Most veterans of Flight Simulator will remember Bill and Lynn Lyons, makers of the freeware and payware brand Custom Classics. The typical Lyon's package was about $12 and included one or more vintage aircraft, animated scenery, and some kind of boat or automobile. When you purchased something from them, it always had your name on it somewhere; that was the custom part.
The Lyons are retired now, and all of the Custom Classics are freeware; you can find them by searching for the authors? name in the AVSIM file library. But Bill Lyons was not only a gifted modeler; he was also a generous teacher.
Bill Ortis, who made the package under review here, was a student of Lyons, and it shows in his work. His Bugatti Pylon Racer, which staff reviewer Marc Radford wrote about several weeks ago, was a Custom Classic in all but name. It was inexpensive, featured vintage airplanes, came with custom scenery, and included two ground vehicles.
The package under review here, Operation: Valkyrie, is made from the same pattern, only on a bigger scale. The airplanes are bigger, the models are more complicated, there is a water vessel as well as a ground vehicle, there is much, much more scenery, and whereas the Bugatti package came with 18 mission flights, Operation: Valkyrie has 65.
Together, the missions add up to a story and a career. It begins with a young German pilot learning to fly gliders. Soon, he is inducted into the Luftwaffe and learns to fly powered aircraft, first a single-engine trainer and later a six-engine transport. In the process, he becomes involved with a high-level conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler. This is where fiction merges with history: there was a conspiracy in real life, and its code name was Operation Valkyrie.
Mega Airport Brussels, the hub of the capital of the EU, now for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and 2004. Developed by the Design-Team DreamFactory this scenery represents an absolute realistic recreation of the complete real airport.
In 1985 the Master Plan for the modernization of the Brussels airport was presented. In December 1994 the new terminal was opened and inaugurated by King Albert II. in May 2002 the Pier A was opened by Prins Philip.
Today Brussels airport is one of the fastest growing international airports. In the past few years the airport was proclaimed "The Best Airport in Europe " by several organizations.
Features:
Completely designed in Gmax
Dynamic and animated objects
High resolution day- and night textures
AI compatible
Docking systems
All important buildings created with the aid of real photographs of the airport
Corrected landclass files
Taxiways, apron with realistic rendered textures
Complete apron markings
BrussCargo area
Military area
For FS2004 and FSX
All that could be said about the German Airports series has already been said. Better known as GAP, this award winning scenery is now available in sections at Aerosoft Online. Each of the four boxed products is split into 'volumes'.
After months of updating, German Airports is back for FS2004!
Each airport with all characteristic buildings in great detail. Many detailed static and dynamic objects, like moving docking bridges, follow-me-cars, busses, and refuelling trucks form the essence of the busy airport's atmosphere. Even the equipment inside the hangars can be seen, spectators and flight staff look outside the buildings to watch the air traffic. Includes Effect files, incredible night lighting, working AGNIS docking systems and much more. This scenery is fully compatible with the new AI- Traffic of the Flight Simulator 2004.
Build with the highest attention to framerates and download size, we are sure you will enjoy this product. Compared to the separate volumes or the boxed you save €5 buying this bundle online. And you will be flying in 15 minutes!
German Airports 4 includes the Berlin airports of Tempelhof (with it's very special platform) and Schönefeld, Frankfurt Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Westerland (on the island of Sylt), Maastricht/Aachen, Saarbrucken, Schwering/Parchim, Braunwsweig and a really superb Magdeburg.
Spanish Airports 2: The next sequel of the succesful Spanish Airports series. Sim-wings presents 4 highly detailes replicas of Girona, Granada, Reus und Sevilla.
Take a trip to Girona, destination of many Costa Brava holiday makers. Fly to Sevilla to discover the unique moorish terminal building. Take off from Granada and overfly the famous Alhambra, or land in Reus, the popular destination of the "low cost airlines" near Barcelona.
All airports have been rebuilt up to the smallest of details layed out on photorealistic textures including their surroundings. Animated jetways and many dynamic objects create this special airport feeling.
Also included: A printed english/german manual and XXL Approach and Terminal Charts.
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