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More of a report from the trip than moody screenshots, but i hope you enjoy reading it along with some photos from the journey Background: I couldn't resist downloading the new alpilotx's HD Mesh Scenery of Japan (link). As i haven't flown my favourite airliner in a while, i thought it would be a good idea to take it on a short hop inside Japan. Having taken a look at SkyVector (link) i decided for Tajima (RJBT) - Miho (RJHO) route. Nice, short (~110 nm) hop along the coastline, with the mountains to the south. Departure: Thing get pretty fast in -200 if you hand fly the departure with mountains on almost every side of the SID (Standard Instrument Departure). That's why i didn't have time to get many screenshots, unfortunately... Passing 10000 feet & accelerating to climb speed of 285 kts - now on autopilot. Good time to take a look at the surrounding terrain and some nice looking cumulus. Cruise: Cruising comfortably at FL140. Not a typical altitude for jets, but we aren't going far this time. Tracking radial 279° outbound Miyazu VOR (YME 112.6 MHz) and that means we're on the V59 airway centerline ... more or less (no RNAV equipment!) Air New Zealand (IATA: NZ, ICAO: ANZ, Callsign: NEW ZEALAND), the national airline of New Zealand used to operate total of 24 737-200 starting from 1978 until 2001. Nav setting for the arrival and initial approach? Set. Approach briefing? Completed. Then it's time for... Descent: During descend we skim through a thin layer of stratocumulus, most likely. Turning inbound IAF (Initial Approach Fix) Yonago VOR (YVE 114.10 MHz), we're greeted by some spectacular landscape. Approach: It's really hard to concentrate on instruments with such spectacular scenery on the outside! Intercepting radial 056° outbound Yonago VOR that will allow us to descend 2000 feet, staying clear of terrain. Two Two Zero knots is the clean speed we opt for during intial approach. Maintaining desired speed on classic airliner like -200 (no autothrottle) takes a lot of attention! Landing: Overflying harbor of Sakaiminato city once again. Six miles final, flaps 15, gear down, three green. Here we are, crossing the threshold... Thanks for watching! P.S. Did anyone read it? ;] How do you like this kind of "screenshot stories"?

The new Japan mesh is great. And with W2XP its even better 737 over Tokyo

Just an update to let you all know that works continues on this and our other projects (VHHH, KJAC). I've done most of the modeling of the concourses, including some interior work. With these huge expanses of glass so prevalent in today's modern airport design, looking over the glare shield into an empty box kinda would take away from the immersion factor. Still very early WIP (with temporary textures): Exterior: Tug Underpass (too low for trucks): The apron lighting "tilts" with the building: Holdrooms: Get some shopping in while you wait: Legs tired? take the moving walkway!

After a longer waiting time, I could finally complete the new addition to the HD Mesh Scenery v2 series, Japan! Basically it shares the same improvement, which were already present in all the other HD Mesh Scenery v2 regions. The highlights in Japan are: updated OSM data (Japan received a very big update trough government sponsored data)vastly improved landclass data (© JAXA)additional tree linesYo can find the download links (torrents are not up for Japan, but should come online in the coming days) - as always - on my website: http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-scenery-mesh-v2/#DownloadPlease also make sure, to read the installation instruction (which are identical across all HD Mesh Scenery v2 tiles): http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-scenery-mesh-v2/#InstallationAnd there is also an addition tree lines (without farms - would not have worked so easily for Japan) overlay scenery, which you can get on the respective download page: http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-tree-lines-and-farms-v2/Finally, there are - of course - also some screenshots (mostly comparison between default and HD): X-Plane 10 HD Mesh Scenery v2 JAPAN - default and HD comparisons

I am also on MacBook Pro and with the default Mac definitions I needed to use Fn+F9 to hide X-FMC pannel but I altered the preferences (for the Mac, not for X-FMC) so that now I can hide it with F9. Jose

Yes, I confirm; F9 is the default (and non customizable/programmable) key for showing/hiding the panel.

Yes, it is possible. On my computer the F9 key works for hiding the panel. But I don't remember if it's a default setting or I had to map it - I'm not at home now so I can't check.

Which is all due to the massive improvements in the OSM data (as i told above). The default Global Scenery was relying on OSM data too, but much older data ... and at that time, Japan was missing a lot of data. In the meantime, Japan received a substantial improvement trough government donated data, which has greatly improved that region (up to a point,where its almost too much data for X-Plane ) ...

Is somebody stopping you from doing so ? I mean seriously ... thats exactly the great point of a flight sim ... you can fly wherever YOU want

Good to hear that ... because Japan is badly underrepresented in the X-Plane world!

Thank you thank you thank you! I've been waiting for this one with baited breath. I really enjoy flying around Japan, having lived there for 4 years. I am also currently working on a bunch of lego-brick airports for it as well! Downloading now.

Approaching EVFA (Vaasa) in Finland with JS32

Frigate operations in Mykonos (LGMK) (Greece) I hope you like

More work on Toronto: And testing YSSY stuff in 10.30: