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    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
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    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

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FSX Screenshots Here!!

menef said:
Approaching an landing at San Clemente Island...
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Thanks Menef for nice screenshots and incentive to revisit the California coastline!

Yes these Channel Islands (with Blue Sky Scenery installed) are a great place to fly, and to discover hidden runways... Like here in Santa Cruz (with Carenado C172). No FSX airport code for this one.. rare...

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...and here with Milviz F-100 in San Clemente...

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@vonstroheim

How do you like freeware Blue Sky Scenery?? I always want genuine desert in Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico but am too scared to try this famous freeware software company.

Regards,

Aharon
 
Blue Sky Scenery is (was) my preferred type of photoreal scenery for many reasons:

Some places are much more beautiful when viewed from above, like desert states like NM, Nevada, Utah, since at ground level you miss the weird colors, the hidden valleys and salt lakes, various native or private reserves, not to mention missile ranges and airbases, places you can't go in real life anyway.

And visiting the US from Canada these days is, well, a disturbing option, so I use FSX and Blue Sky Scenery to get there anyway, because it's such a diverse and fabulous country.

But now Blue Sky Scenery is offline for real. Gottfried Razek officially closed its website a few years ago, but most of his MediaFire download links were still working last time I checked back in October 2025, and download was real fast. Today sadly his links are all dead. Some website like Rikooo and maybe Avsim have copies of some of his sceneries, but not all (way too big). My Blue Sky folder is 133GB! And I only had some Western states.

You could try Las Vegas and parts of Nevada at Rikooo (5GB might be a sloooow download without a registration):
https://www.rikoooo.com/downloads/viewdownload/68/866

Below Washington State coastline near Quillayute, and Arizona near Tuba City:

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@vonstroheim

Thank you for beautiful and extremely well detailed explanations. I never never knew that Blue Sky Scenery website is closed. Darn!!!! Thanks for alternative download suggestions and links.

Regards,

Aharon
 
Two orphans in the same screenshots! I don't want to rub salt into the wound(s), but I'm quite happy rediscovering (from old backups) the famous Grumman F7F-1 Tigercat by Milton Shupe & Tom Falley, FSX native conversion by Gordon Madison (was available at SOH until 2021). VC aliased to a Westland Whirlwind by unknown developper (was available at SOH for a few days only back in 2021 and again in 2025).

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Yes I know... the Whirlwind is a British fighter, wrong cockpit instruments, wrong engine placement... but fun! I had to paint the Whirlwind wings in grey for outside view from VC... almost 30% realistic... Sorry for painful memories, just trying to keep the FSX forum alive...
 
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vonstroheim said:
Two orphans in the same screenshots! I don't want to rub salt into the wound(s), but I'm quite happy rediscovering (from old backups) the famous Grumman F7F-1 Tigercat by Milton Shupe & Tom Falley, FSX native conversion by Gordon Madison (was available at SOH until 2021). VC aliased to a Westland Whirlwind by unknown developper (was available at SOH for a few days only back in 2021 and again in 2025).

f70.jpg


f72.jpg


Yes I know... the Whirlwind is a British fighter, wrong cockpit instruments, wrong engine placement... but fun! I had to paint the Whirlwind wings in grey for outside view from VC... almost 30% realistic... Sorry for painful memories, just trying to keep the FSX forum alive...
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Not sure where this is from but it's a F7F VC working fine in P3Dv4.5.

 
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