Re: It's time for a new default airport

Yeah, and FG needs to fix it to VHHX to match the rest of the sim world. I wrote about it some time ago.

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Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] It's time for a new default airport

In my view most of the close airports are save to remove.
But i have a small list of airports that need to be include in any
flight sim this include Kai Tak but also Berlin Templehof (EDDI) and
Meigs Field (KCGX).
Beside this Kai Tak is one of the few close airports that are allow to
use on IVAO and VATSIM.

For the VHXX/VHHX i use both but intern use VHHX and VHXX as a alias.

Jean-Paul Anceaux (www2)

Op 16-06-2026 om 16:31 schreef Israel Emmanuel:
> That, and the airport no longer exists in real life. It just does not
> sound like a good idea at all to me.
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> Currently, Kai Tak is unusable by serious simmers due to the mismatch in
> FG "VHXX" vs the rest of the sim world "VHHX"...
>
> So I do not think that is appropriate at this time.
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> I say VHXX/VHHX its is for 2028 release cycle due to the 30th anevesery
> of closer of Kai Tak.
>
> But there is also a need for good tutorial/documentation and scenery
> placement tools that can run local on the user pc.
>
> Jean-Paul Anceaux (www2)
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> Op 16-06-2026 om 06:31 schreef Israel Emmanuel:
>> 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.
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>> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2026 9:26 PM
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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!
>>>
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