Today, third-party developers released new pictures of upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator planes, and a number of airports were made available. We start by taking a fresh look at the de Havilland Canada Dash 7 in development at Pilot’s, which is an old but good plane. It’s almost ready to come out, just needs one more beta cycle, and it will work with the TDS GTN.
Next, DC Designs gave us another look at the F-4 Phantom, which is coming soon. This time, we get to see the cockpit, the dynamic gun sight, and the radar, which has icons that represent different parts of the landscape.
“All navigation and TACAN functions will be there, and I think we’ll actually be putting in the INS (which is the RIO’s job), which will allow for pinpoint navigation, but we’ll have to confirm that because it’s an older system with analog gauges that might be hard to code correctly. Still, everything is going well.”
The person who is making the plane hopes to have it ready to fly by the end of the month. The Houston William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) in Texas, US, was released by Texas Simulations. It can be bought right now at the FSimStudios store for $18.99.
FSimStudios and Texan Simulations worked together to make it.
As of 2023, this is an accurate picture of Houston Hobby Airport.
Runway 17 needs to be taken down completely for the current construction plans to work.
Taxiway Signs Made to Order
Customized ground textures with fading to match the real world
Improved High-Resolution Orthographic Mapping
There are more than 50 hand-made PBR-textured buildings.
There are detailed interiors for all of the Terminal’s Concourses, which you can also turn on and off.
AFCAD has been updated, including the names of taxiways and parking spots.
Terminal Building Hobby Airport DoubleTree Hilton, where the first day of FSExpo 2023 will be held, has been accurately modeled.
Then we go to Australia, where Alice Springs Airport (YBAS) was opened by Impulse Simulations. It costs $19.89 at Orbx Direct, where you can find it.
Realistic textures for the ground and apron
Lighting that looks like night
Some parts of the same The full PBR texture of the cafe’s interior
Personal Animations
The Royal Flying Doctor Hangar and the Alice Springs Aero Club Hangar each have their own animations for doors that open and close.
On Wednesdays between 1 and 2 p.m. local time, a custom event is set off on the main apron, simulating Pine Gap Visiting Event
Custom Grass and Plants Detailed Static Graveyard/Aircraft Storage Facility (Recorded During COVID-19 Outbreak)
More than 100 custom-made buildings and objects
Taxiway Signs Made to Order
20,000 Objects Placed by Hand
Over 100 Unique Assets
The main terminal is accurate, and the inside is well done.
Iconic Control Tower has been fully modeled.
Hand-modeled: TCA terminal, DPA Hangar, and Radar.
The right places to park in the Commercial APRON
New, longer runway for 02-20.
Custom textures for the apron and runway.
Siamflight has opened Chiang Mai International Airport (VTCC) in Thailand. It can be bought for $18.59 on Simmarket.
Scenery objects made just for CNX/VTCC. Terminal, Wing 41, Chiang Mai ATC Tower, Tango Squadron Museum, Cargo Terminal, New Parking Building, and a lot more.
Jetways made just for CNX/VTCC. Both normal jetways and ones with glass.
Wing 41’s hangar and the spawn points for the Special Operations Air Wing. There are both planes and helicopters.
Gate number and markings on the apron, taxiways, and runway. (VDGS will only show the gate number and time.)
Taxiing Guidance Signs System are put up by hand.
Taxiways and runway lights are set up by hand. Taxiway center, Taxiway edge, Runway light system, etc.
Full lighting for day and night.
Placed by hand on the ground around the airport.
Moosonee Airport (CYMO) in Ontario, Canada, was the last airport that Silvercrest Creations opened. It can be bought for $10.61 on Simmarket.
Microsoft Flight Simulator can be played on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Xbox Game Pass right now. If you want to find out more, stay tuned to TechRaptor, where we post news about Microsoft Flight Simulator every day. This will keep you up to date on the many new add-ons that are coming out for the sim.
We also recently talked to Jorg Neumann of Microsoft about the Antonov An-225 “Mriya” and Ubaid Mussa, the CEO of iniBuilds, about the work of the well-known third-party developer. If you want to read reviews, you can check out the New York-JFK Airport by iniBuilds, the Oslo Gardermoen Airport by Orbx, and the Boeing 767-300ER by RHDSimulations.
