Your Free Digital Flight Simulation Magazine

Vol.2 Issue 7 June 2019

Your Free digital Flight Simulation magazine

2 Welcome once again.

Summer is upon us with mixed weather but hopefully it will be fine for the Bray Air Display on 27th and 28th July. Check their website for what’s on in the air and on the ground. Flight Sim Show 2019 in Cosford, UK will be a two day event for the first time which should increase attendance. We are unsure whether we will exhibit, so keep an eye on the show website. Microsoft have announced their re-entry into the Flight Sim market with ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ for PC and X-Box. I don’t think it will be on par with Prepar3d as it has become very popular since its update to 64bit. However, it may mean more business for the add-on publishers. In this issue, John McNeely expresses his opinion on updates and buggy software in ‘Testing Times’. In addition to his Plane Talking column, Published by Ian Broni reports on his visit to ‘DAKS Over Normandy’. John Melville reviews The PC Pilots Ireland the Carenado A42 500 Series and Brian Church reviews the new Navigraph Charts. pcpilotsireland.com The next issue is due September 2019. Contributors Terry McGee

Terry McGee [email protected] https://brayairdisplay.com

Ian Broni [email protected]

John Melville [email protected]

John McNeely [email protected]

Brian Church [email protected]

Aerosoft www.aerosoft.com

Simmarket www.simmarket.com

Chillblast www.chillblast.com

www.flightsimshow.com

Contents: Page Aerosoft Advert 2 Testing Times 31 Editorial 3 Flightsim Apps 34 Front Cover 4 Plane Talking 37 Bob Sidwick RIP 5 Freeware Focus FSX & P3D 39 Arrivals (New Products) 6 Freeware Focus FS2004 45 Microsoft Flight Simulator 17 Freeware Focus X-Plane 48 Cockpit Hardware 18 SimStatus 53 DAKS Over Normandy 20 Aviation Gallery 54 Navigraph Charts 23 NOTAMs 55 Carenado A42 500 Series 26 Aerosoft Advert 56

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It is with great sadness that we heard of the untimely knowing. He was helpful to a fault giving his time to death of Bob Sidwick on the 19th of May after a short many a flightsim user having problems of one sort or illness. Terry was in Glasgow for a cockpit builders another. He was a gentleman who always seemed to meeting when he heard that Bob was ill and his subse- have a smile on his face and happiest when talking quent death. For those of us involved in flight simula- about some flightsim project or another. Through our tion as long as we are, you will know of Bob and his trips over we got to meet Bob’s wife Carol and some of company RC Simulations, based in Bristol in the UK. his family who were always roped in to help out with Bob was one of life’s characters who always had a smile the shows. on his face and was happy to chat to anyone about flight simulation. Bob knew everyone involved in flight We owe the success of the PC Pilots Ireland to Bob who simulation in Europe and elsewhere, whilst a lot of his gave us terrific support with our magazine and recruit- business was based on selling other producers prod- ing new members. He supported us with our two Flight ucts, he was also involved in developing and distribut- Simulator and Aviation Shows in Dublin. The last time ing some of his own creations including Panel Builder we had a meal with Bob was at the Flight Sim 2015 in and VoxATC. Terry and I first met Bob back in the late Cosford, which lasted over two hours talking (which he 1980’s when Bob hosted one of his famous FlightSim was very good at) all things flight sims and aviation. We shows in the National Motorcycle Museum in Birming- met him again at the following Flight Sim shows at ham. At the time, the PC Pilots Club of Ireland along which it was difficult to get to him on his stand as he with the FS User Group (FSUG) were about the only was always busy talking to someone, a true sign of his flightsim user groups in Europe and attending these popularity. Bob will be sorely missed by everyone in the shows was a great way to gain new members, meet flightsim community who knew him. He was a pioneer current members and meet developers and publishers. in getting involved in flightsims during its infancy and to Bob was always helpful and the events were well run this day RC Simulations has a great reputation. A ser- and hugely popular. vice for Bob was held in early June in what was billed as a celebration of Bob’s life. Unfortunately neither of us Sadly, the Motorcycle Museum was burnt down in a fire could attend. A posting on the RC Simulations website and Bob had to find a new home for them. At one point suggests that business will resume a week after Bob’s he held his show at his RC Simulations premises in Bris- funeral service. Whoever continues the business will tol where our abiding memory was out for dinner with have the biggest pair of boots to fill. As we say in Irish Bob and a few others in a Lebanese restaurant in Bristol “Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam” (May his soul be on the and spending the evening eating fantastic food and right side of God). Our thoughts are with Bob’s wife talking all things flightsims. Bob was passionate about Carol, and family. flightsims and what he did not know was not worth Ian and Terry

5 Arrivals A42 400 Series airport is a dual-use military and Arrival Airport Charts. Differences From Carenado civil airport with scheduled flights between 737NG and 737MAX. www.carenado.com to Copenhagen, Oslo, Amsterdam, Great scenery. Go-Around/Missed www.simmarket.com Faroe Islands, Barcelona, London Approach! and other European cities as well as many charter destinations. Aal- Airbus A320 Series Pack borg Air Base is home to Royal From VirtualCol Danish Air Force (RDAF) 721 www.simmarket.com Squadron, Air Transport Wing Aal- borg, which is equipped with Lock- heed C-130 Hercules. This product is for your personal, non- commercial use. Please contact Vi- Special Features Version 1.3: Full dan Design for commercial licenses FSX, FSX-STEAM, P3D v3, v4, v4.4 inquiries. For X-Plane 11. Features: (and up) compatible. Full PBR tex- Highly detailed rendition of Aalborg tures and materials (Physically Airport (EKYT, AAL) and Aalborg Air Based Rendering) (P3D v4.4 and Base (Flyvestation Aalborg). Highly We proudly present our new prod- up). Flight1 GTN 750 and Reality detailed airport terminal. Realistic uct AIRBUS A220 SERIES FSX / XP GTN 750* integration. Up- HD textures created from on-site P3D. Continuing with our develop- datable database – AIRAC cycle photography. Dynamic apron light- ment line "Friendly Frames" and 1601 included. **VR ready. Real ning (requires X-Plane Visual Ef- "Low Cost", it is a product fully start up procedures. Real A42 en- fects set to High (HDR). Custom compatible with FSX, FSX STEAM, gine sounds, aural warnings and modelled ground support vehicles. PREPAR3D 1, 2, 3 and 4. The prod- sound systems. Real flight dynam- Orthophoto scenery. High quality uct contains: 2 models, A220-100 ics. Cold and Dark start option. modelled airport buildings. Static and A220-300, 6 repaints: A220- Takeoff run and landing real rolling airplanes featuring types unique to 100 Swiss, A220-100 Delta Air- movement effect. Custom brakes the airport. Custom modelled vege- lines, A220-300 Air Baltic, A220- sounds on taxi and landing run. tation, grass, trees. 300 Air Canada, A220-300 Air Tan- Features: Original autopilot in- zania, A220-300 JetBlue, A220-300 stalled. HD quality textures (4096 x Aeromexico 737Max Korean Airlines, A220-300 Swiss, 4096). Customizable panel for con- Virtual Cockpit - fully operating, 2D From Just Planes trolling windows transparency, in- panel with expandable screens, www.worldairroutes.com strument reflections and static ele- Paintkit with PDF Instruction ments such as wheel chocks. Real- (published in our website: menu istic night lights effects on panel PRODUCTS>PAINT KIT), Original and cockpit. Included in the pack- Sound. age: 7 HD liveries. 1 HD Carenado and Blank livery. Recommended Airport Manchester XP11 Settings (FSX and P3Dv4) PDF. From Aerosoft Note: This aircraft does not have a www.aerosoft.com 2D panel.*Flight1 GTN 750 and Re- ality XP GTN 750 are sold sepa- rately.

Aalborg XP Just Planes continues its AeroMex- From Vidan Design ico series with a 5th program of the www.simmarket.com countries national carrier on its newest acquisition, the 737MAX. For this film we selected a longer international route flying into Bo- Explore Manchester Airport – the gota Colombia and a shorter do- largest British airport outside the mestic sector to Monterrey where London metropolitan region. low visibility and a low ceiling al- Thanks to high-resolution ground lowed us to capture a Go-Around/ textures and HDR night lighting, Missed Approach, always some- this add-on for XPlane 11 renders a thing interesting to cover. Lots of realistic and modern recreation of Aalborg XP is a highly detailed and nice scenery and a look at the new the airport at every time of day. realistic rendition of Aalborg Airport very modern cockpit of the Boeing The textures also feature physically (EKYT, AAL) for XPlane 11. It is 737. Features: 1st film of the correct lighting and reflection ef- Denmark’s third largest airport, 737MAX! Cockpit filming using 6 fects. Animated service vehicles, situated 6 km from the centre of cameras. Flight Preparations. Cock- marshallers, and jetways bring the Aalborg in northern Jutland. The pit Set-up. Cockpit Presentation. virtual Airport Manchester to life. In Briefings. Checklists. Departure &

6 addition, users of TerraMaxx can tion hub of the second-smallest of Casablanca, Morocco. The Main enjoy seasonal textures that paint the Canaries. This part of sim- features Version 1.1: Highly de- the scenery white during winter. wings’ Canary Islands professional tailed rendition of Casablanca Mo- The add-on is also compatible with series recreates the airport of La hammed V Airport GMMN. High Orbx TrueEarth as well as World Gomera for Prepar3D V4, with all of resolution textures. 3D Grass. Traffic 3. Features: HD ground tex- its typical Canary architecture Autogen (Houses and trees). Cus- tures including PBR. Custom HDR modelled in high detail. A detailed tomized 3D Buildings. Optimized night lighting. Custom static air- 3D mesh and high-resolution for best framerates. Animated Jet- craft. HD vegetation. Animated ser- ground texturing convey the feeling ways (SODE module required). vice vehicles. Animated jetways/ of this volcanic island. Watch the Misc objects, vehicles. Window re- VDGS/marshaller (SAM plugin re- rendered night lighting and dy- flections. Only P3DV4: Dynamic quired). Seasonal textures namic lights of the traffic on the Lights. (TerraMaxx required). Full Orbx apron and surroundings illuminate compatibility (Orbx TrueEarth re- the scenery at night, while ani- Chicago City X quired). Compatible with default AI mated vehicles and terminal doors From Drzewiecki Design Traffic and World Traffic 3. react to approaches. Having too www.simmarket.com short a runway for international Avignon Caumont Airport airliners, La Gomera Airport mainly From LMT Simulation connects the island to the rest of www.simmarket.com the archipelago with regular flights existing between La Gomera and Tenerife North. Features: High- resolution ground textures based on aerial images with 25 cm/pixel for the airport area and 50 cm/ pixel for the rest of the island. De- Chicago City X has been developed tailed 3D height model (mesh) for to provide the immersion into the the entire island La Gomera with 5 cityscape of Chicago at a level m resolution. All buildings and fa- never seen before. Keeping in mind Avignon, in the heart of Provence, cilities in the airport area and the a unique role the city has played in France, is the main city of the vau- close surroundings are modelled in the flight sim community for many cluse, worldwide known by its an- high detail. Excellent atmosphere years, we have decided to put spe- nual Festival, one of the largest at night and dusk due to rendered cial attention not only to the great- in the world. Located in the south- night lighting. Autogen and vegeta- est landmarks but to every down- east of the city, the International tion for the entire island La Gom- town building. You will find details Airport of Avignon-caumont, ICAO era. All code (BGLs) compiled with such as restaurants, rooftop code LFMV is a civil, IFR, VFR air- P3D V4 SDK, being performance cranes, balconies, swimming port. This scenery, for Flight Simu- optimised to the new engine. All pools... Buildings have exact lator X and Prepar3D v3/v4, has objects optimised for new shadow shapes, reflections, night textures. been designed with attention to de- technology. New, optimised 3D Feel free to explore the area finding tail and the best optimization. Fea- runway lighting with activation/ various details: why not checking tures: Highly detailed buildings, deactivation based on time of day out a thrilling view from the Sky- parking, taxiways and runways. and weather conditions, incl. spe- deck or performing a high-speed New signage (signage panels, cial PAPI based on P3D V4 SDK slalom between the masts of hun- lights). Dynamic lights (P3D V4). features. Apron lamps and street dreds of yachts in the marina. The Day/night and seasonal textures. lights with dynamic lighting. Dy- product is fully VFR-capable; you Static vehicles, characters, aircraft. namic vehicles on the apron and will find everything you need for Animations (TGV, refuelling surroundings (AESLite), incl. op- visual approaches to any of Chi- truck...). Volumetric grass. AI traf- tional dynamic lights. Automatically cago airports or just GA/heli scenic fic. With SODE: Animated wind- animated doors at the terminal en- flying. This product does not in- sock. trance, reacting to proximity or clude any airports but creates a time of day. Configuration tool for perfect combo with Chicago Air- Canary Islands professional— further settings options. ports X by Drzewiecki Design. Fea- La Gomera tures: Chicago, Illinois scenery with Casablanca Airport over a thousand of highly detailed From sim-wings From PrealSoft custom-made buildings incl. whole www.aerosoft.com www.simmarket.com downtown in 3D plus other landmarks, bridges, stadiums, har- bours/marinas, trains and other objects. Large scenery area (Highland Park – Schaumburg – Oak Lawn) with night and seasonal (summer/winter) textures, a detailed autogen, custom and SRTM mesh as well as multiple heliports. Highly advanced performance- friendly design, numerous optimi- Located in the very south of the is- Mohammed V International Airport zation techniques used, the Lite land, the “Aeropuerto de La Gom- is an international airport serving Texture Pack provided. Chicago era” serves as the regional connec-

7 City X is compatible with Chicago turing. 3D grass (matched colour to ture of Japan. It is known for being Airports X by Drzewiecki Design, all ortho). Full autogate support (all one of the major airports that has ORBX products, all PILOT’S prod- gates are available to spawn). Full flights to and from Tokyo Haneda ucts and all Megascenery products. WT3 and LiveTraffic support. Cus- airport, having cash cow routes for It is also expected to be compatible tom night lighting. Custom pur- all airlines, and the largest num- with most other airport add-ons chased 4k 0.5 res ortho imagery. bers of commuters in Japan. The from the area. Requirements: FSX/ Good/solid FPS on all systems. FS Add-on collection series is made FSX:SE/FSW/P3Dv1/P3Dv2/P3Dv3/ Ground objects (pushback trucks, in Japan. Product Features: Ex- P3Dv4. GPU’s, Air conditioning units, etc.). tremely realistic airport. Animated 3D animated ramp workers. CTRL+J jetways. AFX file repre- CL415-V2 senting actual airline parking posi- From Roland Laborie Duchess Model 76 tions (Some parking lots can ac- www.simmarket.com From Just Flight commodate default aircraft). Excel- www.justflight.com lent night techniques, realistic runway lighting according to official documents of the airport. Add static airport ground vehicles. Add a new international terminal building. Pseudo shadows. Add JASDF AI traffic (F-15J, 747-400). Road traffic. Add dynamic lighting to all apron lights. P3DV4 only (User op- Tanker plane CL-415 new generation). Version for FSX/FSX SE/ tion is an amphibious plane de- P3Dv2/P3Dv3/P3Dv4. Much more. signed for fire fighting forest fires. The Duchess is a four-seater, twin- Requirements; FSX (SP2)/FSX SE/ Features: Operational water engine T-tail aircraft equipped with P3Dv2/P3Dv3/P3Dv4. gauges and system of the water a retractable tricycle landing gear tanks filling. Classic exterior model. and two 180hp four-cylinder en- Horta LPHR 2019 Radar exterior model. 10 High gines fitted with constant-speed From TropicalSim Resolution Liveries. Fully animated propellers. Its IFR-capable avionics www.simmarket.com exterior model. Fully Animated VC suite, excellent handling character- cockpit. 3D modelled gauges in VC istics and counter-rotating propel- and exterior model. 3D landing lers make it an ideal aircraft for lights. Rain effects on windshield. multi-engine flight training and the New moving H.U.D. Milviz WX Ad- perfect step up from single-engine vantage Radar integration (must aircraft such as the PA-28. A cruise own product). (Update engines fail- speed of 155 knots, a range of 780 ure-feather). For use on P3Dv4. nautical miles and a service ceiling Horta Airport (IATA: HOR, ICAO: of 20,000ft also make it a very ca- LPHR) is an airport located in the Corpus Christi International pable touring aircraft. This highly parish of Castelo Branco, 9.5 km From Vertical Simulations detailed and accurate Duchess (5.9 mi) northeast of the center of www.simmarket.com Model 76 for Aerofly FS 2 comes in Horta, on Faial Island in the archi- nine paint schemes and boasts a pelago of the Azores.The Archipel- fully functional IFR-capable avion- ago of the Azores is composed of ics fit and Century IV autopilot in nine volcanic islands situated in the the virtual cockpit. The electrical, middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. fuel, hydraulic and engine manage- The Portuguese archipelago is lo- ment systems are all custom-coded cated about 1,500 km (930 mi) and among the other features are west from Lisbon and about 3,900 numerous accurate animations, HD km (2,400 mi) east from the east Corpus Christi International Air- textures throughout and authentic coast of North America. Features: port (KCRP) is a city-owned public- RPM gauge needle ‘wobble’. Highly detailed Horta Airport / use airport five nautical miles (9 LPHR. Photoscenery surrounding km) west of the central business FS Add-On Collection New the airport area with night lighting district of Corpus Christi, in Nueces Chitose Airport and full autogen. 3-Arc terrain mesh. Coastline remade for the County, Texas, United States. Cor- From TechnoBrain whole island. Custom landclass and pus Christi International Airport is www.simmarket.com classified as a Commercial Service, roads. Full night illumination. Dy- Primary, Non hub Airport. For Cor- namic Lighting on Prepar3d v4 ver- pus Christi International to have a sion. Optional 3D Lights. Optional classification as a Commercial Ser- 3D Grass within airport islands and vice Primary Airport it must be taxiways/runways. P3D v4 native a public airport with scheduled pas- materials custom ground option. senger service and must have an Wet ground surface effect for enplaned passenger count of at P3Dv4 (via native custom ground). least 10,000 annually. Features: Compatible with add-on AI traffic. Compatible with other third-party For use on XPlane 11. PBR on "New Chitose Airport" is located sceneries. FSX version compatible buildings and ground textures. Am- near Sapporo city in Hokkaido, the with default and add-on FSX scen- bient Occlusion + photorealstic tex- largest and northernmost prefec-

