John Heaton Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I have 2 wishes for Orbx - or any other developer - for MSFS 2024 - well - 2 principal ones. First and foremost - is the use of an updated Bing Map for Australia - and Orbx to reproduce a 2024 version of the Gold Coast City Scape - as good as their P3D efforts way back. I am notorious on here spruiking the fact that the current Bing is 11 years old😉 The other is also very personal - although there are a few who would agree with me. Way back in 1972 - I climbed into a Piper Cherrokee 140 with a flight instructor - for my T.I.F. in a light aircraft - at YBMB - Moorabbin the first time since my one and only GA flight from the beach at Southport in the UK in a DH 83 Fox Moth in the 60s Over the following 20 years - Moorabbin was my home airport where I learned to fly a number of types of GA aircraft - including the single and twin Comanches' - and owned my own PA 32 - 300 -(avatar) - and was a long-time member of the Royal Victoria Flying Club. As well as the very good Gold Coast airport and city scape of the Gold Coast - Orbx produced a perfectly good Moorabbin Airport also in P3D - an airport which is the 2nd busiest in Australia. - Why ? - probably because Orbx was a proud Australian developer in the early simming days.👍 OK Orbx - I - as an old Orbx fan - really request you to return to the old Australian days - and start right now on working up these 2 Items which would be a first day purchase on by many similiar minded Aussies! and maybe a few others who wonder what the Gold Coast really looks like in 2024 PS the pic is landed after my first solo 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 May all your wishes come true one way or another, John. Something to look forward to. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I join you in requesting an up to date Gold Coast John and I must say that's a very dapper outfit for you first solo! A suitable dress code for the times no doubt. Cheers Graeme 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 (edited) 2 years later it was blue and full of flight badges😉 I know that some of my friends on here get a little kissed off - with my repeated Winge about the old Bing Australia map and beating my drum. After I wrote the above alma mater earlier - I tried a sabbatical flight in a 140 out of Moorabbin (freeware) taking off to the South and saw the motorway construction of the Frankston freeway as it was - years before it opened 👎 Locals might tell us when the Motorway opened - I guess some 8 years ago - Mates - you are being Cheated - especially as it is around 2 years since a WU of Australia was sold to us as an upgrade Q.E.D. Edited August 28 by John Heaton 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 hope you get your wish one day, nice picture too...never give up... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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