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Key Features of Faroes4XPlane

Over the past few weeks, I continuously reported about the progress of the Faroes4XPlane development. We are now getting closer to the final phase of the project and thus the time has come for a summary: Product description Faroes4XPlane is a highly realistic recreation of the Faroe Islands, the Vágar Airport and eight helipads. The…

Faroes4XPlane – The Helipads

After the postings about the Vágar Airport and the Landscape, it’s time to talk about the eight helipads which will be included in the Faroes4XPlane scenery package: Froðba (EKFA), Kirkja (EKKU), Klaksvík (EKKV), Mykines (EKMS), Skúvoy (EKSY), Stóra Dímun (EKSR), Svínoy (EKSO) and Tórshavn/Bodanes (EKTB). Therewith, Faroes4XPlane features with the Vágar Airport not only a challenging runway for pilots of airliners, but is also a paradise…

The Landscape of Faroes4XPlane

We’re making a good progress in developing Faroes4XPlane and the time has come to inform about a further scenery component: The Landscape. As mentioned with the announcement of the project, the scenery package will not only contain a detailed rendition of the Vágar Airport and the eight helipads, but also a custom terrain mesh. The Faroe Islands build…

Faroes4XPlane – Vágar Airport

Since the latest posting, it isn’t a real secret anymore: Maps2XPlane is working in cooperation with Albert Ràfols on a virtual rendition of the Faroe Islands: The scenery package for X-Plane will contain: The Vágar Airport, the eight helipads on the archipelago, and of course the stunning landscape. Detailed information will follow in the upcoming weeks, today…

Sunrise over a new scenery

After the award winning sceneries Antarctica4XPlane and Svalbard4XPlane I’m proud to announce that I’m working together with a new partner on a brand new payware scenery package for the X-Plane flight simulator. The partner I could win for this ambitious project is Albert Ràfols, the developer of the great SpainUHD scenery. What can you expect? Well, without…

Tromsø Airport for X-Plane

The newest creation from Stairport Sceneries is now available: Tromsø Airport, Langnes. As we can see in the official trailer, the airport scenery for X-Plane is a really detailed rendition of its real counterpart: Main features: High-resolution ground image for the airport boundary – Large photo scenery coverage of the surrounding area – Several custom buildings covering the surrounding area…

Poda Group Islands Mesh and Scenery

After the release of the Phi Phi Islands, Stefan a.k.a. monoblau continued the Krabi4XPlane project and invites us now to the Poda Group Islands. If you already liked his previous scenery package, you’ll now definitively fall in love! Stefan’s semi-fictive Poda Group Island scenery package for X-Plane including a custom terrain mesh by Maps2XPlane is available at x-plane.org. (Note:…

Los Angeles International for X-Plane

Eagerly awaited and now the time has come: ShortFinal Design a.k.a MisterX6 released his Los Angeles International Airport for X-Plane 11. Justin is already well known for his high quality X-Plane add-ons, but what he released now, outperforms everything! Take a look at the impressive feature list as well as the stunning snapshots: Accurate models for all…

A tool to edit X-Plane Meshes: What’s new and next?

Notice: This is one of the articles in the series of articles describing the chronology of my initiative to aim for a common and official workflow to edit existing X-Plane terrain meshes. A summary about the why and the how can be found in the most recent article. In continuation to the two articles about…

Antarctica4XPlane at the POLAR2018

What a great opportunity: Antarctica4XPlane will be present at the POLAR2018, which will take place in Davos, Switzerland from 15 – 26 June 2018. The POLAR2018 conference is a joint event from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee IASC. On Monday 18th June 2018, during the Polar Educators International PEI side…

Helgoland Island for X-Plane

Stairport Sceneries released their Helgoland Island for X-Plane. Another official conversion of a great LimeSim product. A very well done recreation of Germany’s only island in the open sea at a high level of detail and with many thrilling new features. Even when it received only a small contribution from Maps2XPlane, it was another pleasant cooperation…

Giacomo Bove Station back in 1976

In memorial of the first independent Italian expedition in Antarctica, Pedro released an Antarctica4XPlane add-on, that features the Giacomo Bove Station, as it was build in Italia Valley back in the year 1976. Pedro’s scenery package as well as additional information about the expedition and the station is available at x-plane.org. Furthermore, don’t miss this fantastic video from Walter a.k.a….