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/images/notams/notams20/drze0507/drze0507.jpgPolish Airports vol.1 X v5 is a package of highly detailed sceneries ofEPGD Gdansk Katowice, EPKT Katowice, EPRZ Rzeszow (including EPRJ) and EPLBLublin (including EPSW) airports in Poland. /images/notams/notams20/drze0507/drzewiecki-polish-airports-1.jpgFeaturesVery high quality sceneries of EPGD Gdansk, EPKT Katowice, EPRZ Rzeszow (including EPRJ) and EPLB Lublin (including EPSW) airportsRzeszow and Lublin cities with orthophoto, numerous landmarks and autogenUp-to-date scenery of all airports including newly constructed terminals, aprons and taxiwaysSODE compatibility (jetways, hangar doors, VGDS, lighting, vegetation)3D people, ground vehicles, optional static aircraft, Dynamic LightingCustom PDF charts /images/notams/notams20/drze0507/drzewiecki-polish-airports-2.jpg /images/notams/notams20/drze0507/drzewiecki-polish-airports-3.jpgPurchase Drzewiecki Design - Polish Airports Vol 1 X v5 for FSX & P3D

/images/notams/notams19/drze0801.jpgA new version v4.6 of Polish Airports Vol. 1 X by Drzewiecki Design is now available. To download the new version simply log in into your account at the store where you've purchased this product. The update is published as a complete installer. Changes In Version 4.6 IncludeAll airports: Dynamic Lights, P3Dv4 native ground poly, weather-dependent lighting, enhanced SODE objects, fixed taxiway centerline lighting, updated apron markingsEPGD: New DHL Cargo building, enhanced car parkings, better GSX compatibility, new mesh around the airportEPKT: New ATC tower, new cargo apron, new static aircraftEPRZ: New G and Z taxiways, new Air Club building and the old one removed, new MGGP Aero building, new AirRes building, new taxiways and refurbished hangar in OKL, mesh fixes, GSX-compatible jetwayEPLB: New ground poly (FSX and P3Dv4 formats), new terminal with interior plus the East section, new train and rails, new HEMS base, new handling vehicles, new fences and SODE-controlled gate, new Swidnik buildings, new objects at the terminal parking and a new meshAbout Polish Airports Vol. 1 XPolish Airports Vol. 1 is a package of highly detailed sceneriesof EPGD Gdansk, EPKT Katowice, EPRZ Rzeszow (including EPRJ) and EPLBLublin (including EPSW) airports in Poland. Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (Polish: Port Lotniczy Gdansk im. Lecha Walesy,formerly Gdansk-Rebiechowo) (IATA: GDN, ICAO: EPGD) is aninternational airport located 12 km (7.5 mi) west northwest ofGdansk, Poland, not far from the city centres of the Tricitymetropolitan area: Gdansk (12 km (7.5 mi)), Sopot (10 km (6.2 mi))and Gdynia (23 km (14 mi)). The airport is named after Lech Walesa,the former Polish president. On the outside wall of the terminalbuilding one can see the logo of the airport, which is Lech Walesa'sactual signature, a stylized "W". Today, Gdansk Lech Walesa Airportis a part of the national, international and global transportationnetwork. Being the third largest airport in Poland, after EPWA andEPKK, it is used as a diversionary airport for Warsaw Frederic ChopinAirport in the event of poor weather or emergencies. Scenery FeaturesVery high quality sceneries of EPGD Gdansk, EPKT Katowice, EPRZ Rzeszow and EPLB Lublin airportsPhotoreal Rzeszow city with landmarks and autogenUp-to-date scenery of all airports including newly constructed terminals, aprons and taxiwaysSODE animations (jetways, hangar doors etc.)3D people, ground vehicles, optional static aircraftCustom PDF chartsAES and GSX supportCompatible with UTX, FS Global, FTX Global, etc. Purchase Drzewiecki Design - Polish Airports Vol 1 v4 for FSX & P3D /images/notams/notams16/drze0901.png

Polish Airports Vol. 1 XPPublisher: Drzewiecki DesignReview Author: Michael HaywardSuggested Price: $28.00/images/fsc/wbicons/store-buy-now-button.png /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-01.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-02.jpgQuoting Marty Arant from Flight SimShow 2017, Drzewiecki Design were one of the scenery developers tomake X-Plane add-ons 'before it was cool'. Recently they have beenporting over a number of their fan-favorite FSX and P3D sceneriesto the X-Plane platform including all four of their PolishAirports add-ons. In this review, we take a close look at Polish Airports Vol 1 andsee what the latest from Drzewiecki Design includes. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-03.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-04.jpgWhat/Where Is It?Drzewiecki Design Polish Airports v1 includes four (well, five)airports to fly from in great detail. These are EPGD Gdansk LechWalesa Airport, EPKT Katowice-Pyrzowice International Airport, EPLBLublin Airport and EPRZ Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport which also includesthe EPRJ Rzeszow Aeroclub. Each airport includes a small amount ofscenery in the immediate area modded, while Rzeszow sees the wholecity modelled. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-42.