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Approaching KPHX after a long flight. This was my longest leg with the PC12. From Houston to Phoenix, about 900nm.

Here's a couple of pictures for the UK scenery (I've decided also to include Scotland in there, but no Northern Ireland as the data I have doesn't include it for some reason). If anyone has UK wide photo scenery e.g. (From G2XPL or Flight1'S VFR UK), they are in for a real treat. Every single building is shown, as well as forest/woodland (With the correct type of tree), as well as the usual stuff from OSM such as obstacles, wind farms. The data is merged with the information already in OSM, so you can still map your village in higher detail (e.g. Splitting up terraced buildings). But this solution gives us coverage of the entire country. I'm hunting down more data sources, and if anyone would like to see their country done and has some good data sources then let me know. (I'll do New Zealand next, as it has some good data for some of the major cities). Performance wise (In my screenshots you can see the FPS which dropped when I took a screenshot). But on my laptop (Macbook Pro 15" 2014 Model), it averages between 20-30fps on max settings (I have a limit on 30). Flying over large cities will obviously give a FPS hit, so some people might need to turn down the settings to keep things smooth.

Hello Captains!, Today we are excited to formally announce SoundMaxx! We expect this product to be released in pretty short order, so stay tuned on release dates. SoundMaxx is a plug-in that enables X-Plane to use higher quality sounds and replaces existing ones for a much better experience! The plug-in will have a familiar interface if you are a current user of SkyMaxx Pro. An example of what you'll see is here: And to give you a better idea of what to expect from this product, here's a feature list!: Replaces default X-Plane sound effects with real 44 kHz stereo recordings, including: Thunder - wind - rain - hail - hail impacts - crashes - explosions - landing gear - gear rolling - gear skids - afterburners - jet, prop, and turboprop starters - reverse thrust - APU - switches - flapsReplaces default engine sounds for high and low bypass jets, reciprocating engines, props, turboprops, gryo's, helo's, and liftfans. (SoundMaxx will NOT override custom sounds that come with third party aircraft - only default aircraft and third party aircraft that don't include their own sounds.) Again, these are real recordings at 44 Khz stereoSeparate jet engine sounds for inside vs. outside the cockpitLonger, more varied loops for added realismAmbient sound engine for low-altitude external viewpoints. Season, time, and location aware. Includes:Large airport - small airport - beach at day - beach at night - countryside during winter / summer / day / night - lakes - open oceanRattles from turbulenceIn-cabin sounds for jetlinersReplaces engine sounds with real recordings for the default Cessna 172SP, B747, Bell 206, and Robinson R22 BetaIntegrates with the upcoming SkyMaxx Pro 3 for positional 3D thunder sound effectsConfiguration panel to allow toggling of effects and adjustment of volumeAutomatically backs up and restores built-in default X-Plane sounds with the click of a buttonA couple of video teasers have been posted recently from John showing some cool effects. Below is an example of one for you to enjoy... More news to follow soon!

Madeira-Munich with the FF 757-300

Thanks Ryan...I'll give it a try Dion

Outdoor ambient sounds are only heard from outdoor views, Tom. We did think of that.

It will not interfere. It's not intended for you to do this.

British Airways 179 London - New York Boeing 777-200LR I flew this one in sync with the real flight, except landed 6 minutes late after the real life BA179 Shortly after takeoff from Heathrow: Sunset over the U.K. Stormy approach into JFK (I live here and the weather was loud tonight) Final Approach Docked at Terminal 7

Locations of the screenshots (taken by betterScreenshot):

New York, New York...

Final approach at Albert Whitted (KSPG)

I must say, that todays approach+landing topped everything that I ever did in terms of difficulty Munich-Madeira with the amazing Flight Factor 757-300!! Cruising over Spain: Approaching runway 05 reaaalllyy close to the mountains!! The weather was not the best... Safely down and slowing down with max reverse thrust+auto-brakes on 4 Parked at the gate after 30 minutes of adrenalin I can recommend this flight/airport to anyone who has some flight experience and loves difficult approaches!!

Oneworld special liveries!

What a beautiful smile...