Holger0815

Hi, FT has updated their LGAV scenery for Athens:

I do also use the Pimax Crystal - and yes, some messages, although not many, are hard to read. But that's not Just Flight's fault. The original version simply had small fonts in their screens. And today's top technology with DLSS and Smart Smoothing etc. does not make things better. So I find myself sometimes leaning forward to read the messages that I do not recognize at first glance.

I almost knew they are working on the Dash 8! Who else could do this? And they have a good reputation on Turboprops. But as Joe said: That's exactly the point. I really hope they speed up things!

I like it very much! It's on my list for a future visist! Thank you for your efforts for the freeware community.

That looks great, Ryan! Too bad that I have too little time for simming at the moment. :-)

Meigs Field - sweet memories!

Great to see the Apache inflight. I have never seen the helmet-integrated HuD yet and it is so cool to see they have included it.

Ouch, what happened to Gibraltar? I did not fly there for a long time, but in MSFS2020 it looked way better. I have been there IRL a few times and I can tell you that Gibraltar is a remarkable city. Crossing the border from Algeciras, it's really a culture clash coming to the UK. :-)

Ryan, these screenies are really superb. And the plane looks great. I really love the G3X with the sectional charts included. That said, this plane might be my next purchase.

Oh, that's a good question. I did not try the update yet. But since everybody might have installed the City Update, I doubt that FT may have a problem with it. I really wished their communication would be better.

I have purchased my scenery through simMarket. I have downloaded their universal installer from their website (https://www.flytampa.org/downloads.html) and entered my mailadress and the key. That's it. I have no idea, why the update is not available on Orbx yet. The update was from May 14th, today is May 18th...

Hi there, no word on their Forums, their Facebook page or via the simMarket update tool. But: FlyTampa's EHAM Amsterdam scenery received an update for MSFS2024.

Those were the days, my friend - we thought they never end...

Hi there, sorry for the delay... Real life kept me busier than expected over the last few days. But now it’s finally time to jump back into the cockpit. Today, we’re leaving Pakistan and heading further east towards the Indian subcontinent. Our route takes us from Mohenjo-daro to Kishangarh — 364 NM and about 2.5 hours of flight time. Kishangarh is just another stopover for me, nothing particularly special. But flying all the way to the Himalayas nonstop would simply have taken too long. Here we go... As always — never go flying on an empty stomach. So I cooked myself a typical Pakistani/Indian dish: mutton tikka masala. That’s basically meat with onions, ginger, tomatoes, chili, pepper, turmeric, and garam masala. As you can see, today’s route is fairly straightforward, heading due east. We’ll cross the mighty Indus River shortly after takeoff, then continue across the Thar Desert and over dusty Rajasthan. As for the weather forecast... well, let’s not talk about it. Most major airports in India are currently reporting MVFR or even IFR conditions. That’s not because of bad weather, but due to the dry season, with lots of haze and air pollution hanging over the cities. That said, flying VFR over the countryside is still perfectly possible, where air pollution is practically nonexistent. It’s 08:10 local time, and temperatures are already above 30°C! The sun is blazing down on the tarmac as I complete the walkaround and refuel the aircraft — despite already having the wingtip tanks filled. Twenty minutes later, the aircraft is ready, I’m ready, and the avionics are configured. After a very short engine warm-up... ...we leave Mohenjo-daro behind. Shortly after takeoff, we cross the mighty Indus River, which rises in the Himalayas and flows into the Arabian Sea. Just a few moments later, we leave the green Indus basin behind, and the landscape changes dramatically... ...from fertile fields to desert. The next 90 minutes (or perhaps even longer — I honestly don’t remember) are rather dull. Here you can see us cruising at 9,000 ft over the Thar Desert. Jaisalmer is the only real city along our route. Other than that — it’s mostly just desert and wasteland. At least we have a 16-knot tailwind. Imagine dealing with a headwind on a route like this? I’m already longing for more interesting scenery! As we approach Kishangarh, today’s destination, you can once again see how impressive MSFS live weather can be. MVFR conditions were reported at the airport — not because of actual weather, but because of haze and air pollution over the city. MSFS reproduces that layer remarkably well. ATC vectors us west of the airport. Here we’re still above the haze layer, but visibility gets noticeably worse as we descend toward the airport. “Report runway in sight!” Hmm... here we are intercepting the localizer. It’s only a VOR approach, so no glideslope guidance. And even at 2 NM from the runway, the runway is only just becoming visible. And that’s it for today. Welcome to the middle of nowhere — somewhere in central India. Thank you for flying with me once again. My journey so far: https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/693237-rtw-01-munich-venezia/ https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/693300-rtw-02-venezia-benevento-italy-at-its-best/ https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/693450-rtw-03-benevento-corfu/ https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/693522-rtw-04-corfu-chania/ https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/693582-rtw-05-chania-marsa-alam/ https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/693915-rtw-06-marsa-alam-hawtah/ https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/694233-rtw-07-hawtah-muscat/ https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/694641-rtw-08-muscat-mohenjo-daro/

...tricky stuff! These are those little details which add the immersion we are all longing for. 🙂