Tuesday 9 August 2022

World Update X: KBID Block Island by Gaya

There is a bit of a mystery with the Block Island airport that is included with the World Update X: USA. Block Island State Airport was already released on Orbx by Gaya. It now is mysteriously missing from https://orbxdirect.com/category/north-america/msfs

The default KBID in World Update X

I noticed that in the original scenery, there were statis aircraft including the BN2 Islander and a helicopter. The Microsoft scenery seems to be the exact same scenery as Gaya produced, but lacking the static aircraft and in Content.xml, it takes priority over the Orbx one.

I restored the static aircraft, by editing Content.xml and setting active=false for package: 

microsoft-airport-kbid-block-island

The restored static aircraft in the Orbx Gaya scenery


Saturday 6 August 2022

Beach bars and Pubs in Flight Simulator

Sunset Bar, Sint Maarten

Perhaps the most famous of all beach bars near an airport, the bar at the end of runway 28 at Princess Juliana International Airport. The Sunset Bar and Grill is well depicted in Airworthy Design's Saint Martin and Grand Case addon scenery. There is a live feed from the bar of planes landing, flying over the little beach there. Officially on the Dutch side of the island.

Sunset Bar, Sint Maarten


Driftwood Boat Bar

At the other end of the beach, just to the north is the Driftwood Boat Bar. Available in the same Airworthy Designs scenery.

The Driftwood Boat Bar.

Bar Two-Six

This is both a cafe and a bar at the start of runway 26 at Castletown, Isle of Man. It overlooks Wigeon Pool a good area for birdwatching and is of course a great spot for plane watching. The scenery is by UK2000.

Bar Two-Six

Biggles Restaurant

OK, not strictly a bar, but it does serve drinks with food. Biggles is practically on the airfield at Denham, built during World War 1. This scenery is by Burning Blue Design.

Biggles Restaurant

The Riverside Inn Pub and Grill

Situated on the airport at Dundee, The Riverside has an outside play area, views over the runway and the River Tay. The scenery is by Orbx.

The Riverside

Premier Inn Beefeater

This hotel is just outside the Oxford airport. It's a travel Inn with a Beefeater restaurant and Bar. The scenery is by Pilot Plus.

Beefeater at Premier Inn, Oxford Airport