'Gateway to Mount Everest' and 'World's Most Dangerous Airport' are certainly the most commonly used attributes for Lukla – an airport that seems out of this world. There are airports that are higher, such as Tingri (included in this add-on) and there may be airports with a shorter runway or an even worse upwards slope of the runway. Others have a mountain wall at the end of the runway. What makes Lukla stand out is its combination of all those factors in one single airport!
Not enough of a thrill for you? Count in the weather as a factor. No navigational aids. Limited documentation of approach and take-off routes. An uncontrolled airspace with fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
Take your engines (and brakes!) to their limits by heading up the valley to Syangboche, a bumpy airstrip located even higher and surrounded by rocks high above a steep valley. Or try to find a helicopter that can reach helipads at these altitudes or even land at the Mount Everest base camp, located right next to sharp glacier pinnacles between rock outcrops.
This package is a successor to Lukla X – Mount Everest, one of our most popular sceneries of the past decade that has won many awards – among them the SimFlight Award. This new version is a completely new development, setting the bar even higher and with much more content than the previous version.
Features
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Five highly detailed airports with all buildings and clutter objects like vegetation, people, animals, vehicles and more:
- VNLK Lukla
- VNSB Syangboche
- VNPL Phaplu
- VNKL Kangel Danda
- VNRT Rumjatar
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Seven generic airports with details like tower positions, ground layout and thrilling hand-edited terrain:
- VNKD Man Maya Khanidanda
- VNBJ Bhojpur
- VNTR Tumlingtar
- VNRC Ramechhap
- VNJI Jiri
- VNTJ Taplejung Suketar
-VNLD Lamidanda
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12 helipads, most of them at very high altitudes
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A whopping coverage area of 200x200 kilometres
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Detailed hand-edited mesh terrain
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More than 366 thousand cultivation buildings
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More than 60 million trees in their respective vegetation areas (e.g. shrubs in the alpine areas, tropical trees in the valley rain forests)
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A hand-edited and geo-referenced combination of satellite imagery with higher resolutions around the core areas, smooth transition to default scenery
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Modelled points of interest like hanging bridges, stupas etc.
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Detailed mesh with rock and glacier outcrops around Mt. Everest base camp making helicopter landings there as challenging as they really are
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PBR-like sun and window reflections, bumpy terrain, water effects during rain or snow
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Night illumination in Lukla
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Extensive manual with custom made maps and airport charts
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Free bonus: Semi-fictional to-be-built large 'Tingri Airport' north of Mount Everest
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CONS: Not a single airport with a flat runway
System Requirements:
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Prepar3D v4/v5
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Quad Core CPU with 3.5GHz
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16GB DDR4 RAM, 2666 MHz
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Graphics card with 4GB VRAM, DirectX 11
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Windows 10 (64-bit)
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8GB hard drive space (SSD highly recommended)
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