Introduction

Welcome to Threshold’s weekly news recap for today the 8th of April, 2018. We aim for this weekly piece to be a collection of all the news that has occurred in the last week that we didn’t get to! The Threshold Weekly News Recap is released every Sunday.

In case you missed it:

Orbx releases ECCB Barton for X-Plane with the added bonus of 3 freeware airports, xEnviro V1.09 is released, Blue Sky Star release a sound pack for the FlightFactor A320, ToLiss show off some flash new cockpit textures in v1.1 of the A319, and selected VSkyLabs aircraft are updated with FMOD sounds!  

Skyline Simulations KORD & KLGB previews

Skyline Sims. aren’t taking a break after releasing MKJS Montego Bay, in fact, it seems quite the opposite! The ex-Icarus team have released new preview screenshots of two new airports, KORD O’Hare and KLGB Long Beach.

After an O’Hare progress update last week, it seems that this project has taken the main focus at Skyline. The new screenshots posted on the Skyline Facebook page earlier this week show numerous hangars, terminal buildings and VFR landmarks around KORD.

KLGB was originally announced alongside KORD last October, however has received little attention since then and has somewhat flown under the radar. Progress has been made on the Los Angeles airport however, coming in the form new renders released on the Skyline Facebook page.

   KLGB. We have a good progress...

   Thanks team!

   W.I.P.

UUWW Vnukovo by JustSim for P3D and X-Plane

A new announcement out of JustSim this week; UUWW Vnukovo for both P3D and X-Plane. This time, the Russian scenery team have partnered up with the likes of Drzewiecki Design for this latest release.

This new info was posted in the JustSim Facebook group (you can join it here) -

   Hello Captains! A bit of news .. We have completed work on a very complex project - Vnukovo Airport, Moscow. It was really very difficult. 3 studio developers took part in this    project.

   I am very pleased with the cooperation in this project with Eugene Baturin - DIGITAL DESIGN and Drzewiecki Design!

   This is really a terrific product, in a few days we will be ready to show you the final screenshots.

   As usual, the product will be released for P3D \ XP11.

Andrei Bakanov from JustSim has also been teasing WIP screenshots in the group over the last few days, a selection of which are attached below!

As an added bonus to this news, JustSim have also announced a 20% off sale on all of their XP/P3D products, available until May 10th. To see more about JustSim, like them on Facebook, or join their Facebook group.

GloballArt SBRJ v2

Brazilian scenery developer GloballArt have released version 2 for their popular SBRJ Santos Dumont. The update features a new groundwater effect, and a complete overhaul of the runway textures. The update was announced on the GloballArt Facebook page;

Update SBRJ Santos Dumont v2.0

• Soil effect wet when precipitation.
• Stretching of Taxiway K
• Updated taxiway tags
• WT3 Configuration
• Performance has been modified
• Runways new texture

To update to v2, redownload the file from where you purchased it. To see the full changelog, have a look at the GloballArt Facebook page.

Nimbus publish more WIPs of the Huey

Onto some helicopter news - after announcing the project in early March, Nimbus Simulations are making good progress on their first aircraft for X-Plane. Released on Tuesday, these new screenshots from Nimbus show the interior of the Vietnam-era heli, as well as some cockpit close-ups.

Some interior shots of the incoming Huey.

There has been no talk of a release date or price, however, Threshold will keep you posted! See more of Nimbus’ Huey on their Facebook page.

That’s all for this week!

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Happy flying - and have a wonderful day!