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Iain Viewing the screen through your Greek holiday polarized sun blocker glasses is counter productive🤩 TTM

A couple of straight copy & pastes from MSFS 2020 Community folder to the MSFS 2024 Community folder [I must move the latter, it is a long & winding road to get to it] Ants Tiger Moth flew as well as it does in 2020. Orbx Kiruna looks as good as it does in 2020. Live weather. TTM

Excellent video, as good as any of the official renditions. I like the variety of scenery & aircraft displayed. Are you using Ultra graphics settings? Also, at 1min 37 secs in, there are 2 XCub variants? The Yellow aerial advertising one has appeared in the MSFS 2024 load up screens, but 'muddied' up? I have not been able to find the 'muddied' livery. Do you know where it can be found? Thanks TTM

I thought I would take some pics of S43, Harvey Field, as it comes in MSFS 2024, & what it looks like after I copied & pasted S43 from the MSFS 2020 Community Folder, into the MSFS 2024 Community folder. Quite a difference!! Sufficiently different that I will be copying other Orbx airports over to MSFS 2024. I tried to take the pics at the same time of day, & none were edited other than for size. I think you will agree that the Orbx S43 really boosts the original. TTM Original 2024 Orbx S43 added to original 2024 Original 2024 Orbx S43 added to original 2024 Original 2024 Orbx S43 added to original 2024

I have NZ Mesh from way back, but not sure now whether I should be using it with the new NZA NZWF Wanaka region release as I vaguely recall a general NZ Update from Asobo that may have superseded NZ Mesh, or overwritten it? Any guidance welcomed TTM

Can you elucidate on that Ken? Do you mean the '3D' ground cover, [shrubs], etc coming with 24 will be automatically inserted into your 'micro-detail' Tour de Force?, or you will be updating the release yourself, incorporating new elements that 24 makes available? In any event, this is another superb offering which will draw me back to PNG.😀 T45

Nice set Iain. Location - SoCal, Australia?? TTM

The final pair of airstrips from Ken's PNG #2 set. AYGH is an interesting one, the elevation per online databases is given as 3', yet the pics of AYGH per the set below show an airstrip way higher than that. So, bit of a head scratcher. AYGH (Guhu)- 1,969' long & elevation of 3'?? Not sure if the Spartan aircraft could get out of here. Going by the surrounding topography, AYGH looks to be higher than 3' ASL. Compared to some other PNG airfields, AYGH appears to be relatively flat. Cluster of buildings at the top end of AYGH. AYNH (Nahu) - 1,368' long, at an elevation of 7,016'. View from the cockpit at AYNH. Even though it is located at 7,000', there are still mountain tops around it. AYNH village. Wider perspective of AYNH village. The keen eyed will note 4 lunches being cooked. An interesting thing about AYNH is that there is a house right at the end of the runway. (Far right of the pic) AYNH: Another unusual tower structure, almost pagoda like in its architecture. Ken??

Using the drone camera to have a look at 3 more of the 7 airfields in Ken Hall's PNG Part 2. (These shots were taken before the recent update) TTM AYSP, Sapmanga. 1,526' long at an elevation of 2,912' AYSP - Yes, a lawnmower has been located! AYSP - I assume the smoking chimney means breakfast is underway. AYBC - Bambu. 1,345' long at an elevation of 6,790'. What struck me while looking at the skyline is that these airstrips are located in pretty hilly country. AYBC livestock In case one gets lost - handy sign. AYNA - Nankina. 1,805' long at an elevation of 5,800'. Showing here how AYNA, (& other PNG airstrips), are often located on downwards sloping ridges, with houses either side of the airstrip, and there are also houses on nearby ridges or spurs. AYNA livestock.

Isan is at an elevation of 6,955' and said to have a strip 1,345' long. I overflew it several times yesterday after flying in from AYTP, so I went back today to start a flight from AYIS & get a better look at it. A few pics are attached. TTM Ubiquitous smoking chimney. Colorful washing. Angled view. The Porter is in fact on a small plateau & you can't see the full airstrip from the cockpit. To take off you trundle forwards then drop over the lip to the downhill ski jump remainder of the airstrip. & pick the gap in the trees at the end of the airstrip if you're running out of runway. Up in the top left is the airstrip. I think below in the pic is an adjacent village, or part of Isan. On my first approach here I noticed the tower structure in the upper center of this pic. Not sure what it is for, perhaps Ken could inform us, but I assumed it was a control tower so I was looking for the airstrip to be next to it. Took a couple of circuits for me to realize the airstrip was further over. Have left AYISO & dropped down to the right. Keen eyes will pick up the tower off in the distance, above & to the right of the aircraft.

Thanks Ken Always enjoy your work. I will be flying the rest of the set as time allows. Need to find the lawnmower😀 In the middle of moving house which is more than somewhat time consuming. Cheers TTM

A short flight between 2 of the 7 Ken Hall PNG Set #2 airstrips. Holy ---, AYTIS is hard to get into. I overflew it several times as it was difficult to pick up on the ridge as there was a village on a neighboring spur with a radio tower that threw me off.. AYTP is longer & more accommodating. A few pics. If you enjoy hand flying bush locations at 7,000', this is the place for you! TTM PNG residence at AYTP, (Tep Tep) Smoking chimneys assist with locating airstrips. More housing at AYTP. AYTP, top down. Leaving AYTP. This, I think, [per the GPS], is AYIS (Isan). Tricky to get into, need to get lined up a long way out.

Oh dear Another set of Ken Hall delights! Having just purchased my fishing lodge on the Rogue River, complete with decapitating wires across the end of the runway that slopes upwards, I now find Ken has unleashed 7 superb renditions of bushy PNG STOL sites. My Credit Card will not be amused, it prefers spaced out purchasing. It is reminding me that I have just started to explore the East Oregon hinterlands, out of Sutton on Rogue. & that should suffice, for now. I did have to grin when I read "offers a flight requiring flying over peaks higher than 11,000 ft and descending steeply into the scenic valleys where the strips are.", followed by "Relax and enjoy the unique scenery that is characteristic of PNG" Relax!😀 PNG is about the last place a Pilot can relax in when flying😀 Anyway, for me, anything Ken has waved his magic wand over is an automatic purchase, such is the majesty, quirk & color of his offerings, and especially his treatment of corrugated iron rust, [the best out there], one simply can't pass it by. Have a good look at all 40 of the promo pics at the purchase page, seek out the detail. Its there. USD12.32 is a bargain price for 7 KH airstrips in PNG. IMHO😀 TTM

If you fly Oregon Brad, definitely worth adding to your airfield collection. TTM

Initial look around this very interesting ranch. A lot of buildings, animals & objects to find, dotted about the property. Recommended. TTM The waterfall to the left of the pond 'falls' into the pond. Fisherman among the reeds. His casting was reasonable😀 In the background is a flowering cherry tree?, a number of those on the property added to the color palette. Looking back towards the hangar. A mixture of cows & a moving Texas Longhorn The barn setup. The left side appears to house cattle, the right, horses. Horses outside their stalls. They look around. General view of the farming set up. Looking back at the property from above the Rogue river. There are a lot of buildings scattered about. Another tree in blossom. Noorduyn about to depart. Departed Noorduyn. Almost dearly departed - misjudged the upwards slope of the airstrip & found the power lines across the end too high so I went under them. Deceptively tricky airstrip to get in & out of.