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-06.jpgInstallationInstalling the scenery was simple. Download the installer from yourpurchase site, select your X-Plane folder and start. As with allDrzewiecki Design sceneries, you are not required to input anyactivation keys and the installer asks if you would like it toautomatically add the files to your scenery.ini which I feel is alwaysa nice touch, especially with the less advanced simmers who may notknow how to access or edit configuration files. Also included is a set of PDF documents. The first explains thehistory of the airports and a little bit of background behind thedevelopers themselves, then the other four are airport charts andimportant information. These I have found especially useful whenflying in and out of these airports as they would be active when thescenery was made, making navaids and approaches accurate to thescenery. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-07.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-25.jpgStructures And FacilitiesEach airport has been updated to show their modern facilities andterminals. After joining the EU in 2004, Poland received funding toupgrade their airports to improve connections to the rest of the world(something that was lacking after the fall of the Soviet Union). Withstrong connections to the US, airports needed to be large tofacilitate bigger aircraft than ever before. Rzeszow opened a newterminal in May 2012 and in December 2012, a new airport in Swidnikreplacing the former PZL Factory opened to serve Lublin and othernearby towns, both of which are included with this pack. Terminals, hangars and buildings are all highly detailed and lookfantastic. 4k resolution textures are used to bring a lot of detailinto the simulator, with bump mapping used on objects that come closeor contact the aircraft (jetbridges, ground services, etc.). Thesesmall details certainly don't got amiss and add to the eye candywithin these airports. They are also frame rate friendly meaningnothing is lost from the overall enjoyability of the simulator. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-32.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-36.jpgEither Gdansk or Lublin have to be my favorite of the terminals(Lublin with its sleek modern building or Gdansk with its extensionsthat bridge out of the main building) while the plane spotters on thebalcony at Rzeszow is a nice ode to the developers, themselves planespotters who frequent the airport. Polish Airports also makes use of the AutoGate plugin byMarginal. AutoGate works similar to SODE in FSX and P3D where itplaces and animates airport ground services such as jet bridges andnearby vehicles. This works well in making the airport dynamic andadds an extra bit of life when on the ground before departure andafter landing. Small details really add to your simulator experience, and this issomething that these guys have done perfectly. Taxiways And RunwayTaxiways and runways at each airport are up to date and lookgreat. Textures are done in full 4k resolution and in P3D make fulluse of tarmac Physical Based Rendering (PBR). /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-17.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-16.jpgA great level of care has been put into the airport ground detailtoo. Katowice for example, you can still see the remains of a formerrunway that runs parallel to the current active one, while at Lublinyou can see where the former PZL Factory with its helipads is and thesurrounding warehouses around that. Most Polish airports are formermilitary base converts and still take from their former Sovietorigins, hence the recent funding to upgrade and modernisefacilities. Runways too are up to date and accurate. Two years ago Rzeszowextended their runway eastward, using the former threshold connectingthe flight school to the main runway as the base of theextension. Accurate to real life, you can see what's left of thearrows that separated this section of runway from the rest and theslightly thinner width too, adding to the level of detail this add-onprovides. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-43.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-44.jpgNight EffectsBeing on the X-Plane platform, this is where the add-on shines. Theairport environment lights up at night with the terminal and otherlamps shining down onto the airfield. This is greatly improved on withnew PBR definitions which determine the material of different panelsand how light reflects off of it. The taxiway and runway lights also glow in an array of colors,accurate and complete. This makes navigating a dark Polish fieldrather simple and Drzewiecki Design have certainly pushed X-Plane tothe limit, which has certainly worked. As the airport surrounding has also been improved with VFR sceneryand new overlays, these also light up at night and from high altitudegives you a rather fantastic light show. From the ground too, theselights group up towards the city to produce a rather fantasticlightshow. