Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 24 Feb 2024.

Topics include major updates for IL-2 and DCS, a new free Typhoon campaign is in development for IL-2 BoN owners, FlightSimForge released an F-16 ICP on their Etsy store, SimFab announced a mounting pattern update for new Winwing/Virpil products, a ton of community updates including news from Enigma's Cold War server and a variety of tutorials, and Cheli777 earning the week's SimpitSpotlight!

Timestamps:

00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 5

00:48 The Fly-By

• The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less

02:34 Developer News

• IL-2 update 5.202 is live!


• IL2 "Wings over Caen" free campaign is in development for BoN owners


• DCS update 2.9.3.51704 is live with the game now unified to one version (no more open beta)


• Grinnelli Designs shows off an interesting time-lapse visualization of their F-100D code base

13:06 Hardware News

• FlightForgeSim debuts their F-16 ICP on their Etsy store https://www.etsy.com/shop/FlightForgeSim)


• SimFab announces mounting pattern plate updates for Collective and Rudder Pedal plates (https://simfab.com/services/)

17:28 Community News

• Enigma Cold War Server announces a 3rd campaign set on the Persian Gulf map as well as introduction of "intermission" scenarios


• Enigma interviews the developer of a new DCS PVP server "The Coop"


• Fox3 Managed Solutions announces the "Ultimate DCS Skills Showdown" in support of K9sForWarriors


• AviationPlus has a terrific F-15C tutorial for BMS on their YouTube page


• JetPilot walks us through using VoiceAttack for the F-16C using the JanJan plugin in DCS/BMS on their YouTube page


• Notso teaches DCS players how to use the MGRS in the F-15E Strike Eagle on their YouTube page

35:46 User Content of the Week

• Skyward Flight Media (@skykwardfm) shares a Syria COIN CO-OP multiplayer mission for DCS


• Sedlo updates his OIR missions on DCS to support the new Muwaffaq Salti airbase on the DCS: Syria map


• Sedlo gives us a walkthrough of some new DCS Mission Editor functionality on his YouTube page

40:58 Simpit Spotlight

• Cheli777's F-16/F-18/Racing Home Cockpit


• https://www.reddit.com/r/homecockpits/comments/1au8fxu/f16fa18racing_home_cockpit/

Episode notes:

• https://thehangarbay.notion.site/Episode-5-You-Get-a-Patch-b2606839f01f4f84bb6c4cd7061b380e?pvs=4

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