8 ery. P3D version compatible with FSX version for best performance. content than the previous version. default and add-on P3D scenery. Usage of Prepar3d SDK for the P3D Features: 5 highly detailed airports Usage of FSX SDK for the FSX ver- version for best performance. In- with all buildings and clutter ob- sion for best performance. Usage of stallers will detect sim location and jects like vegetation, people, ani- Prepar3d SDK for the P3D version add the scenery.cfg entry for FSX, mals, vehicles and more: VNLK for best performance. Installers will FSX:SE, P3Dv1 & P3Dv4. Update Lukla, VNSB Syangboche, VNPL detect sim location and add the offer available for owners of previ- Phaplu, VNKL Kangel Danda, VNRT scenery.cfg entry for FSX, FSX:SE, ous version. Rumjatar. 7 generic airports with P3Dv1 & P3Dv4. details like tower positions, ground LFMN Nice v2.1 layout and thrilling hand-edited KMIA Miami Intl. Airport From JustSim terrain: VNKD Man Maya Kha- From RWY26 Simulations www.simmarket.com nidanda, VNBJ Bhojpur, VNTR Tum- www.simmarket.com lingtar, VNRC Ramechhap, VNJI Jiri, VNTJ Taplejung Suketar, VNLD Lamidanda. 12 helipads, most of them at very high altitudes. A whopping coverage area of 200x200 kilometres. Detailed hand-edited mesh terrain. More Nice Cote d'Azur Airport (ICAO: than 366 thousand cultivation LFMN) is an international airport buildings. More than 60 million (!) located 5.9 km Southwest of Nice, individually placed trees in their re- Miami International Airport, also France. It is the third busiest air- spective vegetation areas (e.g. known as MIA and historically as port in France and serves as a fo- shrubs in the alpine areas, tropical Wilcox Field, is the primary airport cus city for Air France and an oper- trees in the valley rain forests). A serving the Miami area, with over ating base for EasyJet. New rebuilt hand-edited and geo-referenced 1,000 daily flights to 167 domestic version: Support Autogate plugin. combination of satellite imagery and International destinations. Fea- Windows and glass have reflection. with higher resolutions around the tures: Custom 3D Scenery. Hand Shading and occlusion (texture core areas. Modelled points of in- painted Ground Textures. Static baking) effects on terminal and terest like hanging bridges, stupas, Aircraft and Ground Vehicles. 3D other airport buildings. High resolu- etc. Detailed mesh with rock and Grass and Trees. PBR materials. tion photo scenery near airport and glacier outcrops around Mt. Everest Night Lighting. Autogate. For use city. All objects are manually Basecamp making helicopter land- on XPlane 11. placed. High resolution ground tex- ings there as challenging as they tures/Custom runway textures really are. Extensive manual with Lajes LPLA 2019 (with PBR effects). Runway reflec- custom made maps and airport charts. Free bonus: Semi-fictional From TropicalSim tion effect. Custom apron lights. to-be-build large “Tingri Airport” www.simmarket.com High resolution building textures. Optimized for excellent perform- north of Mount Everest. CON: Not a ance Animated ground vehicles. single airport with a flat runway. xEnviro weather effects. X-Life traffic compatible. World Traffic 3 com- Luxembourg ELLX V2.0 patible. Update offer available. For From JustSim X-Plane 11. www.simmarket.com

Lajes Airport or Lajes Air Base, is a Lukla-Mount Everest-Extreme multi-use air field on Terceira Is- From LimeSim land in the Azores, Portugal. Fea- www.aerosoft.com tures: Highly detailed La- jes Airport / LPLA. Photoscenery surrounding the airport area with night lighting and full autogen. 3- Luxembourg Findel Airport (ICAO: Arc terrain mesh. Coastline remade ELLX) is the main airport in Luxem- for the whole island. Custom land- bourg. It is Luxembourg's only in- class and roads. Full night illumina- ternational airport and is the only tion. Dynamic Lighting on Prepar3d airport in the country with a paved v4 version. Optional 3D Lights. Op- runway. It is located 3.25 NM (6.02 tional 3D Grass within airport is- km; 3.74 mi) east of Luxembourg lands and taxiways/runways. P3D City. Features: Custom taxiways v4 native materials custom ground and airport lights. Shading and oc- option. Wet ground surface effect This package is a successor to clusion (texture baking) effects on for P3Dv4 (via native custom "Lukla X – Mount Everest", one of terminal and other airport build- ground). Compatible with add-on our most popular sceneries of the ings. High resolution photo scenery AI traffic. Compatible with other past decade that has won many near airport and city. High resolu- third-party sceneries. FSX version awards – among them the Sim- tion ground textures / Custom run- compatible with default and add-on flight Award. This new version for way textures. High resolution build- FSX scenery. P3D version compati- Aerofly FS2 is a completely new ing textures. Runway reflection ef- ble with default and add-on P3D development setting the bar even fect. Volumetric ground effect tex- scenery. Usage of FSX SDK for the higher, coming with much more tures. Compatible with X-Plane 11

9 features. Animated gates such as Boeing 747 and B777 but Europe. Shading and occlusion (AutoGate plugin by Marginal). Ani- are mostly A320 and B737. Fea- (texture baking) effects on terminal mated custom ground vehicles (X- tures: Carefully detailed 3d objects. and other airport buildings. Ground Plane 11 only). World Traffic com- Full detail Buildings. Realistic polygons were compiled using SDK patible. X-Life traffic compatible. Ground Markings. Photoreal scen- 4.4-PBR materials use. 3D models Optimized for excellent perform- ery Background of the airport and now use PBR materials (SDK 4.4). ance. New in v2.0: New P10 apron city with autogen. Numerous static Dynamic lighting of the and stands added. Stands on P1 objects. Landclass of the near area. apron. Visual Docking Guidance changed. New base mesh for the Autogen over Photo-scenery. Real- System (VDGS) (SODE+GSX) - due airport area. New PBR materials for istic AFCAD. Realistic ground tex- in 1-2 weeks. High resolution ground and buildings. New mark- tures. Animal animations. Friendly ground textures / Custom runway ings for the whole airport. New or- Frame Rate. Compatibility with textures. High resolution building tho imagery. Improved some tex- GSX, ORBX Base, FTX Global Vec- textures. Custom models of build- tures. Taxiway lights reworked. tor. For use on FSX. A P3D version ings and hotels on the coastline. New grass and trees. Street lights is also available. Animated SODE Jetways - due in 1- reworked. Changed some models. 2 weeks. Many animated custom New autogates models. New mod- Phoenix Mountains ground vehicles. Surrounding area els for ground equipment. Routes From Lionheart Creations with custom autogen. Custom res- changed for AI and WT3/X-life. www.simmarket.com taurants and hotels on the coastal line of the sea. Fully AI traffic com- Monterrey Intl. Airport patible with accurate AFCAD file. From MagMexico Excellent night effects. 3D birds. www.simmarket.com 3D grass. Optimized for excellent performance. Fully 3d taxiways lighting. Automatic season change for vegetation, photobackground high resolution. Realistic reflections on glass.

Phoenix Mountains by Lionheart Rennes Saint-Jacques LFRN Creations is an addon package for From France VFR Flight Simulator X (FSX) and Pre- www.simmarket.com par3D (P3D) and features photo Monterrey International Airport realistic textures of the mountains package includes; Hotel zone. of Phoenix Arizona in the Clinic 67. Updated bridges. Termi- USA. This is only mountains and nal B updated. New streets. Scen- not the entire city. They include ery features: Unique model of the their night textures and only fea- terminal. Very well detailed texture the mountains in and sur- tures. Soil similar to true. Tradi- rounding Phoenix and not farther tional vegetation of Monterrey. out in the countryside. Only the New improvements in Terminal C. City Mountains. This serves as a New platforms in Terminal C. A unique, very nice 'landmarks' pack- Rennes Saint-Jacques airport new preparation for the city and age and makes Phoenix with the (LFRN) for XPlane 11 is extremely autogenous and ADN airport. Re- 'stock environment of Phoenix look detailed within its environment. It quires FSX (SP1, SP2), FSX:SE, far more realistic then it was be- features the following; High defini- Lockheed Martin Prepar3D V4.x. fore. tion ground texture (25cm) for all the area. Very detailed and realistic MMMD Merida Intl. Airport Palma De Mallorca Airport night environment. Numerous 3D From Mex High Flight From JustSim specific 3D objects and ground an- www.simmarket.com www.simmarket.com imations. SIA - VAC - IAC - AR- RDEP charts provided.

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Palma de Mallorca Airport ICAO: LEPA, also known as Son Sant Joan Merida International airport is lo- Airport or Aeroport de Son Sant cated in Merida City, state of Yuca- Joan is located 8 km (5.0 mi) east tan, Mexico. The airport is the of Palma, Majorca, Spain, adjacent southern part of the city and is one to the village of Can Pastilla. The of four airports in Mexico that have airport on the Balearic Islands is a Centre air space under their con- Spain's third largest airport after trol. The airport has national and Madrid–Barajas and Barcelona-El Real-Time Environment Simulation international flights and is open Prat. Features: Fully compatible Automation and Tweaking Flexibil- 24hrs. It can receive large aircraft with FTX Global openLC ity. Enjoy instant, on the fly visual

10 feedback, whether you are tweak- X-Plane 11, allowing thousands of with accurate AFCAD file. Excellent ing the sim to your liking or allow- realistic looking PNW-themed night effects. 3D birds. Optimized ing Environment Force to automati- houses and buildings to be placed for excellent performance. Inclu- cally adjust the environment for at a realistic height with minimal sion of manual in PDF format. Fully you... all while the simulator is run- impact on performance. 3d taxiways lighting. Automatic ning. With Environment Force, you 1,174 custom-modelled PBR 3D season change for vegetation, can now control the key weather POIs! Over 500 million trees placed photobackground high resolution. and environment features in real- correctly based on detailed land Ground polygons made with the re- time, such as: Cloud morphing, sky use and high-resolution height quirements of the SDK Prepad3D. and cloud colouring, sky and cloud data. 42.6 million buildings at Realistic reflections during rain. Re- texture swapping, visibility, water their correct height and location alistic reflections on glass. Changes colouring and shader control, ter- where data is available. Major City- in V 2.0: Runway and taxiways rain and object colouring, and scapes for Seattle, Bellevue, Victo- were expanded/changed. Cargo cloud / water / terrain / object / ria, Tacoma and significant build- apron - P10 has been added. Tex- scene lighting. Or you can simply ings in Everett, Olympia, Spokane, ture ground polygons was changed. set it and forget it, with the WX- Kennewick & Yakima. VFR land- Ground polygons were compiled influenced smoothing controls for marks such as masts, wind farms, using SDK 4.4-PBR materials used. all weather parameters AND churches, power-lines, and light- More than 20 Parking lots were weather engines. You can enjoy houses are all accurately placed. added/changed. The marking of the tweak-free operation known as Hand-placed and custom modelled Parking lots has been changed. Automation Mode. This mode al- 3D landmarks placed throughout Animated wind socks (SODE) have lows Environment Force to auto- the scenery such as bridges, sky- been added. AFCAD file has been matically control and change key scrapers, stadiums, cranes, tanks, modified. A custom profile file for environment visuals on the fly, in piers farms, and monuments – this GSX has been added. Lighting on real-time as dictated by real-world is especially noticeable in city ar- the runway taxiways has been weather. Or adjust visual settings eas. Sharp and detailed 10-meter changed. Dynamic lighting has in real-time within the simulator via mesh brings out stunning detail in been added/changed. 3D models the in-sim mini UI modal window. natural features such as moun- now use PBR materials (SDK 4.4). Manual Mode will allow you to take tains, coastlines and valleys. Su- Additional optimization performed. control of key environment ele- perb watermasking along the entire Small fix. Update offer for owners ments and shape your environment coastline and most rivers and of previous version. to your liking. Adjust more visual lakes. Accurate road and rail net- settings in real-time within the sim work blended into the aerial im- Summer Shaders P3D v4.5 via the in-sim mini UI modal win- agery with moving traffic. Summer From Aerosky Production dow. Requires Prepar3D v.4.4, 4.5. season only with full night-lighting www.simmarket.com supported. TrueEarth US Washington From orbx Luxembourg Findel Airport V2 www.orbxdirect.com From JustSim www.simmarket.com

We present our new product "Summer Shaders". This set includes a set of realistic shaders and textures for Prepar3D. Main features: Realistic atmosphere. Photo- real skycolor. Reflection on air- TrueEarth US Washington for X- Luxembourg Findel Airport (ELLX) craft. Smooth atmosphere tones. Plane 11 covers a huge 91,875 is the main airport in Luxem- Realistic haze effect. Recom- square miles (237,956 km²) which bourg. It is Luxembourg's only in- mended for use with AS4. is most of the state of Washington, ternational airport and is the only USA and also parts of British Co- airport in the country with a paved Truelandscape France lumbia, Canada and Oregon, USA. runway. Features: Fully compatible From France VFR Please refer to the coverage map with FTX Global openLC Europe www.simmarket.com below for the specific boundary. (additional photo file backgrounds The place markers shown are included). Shading and occlusion where we have added cityscape 3D (texture baking) effects on terminal models for Seattle / Belle- and other airport buildings. Ground vue, Everett, Victoria, Spokane, polygons made with the require- Tacoma, Olympia and Yakima. ments of the SDK Prepad3D. Dy- There are many hundreds of POI namic lighting of the apron - only models also throughout the entire Prepar3D V4. High resolution state. Features: 91,875 square ground textures / Custom runway miles (237,956 km²) of hand- textures. High resolution building corrected, crisp, colour-matched textures. Animated SODE Jetways. TRUElandscape – FRANCE is an ad- aerial imagery. New PBR autogen Surrounding area with custom don for Prepar3D 4+ that covers technology developed especially for autogen. Fully AI traffic compatible the entire French territory with a

