Re: It's time for a new default airport

I think we should have these criteria in place before picking an airport,
so that later, when other developers join this thread, they can help vote
for themselves. So far, I've seen LJLJ as a good candidate, but there are
many more potential candidates as well.

   1. Showcase FlightGear well visually, including lighting and surrounding
   scenery.
   2. Work reliably on the current next / WS3.
   3. Not require an excessive amount of scenery work before it becomes
   usable.
   4. Offer a good mix of aircraft use cases, such as GA, airliners, and
   maybe some interesting approaches.
   5. Ideally represent an area that has not already received too much
   attention.


Vào Thứ 3, 16 thg 6, 2026 vào lúc 13:19 Israel Emmanuel <
[email protected]> đã viết:

> Not as much of a milestone as it may seem. Tooling for it was already
> built by Nia, then lost with Nia, then partially rediscovered by me and
> others, but not made fully functioning yet. I just haven't had enough time
> to go at it full force - if I had a day, I bet I could make it work. After
> that it's a matter of building the tiles and storing them in TerraSync
> servers, or, better yet, streaming them directly from ArcGIS servers. The
> latter would take a lot more work, but the former would greatly increase
> the strain on our servers. That's a discussion for another thread, though.
> Currently we have GPL orthos for the U.S. and some other places around the
> world: those are certain to be included in TerraSync, if anything.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Alex Barrett <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2026 11:12 PM
> *To:* FlightGear developers discussions <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Flightgear-devel] It's time for a new default airport
>
> I agree with Israel, I think Orthophotos with Terrasync would be a huge
> step forward for the project. I understand that the current focus is quite
> naturally WS3.0 and the format for the orthos for that is different to the
> current one which might be a bit of a milestone to clear in order to make
> it achievable?
>
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 at 05:31, Israel Emmanuel <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Probably wouldn't be best to have the default airport be one that no
> longer exists. VHHH might be a better candidate, with some better scenery.
> I think it's also a good thing to have orthophotos that can come with
> TerraSync at that airport.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* www2 <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2026 9:26 PM
> *To:* [email protected] <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Flightgear-devel] It's time for a new default airport
>
> Even i like to see Kai Tak (VHHX/VHXX) be be the default airport and i
> know its is close and is one for the release in 2028 (the 30th
> anniversary of Kai Tak closer).
>
> Jean-Paul Anceaux
>
>
> Op 15-06-2026 om 07:55 schreef Josh Davidson:
> > Hi,
> > It's now been 6 years since he changed, lets change it...
> >
> > BIKF besides will due to it's location have not very bright lighting
> > often, so it doesn't showcase FlightGear fantastically in my view...
> >
> > Let's change it, I think it would be great!
> >
> > --
> > Josh Davidson
> >
> >
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