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Rated PG cities, scenic parks, worldwide sporting venues, official MSFS landmarks, handcrafted airports and 2,070 small detailed airfields for MSFS 2024 & 2020.
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PG HANGAR · CURATED JOURNEYS
Expeditions
Fresh routes: CU16 Italy Tour. Explore all nine Italian cities with circuits tested in Little Navmap and MSFS 2024. The new 11-city WU23 Tour is also ready to fly.
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Your Next Flight. A New Connection.
Meet Rivian Air Lines
The Hangar is proud to support Rivian Air Lines, a Canadian virtual airline run by our friend @SirBeaky. Discover the community, meet the crew and find a new connection for your virtual flying.
Port Hardy · British Columbia Visit Rivian Air Lines Join Rivian’s Discord Explore FlyHub
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Top recommended freeware airports for pilots exploring PG-heavy regions, especially California coastal, desert and mountain routes.
05NOV
COMMUNITY LEGENDS — VIRTUAL FLIGHT DIARIES
Every Flight Tells a Story — Discover Virtual Flight Diaries!
I’m pleased to give John’s Virtual Flight Diaries a place in the Hangar’s Community Legends & Recommended Creators, right next to Practically Geek. I’ve been following the channel for a while and wanted to help spread the word.
Take a look at John’s YouTube channel and visit the Virtual Flight Diaries website. If you enjoy what you see, please subscribe to his channel and show him some support — it’s a lovely way to help another member of our flight-sim community.
Visit & Subscribe to Virtual Flight Diaries Visit the Virtual Flight Diaries Website05NOV
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT — RIVIAN AIR LINES
A New Connection — The Hangar Is Proud to Support Rivian Air Lines!
One of the best parts of building the Hangar is meeting people who share a love of flight simulation. I’ve recently become friends with @SirBeaky, who runs Rivian Air Lines, a Canadian virtual airline based around Port Hardy, British Columbia, and I’m delighted to help spread the word.
There’s now a dedicated Rivian community spotlight on the homepage, featuring Air Lines, Air Cargo, Fire & SAR and Mountain Rescue. Pop into their Discord, meet the community and find out how to get involved.
Rivian is also linked with FlyHub. I’ve signed up with a free Cadet account to explore it myself. FlyHub includes virtual-airline access on its free plan, with optional paid features available too.
Visit Rivian Air Lines Meet SirBeaky & the Rivian Community Discover FlyHub01NOV
CU16 ITALY TOUR — NINE FRESHLY TESTED ROUTES
🇮🇹 Italy Is Ready to Explore — All Nine CU16 Circuits Tested!
The CU16 Italy Tour has been refreshed with sightseeing circuits for Rimini, Trieste, Udine, Genoa, Pisa, Bolzano, Cagliari, Messina and Reggio di Calabria. I’ve checked every route in Little Navmap and MSFS 2024.
Each city has 12 sightseeing waypoints — 108 across the tour — taking in historic centres, castles, harbours, coastlines, rivers, lakes and valley scenery. My new Pisa screenshot is the tour’s cover.
Select Build This Adventure on a city to load its approved circuit into Adventure Builder, including the airport, waypoint order and cruise altitude: 2,500 ft MSL for eight routes and 2,000 ft MSL for Bolzano.
Fly the cities in any order. Your existing CU16 completion progress is preserved, with a free PG Hangar account keeping it synced across devices. The board continues to offer 9 Expeditions and 130 available stops, including the new WU23 Poland & the Baltics Tour.
Explore the Refreshed CU16 Italy Tour Explore the WU23 Tour01NOV
BRAND NEW EXPEDITION — WU23 POLAND & THE BALTICS
🧭 Eleven Cities, Eleven Tested Routes — Our Ninth Expedition Is Here!
The brand-new WU23 Poland & the Baltics Tour brings all eleven World Update 23 photogrammetry cities together in one Expedition: Gdańsk, Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, Łódź, Katowice, Vilnius, Kaunas, Riga and Tallinn.
I’ve checked every circuit in Little Navmap and MSFS 2024. Each route has 12 sightseeing waypoints, taking in historic centres, city skylines, rivers, bridges, ports, parks and landmarks. All eleven cities are rated 10/10, with Gold Standard awards for Gdańsk and Warsaw.
Choose a city and select Build This Adventure to load its approved circuit into Adventure Builder, including the airport, 2,500 ft MSL cruise altitude and exact waypoint order. Fly the cities in any order and mark each stop complete when you’ve finished exploring.
The Expedition Board now offers 9 journeys and 130 available stops. Sign in with your free PG Hangar account to track your progress and sync it across devices.
Start the WU23 Poland & the Baltics Tour Browse All Expeditions01NOV
WU23 — ALL PG CITY RATINGS COMPLETE
🏆 Poland & the Baltics — Eleven Cities, Eleven 10/10s!
I’ve now completed my MSFS 2024 testing of all 11 World Update 23 PG cities, and every one has earned 10/10: Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas, Vilnius, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław.
Gdańsk joins Warsaw with the Gold Standard award! Gdańsk’s port is a particular highlight, with superb PG cranes, ships and coal piles — a fantastic area to explore by helicopter.
The ratings, city sizes and flight notes have been updated across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer Map, Adventure Builder and homepage search, with the new ratings and awards also reflected in Community Screenshots. In the Main Flying Lists, all WU23 cities now sit in the normal 10/10 section and remain available through World Update → WU23.
I’m keeping the WU23 ratings panel at the top of the homepage for now, so you can see every score at a glance. More community screenshots are always welcome!
Explore All WU23 PG Cities Open the PG Explorer Map31OCT
FLYING LISTS — HOW NEW UPDATE RATINGS WORK
📋 A Clearer Way to Follow New Updates
The separate CU16 Italy dropdown has been retired from Rating view because all nine cities are now rated. You’ll find each city in its relevant rating section, or browse the complete collection using City Update → CU16.
Going forward, new World Update and City Update cities will sit at the top of Rating view while they await testing. As each city receives its rating, it moves into the appropriate rating section. Once every city is rated, the temporary dropdown disappears.
Update — 1 November: All 11 WU23 PG cities are now rated 10/10, with Gold Standard awards for Gdańsk and Warsaw. The temporary WU23 unrated group has now cleared; browse the cities in the 10/10 section or through World Update → WU23.
All cities remain available through World Update and City Update browsing, and your favourites and flying progress stay with them.
