Flight Simulator News Brief: Antarctica X

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Aerosoft Antarctica X - Released

Aerosoft has released the long awaited Antarctica X scenery for FSX. Now available at the Aerosoft Shop and SimMarket.

Features:
- The whole continent (as far as FSX allows) in high definition terrain mesh, high detail aerial

and satellite images and a coastline with millions of floating ice sheets
7 major research stations included in very high detail:
- McMurdo (USA)
- Rothera (United Kingdom)
- Sky Blu (United Kingdom)
- Neumayer III (Germany)
- Casey (Australia)
- Scott (New Zealand)
- Sanae IV (South Africa)
- A total of 47 (!) runways/skiways and helipads all over the continent in various detail grades from the Russian hub

to the newest Chinese skiway at an altitude of more than 13,000 ft (see manual)
- 3 extremely detailed icebreakers with helipads running on scheduled routes:
- RV Polarstern (Germany)
- USCGC Healy (USA)
- Fictious Icebreaker (we call it the MS LimeSim…)
- Many special (sound) effects and animations
- Created in cooperation with Antarctic researchers and pilots
- Includes a ski equipped DHC-6 Twin Otter, the ideal aircraft for the rough terrain
- Special tool to change season and settings
- Flightplan files based on real world flightplans
- Extended and detailed manual that includes many ideas for flights and several chapters on flying in Antarctica written by a pilot