You mean that one?
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Don't worry, it's for FSX but it has a FS2004 basis which got reworked.
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It works good, I haven't seen any errors yet and it even helps on the mesh with installing some freeware mesh for the place.

If one is already running some mesh like FSGlobal, he can turn these two files off though. At Scenery\World\Scenery mesh_Himalayas_MtEverest_LOD10.bgl and mesh_Himalayas_Kula_Kangri_LOD10.bgl.

747 again? Geez, I'm happy when I get the 737-200 down there.   And the takeoff run didn't come that easy later, although she was light. But that was with 28°C at those 7333ft.

How did the 727 handle the takeoff, Ahmet? My 737 was pretty light, I had all the ULDs out, and I was on full throttle, screaming down the runway. The climbout was actually pretty good, but the takeoff roll lasted way longer than I would have liked it.

I'm running the 737 with Bud's mod though, so I don't have the superpowers from the default installation.


As a tip for you folks, in case you are looking for nearby destinations. Kathmandu Intl Airport VNKT is in the Avsim library. http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=vnkt&CatID=fsx&Go=Search Bit of an awkward installation with those four updates, but it works. 2500 folks already downloaded that one. 

It's a nice location and a short trip to Paro. And there's no ILS or something, only VOR and a single RNAV (RNP) procedure. The place is tricky due to the high surrounding terrain again, but there is way more room to manoeuvre than at Paro.

If one is flying modern planes, check the RNAV (RNP) procedure, it's included in the current Navigraph database.


And here's some rw video on the VOR approach from the South.

As said, not as dangerous as Paro, but nice and also something else than just locking on the ILS. At that place, in that valley, some tragic crashes took place because the folks descended too soon for example.  

They have some VOR approaches with a circling part for East and West arrivals, those are the really dangerous ones I think but all of them need you to watch the DME and required altitude closely.


The departures then look like the ones at NZQN. You fly around the VOR (DME arc), then overfly it and leave the valley with some altitude gained. Find the charts here, older ones, but they work. http://www.virtualiroma.it/eventi/DANG4/vnkt.pdf

The second screenshot looks really cool. 'Climbing away.' 

Better to go around than to force a landing. Makes you a good pilot in my eyes. But really check out the freeware. With that, the mountains are in place and the airport shows nice details and clues.

Expect me to be on the Kathmandu - Paro route, still trying to fly both places. And I seem to form up a habit about killing the ground mechanic.  

This is how the freeware Kathmandu airport looks like. There's plenty of detail around the field. I really recommend that one from Avsim.

Let us know how it works out with the scenery, Windy.

Here's what ASE gave me on my last Paro attempts. A cloud layer right above the airfield. Thanks! Well, the landing on rw15 worked (the picture is from taxiing back) mainly because I've landed so many times before.


The payware airport looks nice. Not stellar, but nice. 15 Euros. However, there's no real gain over the freeware (except for the ground photo and nicer textures) which already offers the layout and terrain setup. And the payware also recommends installing the freeware mesh from Avsim to get rid of errors with the default FSX mesh. For users of FSGlobal, this is not a needed step though.

Here is my approach to RW 11.
Non of the passengers from my RW 33 flight would get back on the plane.  

I found a bunch of locals who had never flown and took them for a ride.

Overhead the airport after the VOR starting the big loop.


After the loop, heading down the river toward the airport.


Airport in sight!


Trying to line it up...


Another short field landing.


The locals used the slides after the RW 11 approach. I'm not sure what they were telling me, but I smiled back.

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Nothing short of impressive, especially the rw15 run. Now we have a parking problem. 

Did you try to get the 747 out of there? Regardless of the active runway, with both directions being a challenge. I flew a part of the track from the Boeing doc, but in the small 737 of course.

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Well, if you folks like to, check Kathmandu too. http://www.captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1344489562/92#92 It's some 200nm away and makes for a nice approach, although way easier, means you can start and land the big ones.

Can someone here tell me what I need to upgrade my 737 in FSX. Which one do I start with......

Thanks