The X-Plane 11.1 beta is now in Release Candidate 2, meaning Laminar are getting close to releasing 11.1 as a non-beta product. I’ve only had one brief flight with it. My experience, like that of several others, is that there seems to be some issue between WorldTraffic 3 and 11.1rc2. My frame rates were highly…

I’ve started getting a hang of the new Terminal Kit, and Terminal F is really starting to come together …

I’ve scrapped the earlier work and have decided to use the new Terminal Kit, objects, and lettering available in the X-Plane 11.1 beta libraries. While this means the Tampa International I’m designing for the Gateway won’t work with X-Plane 10, I prefer to design for the future. And the new Terminal Kit is much more…

The American Airlines terminal. Good progress on the ramp, and I have the perimeter of the terminal accurate, but theres a lot of work to do on the window and height scheme. But it’s coming along.

It is KTPA Tampa International, using only default objects for Gateway upload. This one is going to take weeks, but I’m just going to chip away at it one section at a time. First bit is getting the multiple tarmac textures set to match the satellite imagery. Then we’ll go to buildings – although I…

I’ve been asked this several times. Yes it does. Quite well in fact. 

I’d read about this book and plan to use it to design training in the sim. I’ll let you know how that goes. 

There’s a modified lights.txt file in the XP11 forum at x-plane.org, and I must say it produces some stunning results with no performance hit so far as I can tell. Thanks to Dave for pointing me to the file, and here’s the link (the file is about half-way down on the first page). I shot…