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Microsoft Flight Simulator Sogndal Haukåsen Airport Announced; CRJ 1000 Gets New Screenshots as TDM Gives Dev Update

Today Orbx and TDM Scenery Design provided information about upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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Today Orbx and TDM Scenery Design provided information about upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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Orbx revealed a brand new airport, Sogndal Haukåsen Airport (ENGS) In Norway (Sources: 1, 2).

Here’s what you can expect and a nice gallery of screenshots.

“Our next airport comes from Andreas Hegi and is located in Norway. Providing you with some challenging approaches, ENSG Sogndal Haukåsen Airport is a perfect addition as you explore the Nordic Update in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The airport offers stunning visual and instrument approaches and will test your skills in bad weather. The not so common PLASI (Pulse Light Approach Indicator) is used for visual guidance and with the runway perched atop a plateau, the margin for error is very low.

Originally developed for the ESP platform, Andreas has reworked the airport from scratch with introduced 4K HD textures and PBR. Its 1,180-metre is serviced by Widerøe Dash 8’s and is the sole airport serving the district of Sogn in a picturesque fjord landscape location.

Andreas has added other details such as custom ortho for the airport area, conditional display of people models according to time/weather, and added tower/ATIS frequencies.”

TDM Scenery Design is going to release an update of its previously-launched A Coruña Airport (LECO). It will include the following:

“Improved night lighting, improved terrain textures, 3D grass all around the apron and runway area, more objects on the apron, the Hospital Heliport is now operational to land on and also the Civil Guard Heliport inside the airport.”

Interesting, TDM appears to be helping its partners at Aerosoft test the CRJ-1000, as some of the screenshots features it in its Binter Canarias livery.

On top of that, we learn that Óscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport (SVCS) in Caracas, Venezuela is in its final phase of development and should be released by the end of July, while Santiago de Compostela Airport (LEST) and Valencia (LEVC) will be next on the developer’s roadmap.

Recently, we published our massive interview with head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann, who provided a lot of new info about the present and future of the sim.

If you’d like to read more about Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons, you can enjoy our recent reviews of Fort Lauderdale Airport, Chongqing City & Airport Manila AirportSantiago Airport, the Frankfurt City PackKey West Airportthe Okavango DeltaBali AirportLondon Oxford AirportBerlin Brandenburg Airport, the CRJ 550/700, the PA-28R Arrow IIIKristiansand Airport, Macau City & AirportBonaire Flamingo AirportMilano Linate Airport, the Singapore City PackTokyo Narita AirportYao Airport, the F-15 Eagle, the Paris City PackGreater Moncton AirportTweed New Haven AirportSantorini AirportSydney AirportHelsinki-Vantaa AirportReggio Calabria Airport, Bastia Poretta AirportMunich Airport, Paris Orly AirportNewcastle International AirportSankt Johann AirfieldDublin International Airport, and Seoul City Wow. We also have a beta preview of Singapore Changi airport.

If you want to learn more about the game itself, you can read our review that will tell you everything you need to know about Asobo Studio’s game.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is already available for Windows 10 and Steam and will release on July 27, 2021 for Xbox Series X ad Series S

About the author

Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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