In memoriam Nino Villari

With great sadness I have to inform you, that Antonio ‘Nino’ Villari passed away on 25th November 2020 in the age of 72. With Nino we not only lost the initiator and coordinator of the Antarctica4XPlane development, but also a wonderful, humorous and fun-loving person. Matthias: “I met Nino on 17th April 2015 in the […]

New Antarctica4XPlane add-on: Boulder Clay

Good news: The development of add-ons for #Antarctica4XPlane continues: Today I have the pleasure to announce that Pedro has released his semi-fictive rendition of the new Boulder Clay gravel runway near the Mario Zucchelli Station in the Terra Nova Bay: Image courtesy of WalSch. Thanks Walter for taking and sharing these shots with us! Pedro’s […]

Annual update of Antarctica4XPlane

We’re in the mid of this years Antarctica season. A great opportunity for the annual update of the Antarctica4XPlane terrain meshes for X-Plane. First of all, I’m very happy that Aerosoft offered me the option to host my freeware mesh sceneries, covering the Antarctic continent. This means, that not only the download links changed, but also that the various […]

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 […]

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. Further, don’t miss this fantastic video from Walter, which […]

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 freeware add-ons from Paolo are available on his download page. Please notice: Depending on the location of each scenery package, […]

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 […]

Antarctica Earth Orbit Textures

What really annoys me when flying over Antarctica4XPlane, is that the virtual horizon is so close. I feel like, that the earth is flat. X-Plane would have a solution for that, but this solution is simply not “activated” for high latitudes. To make it short, a suitable virtual horizon is in development, which will enhance your polar […]

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 […]

Mesh-Update for Antarctica4XPlane

I have the pleasure to announce, that I updated part 1 of Antarctica4XPlane, my freeware Antartica base mesh scenery for X-Plane. Part 1 covers the Antarctic Peninsula as well as the South Orkney Islands. The new version features improved elevation models particularly around Research Bases and Airfields, e.g. King George Island, Seymour Island and Deception […]