July 21, 20232 yr I grew up in Niagara Falls NY, directly across Porter road from KIAG Niagara Falls International (no relation to KBUF). Even though it's not Canada, the site is a stones throw from the Niagara-on-the-Lake area and St. Catherines. In the 60s and 70s, it served a major role for the war effort along with the expansive Bel Aerospace R&D facility. For the past 50 years or so, it continues to serve budget airlines, while also being a charter hub for foreign and domestic airliners. Its long runway was the only place within a few hundred miles (or more?) to land a 747-x at that time. Imagine being a kid and seeing a 747 parked at the relatively small terminal with only a small chain link fence in between. In short, this airport had a large, vibrant GA facility with everything from 152s flying sightseeing tours to Barons and C310s, which my dad chartered a few times. The main facility serviced 707s, 747s ...and business jets carrying Alice Cooper, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin (Marilyn Monroe?) and others that loved to visit the Little Italy restaurants of Niagara Falls NY while performing at nearby Melody Fair or "The Aud". On the military side, it had a large commissary, hangars and support buildings where the stars were an endless run of C-130s ferrying supplies. SabreJet afterburners felt like an earthquake over a half mile away. The mysterious home of skunkworks, the human jet pack and many other projects took place at the huge Bel Aerospace hangars and their expansive office campus with an over-road walkway to the secure parking lot. So much history and so many memories. It would be great if someone brought it to life. Thanks for everything you do. I really enjoy your passion and expertise. Best Regards, Mark i7 10700KF 3.8gHz -125W air cooled, 500W PSU, 4070 Dual OC 12GB, 32GB 3200, 43" P4317Q Redbird Alloy RD1, Honeycomb Alpha, Bravo, Stream Deck, Quest 3
July 21, 20232 yr Is there a rendition of Winnipeg out there already? Also, I have the existing Saskatoon/Diefenbaker but...a version by you would be oh-so-nice And then there's yellowknife. The version that is out there is ok. Again ditto on the above though. Windsor, and Gander and St. John's are neat spots too. I have used Gander and St. John's to fly transatlantic non-stop to Shannon, in aircraft that really should make a fuel stop at Reykjavik 😆 Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
July 21, 20232 yr CYPG Portage It’s a military training base about 40 miles west of Winnipeg. All types of approaches there.
July 21, 20232 yr For those looking for CYXX, have you tried this one?https://flightsim.to/file/30091/cyxx-abbotsford-international-airport i7-13700KF, 32gb DDR4 3200, RTX 4080, Win 11, MSFS 2024
July 22, 20232 yr I live in Whitehorse, so I vote for Whitehorse HAHAHA Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
July 22, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, Dave_YVR said: How about something from the rock? Either Torbay or Gander perhaps? " The Queen herself flew to Gander to open the modernist, swish new lounge, the epitome of mid-century chic with furniture by acclaimed designers including Charles and Ray Eames, and Jacques Guillon. It cost an incredible $3 million to build. " https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/gander-international-airport-canada/index.html 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
July 22, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, Dave_YVR said: For those looking for CYXX, have you tried this one?https://flightsim.to/file/30091/cyxx-abbotsford-international-airport For freeware, that looks pretty good, especially since the author made some custom buildings for it. I may download it, since it's free. However looking at the photos of that freeware Abbotsford airport, it seems to be missing some key custom buildings, like this photo? I don't see a custom terminal building in that freeware project? Of course it's freeware, so it won't have the bells and whistles of a payware Abbotsford airport. If there is a custom terminal building in that freeware project, maybe somebody can post the photo of it. If that freeware project is missing a custom terminal building though, then it's those types of details that I would want from a payware Abbotsford project. i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM
July 22, 20232 yr Goose Bay, Never seen a decent rendition and an essential fuel stop for GA ferrying across the pond via Greenland. FAA ATP, CASA ATPL(A), MEIR, NVFR, Type Rated: A320, B747,B737, E120, B1900D/C KA350, Multi Ratings: PA31-350, BE58, C310, PN68, PA44, BE76. Checked out on: C210, R114, C206, PA28, C172, C152. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7900X CPU @ 3.30GHz (20 CPUs), ~3.3GHzMemory: 64MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, Multi Monitor.
July 22, 20232 yr A few I wouldn't mind seeing are CYXT (Terrace), CYXC (Cranbrook), CYZT Port Hardy. It would be great to see the Canadian north start getting built up with pay-quality airports. Unfortunately most of the area is so badly done in the sim - even with photogrammetry off - that I just don't fly there. But I'd sure like to. ASUS MAXIMUS IX CODE Z270, i7-7700K [email protected], EVGA GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4 RAM, VKBSim Gladiator joystick, CH Pro pedals, Razer Orbweaver Chroma Gaming Keypad, Tobii Eye Tracker, Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB (main drive/sim drive), WD Black 1TB HDD
July 22, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, toucanair said: Goose Bay, Never seen a decent rendition and an essential fuel stop for GA ferrying across the pond via Greenland. First place that came to my mind. Not just a ferrying point for GA but also for the RAF Red Arrows when crossing the Atlantic. OS: Win11 Home; Mobo: Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi D4; CPU: Intel i5-12400 (Alder Lake) 4.4 GHzRAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 64Gb (4x16GB) 3600 MHz; GPU: MSI Radeon RX 5700XT [8GB] SSD: Corsair Force MP510 (for OS); 2x 1TB & 1x 2TB Sabrent Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 (one for sim, two for addons)HDD: Seagate 3TB (Data); Seagate 1TB (Programs), ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ1B Curved 31.5" monitor, 1440p, 38Mbs ethernet Fulcrum One Yoke, Honeycomb Bravo throttle, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA sidestick & throttle, Logitech Pro pedals, Xbox wireless gamepad (1st gen)
July 22, 20232 yr Goose Bay CYYR for the trans-Atlantic ferry traffic. Or maybe Gander CYQX, for the same purpose. Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting. https://rationalwiki.org
July 22, 20232 yr CYYR and CYQX would be interesting, but I am not sure how popular they will be; Windsor, Regina and Saskatoon my attract more buyers. MSFS 2024. Primary Planes: Black Square TBM850, Duke, Baron, Caravan; A2A Comanche; FSReborn Phenom; Fexix A321; PMDG 737-7, 777: Utilities: Active Sky (Passive Mode); BATC, FSLTL.
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