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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….

Heard Island and McDonald Islands Mesh

Now the time has come, the subantarctic adventure can continue: I’m pleased to announce that I have released my newest terrain mesh for X-Plane: Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The subantarctic volcanic group is Australian external territory and among the most remote places on Earth! Get your copy of the scenery package and start your subantarctic adventure…

Phi Phi Islands Mesh and Scenery

Welcome to the Paradise! Stefan a.k.a monoblau released his first scenery package for X-Plane: Contained are fictive versions of Bamboo Island and Mosquito Island as well as two bonus islands near Krabi. And that’s not all: The scenery package features a Custom X-Plane Terrain Mesh by Maps2XPlane covering the Phi Phi Islands. Get prepared and start…

New Antarctica4XPlane Add-ons

In addition to the update of existing Antarctica4XPlane add-ons last week, Paolo released this week a bunch of new scenery packages for the antarctic continent. Again he surprises us with well over a dozen locations to explore: All add-ons from Paolo are available on his download page. Please notice: Depending on the location of each add-on, you’ll…

A tool to edit X-Plane Meshes: Current project status

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 the last couple of weeks, numerous…

Update of Antarctica4XPlane Add-ons

What a great and very welcome surprise: Paolo released updates for his Antarctica4XPlane add-ons. His seven scenery packages feature updated and new research stations, base camps and airstrips – overall there are now 20 locations for you to explore: Someone could say now: Why we need such a huge update at the end of the…

Prince Edward Islands Mesh Update

The announced update of the Prince Edward Islands Mesh is now available! The terrain mesh for X-Plane covers two Subantarctic Islands in the Indian Ocean: Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. The update features a slightly better elevation model and enhanced and more varied texturing: Here’s the download link. In addition to the mesh scenery I suggest…

Svalbard4XPlane Sightseeing

In the last couple of weeks, I toured around Svalbard4XPlane and enjoyed the scenic landscape. The about 61.000 square kilometers of terrain mesh are covered with two texture sets: one for a summer- and one for a winter-representation of the landscape. And here is now a selection of snapshots I made. Shown is a winter-…

Antarctica Earth Orbit Textures

What really annoys me when flying over Antarctica4XPlane, is the virtual horizon: I feel like, that the earth is flat! X-Plane would have a solution for that, but this solution is simply “not configured” for high latitudes. To make it short, a solution is in development, which will enhance your polar flight experience dramatically: Some background…

Aspen–Pitkin County Airport for X-Plane

Stairport Sceneries released their Aspen–Pitkin County Airport for X-Plane. Worth to mention, not only because of the detailed representation of the airport, but also because Maps2XPlane had the honor to develop a custom elevation model for Stairport Sceneries. The custom elevation model is the basis for the in the scenery package included Photo-Mesh as well as for a patch of…

Subantarctic Islands News

Great news regarding X-Plane Meshes for the Subantarctic: First of all, I’d like to announce, that I currently develop a new terrain mesh for Heard and McDonald Islands. The islands are Australian external territory and are among the most remote places on Earth. Also worth to mention: Mawson Peak, the summit of Heard Island, is higher…

Antarctica4XPlane further Updates

After updating Part 1 of my freeware Antarctica4XPlane base mesh scenery for X-Plane, Part 2 is now also up-to-date. This second package covers the Victoria Land and the northern parts of the Transantarctic Mountains. Many famous regions are now represented with a much more detailed elevation model: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, the surroundings of the Hatherton and Darwin…