April 4Apr 4 Hello all, Taking a small break from the Arcata-Eureka scenery as I am still stuck with some small issues. I have been inspired by the NASA Artemis mission to give some attention to Moffett Federal Airfield, the former Moffett NAS, home of NASA Ames Research center in Silicon Valley. I am very familiar with this airport as an uncle of mine flew P-3s there in the 1980s. Much of the airport is already covered by PG, but I am trying to add some key buildings like the flight ops center, Hangar One, and California ANG. Will try to add some static NASA aircraft too. Just a fun little enhancement.
April 7Apr 7 Author Some small updates: Improved the Hangar One model, added the Ames Research Center hangar, the museum with its static collection, and the P-3 on Cody Road
April 7Apr 7 On 4/4/2026 at 7:05 AM, Nandengo12 said: I have been inspired by the NASA Artemis mission to give some attention to Moffett Federal Airfield, the former Moffett NAS, home of NASA Ames Research center in Silicon Valley. I am very familiar with this airport as an uncle of mine flew P-3s there in the 1980s. True story. Almost 30 years ago when MSFS got its first Lear Jet (MSFS 98) one of my favorite pastimes was to depart KBAB where I was stationed as an Air Traffic Controller and cruise on down to the Bay stopping for T&G’s at KOAK then KSFO always with a full stop destination of Moffett NAS. There was something about those Blimp Hangers that made it “As real as it gets!” for me. Silly in hindsight but still…I will value a visit to your updated version if you decide to release it. I’m sure I won’t be disappointed based upon your efforts as documented here. Blue skies, -B Edited April 7Apr 7 by btacon
April 7Apr 7 Wow, I am really looking forward to this. I live a few miles from Moffett Field, and for many years KPAO has been my MSFS home field. To have those hangers in MSFS 2024 is dream I've been hoping to have realized for years now, THANKS!!!! Nice touch that you've included the Ames wind tunnel (seen in the background of your 4th update picture)! Dang....can't wait! CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
April 7Apr 7 I’m looking forward to this as well. I used to live in Santa Clara and remember seeing P-3s, C-5s and Starlifters land at Moffett NAS. Fulcrum One Yoke / FSProjects Airbus Side Stick, Honeycomb Bravo, Slaw Device RX Viper V2 Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, PNY RTX 5080, 48GB RAM
April 8Apr 8 Author 10 hours ago, btacon said: True story. Almost 30 years ago when MSFS got its first Lear Jet (MSFS 98) one of my favorite pastimes was to depart KBAB where I was stationed as an Air Traffic Controller and cruise on down to the Bay stopping for T&G’s at KOAK then KSFO always with a full stop destination of Moffett NAS. There was something about those Blimp Hangers that made it “As real as it gets!” for me. Silly in hindsight but still…I will value a visit to your updated version if you decide to release it. I’m sure I won’t be disappointed based upon your efforts as documented here. Blue skies, -B I remember that too..it was pretty stunning to see the Moffett hangars in FS98. But even earlier before that, they were also in Jetfighter and Jetfighter II (if anyone remembers early 90s sims)! 8 hours ago, TheFamilyMan said: Wow, I am really looking forward to this. I live a few miles from Moffett Field, and for many years KPAO has been my MSFS home field. To have those hangers in MSFS 2024 is dream I've been hoping to have realized for years now, THANKS!!!! Nice touch that you've included the Ames wind tunnel (seen in the background of your 4th update picture)! Dang....can't wait! I use the Dreamflight KPAO a lot myself - have great memories of flying into the real PAO back in the day. Such a pretty location for a small GA field. When I miss the Bay Area, I often do a Bay circuit like MRY-RHV-PAO-HAF-OAK-LVK-RHV or something like that. I am thinking of doing KOAR as one of the next sceneries as well, because WVI, SNS, and MRY are already well covered by other developers. The Ames wind tunnel is actually already provided in PG. About 80% of the Moffett buildings are already provided in PG, so you'll need to have it enabled to enjoy this scenery fully. 34 minutes ago, mrcultureshock said: I’m looking forward to this as well. I used to live in Santa Clara and remember seeing P-3s, C-5s and Starlifters land at Moffett NAS. Yep that's an automatic memory for any 80s Bay Area kid! Loved seeing the P-3s pass overhead on 101, I always asked my parents to get into the slow lane so I could get the full view of Moffett.
April 17Apr 17 Author Well the Artemis mission was completed already but I finally got to work on Moffett a bit more this week. Hangar 1 and 2 models have been revised, as well as the tower building and have started filling in airfield clutter and NASA details too. Some of the PG trees were wonky so I have added pine and other trees where necessary. It's becoming more work than I thought 🫠 Edited April 17Apr 17 by Nandengo12
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