The Austrian Scenery Thread

[Wing_Z]

I have most of the freeware Austrian sceneries, which are excellent.
When Aerosoft came up with Innsbruck, I thought I'd have a look.
As these things go, you can't simply stop there because there was a special offer on Austria Professional, too...

But I am getting ahead of myself: Innsbruck airport is actually a little bit boring, so AS employed the Train Sim guys to liven up the action. :d
That together with road traffic and really good attention to the approaches, makes for a fascinating play.

I decided to install a little thermals scenery as well, and have a glide around the place, for starters:

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Approaching Innsbruck (FS2004 only)
Experience Innsbruck airport, one of the most challenging airports in Europe. Every building is recreated with great attention to detail and realism and is placed on high definition areal images in the great Alpine landscape.

[Lionheart]

Nicely done mini movie there *****.

Those trains are brilliant. They did a good job of having them run right beside each other with precision...



Bill

[Motormouse]

Well there's a co-incidence, just been to Graz (working)
if you don't have it, you can find it here -----> http://www.fsterminal.at/site/index.php?site=lowg
(also includes the military side 'Nittner Airbase', where the F5's were based until 2008)

ttfn

Pete

ps Klagenfurt can be found here -----> http://www.mstrain.org/fs2000/addons/lowk07v1.zip,
and Linz here ----> http://www.puerstinger.net/FS/FS_DE.htm

[FengZ]

nicely made movie!

hmm...temping package...the area around LOWI is very fun to fly around. This used to be my default airport for a long time....

-feng

[Wing_Z]

Thanks Bill, the trains are a real feature: The overhead wires hang in proper catenary, and if you follow closely, every now and then there is a contact spark from the overhead pantograph!
I'll try to catch that in a screenshot maybe.

Pete I have a little tour planned, and have installed very nice sceneries along the way.
Graz is on one of the excursion loops.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/Austria/AustrianTourLarge.jpg

I hope you'll add suitable commentary to the trip as it happens.
I'll start posting once the new server is up and running.

EDIT: feng, if you enjoyed LOWI previously, you'd revel in this one!

[Txmmy83]

and dont forget LOWS by Johannes Kimla and his Team the same Team that does that nice payware Approaching Innsbruck Scenery

link to his page
http://giannisworld.net/

[Wing_Z]

Resurrecting this, I thought why not do the Graz-Klagenfurt hop?
SOH being a combat flight sim forum, I found an Austrian military machine well suited for the job.
Taking off from the military Nittner Airbase on the south side, as mentioned previously by Motormouse:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/Graz.jpg

Arrival at the military end of Klagenfurt, a winchman's eye view:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/Klagenfurt.jpg

Freeware Sikorsky by ALPHASIM
Freeware LOWG by Michael Eder/Simon Hötzinger/Gerhard Brunner
Freeware LOWK by Johannes Kimla ("gianni")
Mesh and topo is Aerosoft's payware Austrian Professional

EDIT:
I see the images above are a little fuzzy, so to do better credit to LOWK, here's one in better weather :)

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/Klagenfurt2.jpg

[Wing_Z]

On to Salzburg, birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/LOWS1.jpg

The diced mushroom lower left houses the Flying Bulls ( http://www.flyingbulls.at/#/en/Hangar/Hangar-8/Gallery/gallery/3/) who have some interesting props in their collection.

A civilian aside: Project OpenSky EMB 145, a great external model.
To make it work with sound, VC etc you need to assemble a few items;
it takes half a dozen sizable downloads, an hour or two, and some patience...the result is an excellent feederjet, well sized for zipping around a smallish country.
But the thread is about scenery, so here's some, out of LOWS heading for Vienna:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/LOWS2.jpg

The sceneries have good night and seasonal textures, so into winter we go:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/SummerWinter.jpg

[Wing_Z]

There's more than one way to explore the winter playground of the Austrian Alps!

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/typhoon1.jpg

The roads in Austria Professional 2004 are disappointing, I believe this was first released for FS2000. At low level you can see it

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I didn't finish the edits, because I got motion sickness :d

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/typhoon2.jpg

[T6flyer]

Thanks to everyone for this thread (HU, links and screenshots. I need to spread my virtual wings from that of England or Portland and this seems to fit the bill nicely. Have downloaded all the files, so when got a quite five minutes or so, will give it a go.

Thanks again and best wishes,

Martin

[Wing_Z]

Yes it's quite fun going from one quality scenery to another in such a relatively confined space...
Springtime now, and a quick military airlift from the airbase at Linz (LOWL).

Only problem is, the F-5's are having their farewell beatup, so we have to wait a moment.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/LOWS_LOWW2.jpg

Not too much of a hardship, front row tickets! A Bell 206 came and played tag with them:

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Eventually we got away, destination the backyard of Vienna LOWW:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/LOWS_LOWW.jpg

[Wing_Z]

Another hop terminating at Vienna LOWW...
From Stockerau, a small freeware GA airport northwest of Vienna, it is but a short helo hop to LOWW, cruising down the blue Danube.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/LOau-LOWW.jpg

The payware Austrian Professional fills in lots of detail on the way, you fly past the odd Schloss, and Vienna displays some of its famous architecture.

[Naki]

Wow nice stuff ..big generational leap for the Austrians from the F-5 to the Typhoons ..what F-5 and Typhoon models are they?

