October 20, 20232 yr For the younger generation, Bowerman airport means nothing. It’s a small GA airfield on the Pacific North West Coast near Seattle, Washington. For the older FSx/P3D simmers, it should remind the Orbx freeware scenery that set the quality standard at that time. So, let’s bring back souvenir and have a quick bit at Lana’s Cafe. It’s free to download: https://flightsim.to/file/62459/bowerman-airport-vintage-edition-khqm Perfectly located, KHQM could be the perfect starting point to explore this awesome area. With it’s 6-24 asphalt runway of 5,000 feet (1,524 meters, ILS runway 24), KHQM is promoted as “Only Jet-Capable Airport” by the local authority. It will match GA to Bizjet perfectly and don’t forget to have lunch at the restaurant. Why a Vintage Edition? This scenery is a mixed between what exists today (Oct’23) and what it was around 2014. For example: Lana’s Cafe has moved from the airfield to downtown. Nowadays the building restaurant has been destroyed. But in this scenery, the iconic restaurant is still there as it was in Orbx freeware. Features Fix all taxiway signs Fix runway PAPI Fix windsocks Replace all AI generated hangars and buildings with more appropriate MSFS stocked objects Replace all light blue poles with inert blue reflectors Enhance all taxiways/apron textures (cracked, more various colors, patches) Improve visual on final 24 : water waste plant (Hoquiam Sewage Treatment Plant) and wood factory (Willis Enterprises), still WIP + cleanup the water bassin to reveal hidden part wrongly covered by default Improve visual on final 6 : water exclusion on the bay to reveal Grays Harbor National Wildlife Water exclusion to redesign the low tide on the shore (WIP) More pic available on the screenshot forum's section: Vincent B. Check my free MSFS sceneries : https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio/trending and my hardware configuration.
October 20, 20232 yr A lovely treat. Much appreciated! A tip of the cap to you for all that you have done for this hobby. -M --Mike MacKuen
October 20, 20232 yr This is just plain awesome on your behalf @vbazillio. Way to bring back to life a nice iconic PNW airport from not almost ten years ago. Will have to go download and check it out now 🙂 AMD Ryzen 9900X3D & ASUS X870E Gaming Plus MB, w/64 Gb GSkill DDR5 RAM, PNY RTX 5090 GPU, lots of SSD's and M.2 drives, HAVN Case, Virpil VPC Panels 2 and 3, Virpil Constellation Alpha Stick, Virpil Rotor TCS Plus w/ Hawk-60 Collective grip, TM TCA Yoke Boeing Edition, TM HOTAS A-10 and F/A-18 Sticks and TM TPR Rudder pedals. Currently on Win11
October 20, 20232 yr Thank you!!! Kerry W. GipeSavannah Georgia, USAUS FAA A&P / Commercial Pilot Multi Engine Land IFRYour talent is a gift from God. How you use your talent is your gift back to God.
October 20, 20232 yr Thank you Vincent! PC: AMD 9850X3D, RAM 64GB, Geforce GTX 5090 (32GB), MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024, Pimax Super 50PPD, Quest 3
October 20, 20232 yr Okay, just finished a nice recon flight around Bowerman, doing a few laps in the Wilga going low and slow. Looks great Vincent, as does the surrounding scenery 🙂 Wonderful work! AMD Ryzen 9900X3D & ASUS X870E Gaming Plus MB, w/64 Gb GSkill DDR5 RAM, PNY RTX 5090 GPU, lots of SSD's and M.2 drives, HAVN Case, Virpil VPC Panels 2 and 3, Virpil Constellation Alpha Stick, Virpil Rotor TCS Plus w/ Hawk-60 Collective grip, TM TCA Yoke Boeing Edition, TM HOTAS A-10 and F/A-18 Sticks and TM TPR Rudder pedals. Currently on Win11
October 20, 20232 yr Vincent, Thank you so very much...for this, your other airports that you shared with us as well. Most of all, thank you for your kindness ❤️!!
October 21, 20232 yr Author 9 hours ago, Bert Pieke said: Totally lovely.... Thank You Thank you! You're the first one to share a pic! 😉 Vincent B. Check my free MSFS sceneries : https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio/trending and my hardware configuration.
October 21, 20232 yr Thank you Vincent. Can't await to take off from Bowerman. - Harry 9800x3D (Strix x870e-E) - 64GB RAM (DDR5 6000, CL 30) - RTX 5090, 34'' 1440p OLED HDR - Windows 11 Pro (1TB M.2) - MSFS 2024 (MS Store, 4TB M.2).
October 21, 20232 yr Thank-you, Vincent. Just did a circuit and it was like coming home! I had KHQM as my default airport in P3D for years. Having it in MSFS is a real treat. Great job! ..Lloyd PS - I posted this thank-you note in an earlier thread (Bowerman (vintage) KHQM freeware dev started). Reposting here just to make sure Vincent sees it. Lloyd Noel (Ontario, Canada) Intel i9 [email protected] / NZXT Kraken X73 AIO / MSI MPG Z590 Gaming+ / 64GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance LPX / Gigabyte RTX4080 Super Gaming OC / Dell S3422DWG Monitor / Corsair RM1000e 1KW PS / 1TB WD Black M.2 (Win 11 Pro) / 1TB Sabrent Rocket M.2 .(MSFS2020) / 512GB Sabrent Rocket M.2 (XP12) / 1TB TimeTec SATA (Misc. & FS Support)
October 21, 20232 yr Great work - and for sure I will make some flights there in the next days. I can also visit some places that I was in RL, what a pleasure! Cheers, Gerold Spoiler Hardware: Intel i9-13900K @ 4.2 Ghz, BENQ EW3270U (3840*2160), 32 GB RAM DDR5-6000, Gigabyte Gaming OC Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB, Samsung 980 Pro M.2: 1 TB (Win 11-System), Samsung 870 QVO SSD: 2 TB (MSFS), 2 * Samsung 850 EVO SSD: 1 TB (P3D 4.5 HF3) & 500 GB (spare). Scenery / Add-Ons: Lots of commercial & freeware sceneries. Plus ActiveSky_MSFS - and for P3D: FS Global Mesh 2010, ActiveSky_P3Dv4, ASCA, EzDok v3, Pro-ATC/X and REX 4 Texture Direct.
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