11 brand new landclass and landscape VC10 Professional multiple simulator support from a scenery providing a better rendition From Just Flight single installation, ultra-high 5m of the land cover and the finest hy- www.justflight.com elevation mesh, optional custom drographic network designed to night textures, compatibility with bring the best experience in VFR third party airport sceneries and flying. The ambition of this product water areas which are all fully land- is to provide a true benchmark for able. A Scenery Manager gives you VFR simulated air navigation. We full control over the scenery op- will soon set up monitoring and re- tions and updates are automatically porting that will allow to regularly installed. For P3D v1-v4, FSX specify, modify existing data and & FSX:Steam Edition. enhance the product. Features: New definition for whole coastlines Just Flight's VC10 Professional col- 777 Captain II P3D4 and hyrographic system. Reassign- lection for FSX and P3D includes From Captain Sim ment of all landclass covering accurately modelled Standard and www.captainsim.net France and Corsica. Redefinition of Super civilian variants as well as urban, industrial, commercial and the C1K, K3 and K4 military vari- harbour areas. Redefinition of frag- ants in a variety of liveries covering mented deciduous, mixed, conifer- their time in airline and RAF ser- ous and young forests. New qualifi- vice. mAll four flight crew positions cation for all coastlines, sandy, are modelled and systems include a beaches, dunes, rocks and heaths. realistic fuel system with transfer Pylons for high voltage and very and jettison functionality, autopilot high voltage power network over with pitch and bank hold, a new The 777 CAPTAIN port-over to the country. Many photoreal areas Delco Carousel IV-A Inertial Navi- P3D4 is completed. 4 products, 8 (mountains, snow, glaciers, vines, gation System (INS) unit, auto- variants of the 777 (5 of them are dams, sans quarries...). Product throttle with IAS and MACH hold exclusive). 14 new features and installation does not modify any and simulated powered flying con- more. The key product of the 777 files from your Lockheed Martin® trol units (PFCUs). The detailed vir- CAPTAIN II family is the 777-200 Prepar3D®, neither any previously tual cockpit features 3D instru- BASE PACK which delivers highly installed add-on. Product can be ments, authentic wear and tear detailed and accurate digital repli- enabled or disabled with a simple and all four flight crew positions cas of the following five airplanes click in the scenery library. All data (Captain, Co-Pilot, Flight Engineer wearing Captain Sim House livery: is geo-referenced to ensure com- and Navigator) modelled in high 777-200ER with GE90B engines patibility with any other georefer- detail. Realistic engine start proce- (CS exclusive). 777-200ER with enced product. dures are possible with ground air GE92B engines (CS exclusive). supply and cross-bleed, and cus- 777-200ER with GE94B engines Santorini X-Plane 11 tom-coded electrical, fuel, hydrau- (CS exclusive). 777-200ER with From Logo Projects lic, pressurisation and navigation PW4090 engines (CS exclusive). www.simmarket.com systems will keep even experienced Boeing 777-200LR with GE110B1 pilots busy! Compatibility: Flight engines. Moreover, hundreds of op- Simulator X, FSX: Steam Edition, tional equipment (antennas etc.) P3D v4, P3D v3, P3D v2, P3D v1. variants are available. Some of the many features: Functional flight VFR Real Scenery Nexgen 3D deck loaded with advanced sys- Vol.2: Central England & tems simulation (FMC/LNAV/VNAV/ WXR etc). EGPWS Terrain Radar North Wales New! All-new custom lighting New! From Just Flight Complete passenger cabin one Santorini (Thira) International Air- www.justflight.com piece with a flight deck New! High port is an airport in Santorini/Thira, resolution textures. Aux 2D panels. Greece (IATA: JTR, ICAO: LGSR), Custom views including wing views. located north of the village of New materials New! 4K Ultra-High Kamari. The airport serves both as resolution textures New! All-new a military and as a civil airport. lighting New! Numerous variants of With its relatively small apron, as optional equipment (antennas, etc) of 2018 the airport is only able to New! Cabin with windows, interior, serve up to 6 civilian planes at the pax, stewardess and animated pi- same time. Santorini is one of the lots. Hundreds of realistic anima- few Cyclades Islands with a major tions including wing flex. Custom airport. Features: Highly detailed VFR Real Scenery NexGen 3D uses visual effects including volumetric airport terminal. High quality reali- the very latest 25cm and 50cm ae- lighting New! Integrated GPU New! zation of houses on the island. Cus- rial images at 1.2m ‘in sim’ resolu- Fuel and payload manager New! tom airport lights. Excellent night tion, rising to 60cm around air- Improved flight model New! Au- light effects on the whole island. ports, and combines these high- thentic engines sound set (TSS). Orthophoto scenery Z17. 3D effect resolution photographic textures ACE (Aircraft Configuration Editor) on the ground textures. Custom with accurately placed Autogen ob- New! Navigraph FMC navdata in- modelled vegetation, grass. Opti- jects and additional custom scenery cluding TP with AIRAC support. Ex- mized for excellent performance. objects to give a true 3D feel to tensive Manual. Updater New! your VFR flights. Features include 12 iFly 737NG Cockpit Sound ism and accuracy greatly improve ground layout according to Airac Immersion the immersion. Terrain elevation 1906. Features: Highly detailed mesh has been brought to the next Tenerife South Airport scenery with From Immersive Audio level; incorporating the latest data Tenerife Island. High-resolution www.simmarket.com from the Australian Government, aerial image for the airport and the new HD mesh makes a huge island of Tenerife (Airport LOD 18 difference on both a small and = 15-25 cm/pixel, Island LOD 17 = large scale. Mine sites, dry lakes, 30-45 cm/pixel), extensively col- tidal water bodies, unusual geo- our-corrected for true aerial col- graphical formations and more ours. Detailed ground markings have been expertly edited, colour- based on recent charts of parking ised and blended to the surround- stands and new taxiway layouts ing terrain. The largest of these (Airac 1906). Includes recent main features is the Great Barrier Reef; taxiway extension and huge Immersive Audio presents the recreated in complete photoreal changes of taxiway layout. High- iFly Cockpit Sound Immersion, quality. Key features: Our largest & definition height mesh with 5 m the high-definition sound- most popular region; 8 million sq resolution for the entire Island. pack developed exclusively for iFly km in full Orbx region quality. Ul- Autogen buildings and vegetation Jets: The 737NG add-on. All tra-HD Melbourne Cityscape. 370+ at all parts of the aerial image sounds are recorded in the real 737 upgraded and 280+ all-new air- area. Extremely detailed Tenerife cockpit, carefully processed and ports. Over 50+ large-scale photo- South airport buildings with interior extensively tested to provide the real areas of interest such as salt designs at apron side and infra- highest possible sound quality, re- lakes, mine sites, tidal areas and structure buildings. Detailed ani- alism, authenticity and immersion. many more. High-quality mesh, mated jetway models (CTRL-J), This soundpack is fully compatible with high-resolution LIDAR data for SODE jetways available as optional with the iFly for FS2004, FSX the majority of the eastern/ download. Functional Safegates at and P3D. Soundpack includes: southern seaboard, major cities all gates. Animated vehicle traffic Switches, guards, buttons and lev- and Tasmania. Completely new on the apron and around the air- ers. Authentic electrics and packs. lakes, rivers and shorelines - much port. Detailed AFCAD file with air- Complete GPWS. Complete TCAS. improved quality and accuracy En- line parking codes, recent ILS Warnings (AP disconnect, takeoff tire Great Barrier Reef in photoreal. changes and approach procedures. config, overspeed, stall, fire bell, Completely new road and rail net- Extended configuration tool. etc.). Trim wheel. Nose gear drag works. Improved and new landclass Straightforward installation: no noise. Other various sounds types. Hundreds of thousands of changes to default configuration (external APU, passenger signs new geographical features; dry necessary. No SODE needed for full bell, V1, speed brake lever deploy, lakes, parks, railyards, industrial functionality (despite for optional etc.). The soundpack is compatible areas etc. Much-improved popu- SODE jetways), everything is pro- with all iFly 737NG models lated area shape accuracy. Com- grammed using SDK features. Opti- (600/700/ER/800/900/ER/BBJ). All pletely new powerline networks, mized dynamic lighting (can be sounds are true Stereo. windfarms and other man-made turned off per area via the config features. Improved and updated menu). Optimized 3D runway light- AU Australia v2 bridges, harbour objects and mari- ing with automatic activation/ From orbx nas. Complete seasonal variations. deactivation based on time of day www.orbxdirect.com Airports optimised for use with AI and weather conditions. Use of PBR traffic, particularly our enormously- materials for ground water effects popular AI Traffic for Australia. and windows (can be switched off Completely compatible with FSX, to use of normal P3D v4 materials). FSX:SE and P3Dv1-v4. Configuration tool will automatically recognize Prepar3D version. En- Canary Islands professional - hanced default scenery of GCXO Tenerife Sur (Tenerife North). GCXO "Lite scenery" containing animated jetways, From sim-wings dynamic lights www.aerosoft.com

Australia v2 is a landclass-style São Jorge LPSJ 2019 region that brings together every- From TropicalSim thing on a massive scale. Almost www.simmarket.com 700 airports have been upgraded or created from scratch, giving you the perfect opportunity to criss- cross the country in true VFR style. Coastlines, waterbodies, road, rail and powerline networks have been recreated from scratch, using the With Tenerife South for P3D4 rec- latest high-fidelity data to vastly reates the airport in a high level of São Jorge is a Portuguese island in improve accuracy and detail across detail. High-resolution aerial im- the central Azorean archipelago of the continent. Towns, urban cen- ages with up to 15 cm/Pixel lay the Portugal. It is separated from its tres and other settlements have groundwork for extremely detailed nearest neighbours (Pico and Faial been reworked too; diversity, real- airport buildings and an up-to-date islands) by a 15 km strait. São

13 Jorge is a relatively long thin island FBO and buildings modelled and Léon to Parque Nacional de Los with tall cliffs, and where the popu- textured with great attention to Picos de Europa in the east. Highly lation (approximately 10,500 habi- detail. Baked Shadows. Static optimized, perfect for the 737 & tants) is concentrated on various Planes. SAM Animated Jetways. A320 Pilot. Designed to blend with deltas along the north and south Volumetric grass. HDR Night Light- Global Base and/or Global openLC coasts (its east to west length is 53 ing. PBR Textures. Europe. By Marcus Nyberg & Misha km and its north to south width is 8 Cajic. km and its area is 237.59 km²). LEAS Asturias Airport Features: Highly detailed São Jorge From orbx Global Buildings HD Airport/LPSJ. Photoscenery sur- www.orbxdirect.com From orbx rounding the airport area with www.orbxdirect.com night lighting and full autogen. 3- Arc terrain mesh. Coastline remade for the whole island. Custom landclass and roads. Full night illumination. Dynamic Lighting on Prepar3d v4 version. Optional 3D Lights. Op- tional 3D Grass within airport islands and taxiways/runways. P3D v4 native materials custom ground option. Wet ground surface effect Kick into holiday mode with the for P3Dv4 (via native custom release of lead-developer Marcus Global Buildings HD overhauls the ground). Compatible with add-on Nyberg's latest masterpiece, LEAS autogen buildings throughout the AI traffic. Compatible with other Asturias Airport. Situated on the world with all-new, 4K, regionally- third-party sceneries. FSX version rugged northern coast of Spain, accurate textures and FPS-friendly compatible with default and add-on Asturias is a scenic airport that 3D models. What TreesHD did for FSX scenery. P3D version compati- serves multiple airlines such as vegetation, Global Buildings does ble with default and add-on P3D Iberia, Vueling and many more. for your sim’s structures: scenery. Usage of FSX SDK for the Primarily serving the tourist mar- It replaces the old, default textures FSX version for best performance. ket, the airfield features and models with beautiful, authen- Usage of Prepar3d SDK for the P3D a spectacular approach from all tic, highly detailed new ones to version for best performance. In- directions; rolling hills, jagged lend a new depth of realism to the staller will detect sim location and coastlines, rocky outcrops and landscape across the globe. Buzz- add the scenery.cfg entry for FSX, bridge-crossing valleys provide the ing the rooftops, approaches over FSX:SE, P3Dv1 & P3Dv4. Update perfect backdrop to your favourite cities, and taxiing at urban airports offer available. airline and GA flights. Beyond the has never looked so real, with tex- airport and coastal precinct, ex- tures four times more detailed than Tocumen Intl. Airport MPTO plore the dramatic scenery of before! All new textures feature Panama City the Parque Nacional de Los Picos ambient occlusion shadows, stun- From FSimStudios de Europa - lovingly created as ning new night lighting, high-rez www.simmarket.com part of the extended photoreal cov- rooftops derived from drone pho- erage area. Featuring immaculate tography, and more. We’ve pulled attention to detail, the airport uses out all the stops to really take the the very latest in texturing, model- autogen system to a whole new ling and material techniques to cre- level! A monumental undertaking ate something truly special. Per- three years in the making, lead fectly blended and heavily opti- developer Scott Armstrong has mized, Asturias has been designed painstakingly overhauled over 900 for heavy use alongside your fa- texture sheets, containing 3,860 vourite aircraft and weather add- individual building textures. During Tocumen International Airport ons, without compromising fidelity project development, Scott trav- (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional or performance. With plenty of run- elled to over a dozen countries de Tocumen) (IATA: PTY, ICAO: way space to accommodate the throughout the Americas, Europe, MPTO) is the international airport heaviest metal, as well as a stun- and Asia to take on-location source of Panama City, the capital of Pa- ning array of landscapes to explore photos, resulting in remarkably nama. The airport serves as the low and slow, we are sure Asturias authentic architectural variations. home base for Copa Airlines and is will cater to any kind of flying you The difference is especially appar- a regional hub to and from The wish to do! mFeatures: A stunning ent in Global regions which have Caribbean, South, North and Cen- representation of LEAS Asturias never before seen the full Orbx re- tral America and additionally fea- Airport. Amazing approach with gion treatment: Africa, the Middle tures routes to some European cit- beautiful high-resolution photoreal East, Asia, and South America now, ies. Features: For use on X-Plane coverage and custom 3D bridges. for the first time ever, feature 11. High detailed representation of PeopleFlow and animations. Exqui- buildings that are highly accurate Tocumen International Airport site texturing throughout. Ad- to their true-life counterparts. Fea- MPTO. Detailed terminal building, vanced baked ambient lighting and tures: High-Definition building tex- including the new South terminal. rendering techniques. SODE jet- tures at 4K resolution covering the High Resolution textures. Realistic ways. Dynamic lights. Enormous entire world. Regionally accurate Cargo Area. Copa Airlines Mainte- extra coverage area with photoreal buildings worldwide, derived from nance area, including new Hangar. mountain tops, from north mof on-location photos taken in many

14 countries throughout the globe. depending on time of day and on includes a completely redes- Brand new 3D building models for view. SODE supported HITEC han- igned model for the P3D V4 as well complex autogen objects, created gar with controllable hangar doors. as complex animations. A special by Bill Womack. Ambient Occlusion Optional SODE passenger boarding challenge is the mission flight over shadows baked on to building tex- bridges or default passenger board- the Axalp and further over the Ber- tures for added depth and realism. ing bridges (STRG + J). Functional nese Oberland, the Aletsch Glacier, High resolution rooftops derived analogue clock, displays the local Valais to the Matterhorn. The F5-E from drone photos. Incredibly real- time. Animated people in the apron Tiger II is available in different ba- istic night textures for an immer- area and in the terminal. Animated sic versions with sub-variants and sive new night flying experience. Erfurt airport vehicles, optimal with different external loads available. Designed to work seamlessly with dynamic lighting. 3D grass, Highlights: All gauges are designed all Orbx products, including Global, changes automatically the season as XML gauge and are not subject all openLC products, regions, and variation when the season changes. to certification. Full compatibility airports; or without any other Orbx 3D objects with seasonal control, with P3D V4.0 to V4.x. Improve products installed. Completely sound insulation accumulation and textures. Variable sound effects compatible with FSX, FSX:SE and ILS approach. Static aircraft and with open and closed cockpit hood. P3Dv1-v4. vehicles. AESLite, animated default Sound effects for chassis, flaps and ground vehicles. Scenery Configu- spoiler. Bug-wheel hydraulics to Airport Erfurt rator Pro with new Troubleshooter extend the chassis for take-off (can From Frank Seifert feature. be operated in the 3D cockpit). www.aerosoft.com Traffic Radar in the 2D main panel. Airport Grenchen professional Painting of the Patrol Suisse 2019 From FlyLogic integrated in this addon. Training www.aerosoft.com of the formation flight (2er patrol) with overflight of the Axalp, Ber- nese Oberland, Aletsch Glacier, Valais to the Matterhorn. Detailed 21-page German manual. Effects: Afterburner. Contrails at the wing tips. Auto-Smoke. Condensation Erfurt-Weimar Airport (formerly and flaps. Flares can be activated known as Airport Erfurt) is the from the cockpit (see 2D panel). smallest international airport of Contrails at high altitude. Sound Germany. It is located in Bindersle- The regional airport Grenchen has effects: Sonic boom. Separate wind ben, approx. 6 km from the city now been implemented by FlyLogic noise when extending the Speed centre of Erfurt. Traffic statistics for Prepar3D V4! New highlights: Brake, Flaps and the chassis. Dif- show more than 10.000 air move- Scenery made for P3D V4+. New ferent volume of jet sounds when ments and 280.000 passengers lights created. Scenery extended stationary and when rolling on the have passed through terminal A with Hangar 7. Static aircraft and ground when open or closed Cock- and B in 2018. Erfurt airport fpr individual persons moved to new pit hood. Separate jet sound (left / P3D4+ has been recreated to the parking positions. Adjusted AFD, right) when starting the engines smallest of details and also in- park positions, taxiways, runway and open cockpit hood. cludes the village of Bindersleben. designation. Jet and street lights at AESLite is another feature bringing the roundabout removed. CAP-232 Tivat P3D4 moving vehicle traffic to the air- set up in roundabout. SBACH From Digital Design port. Features: Detailed recon- "Hamilton" aerobatic plane on the www.simmarket.com struction of the airport including all hotel roof added. Changed ground airport facilities and the municipal- layout: New ground markings, des- ity of Bindersleben. 3D approach ignations, lines and footprints for lights. Photo real textures on build- aircraft and helicopters. New as- ings, vehicles, etc. Seasonal phalt in front of the hangars. Run- ground textures (0.5 m / pixel). way number changed to 06/24. Apron with realistically rendered textures. High-resolution day and Fly the Tiger F-5 night textures. Realistic naviga- From FlyLogic tional aids (ILS, VOR/DME, NDB, www.aerosoft.com ATIS). Fully compatible with the Tivat Airport (ICAO: LYTV) is an standard AI traffic and AI traffic international airport serving the add-ons. AESLite for dynamic Montenegrin coastal town of Tivat ground traffic on the apron and and the surrounding region. Tivat surrounding roads. Orthophoto with Airport is assigned 4D classification 15cm/px resolution and colour by ICAO, airspace class D, and is matching of all seasons to ORBX noted for its challenging approach environment. Densely placed auto- and landing procedures. Landing at gen vegetation and buildings. Tivat is considered demanding due Lighting concept for airport lighting to hilly terrain surrounding the val- created individually for Erfurt ley in which the airport is situated, (dynamic lights). Centrelights, tax- Fly the legendary Northrop F-5E and strong prevailing cross- ilights, apron lighting with 3D lights Tiger II on your home PC. The add- winds. Welcome to beauti-

15 ful Motenegro! Features: Detailed Ohio. Columbus was made with taxiways/runways. P3D v2/v3/v4 airport objects including interior performance in mind for the end native materials custom ground terminals. Detailed Porto Montene- user. We made sure to keep the option. Wet ground surface effect gro including Tivat city. Using PBR models low poly but also keep the for P3Dv2/v3/v4 (via native custom materials. High resolution terrain necessary detail to create as much ground). Compatible with add-on coverage of the airport and sur- immersion as possible. KCMH is a AI traffic. Compatible with other roundings with custom autogen. detailed rendition of the real life third-party sceneries. FSX version Realistic wet, puddles effects. High counterpart for X-Plane 11 and has compatible with default and add-on resolution textures on the airport the following features: Highly accu- FSX scenery. P3D version compati- buildings. High resolution ground rate and detailed 3d model of the ble with default and add-on P3D textures created using PBR materi- Concourse/Terminal and surround- scenery. Usage of FSX SDK for the als. Realistic high resolution vege- ing airport buildings. High resolu- FSX version for best performance. tation throughout the area. Custom tion textures for the Concourse and Usage of Prepar3d SDK for the P3D surroundings. 3D birds. Realistic immediate surroundings. Perform- version for best performance. In- 3D night lightning. Dynamic light- ance friendly 3d models for the stallers will detect sim location and ing. Highly realistic night time ef- entire airport. Normal mapping and add the scenery.cfg entry for FSX, fects with custom 3D runway and reflections for an enhanced user FSX:SE, P3Dv1, P3Dv2, P3Dv3 & taxilights. Animated airport vehi- experience. Baked Ambient Occlu- P3Dv4. Upgrade offer available for cles. Requires P3D4.4+ sion. HDR night lighting. Winter owners of previous version on Sim- Effects. Custom high resolution market. Cipières Altisurface LF0652 ground textures and markings. From Vario Design High resolution orthophotos. Miami V5 P3D4 www.simmarket.com Plugins: Ambient airport sounds From LatinVFR using the SoundXP plugin courtesy www.simmarket.com of the wonderful X-Codr Designs. World Traffic 3 support courtesy of the amazing Cpt. K-Man. SAM im- plementation for dynamic jetways.