Browse the Flying Lists View the CU16 Italy Collection31OCT
FIRST WU23 PG CITY RATED — GOLD STANDARD
🏆 Warsaw, Poland — 10/10 Gold Standard
Warsaw is the first World Update 23 PG city I’ve rated, earning 10/10 and the Gold Standard award. Superb, crisp photogrammetry, a varied skyline, historic districts and broad Vistula River views make it a brilliant city to explore. Roads, rivers and bridges are all good, and the non-PG scenery blends very well.
There are quite a few redacted or blurred PG areas across the city. My freeware Warsaw Redacted Photogrammetry Fix replaces four of these areas with fictional woodlands and open clearings. It improves their appearance without restoring the original photogrammetry.
Warsaw’s rating and Gold Standard award are now reflected in the Main Flying Lists and homepage search. Update — 1 November: Testing is now complete, with all 11 WU23 cities rated 10/10 and Gdańsk also awarded Gold Standard.
Explore Warsaw in the Flying Lists Download the Free Warsaw Woodland Fix31OCT
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK — 10/10
🏆 Glacier Is Hitting It Out of the Park!
Glacier National Park has been corrected from 7/10 to 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award. The previous rating and description did not do this spectacular WU22 destination justice.
The TIN quality is superb, with dramatic mountain ridges, glaciers, beautiful lakes and deep alpine valleys making it an outstanding destination for scenic VFR and helicopter flying.
The rating, award and descriptions have been updated across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer Map and homepage search. This corrects the Hangar’s assessment; it does not indicate a new simulator scenery update.
Explore Glacier National Park31OCT
BUG FIXES — SMOOTHER LIST BROWSING
🔧 Unexpected Scrolling & Page Jumps Fixed
I’ve fixed the scrolling bugs affecting the Main Flying Lists and Official Collections, where a list could unexpectedly jump upwards after you scrolled down and paused.
Background Logbook refreshes now keep your place more reliably, avoid unnecessary list rebuilds and wait until you have finished scrolling.
If you notice any other strange behaviour or bugs anywhere on the Hangar, please let me know. Please include the page, what happened and, if possible, your device/browser and a screenshot so I can investigate. Thanks for helping me keep the Hangar running smoothly! — Paul / Air Rhodessa
Report a Bug30OCT
WU23 — ALL FIVE AIRPORT GALLERIES ADDED
📸 37 New Airport Screenshots — A Huge Thank You, John!
A huge thank you to John (@johnwhite) for another 37 screenshots, this time covering all five WU23 handcrafted airports: Kärdla, Jūrmala, Palanga International, Warsaw-Babice and Opole-Kamień Śląski.
Each airport now has its own screenshot gallery in Official Collections, plus a thumbnail, screenshot count and gallery link in the homepage search.
Alongside his 95 WU23 POI screenshots, that brings John’s World Update 23 contributions to 132 screenshots across 19 locations. Thank you for all the screenshots you share with the Hangar, John — your time, effort and continued support help bring these destinations to life for everyone. It is hugely appreciated!
Explore All Five WU23 Airport Galleries29OCT
WU23 — NOW IN ADVENTURE BUILDER
✈️ Build Your Next Adventure in Poland & the Baltics
World Update 23 has been added to Adventure Builder, including 11 PG cities, 14 listed POIs and five handcrafted airports, with city coverage-map links and screenshot previews where available.
To include all WU23 locations, including unrated POIs: open Advanced Settings, choose World Update 23 under World Update, and set Minimum rating to Any rating. There is no separate “Unrated” option—Any rating includes them. A minimum score such as 6/10+ will exclude locations that have not yet been rated.
Select PG Cities and/or Official POIs under Adventure types, then build your route. Update — 1 November: All 11 WU23 PG cities are now rated 10/10 and can also be included with a 10/10 minimum city-rating filter.
Build a WU23 Adventure29OCT
WU23 — GOOGLE MAPS UPDATED
🗺️ WU23 Cities, POIs & Airports Now on Google Maps
The Hangar’s Google Maps collection has now been updated with all WU23 locations currently listed in the Hangar: 11 PG cities, 14 POIs and five handcrafted airports across Poland and the Baltics.
That’s 30 location pins to help you find your next destination, plan a sightseeing flight or explore the new World Update 23 scenery.
Explore the Updated Google Maps29OCT
WU23 — 63 MORE COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS
📸 Nine More WU23 POI Galleries — Thank You, John!
A huge thank you to @johnwhite for another 63 screenshots across nine World Update 23 POIs, bringing his WU23 POI contributions to 95 screenshots across all 14 listed landmarks.
This batch features Lazdininkai Windmill (5), Lyduvėnai Bridge (6), Malbork Castle (10), Riga Radio and TV Tower (5), Rundāle Palace (8), Sopot Pier (7), The Old Zapyškis Church (6), Trakai Island Castle (10) and Urania Hall (6).
Explore the new galleries in Official Collections or find them through homepage search. Every image is credited to John—thank you for sharing these views of Poland and the Baltics with the community!
Explore All 14 WU23 POI Galleries29OCT
WU23 — ALL 11 PG COVERAGE MAPS ADDED
🗺️ Every WU23 PG City Now Has a Coverage Map
I’ve added PG coverage maps for all 11 World Update 23 PG cities: Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas, Vilnius, Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Lodz, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw.
Use the PG Map buttons in the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer Map and homepage search results to view the coverage before your next flight. The cities remain not yet rated while testing continues.
Explore the WU23 PG Cities & Coverage Maps27OCT
WU23 — 11 PG CITY SCREENSHOTS ADDED
📸 A First Look at Every WU23 PG City
I’ve added one screenshot for each of the 11 WU23 PG cities, giving every city card a thumbnail in the Main Flying Lists and homepage search. All 11 screenshots are by Air Rhodessa.
Explore Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas, Vilnius, Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Lodz, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw. The PG is crisp, roads, rivers and bridges look good, and the surrounding non-PG scenery blends very well. The cities remain not yet rated while testing continues.
These are starter screenshots, with plenty of room for the community to add more views later. A further thank you to @johnwhite for the first 32 WU23 POI screenshots announced below.
Browse the WU23 PG Cities27OCT
WU23 — FIRST COMMUNITY SCREENSHOT GALLERIES
📸 First WU23 POI Galleries — Thank You @johnwhite!
A huge thank you to @johnwhite for contributing 32 screenshots across five World Update 23 POIs, giving the Hangar its first community galleries for Poland and the Baltics.
