Russ White Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The next Alaskan airport is almost ready, PAGS Gustavus is an isolated airport on the coast at the foot of the mountains between Juneau and Kenai. A stunning, but remote location, with an active charter and air taxi service, plus some seasonal commercial 737 services from Anchorage and Juneau. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Things just keep getting better and better... Thanks for these previews - this will be an ideal place for a stop-over or starting point for a flight to or from Kenai and Juneau! Cheers Mallard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazpatt Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Looks fantastic Russ! Great place to head to Juneau from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabnz Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Another must have Looks great !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzomarcello Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 When? incredible scenery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ White Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 It's in beta testing right now, so maybe release within a week if all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Sweet, the possibility of two new sceneries within a week. Credit card locked and loaded for bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba43 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Glacier Bay's closest airport. Looking great and beautiful photoreal textures of the shorelines. Can't wait. Thank you, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolomeus Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 This scenery looks amazing! Great work. Marko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Magnificent work again Russ! Looking very much forward to this great scenery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 OH HELL YEAH!!! Man, just the other day I was wondering about ol' Russ, thinking he'd gone a little quiet on us. Then I saw this PAGS thread in the preview section and my first thought is "Nah... can't be. That cannot be another Russ White SAK masterpiece." After all we would have heard something about this, in one of JV's roadmaps, right? (that's another discussion, the man has started holding out on us of late). Russ, these are nothing short of spectacular, as we have come to expect. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Amazing scenery , looking forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenicoll Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Absolutely stunning... One question...will this be Prepar3d 2 ready and will Alaska be updated to Prepar3d 2 as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 that's another discussion, the man has started holding out on us of late A good developer always keeps an ace or two up his sleeve, and he just opened an NCA roadmap thread last night. Looks like we have upwards of a dozen airports coming for Northern California, I wouldn't call that holding out on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtwillia Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The gateway airport to Glacier Bay National Park. It would really be nice if an upgraded Glacier Bay Lodge, buildings, and dock at Bartlett cove were part of this scenery, but since it is not contiguous with the airport I expect it will not be updated. One could hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 A good developer always keeps an ace or two up his sleeve, and he just opened an NCA roadmap thread last night. Looks like we have upwards of a dozen airports coming for Northern California, I wouldn't call that holding out on us. OK that is true, I'll agree with that. I saw that thread last night. Pretty exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 It is interesting that we see some, like Vernonia and Half Moon Bay, coming for miles, way in advance. Then wham, out of nowhere, here comes Sekiu. OK, that's cool, wow! Then just when I am ready to ask about KHAF, bam -- here's Redding, just a week or two out. OK, that's very cool, thanks! Then while we are admiring the progress of Gordon up on Squamish, bam -- where comes Russ White, back for more in SAK, right out of nowhere. Again, exceeding cool! So while we do have some roadmaps, it is interesting to see how much and how quickly plans can change. As JV says in all this info threads, all of this discussion is subject to change, and clearly that is the case. I like hearing about what is in the works, personally, but I also like these little surprises also. It keeps things fresh on the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Mason Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Excellent news and excellent choice too ! My next buy with Redding. Thanks Russ Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadraspleen Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Excellent! I fly in and out of PAGS a lot (not in RL I hasten to add!) in my never-ending Air Hauler excursions. Can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg319k9 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Real sharp Russ! I like it brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FILOU Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Magic scenery !!! Very good job Russ ! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Sweet! I think I saw a couple buying a house just outside of this town on the TV show "Buying Alaska." Man, I'm going to be hard pressed to figure out my flights over the next few weeks, since I'm still exploring NCA and haven't even made it up to Seiku yet. I guess I'll have to stop there OMW from NCA to Gustavus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduekev Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Awesome Russ! This is a perfect location in SAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMD Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 This is going to be sensational, the scenery detail is already evident from these screenshots, we are getting totally spoilt to the max with all this on the way, regards John MD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siggiHLN Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 great News, a fantastic area and he next Airport to enjoy the beauty of Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexthom Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Since I am moving to P3Dv2 I have Kenai in moth balls waiting for a compatible SAK region. I don't want to continue putting the cart before the horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fischkopp Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Magic scenery to complete Alaska I hardly await the release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Excellent news, I put it on the list, waiting for the release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Great preview! Do you use any shader mod or is this from p3d2? Brgds, Axel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Dodger Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Truly excellent Russ. Your usual very high standard. Thanks, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 A side note. Back before the Juneau airport had the Localizer/DME approach with reasonably low minima, inbound IFR traffic, encountering below minima weather, landed at Gustavus with its low minima ILS. Juneau passengers were off loaded and eventually ferried on Alaska Coastal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 great news ! An airport well located to make a break between Juneau and Anchorage (or Kenai - as it is near...). Reminds me that i must earn Kenai in the next... minutes !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocko Flocko Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Looking quite excellent Mr. White, quite excellent indeed. I love the attention to detail in terms of the autogen placement around the airport. It's nice to see the placement of tree's reflect the actual real life aerial shots in GE. My only wish is that the North American FTX GA AI traffic package would be updated and expanded to include the SAK region with real life local companies operating out of these outstanding airports. It's something I would be willing to pay money for as I know the creation of textures for the AI aircraft can be quite time consuming. Nice work, as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiG Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 My only wish is that the North American FTX GA AI traffic package would be updated and expanded to include the SAK region with real life local companies operating out of these outstanding airports. It's something I would be willing to pay money for as I know the creation of textures for the AI aircraft can be quite time consuming. I agree. FTX GA AI traffic adds so much life and realism to PNW and PFJ. Would be fantastic to get the same amount and variety of traffic in the other regions. I would be willing to pay for such a package as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexczarn Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 That looks really really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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