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-11.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-12.jpgTerminal buildings also have a separate set of nighttextures. These light up the scenery at night and show off more of theterminal interior. This works well in showcasing the new modern glassterminals that are being built in Poland, and by using images from theterminals directly at night, it adds extra life to thesimulator. These look really good and is something Drzewiecki Designhave done a number of times in the past, looking better with eachscenery package they release! Other Structures And The Surrounding AreaEach of the airports included with Polish Airports Vol 1 comes withVFR photoreal scenery and in the case of Rzeszow, includes the citytoo. While the VFR imagery may be a little low resolution up close,when in the air these look absolutely fine. Buildings are also placedin their real-world locations and do look rather good, really addingto the Polish theme of this add-on. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-15.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-08.jpgLooking closer at the city of Rzeszow, I do recognise a number ofthe buildings that are there, namely the train station in the city center andthe power plant visible from the airport terminal. This is allhighly accurate and looks really good on the eye. It also fits theX-Plane world well and really upgrades your flight when in and out ofthe southern Polish airport. Unfortunately however (and this is more of an issue with how speedydevelopment is in Poland at the moment!) there are a number of roadsthat plough through fields and other places that looking at the VFRscenery, it doesn't quite match. With a recent influx of EU funding,Poland has been constructing a number of new motorways and roadscross-country to improve connections. Inaccurate data in some ruralareas do also cause roads to sway away from their supposed paths. AsX-Plane takes road data from an always-updating OpenStreetMap andoverlayed scenery is used, this has caused a number of roads to bedropped on top of everything else. I feel that older satellite imageryhas been used and updating it would fix this, but that mainly comesdown to how readily available this new data is. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-19.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-20.jpgWe do however miss out on ground meshwork, something that was donein the FSX and P3D release of Polish Airports. Lublin Airport isperched almost on a small hill with ground services parked underneaththe terminal under a tunnel. Runways too are flat and do not useterrain contours which in the case of airports like Lublin, doesaffect it. Lublin's runway is also on a hill with the approach into 07being a rather steep uphill climb before suddenly dropping onto ashallow slope downhill. While on the ESP-Platform the mesh had beenmoulded to showcase this (albeit the flat runways of course), we donot get it in X-Plane which I do find a shame. Knowing that DrzewieckiDesign scenery packages do see regular updates, it's something Icertainly hope to see added in the future. Seasonal TexturesUnfortunately, seasonal textures is something that this add-onlacks. X-Plane does not have native seasons support, and as a result,seasons were omitted entirely by the developers. I do find this ashame as Poland has some really strongly defined seasons (heavy snowin winter, hot sun in summer) so by missing out on this I feel thatyou are missing a good part of the feel of Poland. I do hope that thisis something that will be revisited by the developers in a futureupdate. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-21.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-22.jpgOpinion And Closing RemarksOnce again, Drzewiecki Design have done a fantastic job on theirscenery package. One or two sharp edges here and there, but nothingthat will take away from your experience. I was really impressed withtheir FSX and P3D version of Polish Airports Vol 1, and this issomething that carries over to their X-Plane edition. As someone who has flown into a number of these airports in thereal world, just about everything is recognisable from the terminalbuildings to the surrounding scenery and approaches. I certainly was a fan of this scenery in FSX when I reviewed it alittle while ago, and while I do feel that a little more work isrequired with this one (road layouts/VFR imagery and seasons), it hasall of the beginnings of a great scenery pack, up there with some ofthe best on this platform. I have always been a fan of the work by Drezewski Design and PolishAirports Vol 1 for XP certainly doesn't fall below theirstandards. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-23.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-24.jpgThe Technical BitMinimum RequirementsX-Plane 10/113 GHz or any Dual Core4.0 GB RAM512 MB graphics cardWindows 10 / 8 /7 / Vista / XP (32 or 64 bit), Mac or Linux850 MB hard drive spaceReview PC SpecMicrosoft Flight Simulator X: Steam EditionWindows 10 Professional6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 6700K Processor16 GB RAMNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 745 /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-34.