New Duxford Scenery Released - 10/8/21

[cavaricooper]

I'm grateful- ta!

C

 

[cavaricooper]

Not much left to say but, "Thank-you!"

...sure captures the Duckie feel nicely...

 

[K5083]

Yes, it's quite good.

 

[K5083]

Interested in some authentic sightseeing flights out of the new Duxford field?

Here are three FlightAware tracks from within the past week. The first two are from DH.89 Dragon Rapide G-AIDR,one of the Duxford-based D.H.89s that is represented (in an older paint job) by a livery for Dave Garwood's converted plane. The first one is a 2-hour jaunt that I have seen repeated a few times. Take off from Duxford, look around Cambridge a bit, do a few low passes over Duxford (this is the flat bit that the tracker didn't pick up), then down to London, look around the sights near the Thames, back to Duxford. Most of the flight at 2,500 feet. Takes 2 hours but you probably could trim it to one if you skipped Cambridge and the display passes. The second one is a figure-8 pattern with beat-ups of the field. Takeoff was to the west and the pattern was right-hand around the top half of the 8, left-hand around the bottom. The third track is Spitfire PR.XI G-PRXI, first stooging around Cambridge, then Newmarket, then Haverhill. Lots of low beat-ups, never higher than 2,000 feet, and the whole trip took just 35 minutes because, you know, it's a Spitfire. Pretty much what you would do if you had one.

Enjoy!

August

 

[K5083]

It is good to be home again.

 

[mgr]

New update and new version (without people):
https://flightsim.to/file/21755/duxford-airfield-egsu (V1.1)
https://flightsim.to/file/21826/duxford-airfield-egsu-no-people (V1.0)

 

[Priller]

Thanks Marcel!!

Priller

 

[Bomber_12th]

I really like that the grass runway no longer uses the default MSFS grass texture, and the grass of the grounds around the hangars/tarmac is now adjusted to blend with the aerials.

 

[ZsoltB]

Hello John

So how can the grass be replaced?

 

[Bomber_12th]

Hello John

So how can the grass be replaced?

It is a fix included in the updated files, as Marcel linked to above (the no people version includes the updated grass textures as well).

 

[ZsoltB]

It is a fix included in the updated files, as Marcel linked to above (the no people version includes the updated grass textures as well).

Thank you,

Zsolt

 

[ZsoltB]

Improved in version 1.1

 

[DaveWG]

Shame about the lod pop-up issues on some buildings, but otherwise very nice.

 

[Fnerg]

I love the colours and patterns in the surrounding fields at Duxford. I remember a video of an airshow incident where, a pilot had to put his P51D in the field short of the runway, due to engine failure. I think about that on my approach on that end of the strip. The pilot walked away thankfully, and I've seen his interview after talking about how his helmet GoPro footage shows him following emergency procedures to the letter. Amazing.

 

[Bomber_12th]

I love the colours and patterns in the surrounding fields at Duxford. I remember a video of an airshow incident where, a pilot had to put his P51D in the field short of the runway, due to engine failure. I think about that on my approach on that end of the strip. The pilot walked away thankfully, and I've seen his interview after talking about how his helmet GoPro footage shows him following emergency procedures to the letter. Amazing.

Here is that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnODYKx5ics

The incident happened in 2017, and the aircraft was back flying again a year later (now painted as "Contrary Mary"), and it was able to participate in Flying Legends 2018 with Mark Levy as its pilot once again. To help speed along the aircraft's repair, it gained an entirely new wing, which had already been rebuilt in the US and was not tied to any project.

I'm really looking forward to the Microsoft/Asobo Reno Air Races addon so that we'll to have some Mustangs (with accurate repaints planned of UK & European based restored examples) to fly around this Duxford scenery - one of the Mustang models that will be included with that Reno addon ("Lady B") is outwardly essentially the same as a good 75% of the D-model Mustangs flying today world wide, making an excellent base for a great many repaints.

 

[Snurdley]

The incident happened in 2017, and the aircraft was back flying again a year later (now painted as "Contrary Mary"), and it was able to participate in Flying Legends 2018 with Mark Levy as its pilot once again. To help speed along the aircraft's repair, it gained an entirely new wing, which had already been rebuilt in the US and was not tied to any project.

I'm really looking forward to the Microsoft/Asobo Reno Air Races addon so that we'll to have some Mustangs (with accurate repaints planned of UK & European based restored examples) to fly around this Duxford scenery - one of the Mustang models that will be included with that Reno addon ("Lady B") is outwardly essentially the same as a good 75% of the D-model Mustangs flying today world wide, making an excellent base for a great many repaints.

2017?? It seems like it happened just yesterday....

John, do you have word that we can in fact fly the Mustangs in the full sim and fly anywhere? That would be awesome.

 

[Bomber_12th]

John, do you have word that we can in fact fly the Mustangs in the full sim and fly anywhere? That would be awesome.

I don't have any inside knowledge, but I don't see why they would, nor have any reason to believe that they would, only allow those aircraft to be used at Reno in the sim. If that were to be true, there would also be such an outcry that they would change it. Personally, I have seen way too many pessimistic views/ideas in the forums, both ahead of the release of MSFS and in the lead-up to updates and aircraft releases that Asobo/Microsoft have done, which were never true in the end. They may not always meet everyone's wishes (demands), but they have often exceeded my expectations and have never left me feeling disappointed, so I keep an open mind.

 

[Bomber_12th]

Some shots from a quick circuit around Duxford today. It's pretty cool that if you look into the windows of the Aircraft Restoration Company's Lancaster hangar (the one with the scaffolding in front), you can see the BBMF Lancaster being worked on.

 

[Wittpilot]

Has anybody else had an issue getting this scenery to show in the sim? I removed a previous version. I used the correct sub-folder. I still can't get it to show! *Scratches head. Wondering if anyone else had this issue and solved it! Only thing I have not tried is trying to install the scenery version without people.
-Witt

 

[Brytskiva]

Look out for double folders ~