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Announced recently, Orbx has already released TrueEarth US Southern California for Prepar3D v4 and above. The all-new scenery package brings thousands of square kilometers of aerial imagery, millions of accurately placed buildings and over 700 points of interest for the region in North America.

The coverage area of the region is vast with it including coverage to locations such as Death Valley, Palm Springs and even Santa Barbara. The region is a great backdrop for those looking to explore VFR across such a large area between numerous Orbx hand-crafted airports.  All of the aerial imagery has been colour-corrected to match the surrounding area and scenery, and also includes night-lighting.

The complete package covers an extensive range which features over 79,000 square miles of aerial imagery, over 760 points of interest to discover and also numerous VFR landmarks which serve well for those flying low and slow. The team at Orbx has also spent time ensuring that watermasking along the coastline and rivers matches the imagery and blends well.

You can buy Orbx TrueEarth US Southern California for Prepar3D v4 and above from OrbxDirect for $43.96 AUD (approximately $31.03 / €26.67 / £24.30).

Note that at the time of writing, this is a sales price and the full price will increase back to $54.95 on Oct 2, 1am UTC.

A few days ago, it was announced that Alesund Vigra Airport (ENAL) would be coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator. The Orbx airport, developed by Finn Hansen, is shaping up to be another classic northern Europe airport for flight simulation.

The new screenshots were created by forum user FILOU who shared a handful of shots highlighting the new PBR textures, sloped runway and custom texturing that varies depending on the weather. Furthermore, the are some shots highlighting the custom vehicles and static aircraft for the airport product. The airport product also features 15cm custom aerial imagery that will blend into the surrounding base textures.

You can find out more about the upcoming release in the original announcement thread. The airport will release soon on both OrbxDirect and the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace.

The airport is available on Prepar3D v4 and v5 already for $34.95 AUD, which you can buy from OrbxDirect.