Orbx Simulation Systems from Australia announced their FTX Australia SP3.001 service pack release, adding new features and hundreds of bug fixes ! (We hope that was a typo by the submitter. Ed.). Here’s some of the press release text, the full text can no doubt be found on their web site.

“……Orbx Simulation Systems is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the FTX Australia SP3.001 service pack, which is free to all Orbx customers. SP3.001 will automatically upgrade all previous FTX Australia regions to full SP3 compatibility, and adds many new enhancements and features including a major upgrade to the entire country’s landclass, the new FTX Central application to replace FTX Mode and allow seamless interoperability with other FSX addons which modify terrain.cfg, and hundreds of other bug fixes and enhancements based on near two years of customer feedback….”.

They also announce the availability of “…. FTX YHBA Hervey Bay Airport, its first scenery using new state-of-the-art digital imagery captured directly from the aircraft to hard disk….”.
“….. Situated on the coast of Queensland, the town of Hervey Bay is serviced by a modern airport which has seen rapid growth recently to cater for the tourists visiting nearby Fraser Island or watching the whale migration out to sea…”.

FTX Australia SP3.001 is available for free download here.