Graciosa LPGR 2019 From TropicalSim Discover "Cipières Altisurface" in www.simmarket.com the Southern French Alps and try to land on this 380 meters mountain grass runway at 3740 ft alti- The major US airport of Florida tude. Cipières Altisurface (LF0652) gets a wider coverage area of its features the following: HD 25cm/ surroundings. Many enhancements pixel ground tiles over the entire are also visible in the airport itself, Altisurface. Ultra detailed 3D build- such as; PBR textures on the P3D4 ings with HD Photorealistic tex- The Archipelago of the Azores is native apron, on the buildings and tures. Volumetric grass (3D) and composed of nine volcanic islands for the new jetways too. LatinVFR custom vegetation. Various vehi- situated in the middle of the North Miami V5 for p3dv4.4x features: cles as well as static planes and Atlantic Ocean. The Portuguese KMIA airport all buildings objects cars. Many other details adding archipelago is located about 1,500 and ground polygons made from immersion and realism to the scen- km (930 mi) west from Lisbon and native PBR materials. Surroundings ery (Birds, Static characters, traffic about 3,900 km (2,400 mi) east of KMIA, and over 200 square kilo- signs etc. Night and Winter tex- from the east coast of North Amer- meters of photo scenery coverage. tures. 100% compatible with ica. There are nine major Azorean City buildings, covering Miami France VFR and Orbx products islands and an islet cluster, in three Beach from Bay Harbour to Key (tested). FPS friendly (No impact main groups. These are Flores and Biscayne with custom made PBR even noticed). Requires: FSX, Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Ter- buildings. SODE animated PBR jet- P3Dv1/2/3/4x. ceira, São Jorge, Pico and Faial in ways for the best jetway animation the centre; and São Miguel, Santa possible. SODE controlled lighting, Columbus Intl. Airport XP11 Maria and the Formigas Reef to the automatically illuminating when low From AeroDesigns east. Graciosa Airport is located visibility and rain conditions. SODE www.simmarket.com north of the island and serviced by controlled rain effects, enabling wet SATA Air Açores which operates PBR surfaces whenever rain is pre- daily fights to Lajes and Ponta sent. Custom animated airport ve- Delgada. Features: Highly detailed hicles. Special slippery condition for Graciosa Airport / LPGR. Photo- runways that would affect braking scenery surrounding the airport action whenever it is raining. And area with night lighting and full much more. If you previously pur- autogen. 3-Arc terrain mesh. chased LatinVFR – Miami Interna- Coastline remade for the whole tional Airport V4 FSX at simmarket, island. Custom landclass and you are entitled to the special up- roads. Full night illumination. Dy- grade price. ¢ John Glenn Columbus International namic Lighting on Prepar3d v4 ver- Airport (CMH, KCMH) is located 6 sion. Optional 3D Lights. Optional miles east of downtown Columbus, 3D Grass within airport islands and

16 Microsoft have announce the return of Flight Simulator for X-Box and PC. There is little information at present other than a few screenshots and that it won’t be available until next year.

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19 This year sees the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day Land- At the time it was announced the event listed 34 vari- ings in Normandy in France. There have been many ous versions of the Douglas C-47 / DC-3 Dakota (Daks) events organised for this special anniversary but one in as having signed up to participate which would have particular caught my eye back in 2018 shortly after it made it the largest gathering of Dakota’s in recent was first announced “Daks Over Normandy”. years and also possibly the last event of its type with so many of these venerable aircraft taking part. Whilst first The event was billed as follows; “June 2019 provides us announced in 2018 the tickets for the event did not go with the very last opportunity to organize Daks over on sale until February 2019. This was a ticket only Normandy and to honour those who have paid so much event and was to run between the 02nd and 05th of to liberate Europe. Daks over Normandy will be a once June 2019 from Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire and in a lifetime event. The skies over the United Kingdom then between the 05th and 09th from Caen Carpiquet and Normandy, France will be filled with Douglas DC-3/ Airport in Normandy. The Daks would participate in sev- C-47 Dakotas and hundreds of Paratroopers. For the eral events linked to the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, first time since World War II will this many of these including a mass parachute jump of 250 parachutists magnificent aircraft be assembled in the very place over Normandy on the 5th of June. Both Duxford and where they saw their finest hour. From 2nd to 9th June Caen would facilitate hosting open days whereby mem- 2019, over thirty DC-3/C-47’s will come together. Their bers of the public could come along and view the Daks owners and operators fly them in from all over the close up and the aircraft would take part in a number of Globe. From Scandinavia, The Netherlands and the rest displays and events during their stay. When the tickets of Europe, Canada, the United States and from as far became available in February, I had to quickly decide away as Australia. All for what may well prove to be the what I was going to do and how to get there and back. very last time. Just so everyone can watch paratroopers I thankfully had linked up with a good friend from Lon- jump over Normandy once more and admire these won- don and whilst I would fly over, he would do the driving derful aircraft on the ground and in the air, where they to and from the show. Whilst the nearest airports for belong.” flights from Dublin are Luton or Stansted, I chose Lon- don Gatwick as this is close to where my friend lives

20 and it would make pickup/drop-off easier. So, tickets suaq in Greenland, to Reykjavik in Iceland and then were purchased, and flights booked for Tuesday the 4th Prestwick in Scotland before going to their destination of June as Monday the 3rd was a Bank Holiday here. airfields. The 14 aircraft assembled in Oxford CT in and around the 20th of May to get ready and over a number The list of aircraft due to attend remained more or less of different days, groups of four aircraft would slowly the same with a few months to go, it was sitting at 34 make their way to the various airports to refuel over a aircraft due to attend. Incredibly a total of 19 of those few days before all finally making it to Prestwick. 13 of listed on the website “Daks Over Normandy” https:// the aircraft were due to participate in small local events www.daksovernormandy.com/home/ were US based run at Prestwick Airport. Interestingly, one aircraft aircraft which meant two Atlantic crossings would have broke rank with the others and once departed Reykjavik to be taken. This is no mean feat considering that some instead of routing to Prestwick, it routed south and of these aircraft were at least 75 years old – if not even tracked into Weston Airport just outside Dublin. I went older! The planning and preparations that went into out to see the Dak here on the morning of the 25th of getting these aircraft ready and across the Atlantic is May only to find it locked away in the hangar. But the worthy of a book in itself but to give you some idea I gods were with me and someone I knew happened to have chosen two of the aircraft with links to their web- be in Weston at the time and he was able to get me sites detailing the work and monies required to get access to the hangar. During my visit I took a few pho- them to Europe for June 2019. “That’s All Brother” was tos so hopefully they are suitable quality to use here. the actual lead aircraft which took part in the Allies Whilst I was there the crew and passengers turned up launch of the D-Day Landings which had 822 Dakota’s and I got chatting to them, I asked why they came to drop over 13,000 troops https://thatsallbrother.org/. Weston instead of following the rest of the group. One “Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber” was another aircraft that took of their crew is related to the Archbishop of Dublin and part https://www.betsysbiscuitbomber.com/. Of the 19 he wanted to come and see him! Whilst in Weston the aircraft due to participate from the US, in the end only aircraft developed a snag and had to wait a few days for 14 aircraft were ready to participate either through the a spare part to arrive from the US, but they seemed to lack of funding or technical problems with the aircraft. be enjoying their extended stay in Ireland so much that For these 14 aircraft, it was decided to use the original they are considering routing back via Ireland on the route that the aircraft would have used back in the 40’s return journey. when they were first delivered. This was known as the Blue Spruce Route and took aircraft from Oxford in Con- Tuesday the 4th of June had me up before dawn for my necticut in the US, to Goose Bay in Canada, to Narsar- 06.30 flight with Ryanair to London Gatwick. I could not

21 get over just how busy Dublin Airport was at 05.15 in interesting airfield as the road to the café takes you the morning! An on time departure with a full flight had along some of the tayways with signs clearly warning to us in London Gatwick landing on runway 08R at 07.56, watch out for taxying aircraft - airfields in the UK are thankfully we got no trumpets when we landed. With no much more relaxed affairs. Once we left North Weald it time for a coffee, we on our way on the M25 and head- was then off to Redhill Airfield for a look around before ing for the Dartford Tunnel. Our tickets for the Daks heading back to Gatwick. Over Normandy also allowed access to the Imperial War Museum which made the event even better. Our first Watching my return flight on Flight Radar24 (FR24) on sight was of a Tiger Moth and a DeHavilland Rapide de- my iPad saved me some distress as the flight was parting together over our heads. We stayed in Duxford showing as delayed with further information to be made until about 14.00 and during that time we noted 23 Da- at 21.00 but using FR24 I was at least able to see the kota’s, some of which were painted in their original D- aircraft was on the ground at Dublin and finally de- Day markings including invasion stripes – those in at- parted there an hour late. The flight back was almost tendance for Daks Over Normandy, those that crossed full and over an hour late getting me back to a very wet the pond: N25641, N103NA, (Flabob Express) N18121, Dublin, in fact our approach to runway 10 was down to N47E (0-30665), N47TB (That’s All Brother), N62CC minimums making for a bumpy landing as the crew (330647), N8336C, N341A, N33611 (NC33611 Pan made sure the wheels stayed stuck to the ground. Am), N24320, N47SJ (348608), N45366 (268830), N74589 (224064), N877MG (Pan Am), those from So, a really great trip and great to see so many Da- Europe: N150D (315087), N147DC (2100884), kota’s on the ground at the same time. The flypasts and N431HM, SE-CFP, LN-WND, HA-LIX, OH-LCH, OY-BPB the sounds of the Dakotas in formation will stay with and F-AZOX. me for a long time. There are dozens of videos on You- Tube of the event in both Duxford and Caen. The for- There were two different displays by the Dakotas each mation paratrooper drop on the 5th was particularly involving six different aircraft. The first was just a fly- interesting with the aircraft routing out of Duxford past in singleton formation, however, the Danish air- heading east before turning south to Southend-On-Sea craft, OY-BPB, suffered a bird strike on one of its en- and then Maidstone and Eastbourne before crossing the gines forcing them to shut down the engine and making English Channel routing over Le Harve turning west be- a single engine landing closing the runway for a while fore the paratrooper drop at Sannerville close to Caen. until the aircraft could be towed away. The second dis- A good number of the US aircraft are also taking part in play was in paratrooper formation slowly flying along in other events in Europe like the 70th Anniversary of the wing to wing formation. Some the aircraft were accessi- Berlin Airlift which takes place between the 13th and ble to view but the queues were enough to put us off 16th of June. At that point the US aircraft will no doubt and quick run through the three bigger hangars made begin their return journeys back over the Atlantic and the trip even better since it was in the 1980’s that I was return home for what will probably for most of these last in Duxford and a lot has changed since then. Get- aircraft, be their last Atlantic crossing. ting ahead of the traffic we headed off to another former RAF Airfield at North Weald for lunch. This is an Ian Broni ¢

22 Navigraph Charts

I read with great interest Philip most things these days, there is a Wafer’s article in the December Today there is an abundance of price to pay to get this excellent 2018 issue entitled “Old School”. It information available with most service. I opted for a monthly sub- certainly got me thinking back to VATSIM regions’ sites having made scription of €9.22. I know you can my first attempts at FS6 and FS9 their local airport charts available access airport charts through most where flying then for me was real for download. These are fine for of the VATSIM sites, but the overall seat of the pants stuff. The flight the pilots who want to fly using the package on offer here is well worth planning as Philip explained was traditional navigational aids, how- pushing out the boat for the infor- complicated with each VOR being ever if you wish to construct flight mation that is included. What inputted and the inbound or out- plans, save them and have them more, the improvements that have bound radial also required. What available again and again to popu- been introduced in May 2019 are made it even more difficult was the late your FMC, Navigraph or a simi- terrific and make the package a lot lack of information available then lar supplier is probably the best more interactive for the pilots who as it is now with regard to enroute option. They supply the full version like to fly with all the navigational charts and also the various plates of enroute charts both high and low data in one place. The Navigraph for each airport we wanted to fly to level as well as almost up to date charts package comes for use on and from. Luckily I had contact in airport charts and the ability to your PC, iPad and Android saving the airline business and was able to construct flight plans all in the one on the time and effort of printing pick up any of the out of date package. In addition they update off flight plans and charts before charts which were of no use to the the AIRAC on a monthly basis every flight. commercial pilot but were gold dust which keeps the aircraft naviga- to the flight simmer. tional software up to date. Like In May of this year I received two

23 emails from Navigraph, the first the years and the latest version, displayed in the Navigraph apps from one of the co-founders of release in May 2019 has lifted the and software. Navigraph, Magnus Axholt, ap- offering to greater heights. peared on video through YouTube There are also a number of very and gave a very interesting insight In the second email on the 28th good features which are new to this into how they started up and a May both Magnus and Stephen ap- release. They include Moving maps, brief run around their offices in peared on video again this time to Flight organisation, Route calcula- Stockholm. I was very interested in announce the introduction of the tion and intelligent procedures se- the story about how they set up very latest Navigraph package. lectors to name but a few. In addi- Navigraph. Magnus and co-founder Again this is available for download tion, there is a feature called Stephen O’Connell both worked for for Windows, Mac and Android and SimBrief integration which was a SAS and both were keen partici- will be available shortly for iPad. feature on previous releases but an pants in the Flight sim hobby. It Let’s take a closer look at what’s on area that I did not use. This allows came to their notice that fellow offer. On the Navigraph site you to import your flight plans in flight simmers were keen on get- https://www.navigraph.com/ PLN format into SimBrief and allow ting their hands on charts to carry ChartsFeatures.aspx. there is a run Navigraph charts to retrieve them out their flights as close to reality through on all the new features of from SimBrief as required. I did not as possible, as I mentioned above I the May 28th release. These in- use this application in previous re- had my source but many simmers clude airport charts covering al- leases as I used the Vroute soft- had not and from this through con- most 6,800 airports as well as the ware which allowed me to save my tacting the various suppliers of enroute charts covering both low flight plans for the Wilco Airbus charts such as Aerad and Jeppesen and high level. All the information which is the aircraft I normally use they were able over time to put is provided using Jeppesen so as to when flying online. I’ll be looking together what we have come to ensure synchronisation between into this further as it allows you know today as the Navigraph pack- the airport charts, enroute charts hold all your information in one age. The package has grown over as well as any other data formats format. As mentioned earlier, there

24 is Navigraph FMS data which will Interactive enroute charts situation which may arise, espe- allow you to download the latest This is a very interesting and infor- cially when flying on line. AIRAC for your aircraft FMC. mative addition to the charts. You can simply tap on any of the sym- This is just a sample of the en- Flight organisation bols on the chart such as an airport hancements and features of Navi- This allows you to easily construct waypoint or navaid and additional graph, particularly the latest re- your flight plan from one airport to information relating to the item lease. If you have not used the another. It also allows you to in- pops up. You can also use the text package before it is well worth vis- clude an alternative airport. Under search and the results will appear iting the site which is packed with the various drop down options you visually on the chart. very useful information. In addition can include the appropriate SID or to the briefing on the Navigraph STAR for particular runways. You Chart overlay site relating to the new release, can also easily change the runway This I found to be a very useful and there is also a comprehensive 23 and charts with ease. How many practical addition. When used in page manual giving full details on times have the controllers’ changed conjunction with the moving map the airport and enroute charts the runway when flying online and feature, gives you an increased which includes an explanation of all you are scrambling through paper- perspective and situational aware- the symbols used. I have used this work to make the changes and ness relative to a STAR or ILS system for a number of years and keep in control? In addition you chart. It allows you to familiarise have found it very useful and user can get information about the vari- yourself with the approach route friendly. I believe that it is an es- ous sectors on your route. and prepares you better for a sential tool for our hobby and gives you a better insight to real world flying. I am sorry that I did not think of it when I was supplied with charts in my early days of flight sim.

