Miami Airport Released for MSFS 2024
MK Studios released its Miami Airport (KMIA) for MSFS 2024.
It’s available on Orbx Direct, Simmarket, Contrail, and iniBuilds for about $24.
It includes the following features.
- Highly detailed recreation of Miami International Airport
- Up-to-date airport layout based on recent real-world references
- Detailed terminal buildings, concourses, and landside infrastructure
- Extensive cargo areas with accurate apron layouts
- High-quality custom ground textures with realistic PBR materials
- Custom animated jetways
- Accurate taxiway signage, stand markings and apron details
- Realistic airport lighting including approach lights and stop bars
- Detailed surroundings with key points of interest and spotting areas
- Seamless integration with surrounding terrain and photogrammetry
- Carefully optimized for smooth performance and visual quality
Dassault Alpha Jet Gets Native MSFS 2024 Release
Virga Studios released an MSFS 2024 native version of its Dassault Alpha Jet. It’s available on Simmarket and Contrail for about $33. If you already have the original version for MSFS 2020, you can upgrade for $7.22
It includes the following features.
- Highly detailed and optimised 3D model, based on real aircraft interior and exterior 3D scans.
- Fully modelled front and rear cockpits, with animated and functional instruments, switches, and controls.
- Realistic flight dynamics, carefully tuned for aerobatics, formation flying, and precision manoeuvres, updated flight model.
- Authentic LARZAC 4C6 turbofan engine simulation, accurately modelled for realistic performance across all flight levels.
- Realistic engine start-up procedures, faithfully reproducing the aircraft’s operating sequences.
- Advanced aircraft systems, including improved electrical systems, ventilation, icing management, and realistic system interactions.
- Ground Power Unit (GPU) support for external electrical power during ground operations.
- Highly accurate fuel system, including realistic fuel distribution, weight and balance, and optional external fuel tanks.
- Three-colour smoke system, now fully compatible with multiplayer operations.
- Comprehensive interactive checklists
- Authentic avionics, carefully developed to reproduce the aircraft’s original instruments and faithfully reproduced VOR/ILS and TACAN navigation systems.
- Integrated GNS 530 GPS units for modern navigation capabilities.
- Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) providing aircraft configuration, system management, frequency presets, fuel management, and additional flight utilities.
- Authentic interior and exterior sounds, recorded from real Alpha Jet aircraft and carefully integrated into the simulation.
- Immersive cockpit lighting, featuring realistic backlighting, instrument illumination, and adjustable day/night brightness.
- High-G wing flex simulation, reproducing structural deformation during demanding aerobatic manoeuvres.
- Realistic landing gear shock absorber behaviour, accurately reflecting aircraft weight and landing conditions.
- Detailed aircraft animations, with dedicated code reproducing the behaviour of key Alpha Jet components.
- Interactive aircraft walkaround, featuring additional access panels, inspection hatches, and ground preparation procedures.
- Realistic ground equipment, including protective covers, safety devices, and wheel chocks.
- Expanded failure simulation, introducing additional aircraft malfunctions and emergency situations — be careful when jettisoning the canopy!
- Enhanced visual rendering, including improved shadows and refined aircraft appearance.
- Twenty liveries, including all ten aircraft of the Patrouille de France.
- Two additional Canadian liveries, provided as visual alternatives without full Alpha Jet A variant modelling.
- Numerous bug fixes and improvements, including issues reported by the community in the MSFS 2020 version.
- Online flight manual, available through our Discord community.
- Ongoing development and free updates, bringing further features, improvements, and refinements to the Alpha Jet experience.
Santa Barbara Airport for MSFS 2024 Gets New Screenshots
Gaya Simulations released a large gallery of new screenshots of Santa Barbara Airport (KSBA) for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Interestingly, the developer teased a few surprises related to people to be released “over the coming days.” The airport is also being meticulously optimized for performance
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