Here is your chance!

PILOT'S is proud to announce the release of their very first scenery add-on for MSFS, Cedar Key Airport (KCDK), which is officially on record for having the shortest paved public runway in the state of Florida.

If you have never been to this part of the world, you are in for a real treat! Cedar Key has some of the most stunning sunrises and sunsets you have ever seen, as you can see on the screenshots below. Cedar Key Airport, officially known as George T. Lewis Airport, is uniquely located on a small island at Daughtry Bajou, on Florida’s North-Eastern Gulf Coast, and is connected to the mainland via the main Airport Road bridge, popularly called the Fishing Bridge. The airport is situated roughly halfway between Tallahassee and Tampa, and about 1 nautical mile west of Cedar Key’s central business district (CBD), in Levy County, Florida, United States.

Cedar Key Airport has one main 718 x 30 meter (2355 by 100 feet) paved asphalt runway designated RWY 5 / RWY 23, with a displaced threshold on both sides, as well as one concrete helipad that is used by EMS and other rotary-wing aircraft.

Some of the Cedar Key Airport for MSFS features are:

 ● 4K resolution textures
 ● Accurate representation of the 2020/2021 Cedar Key Airport layout
 ● Practice landing on the very challenging approach to the shortest paved public runway in Florida
 ● The runway features a displaced threshold on both ends
 ● No margin for error, there is water in the immediate proximity of both runway ends
 ● 64+ square kilometers custom crafted photoreal imagery
 ● Moving boat traffic featuring yachts and other watercraft
 ● 3D grass/trees custom vegation
 ● Realistic shadow rendition
 ● Special night light shadows textures
 ● Zeit-Dynamic scenery features create a unique and ever-changing airport environment
 ● Detailed water-masking for the airport vicinity
 ● Custom buildings for surrounding areas and lots of custom objects
 ● Fully optimized design for great performance and high frame rates

The Dash 7 will feature various real world liveries as well as optional equipment, such as the Working Title GNS 530. A specific model with built-in support for the GTNXi will also be available upon release.

With valuable input and assistance from Air Tindi, the current largest active operator of real world Dash 7 aircraft, custom sounds and unique elements and features have also been built into the PILOT'S Dash 7. One such unique feature is the nose wheel gear doors slowly opening after the engines are shut down with the subsequent hydraulic pressure drop.

I leave you with some screenshots taken with our very latest release candidate.

With the Dash-7 out, would someone help me out, and check how stable the autopilot is under x8 sim rate (time acceleration)?

Under the 737, PMDG heavily limits the max bank, pitch, yaw angles, and throttle changes, so the autopilot remains stable, and won't start a deadly oscillation, or dive to the ground. Other planes are a mixed bag.

To me, time acceleration is a must (naysayers, please don't comment how it's not realistic, once you have a family and very limited free time, but still want to fly, you'll understand - It's also not realistic that I fly a 737 without a real-world ATP license, this is why it's called a SIMULATOR, so we SIMULATE stuff we cannot do IRL).

I would only buy the plane, if it's (relatively) stable under these accelerations, if a happy owner could have a quick look and test it mid-flight, I'd appreciate it a lot. If it slowly deviates from the course, that's fine, I can slow the time down, steer it back, and speed up again. As long as it's stable, I'm fine.

Thanks!

Just a short note to let everyone know that we have finally released Alicante Airport for MSFS!

This scenery features extensive custom mesh, we'll post more details and screenshots here over the weekend.