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Chicago O’Hare update 2.0 from FSDT

Sebastien, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 @ 20:29

The lucky owners of Chicago O’Hare scenery delivered by FSDreamTeam can have a free update.

Umberto Colapicchioni explained in their forum the way to install the new version of KORD. It’s a major update with almost all files modified, enhanced winter effects and a new AFCAD file to use the cross runway setup.

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Golden Age – Pitcairn Package for FSX

Sebastien, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 @ 20:23

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In the Pitcairn package of Golden Age, get a PCA-2 FSX native model and experience the autogiro flights.

Golden Age adds the PA-18, initially developed for FS2004 and then adapted for FSX.

Frankfurt Main Airport v5 freeware scenery

Sebastien, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 @ 19:59

Mark Aldridge uploaded a new version of his Frankfurt Main airport.

Just download frankfurt_airport_v5.zip from avsim, and enjoy the new runway setup and landclass updates in FSX.

Skydesigners – French Airbase #107 Villacoublay and #709 Cognac

Sebastien, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 @ 1:10

You just can’t land your Typhoon or Rafale at Paris Charles de Gaulle ! Your trip must start from a military airbase and Skydesigners have new detailed locations in France for you.

Well, you can land an A330 to simulate French Presidency flights at the French Airbase #107 Villacoublay, also used for foreign authorities flights.

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PMDG 777 work is in full swing + 737 NGX SP 1b

Sebastien, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 @ 23:51

Exciting news are revealed by PMDG manager in the support forums. “Work on the 777 is in full swing” is one of the infos you will read when you open this forum thread.

Of course, there are also news about 737 NGX products line, future aircrafts packages and service pack 1b for more mini-updates [...]

Oryxsim – Castlegar X

Ian P, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 @ 22:11

Following their previous releases covering Kelowna and Calgary/Okotoks, Oryxsim have announced the release of their latest Canadian airport for MS FSX, Castlegar X.

According to their press release; “Castlegar X is a highly realistic rendition of all features of the airport and features seasonal textures as well as 3D grass. A special version for compatibility [...]

Majestic DASH8-Q400 Screenshots Posted

Ian P, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 @ 18:42

They say that a picture paints a thousand words, so rather than type paragraphs here, we’ll simply provide you with brief introduction and a link to 5000 words worth of screenshots on the Fanda forums, showing work on the upcoming Majestic DASH8-Q400 aircraft.

Although they state that the screenshots are of the 2d panel, there’s [...]

More World Coverage from OpenVFR

Ian P, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 @ 18:32

If you click on the image to the left of this text, it will (hopefully, unless your browser objects) expand to show the current world coverage (as of 11/11) provided by Openstreetmap sourced FSX scenery “OpenVFR“.

As part of this development cycle, the team’s spokesperson announces in a press release, they have added sceneries in [...]

VFR Poland Expands Coverage

Ian P, Monday, 28 November 2011 @ 10:49

Developers VFR Poland have been in contact, to announce that they have increased the coverage of their photographic sceneries for Poland. To quote the press release:

“The newer part of the virtual Poland collection contains many interesting places, including but not limited to: the capital of the Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) region – Poznan, Nowa Sol, [...]

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