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Hej Ola Just terrible what has happened in Norway. I just can't understand how a person can be that cold and calculated. I just read in our Swedish newspaper that the guy might get out after just 14 years in prison, that is unbelievable. Anyway, my thoughts are with our you neighbors Mike Cedergren

Good reply Cameron, should never really have been any dates on the Realscenery page to begin with. I might probably not get NorCal myself but will stay tuned for Socal updates and images in the future to come. In the meantime I will enjoy the last nice bits and moments in X-plane 9. Until then, have a good one Mike

Happy to hear that Cameron :-) that was all I needed to hear, a few words. A short update. So easy, yet so difficult for so many companies for some mysterious reason :-)

Photoscenery takes up much more space than generic landscape tiles so of course it can not cover the globe. Microsoft managed to ship detailed landclass, realistic roads and decent mesh on 2 discs coverng the whole globe with Flight Simulator X and I bet X-plane will come close or even improve over the quality of MSFS in version 10. In fact with default MSFS and an addon terrain product like Ultimate Terrain from Flight1 I would see no reason to get MSFS photoscenery and the some would probably apply for X-plane. Anyway today I would have absolutely needed a better VFR experience but tomorrow, who knows. Mike

Trust me Oliver if this was the time in between X-plane versions I would not worry too much, but with a new X-plane version around the corner that might very well have all the roads data I need, the detailed landclass and the mesh for a realistic VFR flight this might very well make Realscenery somewhat obsolete. Thats what worries me Oliver, nothing more and nothing less. Mike

Yes some more information would be most welcome. I don't know how many times that release date has been pushed. All perfectly fine of course as long as there is good communication. In the end everyone wants a good product so any delay due to additional testing or adding new features or whatever is great. Let me be the first one to admit that! If however the product is on hold due to lack off commitment to complete the installer from this Indi guy, perhaps someone else is more suitable for his job. As I said before why wasn't the installer worked on much earlier in the process if it's so very complicated. X-plane 10 is slowly approaching and for me personally I am starting to question my purchase plan for Norcal since we don't know exactly what the new X-plane version will feature, the compatibility issues and so on. Sorry for the rant. Mike

I really enjoy the Duchess so far but is there a way in X-plane to change the viewpoint in VC to move closer to the instrument and gauges? Several instruments are difficult to read. I fly using the latest iMac 21,5 with a resolution of 1920*1236 in full screen. Mike

Only problem with such a very busy airport as DFW is that about half of us who fly use smaller GA aircraft and bush planes in X-plane so we can't even realistically use an airport like DFW for our GA purposes. I think an ideal airport to make is one that attracts all sorts of X-plane pilots GA and commercial pilots alike. ESSA is a good idea but there are a ton of good ones. Another idea is to start a similar payware project like Orbx for MSFS but for X-plane, a project that has shown very successful. They create smaller airports and grass strips in a local area and do them really really well, man you are so talented Ola and could really pull something like that off for sure. Check them out... In their case it is Pacific Northwest which is a great VFR location. The business side of it of course is that you attract many X-plane GA pilots that will buy all your fields as they become available who collect small detailed airfields to fly from, a more homogeneous group I believe than the typical commercial X-plane pilot. Less buildings also to worry about. Mike

ESSA is the largest international airports in Sweden and nothing I can really swing by and take pictures of unfortunately :-) but ESSA is absolutely a great airport and a great choice and something I would love to have in X-plane. In fact Sweden is so under representative in X-plane in general and its such a beautiful country (..I am no just saying that) :-) and we do have more than IKEA, Volvo, the Bikini team and the meatballs. Mike

Unless they are adding some additional last minute features. A few airport buildings here and there, at least for the major airports would make my day (and month) and would add so much to the experience. Well one can always hope I guess :-) Mike

Been a while since we heard from you regarding the release of NorCal. Just out of curiosity and a very humble and hopefully relevant question. Why wasn't the setup/download tool worked on while the scenery was actually on the drawing board or even later while it was created. That way perhaps it would have been out much quicker. Just a thought. Hope to get my hands on NorCal soon Mike

My vote is for a Swedish airport like Stockholm Arlanda (ESSA) or Bromma (ESSB). I fly out of Bromma airport IRL so pictures would be no problem. I guess Sweden will never happen for you though I mean with all the Norway jokes we throw at you guys, but well worth a vote I guess :-) /Mikael

Its not the fact that there is a GPS on board the Sundowner that is my problem, I love a good GPS unit (Reality XP has a superb 430 for example) but rather the fact that it happens to be the default X-plane unit. It is just so unrealistic this beast :-) But that leads me to a question though. If I purchase the Reality Xp one, is there a way to replace the default one with that from Reality XP? Many thanks Mike

Just a quick question. Is anyone actually using the default Garmin 430 in the Sundowner? Its existence on the panel is actually the one and only reason I still have not purchased this aircraft. This default instrument in its present shape and form in my opinion has no reason for being, and is extremely unrealistic. Why do payware and freeware aircraft developers insist on including this instrument in their panels. Any plans on removing it all together in the update or can it easily be user removed? Cheers Michael

I hear the developer of Final Frontier, Inside Passage etc might be starting a series of Washington state airfields. One is already as you may know out for purchase KPAE. I know you have a Washington state photoscenery but as I understand nothing that compare to your new series of photoscenery for NorCal etc resolutionwise. Any plans on taking up the challenge of a better Washington? Would be sweet to fly a high res photoscenery of yours with Toms planned detailed airports. The lack of good airports and sharp photoreal ground textures is actually the only things that keep me from not deleting MSFS and my bootcamp partition. Sure NorCal and Hawaii will be nice but once you approach any airport without buildings it ultimately reminds you that it aint "As real as it gets" :-) Mike