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You can get the v1.0 here: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=14657

Ikaros Airport is a private General Aviation in Greece. Its location is 20 NM west north west of Tanagra AFB. It has one rwy (09/27) with length of 1000m. It is used only under VFR. That's mt first try of creating an airport. I choose that because it does not exists in XP, and has a fairly single layout. At this point is about 70% complete, of what i want to do. That was made from scratch. Hope you like the pics. More to come in a few day. It will have more detailed texture and a few more objects. Hope it will be ready for download.

Well, first of all, nice flying! Waiting for that guys to kick some...PMDG's ass!

There are 2 things that you must have in mind during approaches with helicopters. 1. There is an area in airspeed (about 16 to 25 kts), where transitional lift phenomenon takes place. At and below that speeds, and at an altitude greater than 50 ft, the rotor goes into its own downwash, so there is a "sink" to the ground. 2. At low speeds (<40 kts) and hi rate of descend (more than 500ft/min), also the rotors goes into its own downwash. So, the best technique is to maintain 40 kts till about 10-20 ft above ground, and descend with less than 500 ft/min.