Little history why we use so much time to make FREE sceneries to you all !
Probably like most boys I looked at Greenlandair fly around in all weathers.
Can particularly remember when we flew to Ittoqqortoormiit. First we flew with a DC-6 from Kangerlussuaq to Mestersvig.
What I particularly remember on that trip was the flight with Bell 204 from Mestersvig to Ittoqqortoormiit. Flying low through a landscape that I still remember back on. High mountains and a landscape that was almost frightening.
Have flown in most of our wonderful country. But I usually remember is that when you flew between high mountains. Beautiful scenery, which you can just continue to look at.
1993 was as the year when Microsoft released Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 5 for the PC. Immediately you were out and flyyourself. It was fun, but something was missing. There was missing Greenland! Then came MSFS 2002 in 2001. It had some landing in Greenland. But the landscape was not like it you could see out the window. In 2003 appeared MSFS 2004. It was a good release. For we can begin to make landscape, so it was more realistic.
The first website about the Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) and Greenland was started in 2003. It was www.kalak-flightsim.com
It grew out of that was missing: one place where people could find landscapes, aircraft and others related to MSFS and Greenland. So I decided to create Kalak-FlightSim, and try to collect as many files as possible. So could people who are interested in MSFS and Greenland have one place they could find files and news. For one thing was certain, I want to fly with "our" own Greenlandair colors! But it was not easy to find out there on the web at the time.
But when you are interested in MSFS and flies around in Greenland, it was not always fun. This is because the landscapes that Microsoft had made for MSFS were not recognizable, and some were unusable. Therefore, I sat down to create landscapes. And the first "Nuuk Scenery" was released in 2004. Since followed Sisimiut 2005.
In October 2006 I decided to create 3D landscape for MSFS. This is because MSFS X had not so good landscape of Greenland. This time FlightSim.gl was created and Kalak-FlightSim was replaced by the new site. Because you often want to experience that feeling again, flew between the high mountains, you would like to fly in more realistic surroundings.
2008 I published whole Greenland in the 100 meter contour lines. This gave a better landscape..After this I made airports that MSFS X didn't have, or were not as accurate.
2010 I started again to create even better scenery. This time with 25 meter contour lines. The first release was the Nuuk area around 17.440km2. Kulusuk area around 22.962km2 and Nerlerit Inaat area around 33.600km2 is now released.
Currently working with Narsarsuaq area which will cover around 31.000km2 which I hope to publish in summer 2010. This will be the most accurate release from FlightSim Greenland Team ever ! A truely teamwork on this project is going on.
I have currently four partners in Greenland and in Denmark, Lars Larsen, Jesper Isbosethsen, Finn Olesen and Mads Petersen. We all have the same goal, namely to promote Greenland and planes that have relations with the country on our virtual world.
But we also get help from Air Greenland's pilots, which gives us information on aircraft, helicopters and give us pictures of them. Some employees at airports, we must not forget their contributions.
Ulrik Motzfeldt
FlightSim Greenland, www.flightsim.gl