This first batch includes Angla Windmill Park (6), Ēdole Castle (8), Keri Lighthouse (5), Kolka Lighthouse (6) and Kõpu Lighthouse (7). Every screenshot is individually credited to @johnwhite.
The galleries are available in Official Collections and through the homepage search. More WU23 screenshots will follow; the remaining listed POIs currently show a “Screenshots coming soon” placeholder. WU23 POI map pins will be added to the Explorer later.
Explore the WU23 POI Galleries20OCT
NEW — WORLD UPDATE & CITY UPDATE BROWSING
Find Your Next Flight by World Update or City Update
The Main Flying Lists now let you browse PG cities by Rating, World Update or City Update in both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 lists. Use the new browsing controls above the city sections to explore update collections, or choose one specific update from the dropdown — including CU16 Italy.
Search, country and rating filters, sorting and My Flying List work alongside the new views. Every collection uses the familiar city cards with ratings, screenshots and maps, and your favourites, flown status and want-to-fly choices follow each city across views.
Update collections show the PG cities currently listed in the Hangar. Switch back to Rating whenever you want the original browsing layout.
20OCT
SITE UPKEEP — £76 REINVESTED
£76 Reinvested into Keeping the Hangar Flying
I’ve reinvested £76 into PG Hangar’s upkeep to help cover development tools, image hosting and ongoing improvements. Alongside £93.81 in community support, this brings total site funding to £169.81 — 84.91% of the £200 target.
The funding panel now shows community support and my reinvestment separately, together with recorded project costs. The Support page also includes the monthly ChatGPT payment schedule and an updated Bunny hosting snapshot: US$2.52 used from the original US$10 credit, with US$7.48 remaining.
Thank you to everyone helping the Hangar grow. Support is entirely optional, and the main lists, maps and flying tools remain free for everyone.
View Site Funding & Upkeep20SEP
GOOGLE MAPS — RESTORED
PG Cities Google Maps Removed in Error — Now Fixed
The PG Cities Google Maps page was accidentally removed while the old Maps section was being streamlined. It has now been restored with the interactive Google My Maps collection for MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020.
The retired PG Coverage Maps and Hi-Res Terrain Maps collections remain removed. A new Google Maps card has been added to the homepage, and the page is once again available from the sticky navigation.
Open PG Cities Google Maps15SEP
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 17 NEW PG CITY IMAGES
Thank You @PHSepp796 for New Paris and Rotterdam Screenshots
A huge thank you to @PHSepp796 for contributing 17 new screenshots to the Hangar: eight for Paris and nine for Rotterdam. Paris now has an expanded 15-image gallery, preserving all seven existing POI screenshots by @johnwhite92.
Both cities now have dedicated galleries and new lead thumbnails connected across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer Map and The Hangar's Community Screenshots, with every image credited to its contributor.
Open the New Paris and Rotterdam Galleries8SEP
NEW HAND CRAFTED SCENERY — AVAILABLE ON FLIGHTSIM.TO
Three New Scenery Packs: Grand Canyon & Lassen Volcanic National Park
Air Rhodessa’s Grand Canyon Heliports, Grand Canyon Airfields — 4 Remote Bush Airstrips and Lassen Volcanic National Park Helipad are now available on Flightsim.to. Explore the canyon by helicopter or bush plane, or plan a sightseeing flight to the fictional LVN1 helipad at Lassen.
You can also find all three packs at the top of the Downloads Hub, alongside the Little Navmap packs and flight-plan collections. Please download through Flightsim.to to support Air Rhodessa’s scenery creations and find the latest files and installation instructions.
Grand Canyon Heliports on Flightsim.to
Grand Canyon Airfields on Flightsim.to
Lassen Volcanic NP Helipad on Flightsim.to
Explore All Scenery Packs3SEP
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS - 8 NEW LONDON IMAGES
Thank You @PHSepp796 for Eight New London Screenshots
A huge thank you to @PHSepp796 for contributing eight new London screenshots to the Hangar. London now has a dedicated PG city gallery, with every image credited to its contributor.
The new gallery and its lead thumbnail are connected across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer Map and The Hangar's Community Screenshots.
Open the New London Gallery2SEP
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS - 10 NEW TRIESTE IMAGES
Thank You @PHSepp796 for 10 New Trieste Screenshots
A huge thank you to @PHSepp796 for contributing 10 new Trieste screenshots to the Hangar. They now appear first in Trieste's expanded 21-image PG city gallery, ahead of the existing Air Rhodessa and @johnwhite images, with every contributor clearly credited.
The updated gallery and its new lead thumbnail are connected across the Main Flying Lists and The Hangar's Community Screenshots.
Open the Updated Trieste Gallery1SEP
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS - 26 NEW PG CITY IMAGES
Bolzano and Brisbane Receive New Air Rhodessa Screenshot Galleries
26 new Air Rhodessa screenshots have been added to the Hangar, expanding Bolzano into a full 12-image PG city gallery and giving Brisbane a new 14-image PG city gallery.
The new galleries are connected across the Main Flying Lists, Official Collections shared gallery data and The Hangar's Community Screenshots, with lead thumbnails now available from the main MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 PG city cards.
Open the New PG City Galleries1SEP
MAIN FLYING LISTS — COUNTRY BROWSING MOVED
🌍 PG Cities by Country now lives inside the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 lists
The separate PG Cities by Country page has been retired from the main homepage cards. Country browsing is now built directly into the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 PG city lists using the normal Country dropdown.
This keeps every rated PG city in one place, so new cities only need to be added once and every country-filtered result can use the full main-list card with screenshots, thumbnails, ratings, PG maps and My Flying List tools.
Open MSFS 2024 PG Cities31AUG
CU16 ITALY RATINGS - NOW LIVE
🇮🇹 City Update 16 Italy PG ratings are now live
All nine City Update 16 Italy PG cities have now been rated and updated in homepage search. Rimini, Trieste and Udine are 10/10; Genoa and Pisa are 9/10; and Bolzano, Cagliari, Messina and Reggio di Calabria are 8/10.
The search cards now include the PG-quality notes too: Rimini, Trieste and Udine have very crisp PG with extremely smooth non-PG blending; Bolzano and Pisa are crisp; Cagliari is good; and Genoa, Messina and Reggio di Calabria are marked okay while still blending extremely well outside the PG coverage.
