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Contradicting myself - 4 shots from PNG that I took a couple of days back but never put on here due to cockpit diversion. The lushness of the vegetation & Ken's deft touches make an interesting color palette. The PC-6 was a better fit to the strips than the Kodiak. TTM

The best of intentions sometimes get swerved☺️ How was I to know the Horizon 787-900 & Pilot's Dash 7 were releasing in the last 2 days, dragging me into the 'learning a new aircraft" vortex?? I have been remiss , wresting my way around the cockpits of 2 aircraft I can't get into a 900' strip! Well, maybe the DC-7, but I am still uncovering its nuances. But I will return to PNG! I need time!😃 TTM

I will get out again with the Drone camera & see what I can find. As regards quietness, MSFS 2020 has thrown up a multiplicity of sites & it can take awhile to get around them all, & of late I have been more focused on aircraft coming into the sim than scenery. But a KH gem will always catch my attention.☺️ TTM

Thank you Brad Glad to see your still about & stuffing hangars at Bryce Canyon😋 TTM

A couple of shots from Ken's PNG. AYYW & AYYE are tough! The 3 strips are very well done & reasonably priced. Off to find something a bit smaller to fly around here😀 TTM Departure from AYYW . Just made it out. Approaching AYYE. Had yo overfly, turn around, & come back & still bounced off a tree. On the AYYE overfly.

Did purchase the combo, so PNG & Idaho will get some air time. There are a few shots from PNG in Screenshots. Is this the correct installation of PNG in MSFS Content section? It appears to work, I can see washing on the lines at AYYW. TTM

I am assuming there is a flight OZ Tuesday/tomorrow at 8.30pm your time, which is 5.30am my time USA Tuesday morning. Anyway, I will try & get there, depends when the prostate drags me out of bed or the cat -p-sses the dogs off & they light up. My Discord, I think, is MTT, or some variation of that. Hope to catch up with you tomorrow. Maybe keep an eye on your Discord chat for my "where are you'? message🤨 I did get the PC-6 going. Cheers TTM

Ok, I'll see what I can do. The PC-6 had installation issues when I did an upgrade so sorting that with Blackbird. Presume I load up Multiplayer & then for WAJO - WAJG I turn on my tail # & start at WAJO at the appropriate time? Will the participant aircraft show up on Little Nav Map? Also, Voice Comms - is that via Discord? 5.30am is pushing it a bit so I may turn up chasing a bit later😃 I D/loaded WAJO to WAJG.pln - quite a route!! Is there a T&G at each strip on the route? TTM

That looks like 5.30am USA EST☺️ & I have been known to roll out of bed by then. I have got on to the 32 Bush Discord & read the Notams for Tuesday etc, or do I also need an invitation to join the bush flights? Any particular aircraft flown?? TTM

Update to the above - I was able to find my way on to the BC32 Discord, but not sure if 0930UTC is 9.30am or pm. If the former then I think the flights kick away at 5.30am EST?? TTM

Ken Tried to get into that Discord site, [I am registered with Discord], but got an "Invite Invalid" message at the link off an MSFS Forum thread re MS32 Discord. Any other way to get on to their Discord? Also I saw via Facebook a Bush Club 32 Flight at 09.30UTC. I'm a bit rough on time zone conversions. What is that in EST? Thanks TTM

If we take AYYW, the strip is about 1,535' long. In the real world the C208 ostensibly needs 3,660' to depart & 1,853' to land, so you may need a hopped up version to get in there. The Kodiak 100 needs 934' to get out & 765' to land, so it is definitely a starter. For the PC-6, you are looking at 640' to go & 427' to land, so it looks good. Now, I need to find the Kodiak & PC-6 somewhere in the hangar.☺️ How far off release are we Ken?? TTM

In more serious vein, I thought I would have a look at a couple of the strips, as they are, pre-KH. I flew out of AYYE to AYYW in a Blackbird Simulations Beaver with the fat tires. It was a bit of a revelatory struggle the whole way & I spent a lot of time circling just to gain height to get over the mountains, then found AYYW perched on the side of a hill & had 3 shots at getting in there. So it occurred to me there must be some other aircraft they use to service the smaller strips, such as AYYW, possibly turbo powered as you need a fair bit of grunt to climb up & over the hills. The Beaver is a bit of a draught horse & more suited to long flat Alaskan flights, I suspect. Thus, my query is, what do they use in the PNG Highlands? TTM

Unless her Estate is monitoring Orbx, I imagine a corset flapping in the breeze somewhere in the Highlands would be allowable. I'll take a bay or black pony if pink isn't available.☺️ TTM

I have not purchased airfields for ages, but a Ken Hall special extracts me from my cave with Credit Card flapping! Delighted to see his trade mark bendy banana & lawn mower are included. I am reliably informed that somewhere in the series will be a Pink Pony, & hanging demurely on one of the washing lines a corset that Marlene Dietrich wore in "The Scarlett Empress". TTM

A few shots from an initial flight from S43 to W16 in the MSFS A2A PA-24 Comanche. Which I found very slippery to slow down & tricky to get into W16. Andreas has excelled in capturing the spirit of these PNW GA airfields. TTM S43 W16: A couple of overflies followed by an "arrival".

Nice set. TTM

An inspired combo. Many happy P3D hours were spent flying in & out of S43 & W16. I wonder if the following P3D S43 animations have been carried into MSFS? The trains that ran past the airfield. The 3 hot air balloons that rose & descended near the field. The red F150 that trundled along off the side of the runway. The smoke from the BBQ [seasonal feature] As you can see, movement fondly etched in my memory. TTM

Tapini after WU13. Using the versatile Orbx P-P750 XSTOL to get around. TTM

9GB? I am showing around 21GB installed, & ATR is USD 19.99 TTM

2nd attempt at replying - +1 on the ATR Plenty of destinations take it, & have always liked its design. Wondering if Tapini tweak in WU13 is by Orbx?? TTM

NZMC/NZGT is an excellent product (Still on discount for the next 3 hours) Below I have a promo shot from NZASims, for NZGT, then one from my sim, (Which was set in August, the NZ Winter. Orbx NZ Mesh is turned OFF) I am wondering if there is a setting somewhere to get the smoke from chimneys to appear? Also, my shot shows 'shade' tents in front of the main building, [behind the tail of the Pilatus], but they are absent from the NZA shot. Are they a seasonal item?? TTM NZASimulations image. As it appears in my MSFS at the moment - smokeless

Thoroughly enjoying the Caribou, & trying it out in different parts of NZ. TTM

After loading WU12 I have been flying in Eastern Wairarapa, (NZFT to NZMT) & the 1st 2 flights had NZ Mesh loaded. The land I was flying over is hilly pasture land, in the main. During each flight I had ground fragmentation appearing in front of the aircraft. It was as though turf tiles were being repositioned on the ground, with narrow dark edges showing then disappearing as the tiles 'dropped' into place. I Uninstalled NZ Mesh & flew the same route again without any scenery visual issues. TTM

From the early reviews & Forum posts, excellent work is being acknowledged. Jonathan Beckett has just put a First Look up on YouTube. VC is stunning. An Analogue instrument fans dream Once the day is organized, I will be purchasing it. Was it put together by aircraft specialists within the Orbx team, or 3rd party aircraft specialists sub contracting to Orbx?? TTM