Classic British Flight Sim

Despite the lack of of VC10, I have been flying around in Honkers in (horror) a TriStar and, of course, Kai Tak is closed.

Is there anyway to re-vitalise it (with checker board ideally) in FSX, or am I forever dammed to only fly into Chek Lap Kok?

There's a reasonable version at http://www.swiremariners.com/cxhkg.html

It's no Nine Dragons, but it does the job pretty well. You'll still have Chep Lap Kok but the traffic is fairly well seperated.

Have you tried setting the date to before Kai Tak was closed? Don't know if it'll do anything, but worth a try.

Use Jim Vile's version from FlightSim / AVSIM

or you could use the one from CalClassic as well, it works pretty decent in FSX too.

Dan, Jim Vile's is also at the link I posted although I did have to check. It's part of a web site for ex-Swire/Cathy Pacific group employees so there's loads of repaints etc. for FS9 and FSX as well as an upgrade for the new airport if I understand the blurb correctly (no interest in the new one as I've never flown into it and it's not really a challenge!)

You are of course absolutely right!

I also use swiremarines every now and then...

sometimes though I've seen them be a little behind/not updated, but else they are indeed a very good site.

No I have no interest in the new VHHH either....

"Real men flies IGS13..."

You chaps are the best, thank you.

There isn't a specific Kai Tak download for FSX from Calclassic.com, but if you say it works Dan, I'll give it a go.
Jim Vile's version looks complicated to install (to a numpty like me) but, again, I'll give it a try.

I did it! Downloaded Jim Vile's file and I can now shoot curved approaches to Kai Tak. I am lacking static and AI traffic but I can live without that if necessary.

Thanks again guys, you are the best!

Grace Quirrel wrote:I did it! Downloaded Jim Vile's file and I can now shoot curved approaches to Kai Tak. I am lacking static and AI traffic but I can live without that if necessary.

I'm using 9 Dragons in FS9 but hopefully these same principles will apply in FSX. With the patient help and advice of the guys on the forum, particularly Dan and Peter, I used TTools to divert all the scheduled traffic from Chek Lap Kok to Kai Tak. Using World of AI traffic, I just had to add VHHX to the airports list and then change all references to VHHH to VHHX in the flight plans for each airline - which is easier than it sounds! With CLK's greater capacity than Kai Tak you might need to reduce the traffic to prevent go-arounds and queues for take-off such as in this screenshot. Dan would be the best person to advise on whether this can be done in FSX. I would think so as I believe they used Jim Vile's approach in 9 Dragons.



Ian

Yes it can, and yes they did, although they never got the official permission from Jim .....

I haven't tried 9D in FSX, as they stated that it was for FS9 only .. but it wouldn't hurt to try I think...

But I like the CalClassic version better, and it suits my AI-traffic from the 70'ies better.