Flight Simulators (PC)

• Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
• X-Plane
• Lockheed Martin Prepar3D

Add-ons

• Orbx FTX (payware): scenery, airports, terrain improvement
• Rex Simulations (payware): clouds, textures, weather
• Alabeo aircrafts (payware): airplanes
• A2A Simulations (payware): airplanes
• Weather engines:
  • FSXWX (freeware)
  • HiFi Simulation Technologies (payware)
• DX10 Scenery Fixer (FSX): DirectX10 improvements & fixes shadows, water, lights, progressive taxi, …
• EZDok Camera (payware): camera manager, camera shake effects (turbulence, landing, …)

Scenery

• FreewareScenery  (freeware)
• FlyTampa (payware)
  • Leg 15: Dubai Rebooted

METAR

• FSX World Tour‘s METAR Search & Decode  (free)
  • Use http://metar.fsxworldtour.com/[METAR or ICAO code here] to get your report immediately

Recording

• Fraps for video capturing and screenshots (payware)
• Greenshot for screenshots (freeware)

Other world tours

• Ongoing:
  • A virtual earthrounder flight in FSX with RealAir Simulations’ Lancair Legacy
  • Miso Soup World Tour with  A2A Simulations Cessna 182T Skylane
• Finished:
  • Around The World with Cessna 182
  • Around the world in 21 days with Douglas DC-3
  • Fly Around The World With Me with Beechcraft Baron

Community

• Flightsim subreddit
• AVSim
• FlightSim.com

Virtual airlines

• The Virtual Airline Pilot: general information, guides, flights
• ALPHA Airways: virtual airline company