Open the CU16 Italy ratings30AUG
EXPEDITIONS v1.9 — GERMANY PG CITY TOUR NOW LIVE
🇩🇪 Expedition #8 Is Live — Explore 15 Standout German PG Cities
PG Hangar Expeditions v1.9 introduces the new Germany PG City Tour: 15 carefully selected photogrammetry-city circuits showcasing Baltic waterfront, historic architecture, major rivers, industrial regions, modern skylines and southern German scenery.
The journey visits Kiel, Bremen, Hannover, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Berlin, Dresden, Halle–Leipzig, Nuremberg, Munich, Stuttgart & Esslingen, Heidelberg & Mannheim, Frankfurt, Cologne and Wuppertal. Together the supplied Little Navmap plans contain 112 sightseeing route points.
Select Build Adventure from any stop and Adventure Builder will load its exact airport, altitude and waypoint order. The Expedition Board now contains 8 live journeys and 119 available stops, with Germany progress stored independently through your free PG Hangar account.
Open the Germany PG City Tour30AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 58 NEW IMAGES
📸 Six Italian Galleries Expanded — Thank You JohnWhite & Hairstreak
Another 58 screenshots have joined the Hangar. I added 20 CU16 images for Messina and Reggio di Calabria; JohnWhite supplied 28 city views for Pisa and Trieste plus 7 Torre di Pisa Official POI screenshots; and Hairstreak supplied 3 Bolzano Handcrafted Airport screenshots.
The new images are now connected across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer galleries, Official Collections and homepage search, with every earlier screenshot and contributor credit preserved.
Explore the Updated Italian Galleries28AUG
EXPEDITIONS v1.8 — CU16 ITALY TOUR NOW LIVE
🇮🇹 Expedition #7 Is Live — Fly All Nine CU16 Italy PG Cities
PG Hangar Expeditions v1.8 is now live with its seventh journey: the CU16 Italy Tour. It adds all nine new City Update 16 photogrammetry cities, taking the Expedition Board to 7 live Expeditions and 104 available stops.
The tour visits Bolzano, Cagliari, Genoa, Messina, Pisa, Reggio di Calabria, Rimini, Trieste and Udine. Every stop has its own carefully tested sightseeing flight plan, with 89 route points preserved across the complete Italian collection.
Select Build Adventure from any CU16 stop and Adventure Builder will load that city’s exact tested circuit, chosen airport, waypoint order and altitude. Completion progress is saved independently and synchronised through your free PG Hangar account.
All six earlier Expeditions, their routes and existing account progress remain unchanged.
Open the CU16 Italy Tour28AUG
CITY UPDATE 16 — NEW SCREENSHOTS & COMMUNITY CALL-OUT
📸 Seven More CU16 Italy Cities Now Have Air Rhodessa Screenshots
I’ve added new screenshot thumbnails for Bolzano, Cagliari, Genoa, Messina, Pisa, Reggio di Calabria and Trieste, so every City Update 16 Italy PG city now has a visual preview in the Hangar.
More screenshots are still very welcome while these cities are being properly tested. If you have any CU16 Italy views to share, please add them to the PG Hangar screenshot submissions forum topic.
Submit CU16 Italy Screenshots27AUG
CITY UPDATE 16 — NINE NEW ITALY PG CITIES ADDED
🇮🇹 City Update 16 Has Landed — Nine New Italian PG Cities Join the Hangar
Bolzano, Cagliari, Reggio di Calabria, Genoa, Messina, Pisa, Rimini, Trieste and Udine have all been added to the Hangar following the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 City Update 16: Italy.
The nine cities have their own temporary City Update 16 section above the rated lists and are clearly marked Awaiting Test. They will remain un-rated until their PG quality, diversity, roads, rivers, bridges and blending have been properly flown and assessed.
Every city already has its PG coverage map and is now searchable through the Main Flying Lists country filter, PG Explorer and homepage search.
Explore the Nine New CU16 Italy Cities27AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 20 NEW CU16 IMAGES
📸 Rimini & Udine Receive Their First CU16 Galleries — Thank You @johnwhite
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite for supplying 20 new City Update 16 screenshots: a complete 10-image Rimini gallery and a complete 10-image Udine gallery.
John’s images now provide the lead thumbnails and full click-through galleries for both new cities in the Main Flying Lists and PG Explorer, while their PG quality ratings remain under test.
These are the first proper screenshot galleries for the new CU16 Italy collection, replacing the temporary coverage-map thumbnails on Rimini and Udine.
Open John’s New Rimini & Udine Galleries24AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 45 NEW IMAGES ACROSS NINE GALLERIES
📸 A Huge New Community Screenshot Batch Has Landed — Thank You @hairstreak62 & @johnwhite
45 new screenshots across nine locations have joined the Hangar, all generously contributed by @hairstreak62 and @johnwhite.
@hairstreak62 supplied 4 Cottonwood Visitor Center screenshots and 6 Saguaro National Park views. @johnwhite supplied 3 Cliff Palace, 5 Death Valley National Park, 6 Kings Canyon National Park, 5 Lake Constance, 7 Lucerne, 5 Mesa Verde National Park and 4 Verdon Gorges screenshots.
The complete batch is now connected through the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer and The Hangar's Community Screenshots. The existing Cottonwood Visitor Center and Cliff Palace Official Collections galleries have also been expanded, with all earlier screenshots and contributor credits preserved.
Browse the New Community Galleries17AUG
EXPEDITIONS v1.7 — MEGA CITIES OF THE WORLD TOUR NOW LIVE
🌆 Expedition #6 Is Live — Ten Mega Cities, Ten Bespoke VFR Adventures
PG Hangar Expeditions v1.7 is now live with its sixth journey: the Mega Cities of the World Tour. It adds 10 major photogrammetry-city stops, taking the Expedition Board to 6 live Expeditions and 95 available stops.
The tour visits Los Angeles, New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis–St Paul, Vancouver, Montreal, London and Tokyo. Every city has its own bespoke sightseeing circuit with 12 carefully placed landmarks — 120 approved waypoints across the complete world tour.
All ten routes were checked one by one in Little Navmap, then connected to Adventure Builder so Build Adventure loads the exact approved route geometry. London and Tokyo use dedicated Mega Cities circuits rather than reusing their World Capitals or Japan Tour routes.
The full six-journey system has passed end-to-end testing with all five existing Expeditions, their account-synced progress and every previous Adventure Builder route preserved unchanged.
Open the Mega Cities of the World Tour16AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
📸 Seven New Olympic National Park Screenshots Added — Thank You @hairstreak62
A new 7-screenshot Olympic National Park gallery has been added to the Hangar, with every image kindly contributed by @hairstreak62.
