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Blast through the Alps + Swiss F/A-18 Livery
Kai Tak 1998 The Last Days Are Back
This scenery brings back the last days of Kai Tak. In these days more and more spectators crowded the famous parking house to witness the planes flying towards checker hill, at the landing light in Durham Road start banking into a tight turn, while just roaring over the cities rooftops. Approach by approach, in these days a spectacular air show was unfolding, and every captain rightfully could be proud like a display pilot flying tricky and difficult maneuvers in close proximity to the ground. <... This scenery brings back the last days of Kai Tak. In these days more and more spectators crowded the famous parking house to witness the planes flying towards checker hill, at the landing light in Durham Road start banking into a tight turn, while just roaring over the cities rooftops. Approach by approach, in these days a spectacular air show was unfolding, and every captain rightfully could be proud like a display pilot flying tricky and difficult maneuvers in close proximity to the ground.
The Hong Kong Kai Tak 1998 scenery is dedicated to the last days of Kai Tak. The scenery specifically shows many details, which were unique for that time. The following highlights are included:
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Updated version 1. 4: SU8 supported and corrected Chinese texts at the parking deck and the Ads.
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Updated version 1. 3: SU7 based road and roadlight exlusion - ziggy runway boundaries flattened - improved grass patches along the Kai Tak river.
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Based on more user feedback -> Updated version 1. 2 released: Functional OLS (optical landing system) on the USS Abraham Lincoln in Victoria Harbour (limited visibility in VR), ship and runway lighting on the USS Abraham Lincoln, the radar tower at the end of South appron was added, runway markings corrected, scenery objects re-added, which were hidden due to SU5 changes, improved the East Apron asphalt coloring.
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Based on user feedback -> Updated version 1. 1 released: added the eye-catching pedestrian bridge behind the parking house, consistently colored roads around the terminal, moved a couple of static ships to avoid collisions with Samscence’s ships, added user documentation.
- No AI cars on the apron, taxiways and runway! - This scenery has resolved the issue with cars appearing at the wrong places, so you don’t need to set the road traffic density to 0%.
- Terminal building - Highly detailed terminal building
- Final state of the airport - Colors of apron markings and lines matching the final state of the airport. The same applies to the buildings. Even the old East Apron layout (as it was prior the 1992 expansion) is still visible by slightly different colored asphalt. Finally, as the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Hong Kong on July 4, 1998, the displayed scenery matches the reality at one single day: July 5, 1998, the day before Kai Tak was closed.
- 3D airport shorelines – The airport shorelines are designed as 3D models for maximum realism.
- Four aircraft bridges - Totally four aircraft bridges carefully crafted as 3D models.
- Sloped bridge - The long bridge between South Apron and Taxiway B1 has a length of more than 250m and has modelled the shallow ramps from both sides meeting in the middle. Taxiing over it you need to apply power on the first half and then brakes on the second half!
- 3D Kai Tak River - The Kai Tak Nullah (River) flows in a 3D riverbed right through the middle of the airport. As in reality, 10 bridges in total are crossing the Kai Tak River.
- Hand drawn aerial image - As no aerial imagery in today standards exist from the airport, a hand drawn image is used as airport background with a resolution of more than 30kx30k-pixel.
- Animated spectators - Exactly 1852 spectators are modelled in this scenery. While flying the final turn towards the runway, the people are waving with their arms!
- Aircraft carrier - On July the fourth 1998, the USN NIMITZ class aircraft carrier CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Hong Kong to celebrate Independence Day. So, the scenery contains a model of VCN-72 anchoring in Victoria Harbour. The details of the ship reflect the state of the late nineties. The carrier has a landable flight deck and an open hangar deck below, through which you can fly!
- Shark lingering in the water - In the nineties, frequently shark attacks were recorded in the waters around Hong Kong. So, if you carefully follow the shoreline of the Kai Tak airport you will find a shark lingering under the water surface.
- Watermasks - Subtle modelling of the shallow waters around the runway.
- Realistic taxiway lines - Custom painted lines for taxiway.
- Displaced DME - IGS 13 instrument approach with displaced DME to correctly indicate the runway threshold after the turn.
- Fun challenge - As a “not really realistic but fun”-challenge, you can e. g. take off with from the long bridge to the East, turn left by 270 degrees and fly under the bridge, then turn to the West towards the USS Abraham Lincoln, fly at 40ft altitude through the aft hangar opening from one side to the other side of the carrier’s hull and then turn to land on the carrier!
- Approach lights - Realistic approach lights placed on the roof of the social club at Durham Road. Approach lights with sequenced strobes show the path of the final turn.
- KCR East Rail-line - (Static) trains have been added on the noticeable KCR East Rail-line, which marks the begin of the final turn on IGS 13.
- SID’s and STAR’s - Fully scripted SID’s and STAR’s in compliance with the charts from https://xe. ivao. aero/pilot/vhhx/.
- Based on large image database - Thousands of Kai Tak images were reviewed as baseline for modelling. Many rare photographs showed details in sparsely documented parts of the airport.
- Performance optimized - Resource saving innovative tileable texture atlases. FPS friendly parallax windows.
- Animations - Animated clock for the famous Maurice Lacroix-advertisement and animated airport baggage tugs.
