About a year ago we successfully released our popular Faroes4XPlane scenery package, featuring the archipelago of the Faroe Islands, high up in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, between Iceland, Norway, and Great Britain. If you haven’t enjoyed Faroe Islands XP so far, a reminder that the extensive scenery package features not only a custom terrain mesh, country specific…

You’re wondering what independent reviews have to say about Faroes4XPlane? Stephen from X-Plane Reviews summarizes: “[…] the scenery is a very worthy addition to your X-Plane simulator […] For one the scenery is extremely challenging on approaches […] but also visually it is very comprehensive and dynamic […]”. Read Stephen’s extensive review of the initial release and…

Due the Extensive update of Faroes4XPlane last month received such fantastic feedback, we decided to prepare a further (minor) update with some fixes and additions: added some previously missing power-line-segments (on land) added (over-water) power-line-segments between the islands placed dozens of additional church- and lighthouse-objects fixed the sea traffic network to avoid floating boats/ships Faroes4XPlane is…

With its launch last December, our region-based scenery package Faroes4XPlane received amazing critics. Reason enough for us, to invest even more efforts to improve and extend our rendition of the Faroe Islands for X-Plane. Based on the feedbacks we got, the Main Objectives for an update were quite clear: Vegetation, Autogen, Landmarks, Harbors and Marine Traffic. In more detail,…

After the award-winning sceneries #Antarctica4XPlane and #Svalbard4XPlane, I’m proud to announce, that Faroes4XPlane is available now! The scenery package features a X-Plane rendition of the Faroe Islands archipelago as well as the Vágar Airport and eight helipads, which are spread over the islands. You can expect a stunning landscape (about 1.400 square kilometers of custom…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…