The batch keeps everything together as one Olympic collection: 4 Olympic National Park views plus 3 Lake Quinault Lodge POI views. The Quinault Lodge screenshots sit inside the same gallery alongside the wider park scenery rather than being split into a separate batch.
The gallery is connected through the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer Map and The Hangar’s Community Screenshots. The previously added Petrified Forest National Park gallery is unchanged.
Explore Olympic National Park & Open the Gallery16AUG
EXPEDITIONS v1.6 — WORLD CAPITALS TOUR NOW LIVE
🌍 Expedition #5 Is Live — 26 PG Capitals Take the Hangar Around the World
PG Hangar Expeditions v1.6 is now live with its fifth journey: the World Capitals Tour. It adds 26 national capital-city stops across 26 countries from the Hangar's photogrammetry list, taking the Expedition Board to 5 live Expeditions and 85 available stops.
Every capital has its own hand-built VFR sightseeing circuit. All 26 routes were checked one by one in Little Navmap, then connected to Adventure Builder so Build Adventure loads the exact approved route geometry. Canberra and Tokyo also use brand-new alternate circuits rather than recycling their existing Hangar flight plans.
The full five-journey system has been regression-tested with WU22 National Parks, Gold Standard Australia, WU20 Japan, WU19 Brazil and World Capitals all preserved together, including independent account progress and the existing Brazil route handoffs.
Open the World Capitals Tour16AUG
EXPEDITIONS v1.5 — WU19 BRAZIL TOUR NOW LIVE
🇧🇷 Expedition #4 Is Live — Brazil Joins the PG Hangar Journey Board
PG Hangar Expeditions v1.5 is now live with a fourth journey: the WU19 Brazil Tour. It adds Brasilia, Ouro Preto, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, taking the Hangar to 4 live Expeditions and 59 available stops.
All four Brazil stops use their own hand-built VFR sightseeing circuits. Each route was checked in Little Navmap first, then connected to Adventure Builder so Build Adventure loads the exact tested route. São Paulo uses SBSP Congonhas for its fixed-wing Expedition circuit.
The multi-Expedition system has been regression-tested across WU22 National Parks, Gold Standard Australia, WU20 Japan and WU19 Brazil. Account progress, journey switching and Adventure Builder handoffs are all working together.
Open the WU19 Brazil Tour
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EXPEDITIONS v1.4 — WU20 JAPAN TOUR NOW LIVE
🇯🇵 Expedition #3 Is Live — Six Curated WU20 Japan City Adventures
PG Hangar Expeditions v1.4 is now live with its third complete journey: the WU20 Japan Tour. It adds Tokyo, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka and Sapporo, taking the Hangar to 3 live Expeditions and 55 available stops.
Every Japan stop has its own hand-built VFR sightseeing circuit. The six routes were checked in Little Navmap first, then connected to Adventure Builder so Build Adventure loads the exact tested route geometry rather than generating a different city route.
Japan has its own independent account-synced progress, and the full system has now been regression-tested moving freely between WU22 National Parks, Gold Standard Australia and WU20 Japan. Progress, Back/All Expeditions navigation and Adventure Builder handoffs are all working across the three journeys.
Open the WU20 Japan Tour
15
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COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK
📸 Six New Petrified Forest Screenshots Added — Thank You @hairstreak62
A brand-new 6-screenshot Petrified Forest National Park gallery is now live across the Hangar, with every image kindly contributed by @hairstreak62.
The new gallery is connected across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer Map, The Hangar’s Community Screenshots and homepage search, with a new Bunny-hosted lead image and the correct screenshot count.
Homepage search has also had a useful consistency fix: clicking a screenshot for a PG City or National Park now opens that location in PG Explorer rather than sending the screenshot itself to Google Maps. The separate Map button is still there whenever you want the map directly.
Explore Petrified Forest & Open the Gallery
15
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EXPEDITIONS v1.3 — GOLD STANDARD AUSTRALIA TOUR NOW LIVE
🇦🇺 Expedition #2 Is Live — Fly All 12 Gold Standard Australian Cities
PG Hangar Expeditions v1.3 is now live with a second complete journey: the Gold Standard Australia Tour. It adds all 12 Australian Gold Standard PG cities to the Expedition system, taking the Hangar to 2 live Expeditions and 49 available stops.
The Australia Tour is tied into the Hangar's existing World Update 21 sightseeing collection: 13 hand-built VFR routes cover the 12 cities, with Melbourne also including the dedicated Moorabbin WU21 extension.
Every Australian stop has now been tested end-to-end with Build Adventure. All 12 successfully hand the correct Gold Standard city to Adventure Builder, generate a local sightseeing route, and return cleanly to the Expedition. The original WU22 National Parks Scenic Corridor system remains unchanged.
Progress for each Expedition is kept independently and synchronised through the same free PG Hangar account, so pilots can move between WU22 National Parks and Australia without either journey affecting the other.
Open the Gold Standard Australia Tour
15
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NEW ACCOUNT-POWERED FLAGSHIP — PG HANGAR EXPEDITIONS
🏔️ PG Hangar Expeditions Is Live — Choose a Journey, Track Every Stop & Sync Across Devices
A completely new way to use the Hangar is now live. PG Hangar Expeditions turns curated scenery collections into long-term flying journeys where every completed stop becomes part of your personal account progress.
The first live journey is the WU22 National Parks Expedition, covering 37 curated National Park and protected-landscape stops. Fly them in any order, search and filter the collection, use Next Stop or Surprise Me, and send any location directly into the Adventure Builder to create a route around it.
Expedition progress is connected to your free PG Hangar account and has been tested across different browsers: completions, Undo changes and refreshed progress all follow the same account safely between devices. Existing local test progress is merged rather than wiped when the account system takes over.
Expeditions is the first major Hangar feature built specifically as an account-holder benefit. Explorer, Adventure Builder, lists, maps and the core flying resources remain free without an account. A big thank-you to everyone who has already taken the time to create one.
Start Your First Expedition
14
AUG
PG EXPLORER v3.1.10 — READABILITY UPDATE
👓 The PG Explorer Is Now Much Easier to Read
A major readability and accessibility pass has just gone live across the PG Explorer Map. The Explorer already had plenty of available interface space, but several labels, filters and dropdowns were still using extremely small text that could be difficult to read at normal desktop viewing distances.