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-26.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/DRZ-470-polish-airports-v1-xp-v2.jpgMichael Hayward Purchase Drzewiecki Design - Polish Airports Vol. 1 XP v2 Additional Screen Shots Additional Screen ShotsThe reviewer supplied us with lots of pictures of the scenery; hereare the rest. /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-27.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-28.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-29.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-30.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-31.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-09.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-33.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-18.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-35.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-10.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-37.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-38.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-39.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-40.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-41.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-05.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-13.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-14.jpg /images/reviews/polapt1x/t/Polish-Airports-vol1xp-45.jpg

/images/notams/notams19/drze0619.jpgChanges In Version 2.2 IncludeUpgraded Lodz city autogenRunway surface fix for EPLLBetter HDR lightingSAM plugin support (marshallers)Airport aprons with reflections and rain effectsAbout Drzewiecki Design - Polish Airports Vol. 2 XPPolish Airports vol.2 is a package of highly detailed sceneries ofEPRA Radom, EPSC Szczecin, EPLL Lodz and EPZG Zielona Gora airports inPoland. Radom Airport (IATA: RDO, ICAO: EPRA), also known as Radom-SadkowAirport is a civil and military airport in central Poland, locatedapproximately 3 km (1.9 mi) east of Radom city center. It has been inoperation since the 1920s. There is one 2000x45m (6562x148 ft)runway. The airport has acquired the former Terminal 2 building ofLódz Airport together with all its equipment. In 2015 the firstcommercial passenger service started. Szczecin-Goleniow "Solidarnosc" (Polish: Port LotniczySzczecin-Goleniow im. NSZZ "Solidarnosc") (IATA: SZZ, ICAO: EPSC) isthe main domestic and international airport serving the city ofSzczecin in Poland and is located 45 km (28 mi) northeast of the city,near the town of Goleniów. The airport was constructed between 1953-56at the height of the Cold War. Works to improve the runway and themain apron were undertaken in 1998. The airport's electricity supplytogether with the runway and approach lighting was upgraded in 1999. Anew passenger terminal was opened in 2001. The terminal expansionconcluded in April 2006 and prepared the airport to serve 1 millionpassengers per year. At that time the airport was renamed for the"Solidarnosc" trade union. Main destinations from EPSC airport reachWarsaw, Hamburg, Oslo, Dublin and London-Stansted. Lodz Wladyslaw Reymont (IATA: LCJ, ICAO: EPLL), formerly known asLodz-Lublinek Airport, is a regional airport in central Poland,located approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of the Lódz citycenter. It has recently been named after the celebrated 20th centuryPolish writer and the winner of the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature,Wladyslaw Reymont. The Lódz airport opened in 1925. Since 1927 regularconnections to Poznan, Warsaw, Lvov and Vilnius were established. In2005 a new passenger terminal (capacity approx. about 300,000/year)was opened and the first Boeing 737 in the history of the Lódz Airportlanded. Despite Lódz being Poland's third largest city, it has one ofthe smallest international airports in the country. Gdansk, Poznan,Rzeszów and Wroclaw are all examples which have larger airports, butsmaller cities. Zielona Gora-Babimost (Polish: Port Lotniczy Zielona Gora-Babimost)(IATA: IEG, ICAO: EPZG) is a regional airport located within thegreater Zielona Gora agglomeration. The airport is the 11th busiest inPoland, or last among currently functioning with scheduledtraffic. The airport is situated near the town of Babimost, 95 km (59mi) west of Poznan and 170 km (110 mi) from the center of Berlin. Thepost-military airport ranks second in Poland in terms of itsinfrastructure surface, such as taxiways and aprons, and has a goodquality concrete runway. There's a medium-sized passengerterminal. The airport can handle up to 10 B737s on its taxiways andaprons. Purchase Drzewiecki Design - Polish Airports Vol. 2 XP

