Scott Harmes

I'm not really across it myself in MSFS, but this post at FSDeveloper confirms that a spot can be added using ADE for MSFS, or the built in Dev mode. https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/adding-a-parking-spot-to-a-default-airport.454223/ Following the steps in the ADE manual and/or posting any questions on how to do it in the ADE thread at FSDeveloper are probably the best bet. Jon from Scruffyduck (ADE) is a staff member at FSDeveloper also, and is very helpful, as are many other users.

There was sadly a mid air collision between one of these paramotors and a Cessna Caravan recently, in the Houston area. It happened December 21. Apparently the collision occurred in Class E airspace at around 5000 feet. There were comments made in a video report I was watching saying that 5000 feet was high for a paramotor. That wasn't indicated as a cause at all, just that being even that high was not the norm for these type of aircraft.

Nice shot. Actually I agree, inclement weather and times around dawn and dusk can actually make for the best shots at times.

Hi Jack, not sure about the red roofs, but good point. It's kind of similar in Melbourne. Most extended city/suburb areas seem to have more tiled roofs than tin, and I suppose the range of colours is limited to earthy colours. There are a range of colurs from reddish to brownish, and I guess they are just natural colours for the clay they make tiles from. Greyish/blue tiles are also fairly common. You're right about the size too. Both Sydney and Melbourne are huge if you include the outer suburbs. I work all over Melbourne, and it can take me two hours some days to drive from one side of Melbourne to the other, and that's not even from the extreme edges. Then again, some days if the traffic is heavy, and if I leave at a bad time, it will take me one hour to drive home from work; about a 15km drive .

I really liked this video, for the awesome wing view along with some nice views of Sydney and the airport.

Very interesting Frank. I had never heard of this technique. I will look at it more closely for sure. I fly airliners a lot in the sim, and I am not too bad at flaring, but that is generally due to the assistance of radar altimeter callouts, which give you a cadence to follow and are very helpful in judging when to flare in certain aircraft. I am not as capable in GA aircraft, and do think it based more on feel, and it seems like a bit of a guess sometimes.

There is a 3rd party program, XP Realistic, which adds sounds and other effects to X Plane. It has sounds for both International airpoirts and GA airports.

You may. Awesome paint btw!

Cool vid John! Just FYI, they actually retired the classic Hornet (F/A-18A) not the Super Hornet. Current time of life date for the Super Hornet is 2030.

While I do not like the DoF effect either, I would be REALLY surprised if a developer actually went out of their way to use it to hide any less than perfect features of a scenery. Sounds a bit like a conspiracy theory to me. More often than not the devs of the scenery are not the same people producing the videos and screenshots. I think it is more as was inferred in the first two posts, an overuse of a new artistic feature.

I am a tester. I have no say over which airports are redeveloped.

Hi, Still the same issue as above unless the airport is redesigned and redeveloped really. The issue, as stated above, is that with some older airports, the static jetways are built in to the terminal model, so the terminal would basically have to be redone from scratch. This will most likely only happen if a developer decides to go back and redo or upgrade the entire scenery.

Happy (Belated) Birthday TreeTops. Hope you had a great day and have a great year ahead.

I watched the first flight of this live, can't remember where now, online somewhere, but it was a special presentation. Very impressive aircraft!

Fantastic daredevil shots! Looks like fun too .

Incredible shots Pete! The third one is one of the most amazing sim screenshots I have seen.

There are some lovely (low) ridges across the Nullarbor

You can adjust LOD in the MSFS settings to suit your PC performance. It is a setting like Objects Level of Detail.

Ha, same here Richard. First PC was when I was in Primary school, an Amstrad CPC464, green screen, with the cassette deck. Never really had another PC of my own after that until a Pentium IV in 2009, which was when I bought FSX too.

Congratulations Marcus. Definitely a suitable and deserved role.

Hi John, Is this the video you are talking about? In one of the comments the creator mentions he used JoinFS to record and replay individual flights to create the video. He then links a youtube video with a tutorial on how to use that. Of course this is just one component of video production, but it goes some way to explaining this particular video.

Shocking and terrible news. I just saw on the news that they had arrested a suspect.

A RAAF C-130J departing NSTU, Pago Pago International Airport Cheers,

Happy Birthday Terry! Have a great day mate.