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FSDreamTeam have updated their Chicago O’Hare airport for Flight Simulator X to version 1.1.

These are the fixes:

• De-Icing added in the Pad 28 Aerea, there are 4 vehicles, operating only in Winter with Snow
• Corrected some textures problems in the airport signs
• Corrected names for stands M1 to M6
• Night textures resolution doubled to fix the grid effect at night in FS9
• AFCAD - Fixed taxiways width
• AFCAD - Diamond technique used at runway intersections
• AFCAD - Added instrumental approaches in FS9

The default AFCAD file for FS9 use the latest parking definitions from Harpsi, but doesn’t use any kind of star method or other tweaks. We prefer to leave those for addons AFCAD.

We added instrumental Approaches in FS9 (we already had it in FSX), so you should see correct Approaches on the GPS and the ATC will know about those procedures as well. Previously, we didn’t have approaches for runways that changed names from default (for example, 10/28).

In FS9, since Approaches are in the AFCAD file, but are not recognized by AFCAD program, we made a separate file named APPR_KORD.BGL, that ONLY includes approaches so, it will be possible to tweak or replace the main AFCAD without losing the approach procedures, since they reside in a separate file.

To apply the update, simply download again the installer. You can either Uninstall 1.0 or not, it shouldn’t make any difference, but it will not hurt either if you choose to Uninstall 1.0 first. In any case, no registration info is ever lost, as long as you don’t reinstall Windows.

FSDreamTeam is happy to announce the release of a free scenery for FSX. It’s the Greystone (17FL) airfield, home of the Jumbolair aviation community, with the largest private residential runway in the US.

This airport is quite famous because John Travolta’s house is located on its grounds. This is were he parks his own Boeing 707.

The scenery is for FSX only, and is offered as a free download for all Chicago O’Hare customers, it will automatically run registered if the users has bought O’Hare, otherwise it will only run in Trial Mode. However, it’s not possible to purchase Greystone separately.

Regardless of its small size, the scenery has been made just like any payware product: it has an hi-resolution 26 cm/pixel photo-realistic background with autogen that blends nicely with the surrounding area, several animations of birds, cars and people, AFCAD with a parking stand big enough for a jumbo jet in front of the house and, of course, John Travolta’s house fully modeled and textured in 3D. Runway texture has been enhanced too with skid markings.

This release will hopefully be the beginning of a new offering from FSDreamTeam: small free “bonus” products, offered to all existing customers as a token of appreciation for their support.

To get the scenery, head to FSDreamTeam forum.