Text and controls have now been enlarged across the search bar, category layers, Advanced Filters & Display panel, Small Airfield filters, POI Source selector, rating filters, Discovery tools, result cards, map information panel, gallery captions and top statistics.
The biggest improvement can be seen in the large POI Source dropdown, where World Update entries are now far easier to scan. The existing Interface: Large setting has also been strengthened so it now provides a genuinely larger and more comfortable viewing mode.
Importantly, the Explorer still keeps its map-first layout. The update makes much better use of previously unused interface space rather than simply taking area away from the map, giving the Explorer a much clearer and more comfortable feel without sacrificing its main purpose — discovering somewhere new to fly.
Open the Improved PG Explorer
14
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NEW PG CITY GALLERIES — 50 FRESH SCREENSHOTS
📸 Adelaide, Amsterdam & Barcelona Receive Major New Daytime Screenshot Galleries
A fresh Air Rhodessa PG city screenshot wave is now live across the Hangar, adding 50 new daytime screenshots across three major 10/10 photogrammetry cities.
🇦🇺 Adelaide — 10 screenshots
🇳🇱 Amsterdam — 14 screenshots
🇪🇸 Barcelona — 26 screenshots
The new galleries are fully synchronised across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer Map and The Hangar’s Community Screenshots. Homepage search has also been refreshed with the new Bunny-hosted lead images and the correct screenshot counts, so each city is easier to discover from anywhere in the Hangar.
Adelaide’s set includes views around Parafield, Glenelg, Port River, the coastline and downtown, while Amsterdam and Barcelona receive large new visual collections designed to make choosing your next sightseeing flight much easier.
Browse the New Galleries
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MOBILE PERFORMANCE — HOMEPAGE SCROLLING TRANSFORMED
📱 The Homepage Is Now Super Smooth on Mobile — A Major Performance Fix Is Live
A major mobile performance optimisation has just gone live on the PG Hangar homepage. The homepage was the one area of the site that could feel slow, jumpy or sticky while scrolling on a phone, despite the rest of the Hangar already running smoothly.
The cause was traced to unnecessary animation and repaint work running behind the scenes on the homepage, including a continuously driven scrolling credits strip and several decorative effects that phones were having to keep updating while the page itself was moving.
The mobile version has now been carefully optimised so those expensive background effects no longer compete with normal page scrolling. No content or features have been removed — the homepage keeps its full design and functionality, while phone scrolling is now dramatically smoother, faster and more responsive.
Desktop keeps the full visual treatment, while mobile now uses a lighter performance path designed specifically for touch scrolling. In testing, the difference was immediate: the homepage now feels as fluid as the rest of the PG Hangar.
Explore the Faster Homepage
13
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NEW VISUAL GUIDE — ADVENTURE BUILDER V2.3 HELP REBUILT
📘 Adventure Builder Help Has Been Rebuilt — A Full Visual Walkthrough Is Now Live
The permanent How to Use the Adventure Builder page has had a major rebuild to match everything that has been added to Adventure Builder v2.3. The guide is now wider, clearer and much easier to follow for both first-time users and returning pilots who just need a quick refresher.
Seven new illustrated screenshots now walk through the complete experience: the main build controls, live Departure and Arrival airport search, Preferred Flight Direction, a finished generated route and Flight Briefing, route editing and removal controls, nearby Hangar POIs and airports, the new Topographic map, and the screenshot preview / Enlarge system.
The written instructions have also been refreshed around the latest Builder features including aircraft-aware landings, Scenic Corridors, nearby discovery layers, smart waypoint editing, save/share tools and MSFS 2024 EFB-ready .PLN export. Screenshots are responsive and can be opened larger whenever more detail is needed.
Open the Adventure Builder Visual Guide
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HANGAR NAVIGATION & EXPLAINER CLEAN-UP
🧭 Adventure Gets Its Own Menu — PG, TIN & Ratings Are Now One Clear Guide
The sticky navigation at the top of the Hangar has been reorganised so Adventure now has its own top-level section. Adventure Builder and its new visual Help page sit together in one dedicated dropdown, instead of the Builder being buried inside Maps.
The More menu has also been simplified. The old separate What is PG / TIN? and How Ratings Work pages have been combined into one full-width PG, TIN & Ratings Explained guide. It first explains the scenery technology, then shows exactly how the Hangar turns what we see in the sim into the 1–10 rating system.
The result is a cleaner navigation bar, fewer duplicate help pages and a much easier route for new visitors: build an adventure from Adventure, learn how to use it beside the Builder, or open PG, TIN & Ratings Explained from More whenever the terminology or scoring needs explaining.
Open PG, TIN & Ratings Explained
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ADVENTURE BUILDER V2.3 — DIRECTION PLANNING, AIRPORT SEARCH & ROUTE POLISH NOW LIVE
🧭 Adventure Builder v2.3 Is Live — Choose Your Direction, Find Airports Faster & Build Smarter Routes
Adventure Builder v2.3 is now live after another detailed community testing pass. The new version keeps everything that made v2.1 work while adding more control for pilots who want to shape the flight before the Builder takes over.
A new Preferred Flight Direction option lets point-to-point pilots choose North, North-East, East, South-East, South, South-West, West or North-West. The final arrival stays inside the chosen ±30° sector from departure, while sightseeing points are still allowed to wander where needed to make the route more interesting.
Departure and Arrival airports are now searchable live. Type an ICAO, airport code or part of the airport name and the Builder filters only the airports that are currently valid for the selected aircraft, range and direction. One clear match can be selected immediately, while multiple matches show a live count and a much shorter list to choose from.
Glider pilots can now enable a Glider-suitable runway filter. It uses the available runway length and surface data as a planning aid while deliberately avoiding any claim that a real-world airfield permits glider operations. The filter only becomes available when Glider is selected.
There is plenty of polish under the skin too: generated adventures now use the departure airport name + ICAO in the title, manual waypoints are inserted into the most logical place in the full route, downloaded briefings have clearer spacing, nearby POI discovery has been widened, and the page now opens at the top instead of jumping straight down to a previously generated route. All existing editable routes, intermediate landings, Scenic Corridors, nearby map layers, save/share tools and EFB-ready .PLN export remain intact.
A huge and equal thank-you to @baracus250 & @SmootheryVase665 for their ideas, feature suggestions, testing, thoughtful feedback and continued help shaping the Adventure Builder. Both are now credited together inside the Builder itself — v2.3 genuinely would not be the tool it is today without their input.
