If you have Orbx - FTX Pacific Northwest ..

[WarHorse47]

..I have a big favor to ask.

I am looking at getting this package; however, there is one major drawback. Despite reading all the reviews and forum threads, I have yet to see what my favorite airports look like such as:

KOLM - Olympia, WA
KTCM - McChord AFB
KTIW - Tacoma Narrows
IPAE - Paine Field
KNVW - Whidbey Island NAS
KMMV - McMinnville, OR
KAST - Astoria, OR
S47 - Tillamook, OR

So, the next time you're flying around the great PNW, can someone post a few screenshots of these airports? It would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

 

[Cirrus N210MS]

No Prob i was thinking about flying there

Ill post some photos

 

[ryanbatc]

Those are all "stock" Orbx airports so don't expect amazing looking airports. They all have some treatment from the Orbx library objects though. In general they look better than vanilla FSX airports.

 

[Cirrus N210MS]

KAST - Astoria, OR

 

[olderndirt]

One thing it does have is the three parallels at KSEA. Look in the "FSX screenshots" thread, P189 "Rafale" - the departure airport is NAS Whidbey.

 

[CG_1976]

KNVW - Whidbey Island NAS and Port Angles CGAS is at http://simviation.com/1/browse-Scenery-63-0 and http://simviation.com/1/browse-Scenery-63-1
Both work with PNW and sorry about the CGAS, but Port Angles is just a USCG Scenery Crowned Jewel for PNW.

 

[WarHorse47]

KNVW - Whidbey Island NAS and Port Angles CGAS is at http://simviation.com/1/browse-Scenery-63-0 and http://simviation.com/1/browse-Scenery-63-1
Both work with PNW and sorry about the CGAS, but Port Angles is just a USCG Scenery Crowned Jewel for PNW.

Thanks, Cirrus. The screenshots of Astoria look good. Looks like they've improved the detail a lot. Can't tell as yet if there are any building changes from the stock airport.

Thanks olderndirt and CG. I'll take a look at what is over a Simvation, but it's not what I'm looking for.

The Review at Avsim says "Orbx reworked nearly 450 FSX default airports within the PNW region, correcting the various faults in the stock airports." I've only seen screenshots of a couple airports in the Orbx package so I'm curious as to what some of the others look like - specifically those I'm familiar with.

Thanks

 

[griphos]

You can see for yourself how they upgrade airports by downloading the demo. It's got all the Olympic peninsula on it. I've been to all the ones you mention and they are all like Astoria. Very nice upgrade from default. Nothing like the payware airports, but some of them are very nice, and all of them are a lot better than default.

 

[Portia911]

KTIW

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:salute:

 

[CurlSnout]

KTCM - McChord AFB - Tacoma, WA

Having trouble entering text (return key does not work) and posting images here (?) - will host them myself and post several (N=4), separate, replies. See below.

 

[CurlSnout]

KTCM

 

[CurlSnout]

KTCM

 

[CurlSnout]

KTCM

 

[CurlSnout]

KTCM

 

[olderndirt]

Hopped in my personal FA18 and did a quick circuit of lower Puget Sound.

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OLY TCM SEA BFI PAE NUW

 

[TuFun]

Cockpit view!

 

[WarHorse47]

Sold. Good job, guys. Just what I needed.

Looks like FTX PNW is my next buy.

TuFun, you must have had fun flying the Howard around our neck of the woods..

Thanks a million.

 

[TuFun]

Sold. Good job, guys. Just what I needed.

Looks like FTX PNW is my next buy.

TuFun, you must have had fun flying the Howard around our neck of the woods..

Thanks a million.

It's nice to take a break and do some exploring... this time as a bird! I set the scenery, auto's, and aircraft to maximum settings for this airport. LOD_RADIUS was set to 7.5 so not to have blurriness in the distance.

 

[Meso]

Does it need atc approval to land ?

 

[TheGrunt]

Does it need atc approval to land ?

Or is it IFR capable