June 27, 201213 yr I hope Alaska's NAVAID freqs and locations haven't changed much in the past few years, because my Alaska WACs and A/FD are all new. My Hawaii sectional is 10 years old, so it matches up perfectly with Flight's Hawaii. In February 2012, Ted Stevens Anchorage INTL lost the Bruck NDB. As well, the ANC VOR-DME to the west of the airport was replaced by the TED VOR-DME that is on the east end of the airport grounds. Old on the left, new on the right. This has changed all the Victor Airways, a number of waypoints and fixes, as well as pretty much every landing procedure in the general vicinty. At such a large airport and congested airspace, this is obviously a much bigger change then the Kona IAI to KOA swap. If someone could check to see which NAVAIDs are in Flight that would be most appreciated.
June 27, 201213 yr how is the snow modelled in-air? is it realistic? Any screenies of flying through snow? I'll turn up the daylight and add more shots if others don't do it first. Sleep can wait, I guess. Still happy. Bob
June 27, 201213 yr I can't wait to take off from Lake Hood...See if it looks like the real thing. Here is a photo when on short final at Lake Hood, the last time I was in Anchorage. nice water graphics :Just Kidding: :LMAO:
June 27, 201213 yr Slight scare, as I saw the first signs of my system actually seeming stressed and struggling over one of the large cities. Finally figured out what was happening. Remember to defrag after downloading!!! Also, looking at my own pictures, Flight looks awfully close to realizing that "FSX with DX10" picture that still lives on in infamy to this very day. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
June 27, 201213 yr I think video would do more justice to the snow modeling. Screenies don't do it justice. Also, often in "Mixed Weather" it turns to rain and slushy rain which appear different. I'll keep trying. Bob
June 27, 201213 yr If someone could check to see which NAVAIDs are in Flight that would be most appreciated. I see CMQ NDB 338, BOB NDB 387 and ANC VOR 114.30 https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lq7_CGBmSMHec9ZzfviKRbJJvhUvahAp7c9veo5KUkw?feat=directlink Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 27, 201213 yr Robert, they're great! As you say, I suspect video will do it more justice..I'm going to go home soon; hang the job (I'm the boss, so i can pull cheeky stunts like that) I need to go pretend I'm Jim Tweto LOL JAKE EYREIt's a small step from the sublime to the ridiculous...Napoleon Bonaparte
June 27, 201213 yr I see CMQ NDB 338, BOB NDB 387 and ANC VOR 114.30 Thanks jcomm. That confirms it is the old NAVAIDs. Good luck to everybody trying to find the out of date FAA publications. It's a shame they are so adamant about only selling the most current versions, but I understand they don't want real world pilots flying with outdated info.
June 27, 201213 yr In February 2012... If someone could check to see which NAVAIDs are in Flight that would be most appreciated. I think I can say without looking and still 99,999999999999999999999% certainty, that Flight has the old situation. EDIT I was a bit late, I see...
June 27, 201213 yr Great job on the screenshots guys! Although it kinda keeps me from actually working over here... but that's my problem Mark
June 27, 201213 yr I think I can say without looking and still 99,999999999999999999999% certainty, that Flight has the old situation. The FAA is clearly trolling the Flight team. What are the odds that a major VOR swap occurs during scenery production twice in a row?
June 27, 201213 yr Could someone give a (rough) estimate on how many ILS-approaches there are? I am REALLY looking forward to new approaches :) The real world Alaska approaches number approximately: 66 VOR / 53 ILS / 24 LOC / 59 NDB / 256 RNAV (GPS). So if all of the ILS & LOC made it in game, roughly 75 or so. Now if only we could get a fully functional GPS... If someone could get a rough count of the ILS feathers on the map that would be great.
June 27, 201213 yr In February 2012, Ted Stevens Anchorage INTL lost the Bruck NDB. As well, the ANC VOR-DME to the west of the airport was replaced by the TED VOR-DME that is on the east end of the airport grounds. Hmmm... Thanks for the heads-up. That's recent enough that the change may not be reflected on my chart. I bought WACs instead of sectionals, because they still have all the important terrain/airport/navaid/route info (I don't need airspace details for Flight) and I "only" had to buy seven of them. I couldn't justify the price or the space requirements of 16 sectionals just to cover Alaska in "a game." But anyway, WACs are good for a year, so mine might be old enough. I'll just have to check mine when I get home.
June 27, 201213 yr The real world Alaska approaches number approximately: 66 VOR / 53 ILS / 24 LOC / 59 NDB / 256 RNAV (GPS). So if all of the ILS & LOC made it in game, roughly 75 or so. Now if only we could get a fully functional GPS... If someone could get a rough count of the ILS feathers on the map that would be great. Wow, those numbers would really make me a happy camper pilot. But let's wait for someone who can check the ILS-feather-count in-game. Mark
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