Launch Adventure Builder v2.3
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ADVENTURE BUILDER V2.1 — COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS NOW LIVE
🎲 Adventure Builder v2.1 Is Live — Smarter Choices, Better Speeds & a Proper Surprise Me
Adventure Builder v2.1 is now live with a focused set of improvements built directly from community testing and feedback. The aim was not to redesign the Builder again, but to make the choices before a flight more useful, more flexible and much more predictable.
Aircraft selection now has proper aircraft-specific speed ranges. Aeroplanes can reach fast-aircraft and airliner-style cruise speeds, helicopters now include faster options, gliders are no longer limited to the slower end of the scale, lighter-than-air has its own range, and Other now stretches from slow specialist aircraft all the way to a gloriously ridiculous 600 kt. Each aircraft type also includes an Any suitable speed choice so the Builder can decide.
Point-to-point is now the default route style, with the Arrival airport remaining available unless you deliberately choose Return to start. Advanced Settings have also moved below Departure and Arrival so the form now flows naturally from the main choices, through airports and optional settings, to the final Build controls.
The biggest change is Surprise Me. It now respects the choices you have already made and randomises only the parts you leave open. Set Australia, Helicopter and 90 minutes, for example, and those choices stay put while the Builder fills in the rest. A new Clear Preferences button gives you the opposite option: clear everything first, then let Surprise Me create a genuinely open worldwide adventure.
Worldwide randomisation has also been reworked to reduce the old tendency to keep returning to dense areas such as the UK, London or California. Testing has already produced successful Surprise Me adventures across Australia, Antarctica, Iceland and Japan, while the existing editable routes, Scenic Corridors, 0–3 intermediate landings, manual and bush waypoints, nearby map layers, save/share tools and EFB-ready .PLN export all remain intact.
A massive and very well-deserved thank-you to @baracus250 for all the testing, screenshots, practical suggestions and the steady stream of “just one more little idea…” messages that led directly to this update. The expanded speeds, Point-to-point default, smarter Surprise Me behaviour, Clear Preferences workflow and improved form layout all came from that feedback. Adventure Builder v2.1 is genuinely better because of the time and thought he has put into helping test and improve it.
Launch Adventure Builder v2.1
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ADVENTURE BUILDER V2.0 — MAJOR UPDATE NOW LIVE
✈️ Adventure Builder v2.0 Is Live — Build It, Edit It, Make It Yours
The PG Hangar Adventure Builder v2.0 is now live. What began as a personalised sightseeing-route generator has grown into a much more powerful interactive VFR adventure planner for MSFS 2024 — and the generated route is no longer something you simply have to accept.
Sightseeing points now use clear type-aware labels such as PG, POI, SV and WP, and the Flight Briefing includes ▲ / ▼ sequence controls so you can move points earlier or later without confusing route order with map position. Manual waypoints remain draggable, editable and removable, while route geometry, numbering, leg distances and estimated flight time recalculate as you edit.
The biggest addition is the new intermediate landing system. Choose 0–3 landing stops, let the Builder make aircraft-aware airport choices, then move, replace or remove those landings afterwards. Bush pilots can also place their own off-field landing points, with the Builder clearly treating terrain suitability as the pilot’s responsibility.
The map is now part of the editing workflow too. Switch on Nearby PG Hangar POIs to discover places the original route missed and click Add to Route, or show compatible Nearby Airports and click Add as Landing. The Builder finds a sensible place in the route and recalculates the distance, time, briefing, saved/shared adventure and exported .PLN.
There is also a new floating ? Help tutorial built directly into the Builder plus a permanent How to Use the Adventure Builder guide for anyone who wants the full walkthrough.
A very special thank-you to @baracus250. His detailed RC1 feedback, practical ideas and relentless “one more thing…” suggestions helped shape a huge part of v2.0 — including waypoint sequencing, clearer route identification, the landing system, nearby map layers, click-to-add editing and even the new slide-out Help panel. What started as a quick look at RC1 ended up pushing Adventure Builder far beyond what I originally expected to have ready this soon.
Huge thanks as well to @SmootheryVase for the invaluable testing, suggestions and detailed feedback throughout development. Both have played a real part in getting Adventure Builder v2.0 to this point.
Launch Adventure Builder v2.0
09
AUG
NEW FLIGHT PLAN RELEASE — WU22 USA NATIONAL PARKS
🏞️ WU22 USA National Parks — 37 Curated VFR Flight Plans Are Here!
The latest PG Hangar sightseeing collection has landed: 37 hand-built VFR discovery routes exploring the USA National Parks and scenic areas featured in World Update 22. Each route is built around sightseeing, giving you an easy way to get straight into the scenery and explore WU22 from the air.
The collection spans some of America’s most spectacular landscapes, including Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Zion, Yosemite, Mount Rainier, Joshua Tree, Arches and many more, with all 37 routes curated by the PG Hangar.
Every route is supplied in MSFS 2024 .PLN and Little Navmap .LNMPLN formats — 74 route files plus the included README. This WU22 collection is MSFS 2024 only because World Update 22 was not released for MSFS 2020. The complete v1.0 pack is available now as a free direct download.
View & Download the WU22 National Parks Bundle
09
AUG
NEW FLIGHT PLAN RELEASE — AUSTRALIA GOLD STANDARD WU21
🇦🇺 Australia Gold Standard WU21 Flight Plan Bundle v1.0 Is Here!
A brand-new PG Hangar sightseeing collection has landed: 13 hand-built VFR routes exploring 12 of Australia’s Gold Standard photogrammetry cities, plus a dedicated Moorabbin WU21 Melbourne-area extension.
The collection includes Adelaide, Bendigo, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Townsville, with each route built around the standout skylines, stadiums, waterfronts, bridges, landmarks and scenery that earned these areas their PG Hangar Gold Standard status.
Every route is supplied in MSFS 2024 .PLN, MSFS 2020 .PLN and Little Navmap .LNMPLN formats — 39 flight-plan files in total, covering around 285 NM of sightseeing. The complete v1.0 pack is available now as a free direct download from the Hangar.
View & Download the Australia Bundle
09
AUG
NEW DOWNLOADS HUB — LITTLE NAVMAP UPDATES
📦 PG Hangar Downloads & Flight Plans — Everything in One Place
The old Flight Plans Archive has been expanded into the new PG Hangar Downloads & Flight Plans hub — one central home for the Hangar’s Little Navmap packs, existing VFR flight-plan bundles and all future sightseeing collections.
