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Offline Mayhem

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Flight Sim News Sources.
« on: April 27, 2026, 08:03:34 PM »
Does any one have decent flight sim news sources outside of Youtube and Social Media?

I use to follow https://www.combatsim.com/ but I think all of their dedicated writers left.

The only other web based news source I follow for Sim news is https://stormbirds.blog/

Everything else is on Youtube or social media like "How I Play"

Even Rod “WarGameGuru” White's Youtube channel has been silent for about 4 years.

So does anyone have good official flight sim news sources they would like to share?
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2026, 08:07:34 PM »
Quote from: Mayhem on April 27, 2026, 08:03:34 PM
Does any one have decent flight sim news sources outside of Youtube and Social Media?

I use to follow https://www.combatsim.com/ but I think all of their dedicated writers left.

The only other web based news source I follow for Sim news is https://stormbirds.blog/

Everything else is on Youtube or social media like "How I Play"

Even Rod “WarGameGuru” White's Youtube channel has been silent for about 4 years.

So does anyone have good official flight sim news sources they would like to share?


I assume you are specifically interested in combat flight sims.

* My main sources to stay in touch are HIP (How I Play...YT) News has broad sim coverage.
* Enigma's channel.
* Reddit/r/Hoggit.


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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2026, 09:08:43 PM »
Quote from: CptTrips on April 27, 2026, 08:07:34 PM


* Reddit/r/Hoggit.


I view it regularly. It's DCS oriented but not entirely.
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2026, 09:15:39 PM »
Quote from: AKIron on April 27, 2026, 09:08:43 PM
I view it regularly. It's DCS oriented but not entirely.

Yes.  Unless you are spamming, I've never seen a problem with discussing something interesting in combat sims.

I see posts on BMS.  Not as many on IL2.
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2026, 09:54:38 PM »
A thread there now about the RWR in the upcoming F-100 in DCS. Someone posted "here's a documentary of a similar one in action" and it's a link to a segment of the movie Flight of the Intruder. LOL

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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2026, 10:03:20 PM »
Flight of the Intruder. The book was great. The movie not so much.
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2026, 10:15:04 PM »
Quote from: AKIron on April 27, 2026, 10:03:20 PM
Flight of the Intruder. The book was great. The movie not so much.

Hmm that reminds me, I have Audible credits to use.

That would make great ear-buds hot tub material.
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2026, 10:17:33 PM »
Quote from: CptTrips on April 27, 2026, 10:15:04 PM
Hmm that reminds me, I have Audible credits to use.

That would make great ear-buds hot tub material.

"Ear-buds hot tub material." I saw that flick, pretty funny.

As Iron said, "Flight of the Intruder" a good read/listen.
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2026, 11:16:05 PM »
Lots of superb Reddit threads both for sims and wwii aviation in general.
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2026, 01:54:53 PM »
For the most part I just go to the forums for each game that I'm interested in. The problem I find is some of them have a  bunch of garbage to filter. I also follow growling sidewinder from time to time.
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2026, 02:07:23 PM »
Quote from: hazmatt on April 28, 2026, 01:54:53 PM
For the most part I just go to the forums for each game that I'm interested in. The problem I find is some of them have a  bunch of garbage to filter. I also follow growling sidewinder from time to time.

For the most part I get my Flight Sim news from Youtube and social media followed by redit and forums. Web/webpage based resources appear to be really limited.
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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2026, 03:17:26 PM »
I get a bunch of it here... :aok

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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2026, 02:57:20 PM »
Have some more.

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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2026, 11:01:32 PM »
Quote from: AKIron on May 01, 2026, 02:57:20 PM
Have some more.


F-100 and F-105 are my two favorite jets, ever (and the 106 my third, Puma44!).  I wonder if they have the Thunderbirds skin for the Hun.  Even though they've flown other planes longer than they flew the F-100, that's how I still think of the Thunderbirds.

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Re: Flight Sim News Sources.
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2026, 09:02:56 AM »
Quote from: AKIron on May 01, 2026, 02:57:20 PM
Have some more.



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