Enjoy the flying experience.

Brian Church ¢

Platform: Windows, iPad, Android Cost: Subscription Developer: Navigraph Publisher: Navigraph Available: www.navigraph.com

25 Carenado A42 500 Series

It’s quite some time since a new The release by Carenado of the The ATR by comparison has much version of the ATR series of aircraft ATR 42 represents the latest in smaller jet-cabin like windows, has been produced for the FSX/P3D their growing line of representa- much much quieter Pratt&Whitney simulation platform; Flight 1 re- tions of small commuter turboprops engines, and the main gear move- leased the ATR 72-500 initially for now available including Beechcraft ment into and out of the distinctive FS2004, and then an update for B1900, Dornier 228, Shorts 360, ventral mid-fuselage bulge is invisi- FSX but nothing further for P3D. Saab 340 and Fokker 50. I’ve been ble to the passenger gazing out! Abacus also released the same ATR a passenger in the ATR 72 variant version for the same platforms; if a few times and it’s a noticeably The Carenado ATR42 500 variant you are still flying in FS2004 or FSX more compact cabin than an Airbus featured in this review has compos- it is the cheapest payware version A320 or B737 with two-abreast ite 6-bladed twin PW127E engines available (€9.78!) but judging by seating and smaller overhead bins; making it capable of an impressive the screenshots, it looks decidedly if you have been used to Airbus top speed of 337mph but limited to FS2004. Moreover, in respect of X- and Boeing for your regular short- a service ceiling of 25,000ft. It has Plane, it is also a number of years medium hops as I have, you might a range of just over 2500 miles, since Aerosoft released their rendi- even consider it a little claustro- placing it in the medium commuter tion of the ATR 72-500 back in phobic by comparison. I have to class. It typically carries around 50 2012. admit I’ve been around long passengers and you’ll notice when enough to also have flown in the you fly in this airliner that most of I flew the Flight 1 model in FS2004 Aer Lingus Fokker F27s and for me, the luggage is carried in the for- but didn’t upgrade to FSX, even the distinctive whine of the Rolls- ward cargo hold between the pas- though I found it a very absorbing Royce Dart turboprops, the much senger cabin and the cockpit– the and enjoyable airliner to fly back larger oval cabin windows, and the fuselage is not deep enough for an then. Fast-forward to 2019 and at fact that the impressive main gear under-floor hold. last we have an updated ATR by could be seen right up close re- Carenado for P3D (versions v3 and tracting to and extending from the Installation follows a very straight- v4), which can also still be installed engine pods, made F27 flying a forward sequence of entering your in FSX. Carenado has opted to re- much more exciting experience. email used for purchase, followed lease the smaller ATR 42 series 500, although at the time of writ- ing, they have also announced that development is taking place on the ATR 72-500 version for P3D and FSX. Added to that, Milviz (now producing only for P3D4.4) are also developing their own ATR rendition, so all of a sudden there is a not overdue flurry of interest by developers in this well-deserving subject, which is also a commuter tur- boprop very popular with airlines throughout the globe (over 1400 ATR 42/72 have been built since 1984).

26 by input of the serial number provided. The path to my P3D4 installation was chosen automatically. Within P3D4, all the aircraft files are placed in a Carenado AT45 folder in the usual location for aeroplane files; SimObjects- Airplanes. At 4.66Gb, there’s quite a lot of data installed! Therein are located the texture folders for the ery to the aircraft.cfg file in the material in the form of PDF docu- limited number but varied selection Carenado ATR folder. I don’t know ments rather than manuals, includ- of liveries included with the aircraft why there are also FSX/P3DV3/ ing short descriptions for the Auto- which are for, Lufthansa regional, P3DV4 and P3DV44 cfg files in the pilot, Emergency Procedures, Nor- Bahamas Air, HOP!, Blue Islands, aircraft folder, but I found that the mal Procedures, Performance Ta- Carenado House Livery, Air Dolo- liveries added successfully for me bles, the FMS, Aircraft References, miti, Hawaiian Ohana, and Czech by manipulating the base air- and recommended settings in FSX Airlines. Given that there were no craft.cfg file only. and P3D. Unfortunately there are liveries for Irish carriers, I did a no tutorials included with the in- web search and discovered to my Notable also was the presence of a stalled package, which are an in- delight that excellent and free 3rd “PSD” folder which contains a PBR valuable way to quickly become party add-on liveries for the ATR and NON PBR sub-folder. By de- familiar with an aircraft in flight are available at www.inibuilds.com/ fault the PBR textures were clearly simulation. This unfortunate dearth carenado-liveries; here I active in the default installation of documentation is a characteristic downloaded and installed liveries upon walkabout later, but I haven’t of Carenado releases in general, for Aer Lingus Regional (EI-CBK), figured out how to replace these and in my opinion undervalues Stobart Air (EI-EHH) and for with NON PBR (not that I want to!). what is otherwise an excellent Aurigny (G-HUET). To successfully Notably not present, is any aircraft product in many of its aspects. install these, it’s necessary to add weight, fuel or systems configura- However, Carenado have provided the text that comes with each liv- tor tool, though there are some three helpful, though short (4 min- configuration options from within ute approx), ATR tutorials which the cockpit itself, which I will cover are available as YouTube videos later on. through the ATR pages of the Carenado website; an FMS Tutorial, The documentation for the aircraft a Power Management Tutorial and is installed within a main Carenado a HM Tutorial (how to manage op- folder, in turn inside the main P3D erations in airfields with no GPU). directory. This comprises of limited It would be great if they added a

27 few more detailed tutorials also, There is full representation of the instrument array is older-type ana- though several by individual users aircraft cabin, almost to the kind of logue, correctly consistent with the can be sourced on YouTube. detail you get with Captain Sim fact that this is a 500 series rendi- products. Some animations are tion, with glass cockpits only be- The rendition of this aeroplane ex- included, such as the possibility to coming available in the 600 vari- cels in respect of visual appear- close window blinds for each win- ants of the ATR42. A virtual cock- ances both externally, and inside. dow individually (visible from out- pit-only is represented, except for On external inspection, the HD tex- side also!) and to open and close the fact that you can bring up 2D tures and are enhanced even fur- the cockpit door. Moving into the representations of the Sperry EADI ther by PBR rendering which is flight office, it’s immediately appar- and Honeywell EHSI, the Collins/ available if you are flying in P3D4.4 ent how tight and small the cockpit Honeywell AP, and the Universal or higher. These look simply fan- is, with room for captain and first FMS, through a dedicated panel tastic, with definition, detail, and a officer seats only. Continuing to (Shift+4). Most, though not all, of shiny reflectiveness sustained even focus on animations, here it’s pos- the many switches and dials are upon very close scrutiny. Rivets, sible to raise and stow the seat functional, which reflects the fact panel lines, lights, vents, access armrests out of the way, move the that replication of control of every panels, advisory/warning panel seats sideways to facilitate ingress function of the aircraft is not simu- text, pitot tubes and numerous and egress, pull down window lated. If you own either the Flight1 other surface details and fittings blinds on the cockpit side windows, GTN 750 or RealityXP GTN 750, are finely represented, and the pull down and swivel sun visors on there are corresponding executa- subtle addition of staining caused the forward panes, and see the bles in the Carenado AT45 Airplane by weathering and wear and tear, animated wipers in action folder which facilitate installation ramps up the realism. Engines, (activated from the overhead and integration of either into the propellers, landing gear, passenger panel). The control columns can be panel between the dual FMS panels and baggage doors, integrated pas- made to disappear for an unob- just forward of the central pedes- senger steps (rear door), and land- structed view of the lower cockpit tal, otherwise this part of the panel ing gear doors, are finished to the by clicking at the top of the pedes- has just a blank metal plate. highest level of realism also. Press- tal. Although the tiller (just one ing shift+5 brings up a panel for present on the captain’s side) A useful pop-up activated by the addition (when engines shut moves when moving the pedals, shift+6 is the cockpit system state and parking brakes set) of a very it’s not possible to steer the nose window; this provides for several detailed tow car, and other static wheel by moving it independently pre-configured cockpit states from elements (chocks, parking cones, with the mouse. The cockpit win- Cold and Dark up to Ready for Take pitot tube covers and engine cov- dows can be rendered reflective Off, as well as several states in be- ers), whilst the passenger door through a control option in the tween. This is really useful if you (rear port), main baggage door same panel for operating the exter- want to quickly configure every- (forward port) and access door nal doors; in that mode they look thing ready to roll, or prefer to (starboard rear) can also be much better. work through a full system set-up, opened through this panel. With within the limits of functionality of the doors open it’s possible to peek HD textures coupled with subtle the systems simulated. Indeed, through and see the highly detailed shading, colouring and wear and opting for Cold and Dark is not as cabin to where we go next. tear effects deliver a highly realis- intimidating, as navigating your tic- looking cockpit. The cockpit way around the overhead and main

28 instrument panel is straightforward Runways, SIDs, STARS and Ap- sounds are extremely impressive enough, even though the lack of a proach can all be easily selected throughout. Correct application of labelled cockpit diagram might hin- and it is also easy to add/delete power management in all stages of der your rate of progress. waypoints to the route through the flight ensures efficiency and keep- FPL LSK. This data derives from ing your engines operating within One of my favourite short-haul Navigraph 2016 data installed with safe limits. This is provided for in flights is Dublin – Edinburgh and I the package at set-up, which can the simulation with the possibility kept with this preference for my be updated if you have a separate to choose different power settings test flights. Input of a flight-plan Navigraph account. Creation of a via the rotary knob on the power into the FMS was easy enough, fol- flight on my chosen route was management panel just to the left lowing the brief guidance provided quite straightforward, with the of the engine performance dials, in the FMS manual provided, and various EIDW runways available and to choose propeller pitch via also following the Carenado FMS along with a variety of SIDs (over the Power condition lever controls tutorial on the website. The univer- 70 to choose from for EIDW!), and on the centre pedestal. For depar- sal FMS is indeed quite limited in at the Edinburgh end a selection of ture from Dublin , I set the power functionality with some of the LSK Transitions and STARS, as well as rotary switch to TO (setting for keys not functional e.g. VNAV, the relevant ILS approaches. both landing and take-off), ad- TUNE, or with functionality to vanced the throttles, then following change parameters not present Upon starting up the ATR, either take-off from runway 28 and once e.g. FUEL (and payload) which can the lazy way through selecting a flaps had been retracted the rotary only be altered through the Simula- pre-configured cockpit, or going switch was set to CLB, and finally, tor platform Fuel and Payload through all the steps from Cold and once in the cruise en route to Edin- menu. There’s certainly not enough Dark, you’ll notice the very realistic burgh, set to CRZ. All the while, there to satisfy study-level flight Pratt and Whitney engine sounds the power condition levers are set planning and execution, but driving your 6-bladed propellers to AUTO, and never to the top set- enough to facilitate rapid and that have been recreated – these ting 100 OVRD unless in an emer- straightforward flight plan creation as will keep most less-demanding simulator pilots more than happy.

29 gency (along with MAX POWER be- next step. With no TOC or TOD my system and delivered a very ing selected for the engines). I computed, you need to keep on smooth performance (against, for found this aspect of the simulation your toes and manage altitudes example, a background of ORBX to work very satisfactorily, adding carefully yourself. Approach and scenery layers). The simulation of a sense of control and balance to landing at Edinburgh runway 24, the ATR is not without some bugs, my test flight. with the corresponding ILS ap- an annoying example of which for proach already input to the FMS, me was the inability to assign a I found the Honeywell autopilot went fully as expected. Engaging different flight level to waypoints in competently navigated my ATR; APP mode on the AP from 10 miles the flight plan as described in the with LNAV activated shortly after out gave me the luxury of being FMS manual. Another is the failure takeoff, routing along my flight able to enjoy the magnificent view sometimes of the propellers to stop plan as programmed into the FMC, of Arthur’s Seat and Edinburgh on spinning completely for an ex- was executed accurately through- the port side as the ATR simultane- tended period following engine out my flight. The flight plan can be ously made stable and steady pro- shut-down. As previously men- viewed on my Honeywell EHSI gress to the runway threshold. I tioned, it is not a study-level sim which can also display weather found that the ATR will not auto- but this can have advantages for ahead – given the small size of the land, so disengaging the AP and the simmer who wants to quickly instrument I found it useful to taking over manually is necessary master an aircraft’s systems as bring up the 2D version for ease of in order to achieve an acceptable simulated, and to get flying on view. VNAV is not accommodated landing, but this was a pleasure in commuter routes without too much in this FMS simulation so, with ALT such a stable aircraft. preparation or skill. For me, the activated, altitude had to be dialled ease by which I could competently into the AP followed by input of a I found the Carenado ATR 42 to be complete short routes according to rate of climb (nose up/nose down an enjoyable and undemanding quite accurate flight plans and with dial) and VS activated. Once a se- airliner to get to grips with. It flies sufficient (though not exhaustive) lected altitude on the flight plan and handles very responsively and replication of the aircraft systems, was reached, the ALT function took the autopilot and power manage- coupled with an absolutely superb over again automatically and held ment systems did what it said on visual model throughout (helped of that altitude until amended to the the tin. It was un-demanding on course by PBR) and superb engine sounds, far outweighed any short- comings attaching to this add-on.

John Melville ¢

Platform: P3Dv3 & v4 & FSX Cost: €50.31 Developer: Carenado Publisher: Carenado Available: www.carenado.com www.simmarket.com

30 Due to a shoulder condition I spent March and April off work and simming like a maniac! Hence no contribution to our last issue from me. So this painful interlude af- forded me some time to do a number of things that normally I cannot get to do. So to kick off this article let me start by saying that I am getting grumpier as I get older!!!!!

Like most people I suppose I started off 2019 with good intentions and a few goals to achieve for the year. I took receipt of a new PC in early February and whiled away my time setting this up as both the house PC and my Sim PC. The said beast arrived on a pallet. A Mid tower water-cooled Intel Core i9, 32GB RAM and an Orbx Innsbruck for AeroFly FS2 NVidia RTX 2080 with 8GB RAM. A 500GB M.2 drive for Windows 10 and a 2TB Sata drive. A beast to say the little testing and tweaking. least and hopefully future proof for the next few years. Video card prices are insane and I would have loved an XPlane 11 11GB card but hey we all have budgets. I have the DVD version of XP11, which I pre-purchased from Aerosoft. In its entirety if you wanted the whole So after setting up user profiles and printer and after XP World it would take up masses of disk space and as I copying over all necessary documents and settings, I only fly in Europe, that’s the region I wanted installed. had the daunting task of getting my sims back on the To protect against piracy every now and then it asks air. XPlane 11 (XP11) was a straight copy of the entire you to load Disk 1 from the DVD set. I’ve always found folder from my old PC. Once copied, I deleted the con- this to be a right pain. Here’s why. With Orbx’s TEGB tents of the shaders and preferences folders and Voila, series installed it can take up to 3-4 minutes to load. So it was up and running. I then tuned my trusted Side- you fire it up, put on the kettle, come back and it’s sit- winder FF joystick to my liking and I was able to tune ting there asking for DVD1! And most new PC’s and the sim settings to see what could be achieved with this Laptops don’t come with DVD players anymore. So I hardware. I was impressed from the start and with high load it via an external DVD player. Why Laminar Re- settings still averaging more than 30FPS over hogs like search (LR) couldn’t do an online license key with the London in TrueEarth Great Britain South (TEBG South) DVD version is beyond me. from Orbx. I have always found XP11 to be a bit dull looking, no Aerofly FS2 (AFS2) was a more time consuming affair. matter how you manipulate the internal settings. In Because I purchased this as an early access product fairness to ORBX, on their website they indicate what from Steam what I did was via Steam, back up the external programs they use to create those fabulous whole thing to an external USB 3 drive. I recreated the screenshots. One of those is XVision. If you are an XP11 Steam Account on the new PC and chose the option to user, it is a must have add-on and will turn XP11 into a restore from backup and that was that, I thought. visual treat. In over 30 years of this hobby it is one of Steams’ backup routine does not include your pur- those little gems that give so much for its small price. chased add-ons! Odd but easily cured. I recreated my Orbx user account, installed FTX Central and used that X-Plane is nearing its 25th birthday. Yep time flies from to download my purchased airports for AFS2. the first European review of it I did in 1996. In those 23 years, LR has left a lot to be desired. A weather system Prepar3D was just a 12GB download and reinstall of the that is sub-par, clouds that look awful and rain that is base program with your Lockheed Martin user account downright unrealistic and don’t get me going on the and license key. Time consuming but at least a clean water. How they have gotten away with it for so long install was done. FTX Central was used to install EU Ire- remains a mystery to me. Ortho imagery is being used land which I used regularly before the CHANGE! So, to greatly enhance the “Plausible World” but thanks to with all my sims up and running, it was time to do a designers like Mister6X, Orbx and JustSim to name but