LSFR Frutigen Airfield 1967
LSFR, LSMC Airports + Blast through the Alps Bundle
LSFR, LSMC Airports + Blast through the Alps Bundle
LSMC - Ulrichen Airport with Glacier Express
Experience the uniquely intriguing LSMC - Ulrichen Airport with Glacier Express add-on, featuring the slowest express train in the world, the Glacier Express, crossing your taxiway as you prepare for takeoff. This payware version offers animated details such as moving trains, authentic aircraft shelters, and a historical canyon-approach experience. Explore the highest jet fighter air base in Europe and indulge in the rich history of this former Swiss military airport, now brought to life in Micr... Experience the uniquely intriguing LSMC - Ulrichen Airport with Glacier Express add-on, featuring the slowest express train in the world, the Glacier Express, crossing your taxiway as you prepare for takeoff. This payware version offers animated details such as moving trains, authentic aircraft shelters, and a historical canyon-approach experience. Explore the highest jet fighter air base in Europe and indulge in the rich history of this former Swiss military airport, now brought to life in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
VHHX - Hong Kong Kai Tak - 1998
Experience the nostalgia of the last days of Kai Tak Airport with this detailed scenery add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Witness unique features such as functional OLS on the USS Abraham Lincoln, a detailed terminal building, 3D airport shorelines, and animated spectators. Explore the final state of the airport on July 5, 1998, complete with an aircraft carrier in Victoria Harbour, sloped bridges, and even a lurking shark in the waters. This performance-optimized add-on is a must-have for ... Experience the nostalgia of the last days of Kai Tak Airport with this detailed scenery add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Witness unique features such as functional OLS on the USS Abraham Lincoln, a detailed terminal building, 3D airport shorelines, and animated spectators. Explore the final state of the airport on July 5, 1998, complete with an aircraft carrier in Victoria Harbour, sloped bridges, and even a lurking shark in the waters. This performance-optimized add-on is a must-have for enthusiasts of aviation history.
Yeti’s Epic Journey And Four Swiss PC-6 Liveries
Yetis Epic Journey Himalaya Expedition
WHAT DO YOU GET?
With this package you get 34 flights, total flight time is 44:14 hours, you visit 2 continents and 10 countries, land at and depart from 20 airports and 2 glacier landing strips, the highest being located at 5820m/19100ft elevation, you will break still standing world records and welcome ministers of your host country aboard your aircraft, 10000 will come and see you flying an airshow from a provisional airstrip, you will handle loss-of-communication procedures and finall... WHAT DO YOU GET?
With this package you get 34 flights, total flight time is 44:14 hours, you visit 2 continents and 10 countries, land at and depart from 20 airports and 2 glacier landing strips, the highest being located at 5820m/19100ft elevation, you will break still standing world records and welcome ministers of your host country aboard your aircraft, 10000 will come and see you flying an airshow from a provisional airstrip, you will handle loss-of-communication procedures and finally an engine failure. And the best part is, it all happened that way in reality!
WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND?
Almost every year in the 1950s an expedition was started to reach one of the most difficult and dangerous eight-thousander, the Dhaulagiri in the central Himalaya. But as none of these expeditions made it to the summit, in 1960 the Dhaulagiri remained the highest unconquered mountain in the world.
These bushtrips tell the story of some young men who set out from Europe in 1960 in a small aircraft to take part in one of the most fantastic adventures of modern times, eventually climbing to the summit of Dhaulagiri!
Their aircraft was the one-year-old prototype of the Pilatus PC-6 Porter with the registration HB-FAN, whose eye-catching red and yellow color scheme provided high visibility, and which was nicknamed Yeti.
And these were the adventures that these men together with little Yeti had:
- Flight from Switzerland to Nepal over 8 daily stages.
- Twice improved the today still standing world record for the highest landings and takeoffs of fixed-wing aircraft.
- Landing on a temporary airstrip on Kathmandu’s parade ground.
- Airshow over Kathmandu.
- Glacier landings in the Himalaya.
- Establish an air transport network between the highest ever used airstrips.
- Having to circle around the tower until receiving landing clearance by a green lightgun after the radio failed.
- Perform an emergency landing after an engine failure.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
In this package you find 17 bushtrip, each containing all flights the real Yeti made on a particular day in spring 1960. Each bushtrip includes between one and four flights. Each individual flight is carefully recreated based on the book “The Ascent of Dhaulagiri” by Max Eiselin, the leader of the expedition. Since each daily stage is a separate bushtrip, you can not only operate the flights in chronological order, but also start with any daily stage at any time.
WHAT ARE THE FEATURES?
- Detailed information about the flights, routes, and waypoints in the navlog.
- Everything you need to know will be explained comprehensively, like glacier landing procedures, engine failure handling, loss-of-communication procedures, air show figures, classical navigation methods and fuel management.
- Detailed illustrations provide guidance on the geography and correct execution of the various procedures.
Besides the bushtrips, this package also includes . . .
- 90 km2 of aerial imagery covering generic terrain in the Dhaulagiri area.
- 3 static sceneries (Gadani shipwrecking yard, temporary airstrip for the airshow, tent basecamp of the UK expedition).
- 2 dynamic sceneries, which change while the expedition progresses (just void plains of snow when landing the first time, material depot after takeoff, fully ramped up base camps with tents the following days).
Finally, this package also includes an exact replica of the colorful paint job Yeti had!
BONUS SUPPLEMENT
As a bonus supplement, the package also contains these three additional Swiss PC-6 liveries:
- Swiss Air Force V-633, Ski and wheel version
- Swiss Air Force V-622 Patrouille Suisse "Felix", Wheel Version
- Air Glaciers HB-FCT, Ski Version