I will download them during my off-peak internet service as I still have about 70GB of downloads left. The peak service is consumed by my sons and their online multiplayer games. I will let you know how they are once I download and install them.

YMMB Moorabbin is going to be interesting, I already have YMAV Avalon and YMML Melbourne v2. All three are pretty close (not much more than about 30-40 kilometres) and YMAV and YMML usually hit my frame rate quite a bit. It will get worse with YMMB Moorabbin and even more worse IF I buy YMEN Essendon, the former Melbourne International Airport (1950-1970) which is right next to YMML Melbourne, the current International Airport.

Mark

Update: I'm getting very good frame rates around Melbourne after adding YMMB to the mix (YMML, YMAV and YMMB)! Frame rate at YBAS is very good too (23 frames per second with the 737-200 with peopleflow on). I'm very impressed with it all now.

Unpaved runways are probably for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Central Australia is very sparse. Not very many people really. All the big "Station" (ranch) owners live up there. Anna Creek Station is the largest in the world. Its area is roughly 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km2; 9,400 sq mi) which is slightly larger than Israel, and it is eight times the size of America's biggest ranch, King Ranch in Texas, which is 825,000 acres (3,340 km2; 1,289 sq mi).

Imagine having to mow 6 million acres of lawn!!!

Pine Gap is OFF LMITS! Fly over Pine Gap and the Yanks (and a few Aussies) will shoot you down for sure. Not in FSX though.

I fly around the Great Dividing Range a lot, it goes from right near the tip of Queensland, to a place called the Grampians (about 100 kilometres west of me) in western Victoria. It is a hilly, I can't call it mountainous because the largest mountain here is 7,310 feet (2,228 metres) above sea level, would be a hill to many Europeans, and picturesque area to fly around in. Especially with Orbx AU.

Mark

USCG76 wrote on Apr 7^th, 2012 at 8:09pm:


Siberia scenery not very good in FSX, and there is no payware as far as a know. There is a HUGE number of small towns to the east of Ural mountains, where no other transport then aircraft works good. Roads - its just a words and scenery basically very sparse. forests up to  horizon (we call it taiga), tundra to the north, steppe covers huge region. I've been there - i was shocked. Looking at all that, you cant guess that civilization exist somewhere

Anyway, there is a some major ports like Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk available on avsim.su (russian forum). They are free and created by enthusiasts. Also you may want to try to find town of Mirny. its a diamond mine, look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HvaegcQm24
major aircraft on siberia regional routes a pretty old props an-12(cargo),24, jets tu-134,154, Il-76(cargo). so 737 can fit there very well, and many regional ports are challenging. no ILS, one beacon, but not so interesting to fly that place in FSX, as it wasnt modeled good. And no charts, or at least i dont know where to get em. This regional flights - heavy load for pilots. And maintenance....well, you know what i mean...old jet witch flies a lot far from major towns...

BTW sunsets in Novosibirsk looks something like in LA due to smog

LOWI innsburk! with real weather it keeps you on your toes!

Alps on a sunset! Man, thats something! i do fly a lot in EU. There was lots of rains a week ago.