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One of my gripes is Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) still having Runway 12/30 still active, and ATC regularly assigning it for take-off and landing. Until either Asobo fix this or (better still) the likes of ORBX provide a custom version, is there a simple way to edit the airport's file(s) to deactivate that runway, i.e. to stop ATC and AI aircraft treating it as active?

After having finished my route a few minutes ago (go and watch it on PFY) i found it would be interesting to post the best pics of it. So today we're at EGPH, or edimborophh for the ones who know it better. I've been there twice, once with the q400 and once with the SF34. It's now a complete other story. I'm captain of flight AF 1687 (real BTW) left @ gate 2. Not a busy day, clouds are not too bad and there isn't much wind. Catering is coming in. Meanwhile, in the flight deck, i'm inserting the route, sid, star, perf and all others. I still kept some knowledge of the FSL that i got rid of during the malware thingy, but some of it is different. It feels 100 times more lively. Of course it isn't finished, and systems are on some ways basic but it looks neat. Briefing says it'll be a 1:49 h flight. Time to pushback. the integrated checklist is a bit bugged and needs assistance a lot of times but it works well. The FO today is Marion Chatilleard. Signs on, bleed on, GPU disconnect, clearance obtained, getting straight to the pushback. No issues, no bugs, a perfect day. As the plane is pushed back i do the annoncement to the pax: 100 souls and 4 crew members. Meanwhile, pushback stopped, and tow truck is disconnected. Same routine; pins removed, surrondings clear. I start engine 2. Gets stabilized quickly. Starting N°1 is the most interesting. You get the PTU sound (aka "barking" dog), and things come alive. After the routine of cheks and sets, we taxi to the active, in this flight RWY 24. RAAS comes with this beast. It makes things sound so realistic! Love the fact devs use it more and more. after hearing "ON RWY 24" and having set chronos, it's time to set T/O power. SRS flex 62, rotate comes quickly. Then you have to set thrust to climb in order to get autothrottle. CLIMB was one of the BEST i've gotten on the last year of which i've been simming intensively. I've even set it as my desktop wallpaper LOL Note I dont have AS or even REX. i'm only using a free thing called FSXWX that works in V4 and needs FSUIPC. It's the only free way i know to get active weather. And also these birds don't need AS, because of their integrated radar. It works on ANY weather engine. A little gadget that I think looks suuper cool is the printer and the coffee. As I said, I don't have AS so atis is useless, but nontherless it's great-looking. The coffee "fills" me of more excitation about this plane. Cruise was quite boring. Switched from the active frequency to the best local radio LOL, cuz P3Ds vanilla radio is a true pain in the butt. Did you see the coffee smiling at me? That's why i drank it LMAO. After a not so boring cruise filled with coffee, crackers and BBC2 it was time to prepare for the descent. Marion Chatilleard helped me with the checklists (not talking about CFD, but ICL) It was nighttime and it was getting colder. Finally switched to the Paris approach frequency and got my clearance for 27L. Again, after some Checks and sets, we were on the last turn. Flaps1, spoilers armed, and the LOC and GS came alive. But actually because I'm dumb and thought I knew 27R I went into a closed taxiway after my landing. Rating was @ 194fpm, nice. So yea, thx no collisions enabled, otherwise I wouldn't be here lol. Since there was 0 damage I continued like if nothing happened(never did that one before) and moved along to the gate. Pier F, gate 70, the exact same one I went to only two weeks ago . I finally parked the baby, and let the 100 souls and their belongings deboard. The final check and set went quickly. I then opened both windows to feel the fresh air and the smell of the vehicles going by. Turned everything off and let the baby have a good night. And this was the end of a successful and exciting journey. More seriously If I had to say anything about the plane it looks nice, flys well and is easy to learn on (unlike the maddog or SF34 Hehe) and the gadgets just make it feel good. I think it's worth it, even if it's not complete YET. Also the ones who know me know my PC is a bottleneck and the fps I get on it aren't great. But the most important thing is HOW much FUN it gives you, no matter the FPS. So that guys, was a review, a flight and my opinion, all in one topic. Best regards ever, Charly