AeroFly FS2, Meigs Field, where it all began XVision for XPlane 11 31 Prepar3d v4 PBR texture effects Carenado B58 over TrueEarth GB South a few, the visuals can be really amazing. TRUE Earth GB unnecessary misery to end users. It should have been for example is awesome for GA flying in XP11. Yes it held off until P3DV4.5 at least. It was interesting to see has its flaws, but overall it is stunning when doing the the frenetic activity in the Orbx support forums in rela- old low and slow. LR patches their product seamlessly tion to this one. I myself had no issues as it was practi- and regularly and is pretty quick to respond if a patch cally an add-on free install. However, as I was and still causes a major issue. That cannot be said for others in am enthralled by XP11 with TEGB I haven’t really used this area. X-Plained.Com, X-Plane.org and XPlanere- it. Sorry, but with XP11 and TEGB I seem to have ar- views.com are fantastic sites hosting a wealth of infor- rived at my sim nirvana. I use the Carenado version of mation, should you wish to get started in XP11. By the the Baron B58, TEGB for all of the UK and that suits me way, back in 1996 X-Plane would have cost you a cool fine. There is a freeware B737-900 that’s as good as $500. any payware stuff out there and updated all the time. I’ll be learning that in the coming months. Orbx are In common to XP and Aerofly there’s a mobile version porting over their airfields to XP11 and do a damn good of the sim! Now I honestly don’t know anyone who uses job of it. As has been said by me before, Lockheed Mar- either of them on a tablet or mobile phone. If anyone tin really needs to sort out their updating mechanism. does please let me know. The reason I bring this up is Every time they release a new version, AVSIM and in relation to Aerofly FS2. It’s not a platform that gets other sites have lists of what does and does not work major updates to the underlying sim very often. So they with the new version. Then 3rd party guys have to up- have been working on their mobile version while the PC date their stuff for the new version. Yes, no one forces version needs updating. Don’t get me wrong. I love you to update but I have given up on this all together. AFS2, it is fluid, has a modern graphics engine and if Life is too short for this kind of messing. you throw in Orbx’s sceneries for AFS2, it’s absolutely awesome. It’s my fun sim. Get in and fly and that’s it. Beta Testing There is No ATC, No moving traffic, No real weather, What is going on these days with companies releasing the clouds are a frame killer and only the US are given buggy software? Are those doing the beta testing not any sort of serious coverage. Anything outside of the seeing what everyone else sees when they get the final covered areas is snot green. Nada, nothing. That said release? For example, P3D4.5 had issues with Oculus Orbx’s Innsbruck is about the best scenery I have ever VR? Rex Skyforce seemed to have untold issues. Orbx seen in a sim. I bought the Netherlands as well for SP1 for TEGB South had frame rate drops and unfin- AFS2 and was VERY disappointed to find the bridges at ished tiles and unresolved green roads. I beta tested Arnhem missing!! I am still, like others, awaiting the myself for MS FS98 and 2000, for BAO Air Traffic con- service pack. No update forthcoming from Orbx. Indeed troller sim and various other smaller projects. You were one forum user said I should put it out of my mind and given very specific areas to examine and test and fed just enjoy it. Really! Seriously! They updated light- back weekly reports. You were not expected to fix houses and forgot the iconic bridge at Arnhem? It’s like things but to concentrate on the task at hand. So how doing Paris without the Pont Neuf. Many say that flying is this stuff not being picked up? And as consumers, AFS2 in VR is probably the best VR experience in a sim should we not expect better? When I opt to buy a scen- but I cannot verify that as I have no headset. Maybe I’ll ery area for example I expect to see things for the most get to try it at a show or something before I commit to part done properly. Roads that match up and not over- buying one. Aerofly did release an R22 helicopter with lap other roads. Cliffs that don’t look like blobs, green an easy mode and a more realistic mode. For the more areas where there should be concrete at an airport etc. realistic mode you definitely need rudder pedals. One I have seen the argument that you get what you pay other bug bear is the location of Aircraft files in AFS2 in for. Well if that’s the asking price there’s nothing I can your documents and settings folder. I asked if this could do about that. It is getting to the stage for me that I be changed. No was the cold answer I received. Hon- wait for a week or two after release before I consider estly! buying or applying an update. Seriously, after more than 30 years of simulation this carry on still continues. Prepar3D Imagine buying a new car and being told you’ll get the After doing my clean install, LM announced P3D v4.5. spare wheel in the next service update! This was to fix, among other things, slow loading times of scenery. A particular P3D bug was identified by the Rant over, have a great summer and enjoy your flying author of Orbx’s Cityscene Orlando. Had I been a pur- wherever and whatever it may be! chaser I would have been asking for my money back. A) To release a product that was slow to load and cause John McNeely ¢

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33 dier Global 5000 executive jets, derstood that they will also operate serial No 14+02, and was taxying a Paris CDG route on a Sunday re- to a parking stand when an airport placing the usual Aer Lingus A320. employee driving a van saw it com- Boeing 737-400, EI-STA, has again ing towards her. In her excitement been wet leased from ASL by the to “get a photo” she jumped out of airline to operate out of Belfast City the van with her phone in hand to on flights to Faro and Malaga for take a few snaps only to realise the summer season. Aer Lingus is that she had forgotten to use the to launch a new business class on hand brake and the van gently certain European flights called Aer- rolled past her and crashed into the Space. It is understood that it is Air Force jet. I would love to have just the first row and will be offered I start off this issue with a slightly been a fly on the wall for that con- in a 2 + 2 configuration (4 seats funny (but true) story. On Septem- versation with her boss! per flight) and the product will in- ber 30th, 1956, during a drunken clude reserved overhead bin space, argument in a New York City Bar, a Aer Lingus will shortly take delivery lounge access, fast track security, man named Thomas Fitzpatrick of their first Airbus A3210LR with priority boarding, on-board refresh- claimed he could fly an airplane EI-LRA being prepared in Finken- ments, free 20kg checked bag and from New Jersey to New York in werder with an expected delivery free booking changes. The new under 15 minutes. To prove him- date in mid-July. The aircraft has a product will be available to book as self, Fitzpatrick left the bar, stole designator of A321LR-253MX which and from the 1st of September and an airplane from a New Jersey air- reflects its engine type of CFM LEAP will include the new A321LR’s along field at 3am, flew without lights or -1A33 engines and is configured with its existing fleet of A320 and radio completely intoxicated, and with three passenger doors either A321’s. The IAG Group published landed the airplane in the street in side along with two over wing its first quarter results for 2019 front of the bar. The owner of the emergency exits. The aircraft, recently with passenger revenues plane was so impressed that he along with the rest on order, will be up 5.2% over the same period last refused to press charges, and Fitz- delivered in the airlines new colour year to €5,318 million. On the patrick was only fined $1,000 for scheme and will be registered in downside its operating profit sank his stunt. Two years later, Fitz- the EI-LR sequence. EI-LRA will be to €135 million before tax and ex- patrick got into another drunken named St Rowan and is expected ceptional items which is down a argument in which another bar pa- to enter service on its Dublin to whooping 60.3% on last year. One tron refused to believe his wild Bradley (US) route on the 2nd of of the biggest increased costs was story, so he did it again. This time August with the second aircraft, EI- fuel cost at 22.8% compared to finding himself in prison for 6 LRB, due for delivery later in Au- last year. months....The Original “Hold my gust, followed by a third in Sep- beer story”. tember and a fourth in December. Bombardier Aerospace in Northern The airline has leased additional Ireland is facing an uncertain fu- Not quite such a funny story – the flight capacity from Cityjet using ture for its 4000 direct jobs after it German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, one of the RJ’s to replace the usual was announced that Bombardier arrived in Dortmund onboard one Stobart Air ATR-72 on a flight on are to sell its Belfast operation and of the German Air Force Bombar- Saturdays to Birmingham. It is un- solely concentrate its aerospace

34 assets into Bombardier Aviation cantly increase capacity on its which was up 9% on the same pe- Business unit which will better fo- Wednesday flights with the A340 riod in 2018. One interesting statis- cus on the Global, Challenger, having 279 seats compared to its tic is that those using the airport as Learjet and CRJ brands. Its plant in usual A321 aircraft with a max of a gateway increased by 34% to Morocco is also affected by this 190 seats. Lufthansa have been 126 thousand passengers. On a restructure. This follows on from rotating a number of its Airbus slightly sad note – anyone who lis- tens to ATC at Dublin airport will Airbus taking over what was its A330’s through Dublin for painting probably recognise certain voices BCS1 and BCS3 aircraft now named over the past few months. they hear on a regular basis (I the Airbus A220 series. The Belfast Works on the new runway at Dublin know I do!). Eamon McCabe re- operation is considered as a market cently retired after over 40 years of leader in aero structures including Airport continue at a pace with lots of grounds works being carried out service – someone cleverly did an the manufacture of large one-piece – more so at the western end of abbreviated audio clip of his last wing skins and structural wing the new runway. As part of the night on duty which finished at spars. It is understood that there works some of the parking areas 05.30 in the morning. You can hear may be a number of interested par- on the old 29/11 runway have been his last hand-off at: ties including AVIC of China. removed to enable works. Some of www.youtube.com/watch? the taxiway names changed at the v=_GeLUpASCAw Ethiopian Airlines have been end of March as part of the integra- granted 5th Freedom rights on its tion plans for the new runway. The In an interesting development, pet- Madrid to Dublin route as and from main Bravo taxiway that runs par- rol and forecourt company, Apple- the 2nd of June. The airline oper- allel to the main runway 28/10 has green, has entered the aviation fuel ates four flights a week on its Addis been renamed Sierra and the exit market at Dublin Airport with its Ababa – Madrid – Dublin route. The taxyways from 28/10 have all been first fuel delivery having taken airline currently operates several renamed Sierra 1, 2 etc., so B5 or place recently. Up to now there other flights a week from Addis B6 which were the main exits off have been only two providers of Ababa to US destinations via Dublin runway 28 are now renamed S5, fuel at Dublin Airport, Shell Avia- - some morning there can be as S6 etc. For anyone interested, the tion and Texaco Valero. Applegreen many as three Ethiopian Airlines charts are available on the IAA have partnered with World Fuel aircraft on the ground, a mix of website http://iaip.iaa.ie/iaip/ Services to take a slice of a €400 Published%20Files/AIP%20Files/ Boeing 777 and 787. million annual spend on fuel at the AD/Chart%20Files/EIDW/ airport. German national airline, Lufthansa, EI_AD_2_EIDW_24-1_en.pdf. which operates up to a dozen Works on the construction of a fuel With the summer flight schedules pipeline to supply the extended flights a day to Dublin from Ger- firmly in place some airlines have hydrant fuelling system at Dublin many (Frankfurt and Munich), re- increased capacity on their routes Airport continues with some of cently announced its intention to by using larger aircraft. United Air- these works requiring the closing of operate an Airbus A340-300 on its the main runway for several hours lines daily flight from Newark has Wednesday DLH978/979 flight from at night over a three-week period. been changed from a Boeing 777 to Frankfurt to Dublin from early July Passengers through Dublin Airport the Boeing 787-10 (also called a until late October. This will signifi- for March 2019 hit 2.5 million, 78X) Dreamliner with seating for

35 318 passengers. Etihad Airways 737’s visited Dublin in the last few Group figures show passenger also uses the 787 on a regular ba- days operating a Ryanair flight to/ numbers at 13.5 and a 9% in- sis on its daily flight from Abu from Bordeaux. Ryanair’s traffic crease on April 2018. A delegation Dhabi – they currently operate figures for the month of April were from the airline recently visited both the 787-9 and 787-10 series just over 13 million passengers Jordan aboard its only Boeing 737- aircraft. Westjet of Canada have which was a 5% increase over the 700, EI-SEV, to discuss expansion same period last year. Ryanair plans with Jordanian Government started a new Calgary to Dublin Group figures show passenger officials Currently the airline oper- service with a thrice weekly service numbers at 13.5 and a 9% in- ates fourteen flights to the Jorda- using the airlines new Boeing 787- crease on April 2018. A delegation nian capital Amman and the port 9 of which the airline has three in from the airline recently visited city of Aqaba. The airline hopes to operation. Finally, American Air- Jordan aboard its only Boeing 737- double the number of routes and lines are using a 787-8 on its daily 700, EI-SEV, to discuss expansion passengers and already has plans Chicago to Dublin, they are also plans with Jordanian Government for four additional routes this win- using 787-9 on its new summer officials. ter. Ryanair has been forced into service from Dallas Forth Worth. using gates with airbridges in Some mornings at Dublin Airport Ryanair recently announced that is Frankfurt because of the bus jour- can be quite interesting with Boe- to purchase the Maltese based air- ney times of using remote stands ing 787’s from Etihad, United, line “Malta Air” which currently has was creeping to 20 minutes which Ethiopian, Qatar, Westjet, Ameri- a fleet of two Boeing 737-800’s – was affecting turnaround times on can and Hainan, all on the ground which are both ex Ryanair. The flights. Ryanair’s Polish airline, at the same time. purchase of the airline would give it which currently operates a fleet of a Maltese AOC and allow it to ex- twenty-three Boeing 737’s is about Ryanair recently announced that is pand its North African business. to get a name change from Ryanair to purchase the Maltese based air- The airline currently has six of its Sun to Buzz. For those with good line “Malta Air” which currently has own aircraft based in Malta and it memories, Buzz was a low-cost a fleet of two Boeing 737-800’s – plans to transfer these to the Mal- airline set up by KLM back in 2000 which are both ex Ryanair. The tese aircraft register in the next and Ryanair bought them out in purchase of the airline would give it few months and expand the fleet to 2003 keeping it going for a further a Maltese AOC and allow it to ex- ten aircraft within a few years. It is 18 months before closing it down in pand its North African business. understood that Ryanair may move October 2004. It is expected the The airline currently has six of its other Europe based aircraft to the changeover from Ryanair Sun to own aircraft based in Malta and it Maltese AOC which it says will al- Buzz will take place in the autumn plans to transfer these to the Mal- low crews to pay income taxes lo- of this year with a new livery de- tese aircraft register in the next cally instead of in Ireland! Interest- signed to differentiate it from Ry- few months and expand the fleet to ingly, one of Malta Air’s Boeing anair itself – at the moment the ten aircraft within a few years. It is 737’s visited Dublin in the last few Ryanair Sun aircraft are painted understood that Ryanair may move days operating a Ryanair flight to/ the same as Ryanair aircraft with other Europe based aircraft to the from Bordeaux. Ryanair’s traffic the only difference being the Polish Maltese AOC which it says will al- figures for the month of April were registration and small Polish flag in low crews to pay income taxes lo- just over 13 million passengers front of it. With the grounding of cally instead of in Ireland! Interest- which was a 5% increase over the the Boeing 737Max, Ryanair has ingly, one of Malta Air’s Boeing same period last year. Ryanair pushed back deliveries of the air-

36 craft commencing in November this. The airline is planning on in- exploration operations off the south 2019 with five aircraft due for de- creasing its Vienna to Dublin route west coast of Ireland. The aircraft livery by the end of this year and a from daily to nine times a week are similar to those used by the further forty-two to be delivered starting the on the 1st of Novem- Irish Coast Guard. The two helicop- before the summer of 2020. The ber with additional services on ters routed into Kerry via Prestwick airline says it has the utmost confi- Mondays and Fridays (makes and flew a direct track from there dence in the aircraft for which it sense). The airline is planning on taking them close to Shannon Air- has 210 on order. The deliveries expanding its routes from Vienna port on the 7th of May. I was off are of course dependant on the for the winter of 2019/2020 with work that day and noted both heli- 737Max being certified to fly again by US and European aviation au- flights to twenty-one destinations copters of FR24 on their flight to thorities, but it does remain to be in all. Kerry. The airport has also gotten seen how this will all pan out in the very busy with executive jet flights Irish company, Omega Air, has long run if passenger confidence is with several being noted on the been awarded a $9 million contract not restored. The airlines only 737- ground at the same time with some 700, EI-SEV was involved in an with the US Navy, US Department routing from/to the US. The airport accident recently in East Midlands of Defence and foreign military is also base to at least five execu- Airport when the aircraft was being sales customers for air refuelling tive aircraft of its own. pushed back for start-up for a missions. The contract will be run training detail. Its wingtip clipped out the US base for Omega’s air- With the termination of the con- the wingtip of an adjacent Jet2 craft. Up to now Omega aircraft, tract between FlyBe and Stobart for Boeing 737. The aircraft was under including Boeing 707’s and a DC- its Isle of Man services, Stobart the instruction of Ground ATC at 10, have been used by the US have returned two of its leased the time and conditions were foggy Navy to supplement its own refuel- ATR-72’s in the shape of EI-REL & – it is not clear as yet if the Jet2 ling capabilities and also been used REM. Both aircraft have not been aircraft was manoeuvring at the by a number of European air forces seen in Dublin for some time, as same time. to deliver new aircraft and also en- they operated between the Isle of

able some of their assets to get to Man and UK destinations on behalf Ryanair’s other operations in Aus- the US and back on training exer- of FlyBe. Both aircraft were flown tria under Laudamotion branding cises. Omega is also bidding for a to Monchengladbach in Germany continues to grow with a current US Air Force similar type contract. and it is understood that they will fleet of eighteen Airbus A320’s and If successful, Omega may look for have a new life somewhere in three A321’s. As I have said be- additional aircraft to fulfil the role. South America. Stobart has wet- fore, it is an interesting concept leased one of its new Embraer having a fleet of Airbus mixed with Kerry Airport has been chosen by EMB-195’s to Danish operator their large fleet of Boeing’s even if UK company Babcock MCS Offshore “Great Dane Airlines”. The aircraft they are in a different airline but to base two of its fleet of Sikorsky was noted in their colours in Dublin part of the Ryanair Group – maybe S-92A’s (above left) for oil and gas on the 13th of May and was subse- there is some clever plan behind