/images/notams/notams19/drze0608/drze0608.jpgPolish Airports vol.3 XP is a package of highly detailed sceneriesof EPPO Poznan, EPWR Wroclaw, EPBY Bydgoszcz and EPSY Olsztyn-Mazuryairports in Poland. Poznan-Lawica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (IATA:POZ, ICAO: EPPO), built in 1913, is one of the oldest airports inPoland. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Poznan city centre. EPPOis the 6th largest airport in Poland. The northern section has beenused as a military airport since its inception in 1913 as an ImperialGerman airbase till 23 December 2009. The southern section is used forcivilian purposes. The prospect of relocating the airport elsewhere isoften raised as a result of the flight path to the runway beinglocated directly over the city. /images/notams/notams19/drze0608/poland-1.jpgBydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (IATA:BZG, ICAO: EPBY) (Polish: Port lotniczy im. Ignacego JanaPaderewskiego Bydgoszcz-Szwederowo) is a Polish regional airport inthe city of Bydgoszcz, Poland. It lies only 3.5 km (2.2 mi) from thecity centre. It is the nineth airport in Poland in terms of passengertraffic. The airport is named after Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 ?1941)a pianist, composer, politician, and the third Prime Minister of theRepublic of Poland. Currently the airport features one passengerterminal and four runways, the main being 08/26 which is 2,500 by 60 m(8,202 by 197 ft). EPBY is the 9th largest airport in Poland. Wroclaw Copernicus Airport (Polish: Port LotniczyWroclaw im. Mikolaja Kopernika) (IATA: WRO, ICAO: EPWR) is aninternational commercial airport in Wroclaw in southwesternPoland. The airport is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of the citycentre. It has one runway and two passenger terminals and one cargoterminal. The new terminal started its operations on 11.03.2012. EPWRis the 4th largest airport in Poland (after Warszawa EPWA, Krakow EPKKand Gdansk EPGD), similar to EPKT Katowice in size. /images/notams/notams19/drze0608/poland-2.jpgOlsztyn-Mazury Airport (IATA: SZY, ICAO: EPSY) orPort lotniczy Olsztyn-Mazury is an international passenger airport inthe North-East of Poland, branded as the gateway to the Masurian LakeDistrict. It is located near the village Szymany, some 10 km from thecentre of the city of Szczytno in the Warmian-MasurianVoivodeship. The airport was earlier known as Szczytno-SzymanyAirport. FeaturesHigh quality sceneries of EPWR Wroclaw, EPPO Poznan, EPBY Bydgoszcz and EPSY Olsztyn-Mazury airportsPhotoreal Wroclaw, Poznan and Bydgoszcz cities with landmarks and autogenUp-to-date scenery of all airports including newly constructed terminals, aprons and taxiwaysHDR lighting, detailed markings, static aircraftAnimated jetways, VGDS, marshallers (SAM plugin)Airport charts included /images/notams/notams19/drze0608/poland-3.jpgPurchase Drzewiecki Design - Polish Airports Vol 3 XP V2 for X-Plane

/images/notams/notams18/drze0726.jpgPolish Airports vol.3 is a package of highly detailed sceneries ofEPSY Mazury, EPPO Poznan, EPWR Wroclaw and EPBY Bydgoszcz airports inPoland. AirportsPoznan-Lawica Henryk Wieniawski AirportBydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski AirportWroclaw Copernicus AirportOlsztyn-Mazury AirportScenery FeaturesVery high quality sceneries of EPSY Mazury, EPWR Wroclaw, EPPO Poznan and EPBY Bydgoszcz airportsPhotoreal Poznan, Bydgoszcz and Wroclaw cities with landmarks and autogenUp-to-date scenery of all airports including newly constructed terminals, aprons and taxiwaysFully automatic seasonal changesAdvanced custom-made lighting, optional Dynamic Lighting for P3Dv4SODE animations3D people, ground vehicles, optional static aircraftCustom PDF chartsFSX, FSX:SE, FSW, P3Dv1-v4 compatibilityCompletely new lighting system incl. Dynamic Lighting for P3Dv4 and Lights Always ON featureSODE support for jetways and other animationsOptional, new static aircraft for each airportFully automatic season switching Purchase Drzewiecki Design - Polish Airports vol. 3 X v4 /images/notams/notams18/drze0726.png

/images/notams/notams18/drze0525/polish-airports-1.jpgWe are glad to inform that a new V2 version of Polish Airportsvol.1 XP will soon be available. All customers owning the previous version will be entitled to get a~80% discount if they wish to upgrade. New In V2All airports: Default AI, ATC and ground handling compatibilityUpdated custom navaidsEPGD: Enhanced apron lighting and apron materialsSpecular textures addedVertical signs done from scratchGovernment E170 removedNew moving jetways with VGDS /images/notams/notams18/drze0525/polish-airports-2.jpgEPRZ: Transparency issues fixedNew moving jetway with VGDS /images/notams/notams18/drze0525/polish-airports-3.jpgEPKT: New version of the airport, updated ground layout, new terminal, new lighting, new markings, pretty much everything worked onPlease note - the new tower is not included in this version but will be provided in the future together with the new cargo apron (as a free update)EPLB: New, upgraded version of the airport Product's page Shop all Drzewiecki Design products