scenery

Tyler Newport Photo Real Washington D.C. X is now available from the FlightSim Pilot Shop.

Photo Real Washington DC X is 2 m per pixel satellite image ground textures for the whole District Of Columbia, USA. This awesome scenery is perfect for those who like to fly VFR, or for those who are residents of the Washington DC area and would like to fly over their house. This is a very frame rate friendly add on, in fact most customers are reporting that they get better frames with this scenery than default FSX scenery.

Aerosoft has released the Flight Simulator X version of their German Airports 2 Leipzig/Halle X scenery.

Leipzig/Halle is the last airport covered in the German Airports 2 collection and as always this is state of the art scenery design.

Continuing in the tradition of the German Airport Series, Leipzig/Halle is featured with its latest and up to date layouts, buildings, objects, runways, taxiways, lights, and navigation aids. Just like the real life airport. The GA Team have also included the Dynamic Airport Enhancement Services Lite Edition by Oliver Pabst as was the case in earlier releases such as Hanover and Frankfurt.

A high definition aerial photograph has been used for ground texturing making the airport and its surroundings seem absolutely realistic. Numerous moving vehicles on the apron and the nearby `Autobahn´ create a lively atmosphere!

Even with this whole range of objects, details and features, the framerates remains excellent.

Features

• Detailed representation of the airport and immediate surrounding
• All navigation aids included (ILS,VOR/DME,NDB,ATIS)
• Photorealistic day and night textures
• Taxiway bridge over highway
• Animated trains and train signals and announcement on the train station
• Over 2000 cars on the surrounding roads (actual number depends on time of day and framerates
• Dynamic Airport Enhancement Services used to create dynamic environment
• Based on aerial image (April 2008)
• New DHL included
• Porsche plant near Runway 26R
• New engine test hangar
• Surrounding includes small roads and small villages
• AGNIS docking system
• Ground textures with Mipmaps
• Extensive manual
• Original DFS-charts
• Compatible with AES (Airport Enhancement Services) (FS2004 only)
• Compatibe with Ultimate Terrain Europe
• AES Light to provide vehicle traffic in the platforms (new…. Cars now detect aircraft and give way)

Atlanta Photo Real X is more than 1,225 Square Miles around the city of Atlanta, Ga of 2 m per pixel satellite image ground textures.

This scenery is perfect for those who like to fly VFR, or for those who are residents of the Atlanta area and would like to fly over their house. This is a very frame rate friendly add on, in fact most customers are reporting that they get better frames with this scenery than default FSX scenery. Supports SP2 and Acceleration.

FTX has released version 2 of their Launceston Airport.

This revision of crowd favourite “Lonny” gets brand new hangars, new vehicle libraries, grass skirtings, a higher resolution ground terrain, many improvements to the visual appearance of the entire airport and a brand new ACFAD completely integrated into the photoreal which offers crisp taxiway lines blended seamlessly into the tarmac imagery. Also included is full support for the FTX AI Traffic addon.

You can download the scenery here.

FSAddon has released their long awaited Plum Island X for Flight Simulator X.

Plum Island’s small airfield (2B2) is situated near Newburyport, some 27 miles north of Boston along the Atlantic coast. The FSX version of it conveys the atmosphere of a small local field, often slumbering in the summer heat or laying deserted in the wintery cold. According to the Airnav pages aircraft operations average some 54 per week, so clearly not a busy airport, but instead the ideal companion for your VFR-loving GA aircraft!

FSAddon’s version for it is a ‘native FSX’ title and tested under Windows XP and Vista, and with FSX SP1, SP2 and Acceleration. It includes the airfield itself with abundant detail up to and including the field’s instructions hanging next to the entrance of the main building.

It also includes a wide area around the field including the town of Newburyport, the tidal flats from the river to the Atlantic, the beaches and the many holiday homes along the coast. This entire area is made using high-res aerial photos and painstakingly placed customized autogen houses and other objects.

Also included is a dedicated AI traffic file, a nice little manual in pdf format and last but not least a dedicated support forum on FSAddon’s web site.

The second best part of all this, next to the incredible detail and immersion the package brings you, is the price. Plum Island can be had for only $15, as an introductory price to the new series.