Aussie Animals

[AOB 78]

Probably a dumb question but which Aussie airports feature animals after update 7?

[sightseer 895]

The addon airport YSPT SouthPort near the Gold Coast is the only one that I know of.  There's probably others and surely will be others all over the world eventually.

YSPT is one of those I really hesitated on buying but Im glad I did.

[AOB 78]

Ok I just bought it too. Worth the cost to see Skippy. 

[Fielder 3,686]

Someone created an airport with over 100 elephants running towards the main runway and put it up on fs.to a year ago or so. I guess it would be a good trick to play on someone else's MSFS installation to create one like that. And then sneak it into their Community folder. So when he lands at his favorite airport: big surprise!

[Dermot McClusky 504]

1 hour ago, Fielder said:

Someone created an airport with over 100 elephants running towards the main runway and put it up on fs.to a year ago or so. I guess it would be a good trick to play on someone else's MSFS installation to create one like that. And then sneak it into their Community folder. So when he lands at his favorite airport: big surprise!

This is hilarious, but as I thought about it, it would be pretty amazing to have smaller regional airports/airstrips around the world where animals on the runway were actually possible as an added challenge when flying into remote places. Imagine planning to land on grass strip in the Rockies and seeing a herd of deer right on the runway as you come around the bend.

[Fielder 3,686]

Not that I suggest playing tricks or anything....😁

https://flightsim.to/file/4161/london-heathrow-elephant-invasion

 

 

[harrry 322]

2 hours ago, Fielder said:

Not that I suggest playing tricks or anything....😁

https://flightsim.to/file/4161/london-heathrow-elephant-invasion

 

 

How many Jumbo Jets to get rid of these Jumbos....

[irocx 293]

2 hours ago, Fielder said:

Not that I suggest playing tricks or anything....😁

https://flightsim.to/file/4161/london-heathrow-elephant-invasion

 

 

Spotting the heavies at Heathrow.....

[Fielder 3,686]

Snoopy tried to scare the aviators....

 

[dogmanbird 269]

On 2/10/2022 at 11:35 PM, sightseer said:

The addon airport YSPT SouthPort near the Gold Coast is the only one that I know of.  There's probably others and surely will be others all over the world eventually.

YSPT is one of those I really hesitated on buying but Im glad I did.

Assuming you may not live in the region (excuse me if you do 🙂), the screenshot's I've seen are fairly accurate, and the amount of wildlife too.

I'm about 2 km from it

[sightseer 895]

29 minutes ago, dogmanbird said:

I'm about 2 km from it

Cool.  Thats good to know... not your location but about the accuracy of the airport and wildlife 😀

No, Im in the US of A and only really know the southeast quadrant of that.  I think you guys would enjoy the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Mountains here in the US.  They seem similar to the mountains in southeast AU from what I see in sims.

[andyjohnston.net 617]

A little off topic, but one of the places near me that I "fly" to regularly, in reality has recommendations that pilots overfly the runway first to make sure there are no animals on it.

[AOB 78]

A lot of Aussies will not drive on country roads at dawn or dusk because the Kangaroos seem to like to use the roads too at that time. They can cause a heck of a lot of damage to a fast moving vehicle and occupants. I do not know if any planes have hit them but if they have I imagine it would not be pretty.

Edited February 12, 2022 by AOB

[harrry 322]

https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-blackburn-rt1-kangaroo-suda

but you could check for

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/regional-express-plane-damaged-after-kangaroo-on-runway-hits-propeller/news-story/0e57a3b5c458e8829f6b9f0f7aa84085

feral donkeys are larger and have no sense so are a problem in remote strips.

Edited February 13, 2022 by harrry

[AOB 78]

Thanks for those interesting links Harry. The Blackburn Kangaroo does not look structurally sound. Too long and flimsy. 🙂