May 052009
If you have ever wished that you could fly, if maybe as the plane banks over Tenerife, that you could just take over the controls and bring it in to a safe landing all by yourself, well now you can. Virtually.
Here is a review of Sim Giant’s Canary Islands Flight Simulator which they created because they said, “…it is wonderful pretty area with lot of tourism visiting this place.”
(A darkly cynical voice inside me wonders if it is also because Rodeo Airport Tenerife North is the location of the Pan AM / KLM collision which remains one of the worst airline disasters in history – only superceded by the toll of airplane related casualties suffered on September 11 2001).
Reviewer Bill Stack notes that features include:
- Detailed renditions of Tenerife North airport (GCXO), Fuerteventura Airport (GCFV), and El Hierro Airport (GCHI)
- Highly detailed scenery of the airport and its near surroundings
- Realistic runway and taxiway lighting
- All navigation systems
- Vehicular traffic on all major roads
- Numerous static and dynamic scenery objects
- Full night textures and night-lighting effects
- High resolution mesh terrain
Bill should know. He is the author of several books about flight simulation, a regular author in flight-sim magazines, and a contributor to Flight Sim Com. His website is www.topskills.com.
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