[Wing_Z]

Thanks Paul - it would've been perhaps too big a leap from the Draakens to Typhoon!
Remember these are F-5E's rented from Switzerland as a stopgap measure...
Aircraft are freeware DSB Typhoon and F-5A.
Both are somewhat long in the tooth now - yesterday's state of the art model is today's pretty good AI ;)
Edit: I see I used the wrong ICAO for the military side of the airports.
LOWL would read LOXL and so on...

[Flyboy208]

I have been lurking here since this thread's inception. The screenshots and videos are stellar.

You have lured me away from my FSX flying to fire up FS9 and install the Linz scenery, and do some circuit/pattern work in my Pilatus PC-7 with a very unique Austrian AF "Viper" livery.

Hope you enjoy the shots ....

Mike :wiggle:

[Flyboy208]

The rest of my screenies ...:wiggle:

[Wing_Z]

Glad you're enjoying the thread Flyboy!
Astonishing Viper art on that Pilatus!
I assume it's not authentic though?

[Flyboy208]

It is indeed a real-world Austrian AF livery Mate. Happy to be part of this thread.

Get Campbell Troy's livery at Avsim here:

Filename: pc-7_viper.zip
License: Freeware
Added: 29th January 2008
Downloads: 444
Author: Campbell Troy
Size: 3884kb


Mike :wavey:

[Wing_Z]

Ooh I am a sucker for a photoreal paint...
Time for a little Real vs Sim, then.
(The spinner needed a little work, see attached zip )

[Wing_Z]

Looking at the tour map posted earlier, seems there are just two more destinations to visit.
What would be a suitable aircraft to carry 50 or so sailing and gliding enthusiasts to Reutte?

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/DH7LOIRfs92009-08-1910-48-08-43.jpg

Milton Shupe's Dash 7 needs no introduction, and the Tyrolean livery has always been a favourite.
Home base happens to be Innsbruck!
Looking decidedly dated beside its younger siblings, perhaps this would be a vintage aircraft charter...
Off we go, then

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/DH7LOIRfs92009-08-1911-24-59-50.jpg

Getting in to such a short airfield in the mountains should not present too much of a problem for this aircraft

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Safely down...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/DH7LOIRfs92009-08-1917-21-57-79.jpg

Getting out however might present a bit more of a problem
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Actually this would make a great go-anywhere charter plane, it can cruise along at 20,000 ft over 1,400 km

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/DH7LOIRfs92009-08-1911-14-57-75.jpg

[Naki]

Nice , Nice ..wheres that Reutte scenery from ...is it freeware? Looks like my type of airport. Smallish GA airport stuck in the mountains

[Flyboy208]

Brilliant Flying & videos Mate! I miss my FS9 Dash 7, perhaps it is time for a re-install of the AC and a proper flight?! Cheers! Mike :applause:

[Wing_Z]

Thanks guys...
Mike, I was really pleased with the Dash, I haven't used it for some time but (with added VC) it is a pleasure to fly.
Feels like a new FS9 model all over again.

Paul, the sceneries on the tour map are all freeware with the exception of Innsbruck and Vienna.
They'll be on flightsim.com, Reutte is by Juergen Lechleitner.
Ideal for a bit of light twin sightseeing, on which topic:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/Duchess.jpg
I actually did a quick Austrian rego on the Justflight demo Duchess, but was distracted when I bought the Carenado Seneca:

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It's a lovely aircraft, might go back to it sometime.

[Wing_Z]

Two more sceneries to go, the payware Innsbruck, and Vienna, at each end of Austria.
I have so many screenshots I wondered if they could be incorporated in a video clip.
So here's the first salvo of three.
It should be watched in HD, and at a stretch, full screen.

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[Wing_Z]

Had a look at Camil Valiquette's Embraer P100 which is an aircraft I might like to own.
Camil has a penchant for doing animations attached to the aircraft which is a pity, given AES is there for the job.
A VC would've been nicer, but I tend to fly these from the 2D panel anyway.
A good exterior model I thought, let's drop it into some Austrian scenery.

A whole new world!
Winter has started, and "Soft Winter" textures have appeared in the sim.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/fs92009-11-0817-25-23-45Large.jpg

Thought I'd try something different...here's a clip of screenshots, each followed by a short video following on.
It gives a sense of what was going on in the sim.
It's uploaded at 720p so can be watched in HD full-screen.
I just love looking at the ground textures as I fly over.
It's unedited, and I did nearly fly into the ground when the approach autopilot disconnected for some reason!
But that gave me an excuse to fly low with the lights illuminating the snow on the approach :)

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[Flyboy208]

That's a cool little Bizjet Wing! Mike :applause:

[franzi]

Hello!

Here a few Screenshots from Austria.
The Sceneries are Photoreal, makes with Maps2bgl from Gunnar Dähling.

First Picture is Graz, my Hometown. the next three around Zell am See in Salzburg, and the last is the Wolfgangsee in the Salzkammergut

Franz LOWG

[Wing_Z]

Franz the photoreal certainly gives an accurate picture of the place, which is nice to see.

I gave up on maps2bgl for two reasons:
- No autogen
- I couldn't figure out how to make a PR tile just big enough for say, an airport and immediate environment.
All my attempts created a huge area which generally included some bad photo areas too.

What's your take on Austria Professional?