Exploring New Zealand with World Update 12
World Update 12 has been released for Microsoft Flight Simulator - covering New Zealand!
To install it, check the “World” section within the Marketplace - “World Update XII” will be in the “World Update” section.
Best regards,
Jonathan Beckett
Founder, VirtualFlight.Online
New Zealand at VirtualFlight.Online
In concert with the New Zealand update we have changed the New Zealand regional tours within the Virtual Airline into Events throughout the remainder of February, and throughout March.
The events can be found here:
As is normal when we run events:
The legs can be flown in any order
You can re-fly legs if you’ve already done the New Zealand tour
Remember you can also log free flights in ACARS too!
What’s in World Update 12?
World Update 12 includes:
7 cities created using photogrammetry data:
Auckland
Christchurch
Hamilton
Nelson
Queenstown
Tauranga
Wellington
62 handcrafted POIs and 9 handcrafted airports:
Gisborne Airport (NZGS)
Milford Sound Airport (NZMF)
Martins Bay Aerodrome (NZMJ)
Gorge River Airstrip (NZQE)
Rotorua Airport (NZRO)
Lake Tekapo Airport (NZTL)
Whangarei Airport (NZWR)
Westport Airport (NZWS)
Quintin Lodge Airstrip (T004)
10 missions
Bush Trips
New Zealand’s North Island in a Textron Aviation Beechcraft Bonanza G36
New Zealand’s South Island in a Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter G950
A historic recreation of the country’s first air route in a Douglas DC-3 Classic
Discovery Flights
Auckland, the country’s largest city, in a Cessna 152
Queenstown in a Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter
Lake Benmore in a DG Aviation DG-1001E neo glider
Landing Challenges
A strong wind landing at Wellington Airport (NZWN) in an Airbus A320neo
An epic landing at the Ryan’s Creek Aerodrome (NZRC) in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk
A technical landing at Gorge River Airstrip (NZQE) in a Savage Cub
A famous challenge in an Airbus A310-300 at Christchurch Airport (NZCH).
Support
If you are in a position to help fund the internet machinery that makes VirtualFlight.Online possible, everybody in the community will be appreciative. As you may have noticed, we hit a speed-bump with Google Maps this week - who knew that 400 people requesting maps repeatedly would increase costs by an order of magnitude!?
Seriously though - if you can help, that would be great. We have a patreon account: