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On my way from Montreal to Ottawa in the wonderful B1900D I thought spring was here, then Canada dumped 10cm's of snow over night on us...

I can't help but add this one screenshot I took later in my flight in Alaska yesterday. It reminded me of Whistler, BC, and I think it's very lovely. RTH setting shown for your viewing pleasure

I'm in the process or creating a tool which will add buildings, obstacles and forests from OpenStreetMaps. I know there is already a tool called OSM2XP existing, but it has a couple of problems and development seems to have stalled on it for the time being. The tool presently supports the following: Multipolygon buildings (buildings with holes) are supported. This makes a big difference in cities.Multipolygon forests and relations are supported. Lots of forests (especially in Europe) are grouped together in OSM into relations, and OSM2XP couldn't find these, which made large areas in Europe where there are forests empty.Complex Rules supported. Example, you can specify that a building with a particular set of tags, and area or height should use a particular facade. This means you can also place obstacles not only based on their tag, but also on their height and other information.If a building has colour information, the tool will generate a facade for it with the exact colour of the wall and roof specified. This all depends on the information in OSM of course, but in some major cities, it's really well done, and people have started to add this information.Resume support, so if you are generating a large scenery area. You can stop the program, try it out, and continue the generation later for other tiles.The program is still in alpha and is currently command-line only, however it's already generating some good scenery. These shots below show a run I did in Berlin: I'm not intending for the program to compete with OSM2XP, as I'm designing it for scenery developers who understand the options and aren't scared of config files and the command-line. Of course, if anyone is willing to create a GUI for it, I'd be happy for the help :-)

Having our annual X-Plane weekend here and my new monitor is absolutely stunning the way it makes X-Plane render. Just Amazing to see it this way. http://imgur.com/a/7CZUM

Appr KMIA+

Hello, everyone. The application has been released. You may obtain it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/igodispatch-crj-200/id966072007?mt=8 The application manual can be seen here: http://igoapp.ca/page_igodispatchcrj/igodispatchcrj_manual.html Note that in order to connect the application to X-Plane, you need to install the iGoConnect plugin. IMPORTANT: Please note that OS X versions 10.7 or later are supported for the iGoConnect plugin. It should be compatible with both X-Plane 10 and 9. If you notice problems with X-Plane 9, please let me know.You can download it here: http://forums.x-pilot.com/files/file/707-igoconnect/ You may report bugs and leave your comments either here or by email (within the application). Have a safe flight!

I can't seem to understand why a helipad that I've set up only for helicopters has a AI generated 747 sitting on it every once in a while.

OMG!!!!! I can't wait any longer!!! Image is the property of JarDesign

It's moments like these that I seriously have trouble convincing myself that SkyMAXX Pro is worth it. While other weather looks pretty good, I've never seen anything like this from X-Plane with or without SMP. This overcast is mindblowing. This is the best simulation of Alpenglow I have ever seen. I'm definitely ready for school to be over so I can hit the trail and get some serious hiking in. X-Plane is my escape for now.

I found a new toy Flying the B1900 around Mirabel airport (CYMX)