37 quently delivered out to Denmark was organised and interestingly AW139 and local mountain rescue on the 15th as OY-GDA with the they were able to borrow the Al- assets including day and night ex- callsign “Great Dane 1”. The air- cock & Brown statue from London ercises. The second exercise took craft will be used on the airlines Heathrow Airport who kindly place off the coast of Galway and new Aalborg to Dublin service com- agreed to lend them it for the fly- included a multi-agency mass casu- mencing on the 21st June and on In. So, on Sunday 15th of June alty exercise which involved the services from Aalborg to Edinburgh with special permission granted, a Irish Coast Guard Sikorsky S92 and Nice. total of twenty-five aircraft from all which was support by an Air Corps over Ireland attended the one-day Casa CN235 which was used as a The 100th Anniversary of the first event between 11.00 and 18.00. I communications platform. It also crossing of the Atlantic by an air- understand that it was a bit of tight used its onboard equipment to help craft took place recently with the squeeze on the ramp for all the locate persons in the water. Due real event having taken place on aircraft but well done to those that for delivery this year will be two of the 14th of June 1919 by Alcock & organised the event in honour of the new Pilatus PC-12 aircraft and Brown. I read of some the prob- such an important aviation mile- the first aircraft, registered HB-FSF lems that arose with the flight – stone. It was only 100 years ago (C/N 1795), was noted passing even shortly after take-off. Have a that man first few across the Atlan- through Prestwick in Scotland in read at: tic and look where we are now in late May on its way to the US for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ terms of aviation. fitting out. www.jetphotos.com/ photo/8967695. Transatlan- The Irish Air Corps were called tic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown. upon to fight a gorse fire in Done- Delivery to the Air Corps of the first There were several events organ- gal on the 22nd of April. It’s some- aircraft is delayed slightly and it is ised for the Clifden area in Galway what unusual to have gorse fires at understood that the Air Corps have to celebrate the event including a this time of the year, but the fire an option on a fourth aircraft. got out of control and an Agusta one-day Fly-In at Cleggan Airfield Credits to Irish Air Letter, Flying In in Co Galway. Cleggan is famous AW139 complete with Bambi Ireland and anyone I forgot. for having been built at a cost to bucket was dispatched to Donegal where it carried out approx. 35 wa- the Irish taxpayer in excess of €9m but currently lies idle. It was origi- ter drops on the area to help sup- nally built as part of a project to press the fire along with ground Ian Broni ¢ provide air services to nearby Inis- fire crews. The Air Corps recently bofin Island which also had an air- took part in two training exercises, strip built and funded by the tax- the first of which was a mountain payer. Anyway, a one-day fly-in rescue training exercise using an

38 Terry McGee selects from some of the latest Freeware files

Aegean Airlines Boeing 787-8 B777-200ER with panel and realistic sound of RR Trent Repaint by Lee Grant 892. This is semi-photoreal of Air New Zealand registra- aergean788.zip tion ZK-OKH all black livery with silver fern. www.avsim.com Comalapa International Airport By VirtualCol FS Software vcol_comalapa_fsx.zip www.flightsim.com

Repaint for the Qualitywings 787-9 in Aegean Airlines livery, HD 4096*4096

Aeroflot Boeing 737-800NGX Repaint by Sergey Gleba aka serg09 pmdg738ngx_afl_vq-bhu.zip www.flightsim.com

FSX/Prepar3D Aeroflot Boeing 737-800NGX. The payware PMDG B737-800 NGX in Aeroflot Russian Airlines (VQ-BHU - I. Kobzon) livery. At the moment, this is the newest aircraft of the Boeing 737NG in the airline. Air- plane only 4 months from the date of release. Descrip- tion and installation in Readme file.

Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200ER Repaint by Britney Ren PFSG skyspirit2012boeing777-200erairnewzealand.zip www.flightsim.com

FSX Scenery--Comalapa International Airport. Scenery of the Airport Comalapa International of San Salvador, now AVIANCA (TACA before) airline's hub for all flights. Includes terminal maintenance hangars as company AEROMAN and American air base, animated jetways, 3D PAPI lights, warning lights to runway access, animated vehicles, night illumination in all airport, photoreal air- FS2004/FSX Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200ER, regis- port plane. Development and donated as freeware by tration ZK-OKH. Complete model of SkySpirit2012 VirtualCol FS Software.

39 DAON Tlemcen International Airport FSX EDDM München Airport By Abdel Aziz Djeffal By Ewald Wagner daon_2019.zip fsx-eddm.zip www.flightsim.com www.avsim.com

This is my newly designed Munich Airport EDDM with FSX Scenery--DAON Tlemcen International Airport, many details up to date as of 2019 with associated Zenata Messali El Hadj, Algeria. parking rights, Lufthansa Terminal 2 and satellite terminal also assigned to the A380 parking. Roads and terrain have been rebuilt, as well as the visitor hill and the Cargoplätze. Installation: Simply place and activate the Scenery folder EDDM in Addon Scenery. To see people you need to download the 3dpeople_lib file from Avsim or Flightsim and copy and paste them into your addon Scenery folder. All roads have been assigned and AI traffic is working properly.

40 EGAE City of Derry Airport, Eglinton sunset; runway detecting system to see which runways By Jerome Logue are in use; flight analyzing/data recording from depar- egae_375482.zip ture to parking at the gate; When flight analysis is fin- www.avsim.com ished you can print a report, the report is automatically saved as pdf File.

FSX A330-200 Checklist By William Campbell fsx_a330-200_checklist.zip www.avsim.com

This is an A330-200 Checklist designed by hand to work in the FSX Kneeboard. There is no PDF only .htm file which is the coded text for working inside of the FSX Kneeboard. Easy install!

FSX EVO Embraer Phenom This is my rendition of The City Of Derry Airport, near 100EV AGS V2L Eglinton, in Northern Ireland. It may not be exact, al- By Camil Valiquette though should be pretty close! I started this project p100v2levox.zip years ago and have only just recently got round to www.avsim.com completing it. All 3d models created in Gmax, by me, Jerome Logue. I altered the default EGAE Airport Ground layout using ScruffyDuck Software's excellent Airport Design Editor http://www.scruffyduck.org/ airport-design-editor/4584106799

Flight Analyzer/Logbook Utility V5.10 By Evander Tholen fsqc510.zip www.flightsim.com

FS2004/FSX/Prepar3D Flight Analyzer/Logbook Utility V5.10 - limited demo. Flight Data Recorder - Logbook. Now also Prepar3D supported. Very easy to use, just FSX EVO Embraer Phenom 100EV AGS V2L, registration make a flight plan in the simulator or in this utility. N775EV. New Animated Ground Servicing. New land- What this program does: quickly change the settings of ing / taxi soft light beams. New 2D panel. New spoilers FSX/Fs2004, such as time, date, fuel, weight, traffic added. Interior animations (Shift+E+2). Model design etc.; start a failure sytem, such as gear, flaps, engine, and paint by Camil Valiquette. (CamSim). etc.; freeze the time, so you can fly in a for everlasting

41 Gate A Nator Pre Flight Planning Tool Jet2 A330-200 (G-VYGM) By Alessandro Antonini By Max Schloegl gatenator22.zip jet2_g-vygm_thomas_ruth_a330.zip www.avsim.com www.avsim.com

Jet2 operated by AirTanker, G-VYGM with grey engines, textures for the excellent freeware Thomas Ruth Airbus A330-200. Textures only! By Max Schloegl.

PP-XEV Embraer Phenom 100EV AGS V2L Gate A Nator is a freeware pre-flight tool and flight plan By Camil Valiquette converter for FSX and Prepar3D that allows to custom- p100v2lxevx.zip ize a flight plan before starting a flight simulation ses- www.avsim.com sion. Can set departing Gate position and can load flight plans from FSX/FS2004, Prepar3D, LEVELD, PMDG, Quality Wings and Flight Sim Commander, or from an ICAO route, and using Airac cycles (FSBuild2 format) to read navaids from. Installation package installs Airac Cycle 1904 that can be updated from Navigraph. Gate/ parking database is auto created and updated from FSX or Prepar3D scenery base. It supports file save and ex- port to FS2004, FSX, Prepar3D, LEVELD, PMDG, Quality Wings, Flight Sim Commander, XPlane 11 and Aerosoft Airbus/X extended. Complete instructions guide is included in the help file.

Kaunas International EYKA By Andrzej Glowacki kaunas_intl_eyka.zip www.flightsim.com

FSX PP-XEV Embraer Phenom 100EV AGS V2L. New Animated Ground Servicing. New landing / taxi soft light beams. New 2D panel. New spoilers added Interior animations (Shift+E+2). Model design and paint by FSX Scenery--Kaunas International EYKA. This is a re- Camil Valiquette (CamSim). make of Kaunas Airport (EYKA) located in Lithuania.

The file is a merge of two sceneries, one made by An- drei Anta and anoher, which I got off Lithuanian VACC Weather Explorer 2019 quite a few years back, which unfortunately is not avail- By Stas Neznamov able at the moment of upload of this package. I do not weatherexplorer2019.zip know who developed it eaither, so can't present devel- www.avsim.com opers details. The file contains airport and mesh of Kau- Here is a little program to look up weather reports and nas city. All credits for buildings and mesh go to devel- forecasts. It was built on Windows 10 1809 and tested opers of original sceneries. I only configured AFCAD file on Windows 8.1. It should also work on Windows 7 SP1 and converted it for FSX use. with .Net Framework updated to v4.7.2.

42 V7.6.5 Addit! Pro Add-on Manager Piaggio P180 Avanti N24XJ By Joseph Stearns By Andy Atherley apxv765.zip piaggio_avanti_n24xj.zip www.avsim.com www.flightsim.com

FS2004/FSX Piaggio P180 Avanti N24XJ. These are 1024x1024 textures; DXT3 and 32-bit textures for FS2004 and DDS textures for FSX. Requires Mario Addit! Pro is a comprehensive addon manager for Flight Noriega's Piaggio P180 Avanti v3.1 (P180_V3_FS9.ZIP Simulator X. Easily install, manage and remove aircraft, and MN_P180_V31UPD_FS9.ZIP for FS2004 or adventures, flights, flight plans, gauges, missions, pan- (P180_V3_FSX.ZIP and MN_P180_V31UPD_FSX.ZIP for els, A.I. airport and facilities data, scenery, sounds, FSX). textures, videos, weather and more! Archive add-ons to

Addit! Pro's File Cabinet or recreate them in zip files. Modify your aircraft, panels and sounds. Automatically Pan Pacific Airbus A320-232 update FS's Scenery Library. Includes FS Configuration Repaint by Britney Ren PFSG Manager, complete scenery library editor, ZIP/RAR sup- panpacificrp-c7932airbusa320iae.zip port and much more! See Readme.htm for details. Re- www.flightsim.com quires Flight Simulator X: Standard, Deluxe, Gold or Steam Edition. Shareware, please register to install an unlimited number of add-ons. See Register.htm.

UTair Tupolev Tu-154M UGRA Repaint by Sergey Gleba aka serg09 pt_tu-154m_utair_ugra.zip www.flightsim.com

FS2004/FSX Pan Pacific Airbus A320-232, registration RP-C7932. Complete model of Project Airbus A320-232 with panel and IAE v2500 sound.

Pan Pacific Airbus A320-232 Zayn Ridhwan|SimTextures by Y&Z norwegian_air_international_ei-fvr_375393.zip www.avsim.com

Norwegian Air International Boeing 737-8JP in the registration EI-FVR for PMDG 737NGX. The airline continues their tradition of featuring famous figures on the tail with this one making space for Karin Boye, Swedish FSX/P3D UTair Tupolev Tu-154M UGRA. The Project poet and novelist. Textures only. Requires the payware Tupolev Tu-154 M in UTair UGRA livery. Textures only PMDG 737NGX. Repainted by Zayn Ridhwan/ for freeware Project Tupolev model. SimTextures by Y&Z. Compatible with FSX & P3D.

43 NZCI Chatham Islands/Tuuta Airport Flight Simulator First Officer (FSFO) v3.1 By Robert Fluke By Matthew King nzci_chatham_island.zip fsfov3_1.zip www.avsim.com www.avsim.com

The Chatham Islands are a New Zealand archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 800 kilometres (500 mi) east of the South Island of New Zealand. The archipelago con- sists of about ten islands within an approximate 60- kilometre radius, the largest of which is Chatham Island itself where Tuuta Airport is Located. Air Chathams operates services to Auckland, Christchurch, and Welling- ton, with Convair 580 aircraft

Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 By Lee Grant qatar787.zip www.avsim.com Flight Simulator First Officer V3.1 is a generic copilot designed to work with any aircraft that conform to Xplane (via XPUIPC), FS9, FSX and P3D V3/V4 SDK; in short, it adds a touch of realism while providing a copilot to share cockpit responsibilities. FSFO V3 does not require strict adherence to Standard Operating Proce- dures (i.e. scripts), reading lengthy manuals or precise speech. To that end, it can be as complex or simple as you want; for example, FSFO can complete the entire Before Start Checklist, or only those functions you chose not to accomplish. Regardless, he will check every switch to ensure it's placed in the correct position. Just hit connect and fly with confidence that your First Officer is there sharing responsibilities. For a list of features, go here: 4 Repaints for the Qualitywings 787-8 in Qatar Airways http://flightsimaddons.proboards.com/thread/106/ livery, HD 4096*4096. introducing-fsfo-v3. Change log from 3.0 to 3.1 here:

http://flightsimaddons.proboards.com/thread/109/ Lufthansa “Say yes to Europe” updates. Airbus A320 D-AIZG By Gustavo Aguiar Qantas Boeing 737-800 “Retro Roo” aerosoft_a320_lufthansa_d-aizg_syte_p3d.zip By Peter Holtham www.avsim.com qantas_737-800_retro_roo.zip qantas_737-800_retro_roo_ii_update.zip www.avsim.com

Lufthansa "Say yes to Europe" livery for Aerosoft Airbus Qantas Boeing 737-800 Retro Roo. This is the first retro A320 Professional. Use AirbusX Extended Livery Man- livery by Qantas for B737-800 VH-XZP "James Strong". ager to install. Textures only for the default FSX B737-800. ¢

Alaska Bush Strip a Cessna 182 can barely take off from this field. For By Jay Langham experienced pilots only, our prayers are with you. Also, alaskabushstrip2.zip when you visit this airfield the old caretaker wants you www.flightsim.com to be careful not run over his chickens and his dog Piper does not bite.

Garmin GTX330 Transponder Revision 1 By Jon Dyer gtx330_rev1.zip www.flightsim.com

FS2004/FSX Garmin GTX330 Transponder Revision 1. This revised package corrects a bug with my GTX 330 transponder. Amended from the GTX330 gauge by Don Kuhn. An accurate and functional simulation of the real Garmin GTX330 unit. Full documentation is provided.

Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 AGS V6 By Camil Valiquette 359v6sq4.zip www.avsim.com

FS2004 Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 AGS V6. New Animated Ground Servicing. New static displays. New winglets. New wing root. New landing / taxi soft FS2004 Scenery--Alaska Bush Strip, AK, USA. Bush fly- light beams. New 2D panel. Model design and paint by ing at its best. This is a fictitious, small country, rag- Camil Valiquette. (CamSim). tag, mountain top airfield in Alaska. It has become a bit run down but still has some nice charm. This is a very dangerous airfield with only a short 1000 foot runway;

45 Flight Analyzer/Logbook Utility V5.10 FS2004 Howard 350 Concept. This package includes a By Evander Tholen passenger model, custom panel and gauges, custom fsqc510.zip sounds, and one livery per the concept drawing. This is www.flightsim.com a pressurized, Executive Class, P&W R-2800 propeller- driven, taildragger aircraft. By Milton Shupe, Scott Tho- mas, William Ellis, and sounds by Nigel Richards.

Bethel: Yukon Area By Roger Wensley bethel_yukon.zip www.avsim.com

FS2004/FSX/Prepar3D Flight Analyzer/Logbook Utility V5.10 - limited demo. Flight Data Recorder - Logbook. Now also Prepar3D supported. Very easy to use, just make a flight plan in the simulator or in this utility. What this program does: quickly change the settings of FSX/Fs2004, such as time, date, fuel, weight, traffic etc.; start a failure system, such as gear, flaps, engine, etc.; freeze the time, so you can fly in a for everlasting sunset; runway detecting system to see which runways are in use; flight analyzing/data recording from departure to parking at the gate; When flight analysis is finished you can print a report, the report is automatically saved as pdf File.

