news HERE
        

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Coming next week, 29th May . . .

KATHMANDU AIRPORT, NEPAL (VNKT) - A REVIEW
 
Next week, we check out another FREEWARE scenery released on the
popular FLIGHTSIM.TO website, this time it's KATHMANDU in NEPAL
(VNKT, a freeware scenery produced by developer, KAPIL.  A very nicely
detailed rendition of this challenging airport and one of two freeware 
versions available on the site, this version has received over 1,100
downloads so far.   Come with me and let's see how good this is . . .

 
Photo © Flightsim.To 







BURGAS AIRPORT, BULGARIA (LBBG) - A REVIEW

Thanks very much to the Team over at AGSIM for sending me a copy of
their latest version of BURGAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT in BULGARIA
(LBBG) and we will take a close look at this new pay ware scenery.   The
second largest airport in the country of Bulgaria, Burgas International
serves the city of Burgas close to the Black Sea and the many tourists that
flock here during the Summer months.   We take a detailed look . . .


Photo © AGSim





 
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  I was asked recently during a live flight, about the use of the flight code VAP for my private airline and so I decided to post an ORIGIN page to
  show the research I did to enable me to use this code from the now defunct South American airline that previously used it.    So check out the 
  new 
ORIGIN OF VAP AIR page!       

   Future Developments . . . 

  More Reviews still to come !   
   
  Yes, watch for more reviews and Adventure Flights to come in due course.   Also . . . .
 

  I now have a page on
Facebook  and a new page on Instagram both dedicated to my channel.   Check them out here -       

   
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thevirtualairlinepilot   
  Instagram - thevirtualairlinepilot


    Check out my YouTube Channel  -  VIRTUALAIRLINEPILOT - for all my latest videos!   I try to release at least one video each
  week, but mostly it's two or more !


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  WELL, WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT THEN . . . . . . ?

 

Hello and welcome to my site.   I have been a home Desktop Virtual Pilot for over

30 years.   Whilst I was once a former beta tester for Microsoft UK, way back in the

day and have been involved with flying full size, home built Flight Simulators as

part of a Team of Virtual Pilots raising money for charity, I now fly airliners across

the world for a small group of Virtual Airlines with dedicated volunteers.   You will

find them listed on my ABOUT ME page.   I have over 14,000 virtual flying hours

and these days, I am getting into video capture and editing.   Flight Simulation lends

itself really well to this kind of thing and so, by way of these pages, I would like to try

and show you what goes on in the virtual flying world and give you a flavour of the Aircraft, the Pilots, the Scenery available for the main Simulation Platforms and to discuss bits and pieces in a regular blog.   As Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is now in it's third year, I will also be exploring the limits of the Simulator developed by Asobo Studios and led by the Microsoft Team who created the source of our obsession in the first place!!    This site is a work in progress so please bear with me as I build the site and add content.   Thank you for visiting ....

VAP AIR - My Virtual Airline
Scenery Highlights & Reviews
Hi There!
 ALL ABOUT VIRTUALAIRLINEPILOT . . . .

VirtualAirlinePilot  is a new project to build a Brand and a Private Virtual Airline.   I will  be show-casing video content, Adventure Flights and Reviews about new and current products for Flight Simulator 2020.   I have purchased the Premium Edition  of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and so will be examining and evaluating this product and other related topics that both you and I find interesting too.   As I get used to using my video software (Vegas Movie Studio 20), I will be producing product reviews and flying videos as often as I can.   These videos will feature scenery products, as well as adventure flights featuring some of my more interesting landings and take offs from across the virtual world for my own Airline VAP AIR and the virtual airlines that I also currently fly for.   I also have a very good friend and flying buddy, NEIL WARMAN, who got me into this video thing in the first place and with whom I fly online frequently!   Check out Neil's YouTube Channel VIRTUAL FLIGHT VIDEOS for some great videos and streams!   Videos will be available on my YouTube Channel with notifications and links to those videos posted here on my site too.   Thank you for your kind interest in my project.   Lee James (The Captain) - West Sussex UK

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 Lee James & Neil Warman
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