MID-ATLANTIC AIR MUSEUM SIMULATIONS

ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF THE

B-25J MITCHELL 'BRIEFING TIME' PANEL UPGRADE FOR FS2002

Auxiliary panels called up in full screen mode.

This free upgrade for owners of the MAAM-SIM B-25J 'Briefing Time' for FS2002 allows the auxiliary, pop-up panels to be undocked, resized, and dragged as the user desires.

For those who like to fly from BT's fantastic 3-D virtual cockpit, this upgrade allows you access to all the fully functional controls of the 2-D pop-ups.  The shot above shows the radio stack and flap/gear/trim console activated by key command, resized, and dragged into position.  Once adjusted, pop-ups will maintain your preferred arrangement, even after toggling them off and on.  To return them to their default positions, simply reload the plane from the Aircraft menu.

In addition to the VC, pop-ups can be activated from the other four view modes as well; 2-D Cockpit, Tower, Spot Plane, and Top-down.

Auxiliary panels called up in windowed mode.

This flexibility will allow multi-monitor rigs to arrange pop-ups as they please on their screens, but it can also provide a sort of "poor man's multi-monitor view in windowed mode.

Also included in the upgrade is a new mini-panel using BT's own instruments, replacing the default Cessna gauges.

The self-installing upgrade comes complete with an illustrated html user's manual.  Download the file,"BTpugFS8.zip" from the library.   (Note: FS2004 users should download "BTpugFS9.zip".)

If you don't already have 'Briefing Time' in your hangar, this award-winning product can be purchased from the on-line store at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, where all proceeds go to support the museum's restoration programs.

MAAM-SIM, Bill Rambow, Jan Visser, Fred Banting, Rob Young, Bill Womack, Howard Sodja, and Mark Beaumont

October, 2004