Howard 350 Concept hw350fs9.zip www.flightsim.com

This presumes you have already installed Bethel PABE, Bethel Local Airfields, and Bethel St Mary's. In the Yukon River area of Alaska to the north of Bethel and to the south around the equally wide (but shorter) Kusko- wim River there are small villages, served by flights from both Bethel PABE and St Mary's PASM. These villages are dependent upon fishing for survival, and in this flat and very wet terrain are equally dependent upon the gravel runways that link them to the outside world. There are no surfaced roads, and the rivers and their tributaries wind into the distance and are impracti- cal delivery routes except from nearby places. In an area 300 miles by 200 miles most places cannot be described as "nearby". This post is of the small villages, including those previously posted; I had missed on picking up some terrain conflicts between nighttime grass and town textures. They are corrected here and 46 included along with new airfields. Bethel and St Mary's Trapani “Birgi” Airport (LICT-TPS) are also reposted to include the further enlargement of By Albysim Scenery Design / Alberto Di Bolzano parking for the increased number of small AI aircraft. albysim_lict.zip These smaller airfields vary in quality; some have run- www.avsim.com way signage but most do not, and while some have two or even three hangars/garages/terminal buildings on the apron there are others who have none at all. The 39 small airfields included here are as listed: Akiak AKI, Akiakchak Z13, Alakanuk AUK, Anvik PANV, Atmautluak 4A2, Cape Romanzof PACZ, Chefornak PACK, Chevak VAK, Eek EEK, Emmonak PAEM, Goodnews GNU, Gray- ling KGX, Holy Cross HCA, Hooper Bay PAHP, Kako 9AK2, Kalskag KLG, Kasigluk Z09, Kipnuk PAKI, Kongi- ganak PADY, Kotlik KOT, Kwethluk KWT, Kwigillingok A85, Marshall MLL, Mountain Village MOU, Napakiak WNA, Napaskiak PKA, Newtok PAEW, Nightmute IGT, Nunapichuk 16A, Pilot Station 0AK, Quinhagak PAQH, Russian Mission RSH, Scammon Bay SCM, Shageluk SHX, Sheldon Point SXP, Toksook Bay OOK, Tuluksak TLT, Tuntutuliak A61, Tununak 4KA. I am currently going through the airfields again to check if further modifi- cations are required, and I am also adding a few new ones. As I am going to be updating my computer I am posting now, complete or not, and I will post an update later of further additions.

Panama Tocument Intl. Airport By Virtualcol FS Software vcol_mpto2k4.zip www.avsim.com

This FS2004 project reproduce the south-italian "Trapani Birgi Airport" (IATA: TPS, ICAO: LICT) located on the east coast of Sicily. If you are a Ryanair, charter flights or military pilot, this scenery is a “must have”! In the scenery you'll find almost all airport buildings (civilian and military), hundred of custom made detailed objects, static and animated vehicles and a photoreal airport background. Each scenery part and object (frame-rate friendly thanks to the hi-performance design) has day and night photoreal textures and everything is placed in the right position (which has been seen on summer 2018 at the real airport). English extended handbook is included. Watch the screenshots inside the package or on the Albysim website (in this free/demo edition some features are limited).

Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 URL Model design and paint by Camil Valiquette (CamSim) 359ulrv6sq4.zip www.flightsim.com

FS2004 scenery of the Airport TOCUMEN International detailed that includes the northern extension of the terminal, Moving jetways and some catering service for your plane, Moving stairs at the South Ramp, Moving FS2004 Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 URL (Ultra vehicles, Night lights over all scenery Development and Long Range) AGS V6. New Animated Ground Servicing. donated as freeware By VIRTUALCOL FS SOFTWARE New static displays. New winglets. New wing root. New Email: [email protected] landing /taxi soft light beams. New 2D panel. ¢

737-700 Ultimate Pack for X-Plane 11 EGBB Birmingham Intl. Airport UK 1.0 https://forum.thresholdx.net/files/file/246-737-700u By TDG egbb_birmingham_international_airport_uk.zip www.flightsim.com

X-Plane 11 EGBB Birmingham International Airport UK 1.0. Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham Interna- tional Airport and before that, Elmdon Airport, is an international airport located 7 nautical miles east- southeast of Birmingham city centre, slightly north of Bickenhill in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, Eng- land. This X-Plane scenery comes with static aircraft or non static aircraft files (just choose one version). Re- quires the following libraries: 3D People Library (3D_PEOPLE_LIBRARY.ZIP), BS2001 Object Library (BS2001_OPEN_ME.ZIP), CDB library (CDB_LIBRARY.ZIP), The-Fruit-Stand Aircraft Library the_fruit_stand_aircraft_library.zip, The Handy Object Library (THE_HANDY_OBJECTS_LIBRARY.ZIP), FF Library (extended version) (FF_LIBRARY_EXTENDED_LOD.ZIP), MisterX Library (MISTERX_LIBRARY.ZIP), World Model Library (WORLD2XPLANE.ZIP), OpenSceneryX (OPENSCENERYX.ZIP), R2 Library (R2_LIBRARY.ZIP), RA Library 1.2+ (RA_LIBRARY.ZIP), RE Library (RE_LIBRARY.ZIP) and RuScenery (RUSCENERY.ZIP). If you enjoy the author's work, please consider donat- Based on the 737-800 by Zibo, this is a new freeware ing (link contained in the included Readme file). Dona- 737-700 Ultimate Pack for X-Plane 11. tions are 100% optional, but greatly appreciated and encourage the author to create additional sceneries.

48 X-Plane FlyBe “The Kevin Keegan” LSZH Zurich Airport Switzerland 1.0 Dash 8 Q400 By TDG My Mark Brown lszh_with_static.zip flybe_kevin-keegan www.flightsim.com www.flightsim.com

X-Plane FlyBe "The Kevin Keegan" Dash 8 Q400 1.0. This is a FlyBe "The Kevin Keegan" livery for the payware FJS Dash 8 Q400. This is just a quick alteration of the default FlyBe livery. Thanks to FlyJSim for permission to post this - and for such a great model and paint kit.

KLM Embraer Legacy 650 By Ruifo legacy_airliner_klm_ph-kll.zip www.flightsim.com

X-Plane 11 Scenery--LSZH Zurich Airport Switzerland (Static) 1.0. Zurich Airport also known as Kloten Air- port, is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. The airport is located 13 kilometres north of central Zu- rich. Requires the following libraries (please keep up to date): 3D People Library (3D_PEOPLE_LIBRARY.ZIP), BS2001 Object Library (BS2001_OPEN_ME.ZIP), CDB library (CDB_LIBRARY.ZIP), Ground Textures Library (GT_LIBRARY.ZIP), The Handy Object Library (THE_HANDY_OBJECTS_LIBRARY.ZIP), FF Library (extended version) (FF_LIBRARY_EXTENDED_LOD.ZIP), MisterX Library (MISTERX_LIBRARY.ZIP), World Model Library (WORLD2XPLANE.ZIP), OpenSceneryX (OPENSCENERYX.ZIP), R2 Library (R2_LIBRARY.ZIP), RE Library (RE_LIBRARY.ZIP and RuScenery (RUSCENERY.ZIP). If X-Plane 11 KLM Embraer Legacy 650. Legacy 650 air- you enjoy the author's work, please consider donating liner for KLM PH-KLL (Netherlands). Freeware repaint (link contained in the included Readme file). Donations for the Embraer Legacy 650 by X-Crafts (payware ERJ- are 100% optional, but greatly appreciated and encour- 135BJ). age the author to create additional sceneries. 49 Sikorsky S-76C DLRAA 1.0 (THE_HANDY_OBJECTS_LIBRARY.ZIP) and the MisterX By Paul Mort Library (MISTERX_LIBRARY.ZIP). Many thanks to all the derbyshire_leicestershire_rutland_air_ambulance_g-taas.zip contributors of the above libraries. Version 1.1 adds the www.flightsim.com oval track next to the airport.

EGFH Swansea Airport UK 1.0 By TDG. By Trevor Guest egfh_tdg.zip www.flightsim.com

X-Plane 11 Sikorsky S-76C DLRAA 1.0. This is a Derby- shire Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance livery (DLRAA) for the default X-Plane S-76C. Simply unzip and place the newly created folder into the liveries directory of the aircraft.

EIDL Donegal Airport 1.1 By Rene Bruun eidl_donegal_airport.zip www.flightsim.com

X-Plane 11 EGFH Swansea Airport U.K. 1.0. Swansea Airport is located in the middle of Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula 6 miles (9.7 km) to the west of X-Plane 11 Scenery--EIDL Donegal Airport 1.1. Donegal Swansea, Wales. The airport has two runways: 04/22 Airport is located 2 nm southwest of Bunbeg in Carrick- and 10/28. A part of runway 15/33 is used as a taxi- finn, a townland in The Rosses, a district in northwest way. The airport is mainly used to handle light helicop- County Donegal, Ireland. The airport is on the county's ters and small privately owned aircraft. Requires the northwest coast, about a 15 minute drive from Dungloe latest versions of the following libraries (please keep up and Gweedore and 45 minutes from Letterkenny. Until to date): 3D People Library (3D_PEOPLE_LIBRARY.ZIP), the mid-1980s, the runway was a grass strip. This was BS2001 Object Library (BS2001_OPEN_ME.ZIP), CDB replaced by a hard surface runway with temporary library (CDB_LIBRARY.ZIP), The Handy Object Library buildings. In the 1990s the runway was extended to (THE_HANDY_OBJECTS_LIBRARY.ZIP), FF Library 1,500 m (4,900 ft) and a new terminal building with (extended version) (FF_LIBRARY_EXTENDED_LOD.ZIP), modern navigational aids and equipment was added. In MisterX Library (MISTERX_LIBRARY.ZIP), World Model 2018 the airport was voted world's most beautiful land- Library (WORLD2XPLANE.ZIP), OpenSceneryX ing spot. Requires the latest versions of the following (OPENSCENERYX.ZIP), R2 Library (R2_LIBRARY.ZIP), object libraries: BS2001 Object Library RA Library 1.2+ (RA_LIBRARY.ZIP), RE Library (BS2001_OPEN_ME.ZIP), CDB library (RE_LIBRARY.ZIP) and RuScenery (RUSCENERY.ZIP). (CDB_LIBRARY.ZIP), The Handy Object Library

50 FSTrampFree 7.26 Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States, on the city's south- fstramp726free.zip west side. Midway is the second-largest passenger air- www.flightsim.com port in the state of Illinois. This is a semi fictitious, but highly enjoyable rendition of the airport. Requires the latest versions of the following object libraries: BS2001 Object Library (BS2001_OPEN_ME.ZIP), CDB library (CDB_LIBRARY.ZIP), MisterX Library (MISTERX_LIBRARY.ZIP) and the NAPS Library (NAPS_LIBRARY.ZIP). Many thanks to all the contributors of the above libraries.

LMML Malta International Airport By TDG lmml_with_static_tdg.zip www.flightsim.com

FSX/Prepar3D/X-Plane FSTrampFree 7.26 for P3D, FSX, FSX-SE, X-Plane 11. FSTrampFree is a moving map and derived from the flight management system FSTramp. It shows, without internet access, the world map with mountains, airports, navigation aids and aircraft. In addition to the mouse pointer, the surface elevation is displayed. The app is an integrated module for the simulator and can be activated by pressing Ctrl+F12. Use the context menu to move the aircraft to any point in the world.

KMDW Chicago Midway Airport 1.0 By Rene Bruun kmdw_-_chicago_midway_xp11.zip www.flightsim.com

X-Plane 11 Scenery--LMML Malta International Airport (Static) 1.0. Malta International Airport is the only airport in Malta and it serves the whole of the Maltese Is- lands. It is located on island of Malta, between Luqa and Gudja, and occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa. Requires the following libraries (please keep up to date): 3D People Library (3D_PEOPLE_LIBRARY.ZIP), BS2001 Object Library (BS2001_OPEN_ME.ZIP), CDB library (CDB_LIBRARY.ZIP), Ground Textures Library (GT_LIBRARY.ZIP), The Handy Object Library (THE_HANDY_OBJECTS_LIBRARY.ZIP), FF Library (extended version) (FF_LIBRARY_EXTENDED_LOD.ZIP), Flags of the World (FLAGS_OF_THE_WORLD.ZIP), Mis- terX Library (MISTERX_LIBRARY.ZIP), World Model Li- brary (WORLD2XPLANE.ZIP), OpenSceneryX (OPENSCENERYX.ZIP), R2 Library (R2_LIBRARY.ZIP), RE Library (RE_LIBRARY.ZIP) and RuScenery (RUSCENERY.ZIP). If you enjoy the author's work, please consider donating (link contained in the included Readme file). Donations are 100% optional, but greatly appreciated and encourage the author to create additional sceneries.

X-Plane 11 Scenery--KMDW Chicago Midway Airport 1.0. Chicago Midway International Airport is located in

51 LIRA Rome Ciampino Airport 1.0 LOWK Klagenfurt Airport 1.0 By TDG By TDG lira_with_static_tdg.zip lowk_tdg.zip www.flightsim.com www.flightsim.com

X-Plane 11 Scenery--LIRA Rome Ciampino Airport X-Plane 11 Scenery--LOWK Klagenfurt Airport Austria (Static) 1.0. Rome—Ciampino International Airport "G. 1.0. Klagenfurt Airport is a primary international airport B. Pastine", is the secondary international airport of near Klagenfurt, the sixth-largest city in Austria. It is Rome, the capital of Italy, after Rome-Fiumicino Airport located in the borough of Annabichl, 1.5 NM north- "Leonardo da Vinci". It is a joint civilian, commercial north-east of the city centre. Requires the following li- and military airport situated 6.5 NM (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) braries: 3D People Library (3D_PEOPLE_LIBRARY.ZIP), south southeast of central Rome. Requires the following BS2001 Object Library (BS2001_OPEN_ME.ZIP), CDB libraries (please keep up to date): 3D People Library library (CDB_LIBRARY.ZIP), Ground Textures Library (3D_PEOPLE_LIBRARY.ZIP), BS2001 Object Library (GT_LIBRARY.ZIP), The Handy Object Library ( BS2001_OPEN_ME.ZIP), CDB library (THE_HANDY_OBJECTS_LIBRARY.ZIP), FF Library (CDB_LIBRARY.ZIP), Ground Textures Library (extended version) (FF_LIBRARY_EXTENDED_LOD.ZIP), (GT_LIBRARY.ZIP), The Handy Object Library Flags of the World (FLAGS_OF_THE_WORLD.ZIP), Mis- (THE_HANDY_OBJECTS_LIBRARY.ZIP), FF Library terX Library (MISTERX_LIBRARY.ZIP), World Model Li- (extended version) (FF_LIBRARY_EXTENDED_LOD.ZIP), brary (WORLD2XPLANE.ZIP), OpenSceneryX Flags of the World (FLAGS_OF_THE_WORLD.ZIP), Mis- (OPENSCENERYX.ZIP), R2 Library (R2_LIBRARY.ZIP) terX Library (MISTERX_LIBRARY.ZIP), World Model Li- and RuScenery (RUSCENERY.ZIP). If you enjoy the au- brary (WORLD2XPLANE.ZIP), OpenSceneryX thor's work, please consider donating (link contained in (OPENSCENERYX.ZIP), R2 Library (R2_LIBRARY.ZIP), the included Readme file). Donations are 100% op- RE Library (RE_LIBRARY.ZIP) and RuScenery tional, but greatly appreciated and encourage the au- (RUSCENERY.ZIP). thor to create additional sceneries.

52 A new virtual flight tracking site for VATSIM has been released, allowing interested parties to follow flights with an unprecedented level of detail.

SimStatus allows users to track individual flights with accurate ETAs, expected landing runways, live radar and detailed flight information similar to that which might be seen on real-world tracking sites. Pilots looking for inspi- ration can also see live statistics such as popular airports and routes right now, VATSIM ATC availability, weather information and active runways based on real-time weather and operations. For more information visit the Sim- Status website or Facebook page.

53 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbLHah4XUwk The World's Most Dangerous Approach - Paro, Bhutan

Join Sam Chui on a flight with Bhutan Airlines (Tashi Air) A319 from Kathmandu to Paro, Bhutan. Paro Airport is situated in between mountains and valleys at 7,332 ft above sea level. The approach is well considered as one of the most dangerous and most spectacular in the world. Check out the amazing landing footage.

In this video, we fly from Kathmandu airport in Nepal to Paro airport in Bhutan using Bhutan airlines. After a brief look inside Kathmandu airport’s executive airport lounge, we board our flight and meet the chief pilot of Bhutan airlines – we’re in safe hands; only a handful of trained captains are qualified and certified to land at Paro airport and it takes a minimum of eight to ten years of intensive training to become a captain.

Paro airport is surrounded by mountains as high as 5500 metres and only has a single runway of length 1964 metres. Its single terminal was constructed in 1999 and it is a hub for two airlines: Bhutan airlines and Druk Air. Paro airport is such a difficult airport to land in that it can only be used in visual meteorological conditions and operational hours are restricted to daylight hours between sunrise and sunset.

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