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They are likely Jacaranda trees. They bloom purple in Spring.

Unsure if you were directing your question to me but the Flightbeam store can be found at www.flightbeam.net

Flightbeam Studios also have it for purchase in their store. It is currently 35% off in their summer sale.

Good to know @Stoopy, I suspect many casual observer's initial impressions of a number of the forums is that they could do with a bit more 'welcome aboard' and a bit less 'may I see your credentials'.

I've been lurking on AVSIM for a while and reading with interest. This thread seems to give the impression that there are only two varieties of simmers. Either you are a member of a small niche of people with 30 years flight sim experience or you must be some sort of GTA buzz the tower convert. These are the extreme ends of a spectrum, the former being quite conditioned to paying premium prices and likely purchasers anyway. The other, the true GTA gamer, is unlikely to be interested in higher fidelity models. The potential for market growth lays somewhere in the middle, new people willing and able to learn more complex aircraft. The market has expanded. Why argue to maintain paying higher prices when it is no longer necessary. Why not expand the niche of serious simmers instead of restrict growth. Exclusivity might feel nice, but if the GTA crowd increases and the hardcore group becomes relatively smaller, does it not run the risk of developers just following the easy money.