The Little Navmap collection is now fully up to date: 2,030 Worldwide POIs v1.1.0, 547 PG Cities v1.2.2 and 2,069 Detailed Small Airports & Airfields v2.0.0. PG Cities now use clearer Settlement markers for Tiny PG locations, while the Small Airports pack uses distinctive Location markers and 200 NM visibility for easier discovery.
The separate Little Navmap download cards have been removed from the homepage to keep things tidy. From now on, every new flight-plan series and downloadable Hangar pack can be added to this one hub, with the latest files available through direct Google Drive downloads.
A special thank-you to SlabsFly for the practical Little Navmap visibility and marker feedback that helped shape the latest Small Airports and PG Cities updates.
Open Downloads & Flight Plans
08
AUG
OFFICIAL POI SCREENSHOT RECOVERY — 43 IMAGES / 26 POIs
📸 Missing Official POI Screenshots Restored
A full audit of the Official Collections has recovered and reconnected 43 screenshots across 26 previously missing Official POIs, closing the remaining recoverable gaps found during the latest screenshot check.
Restored landmarks include the Las Vegas Strip (night), Lions Gate Bridge, Saint Mark’s Basilica, Mdina Old City Fortress, Hvitserkur, Alto Vista Chapel and many more. A huge thank-you to @johnwhite92 for Grande Arche de la Defense, Place de la Concorde and Paradise Inn.
The recovered galleries are now served from the PG Hangar Bunny CDN and connected across Official Collections and PG Explorer.
Browse the Restored Official POIs
08
AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 21 NEW NATIONAL PARK IMAGES
🏔️ Thank You @johnwhite92 for Three New National Park Galleries
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite92 for contributing 21 new screenshots across Glacier National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Pinnacles National Park.
The new galleries include 9 Glacier, 6 Great Sand Dunes and 6 Pinnacles screenshots, now connected across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer and The Hangar’s Community Screenshots.
View the New National Park Galleries
05
AUG
NEW COMMUNITY LEGEND — PLANE SPOTTING MIKE
✈️ Please Welcome Plane Spotting Mike to the PG Hangar Community
I’m delighted to welcome Plane Spotting Mike to the Community Legends & Recommended Creators section. Mike is a plane spotter from Liverpool Airport and a close friend of the Practically Geek channel, sharing aviation videos and a genuine love of aircraft.
His channel is now featured between Practically Geek and Vincent Bazillio on the homepage. Please take a moment to visit his channel, subscribe and support another passionate member of the flight-simulation and aviation community.
Visit & Subscribe on YouTube
04
AUG
COMMUNITY MAP CORRECTION — THANK YOU JYD
🗺️ Marion’s Tiny PG Coverage Map Has Been Corrected
A big thank-you to JYD for spotting and reporting that the Marion, Illinois PG Map button was incorrectly opening the coverage map for Bismarck, North Dakota. Marion now opens its correct dedicated PG coverage map in the Tiny PG Cities of the U.S.A. list.
JYD also queried the Opelika map. Opelika’s photogrammetry sits just north-east of Auburn and is correctly included within the same shared coverage area, so no website-link change was required. The Google Drive map has simply been renamed Auburn & Opelika PG Coverage Map to make that clearer.
Open Tiny PG Cities of the U.S.A.
04
AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 17 NEW ALPINE IMAGES
🏔️ Thank You @johnwhite92 for Three Beautiful Alpine Galleries
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite92 for contributing 17 new screenshots across Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, The Dolomites and Écrins National Park.
All three scenic locations now have new lead thumbnails and complete galleries connected across the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer and The Hangar’s Community Screenshots, with every image carrying its individual contributor credit.
View the New Alpine Galleries
04
AUG
NEW DEDICATED PAGE — COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS
📸 The Hangar’s Community Screenshots Is Now Live
The Hangar’s complete screenshot library now has its own dedicated page. Visitors can explore every collection, search by place or contributor, sort the gallery library, reveal more galleries at their own pace and open full-size screenshots in one polished hub, with individual contributor credits preserved throughout.
The huge repeated gallery dropdown has been replaced in the Main Flying Lists by a compact four-gallery teaser, while every individual city, park, POI, venue and airport card keeps its direct gallery button.
The launch also adds 37 Air Rhodessa With Add-ons night screenshots across nine dedicated After Dark galleries: Sydney, Adelaide, Atlanta, Auckland, Boston, Detroit, Gold Coast, Perth and Rio de Janeiro. Genuine Default screenshots will remain separate as they are added.
The reusable Community Submissions module now contains 772 screenshots across 188 locations, with every previous contribution and individual image credit preserved.
Browse The Hangar’s Community Screenshots
03
AUG
SCREENSHOT LIBRARY — 95 NEW AIR RHODESSA IMAGES
📸 Every Previously Missing Official POI Now Has Screenshot Coverage
The final batch of previously missing Official POI screenshots has now been completed. A further 82 Air Rhodessa images have been added to the PG Explorer Community Submissions module, finishing 28 new landmark galleries and expanding Meidum Pyramid with four additional views.
The completed batch includes landmarks across Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, India, Egypt and France, including Yokohama Landmark Tower, Tokyo Skytree, Grand Lisboa, the Baháʼí Lotus Temple, Konark Sun Temple and The Egyptian Museum.
Big Bend National Park has also received a new 13-image Air Rhodessa gallery. The full collection is now available from its National Parks card in the Main Flying Lists and through the PG Explorer gallery system.
The reusable Community Submissions module now contains 772 screenshots across 188 locations, with every previous community contribution, individual image credit and gallery override preserved.
A huge thank-you once again to everyone who has contributed screenshots. Official POI submissions are still very welcome whenever a new landmark appears or an existing gallery could benefit from more viewpoints.
Browse the Complete Screenshot Library
03
AUG
PG EXPLORER v3.1 — BIGGER MAP-FIRST LAYOUT
🗺️ A Bigger, Cleaner Explorer Map Is Now Live
PG Explorer v3.1.0 has received a major layout redesign that makes much better use of the available screen space. The map now begins directly beneath two compact control rows, removing the large permanent blocks of controls that previously pushed the map much farther down the page.
Search, Reset Map, Fit Results, Discover, Filters, Focus Map, Full Screen, Share and My Account now sit in one streamlined top row. The seven main layers — PG Cities, Tiny PG, Parks, Scenic AOIs, POIs, Airports and Small Airfields — remain permanently available in a second slim row.
Ratings, awards, POI sources, Small Airfield runway filters, sorting, My Places, recent locations, map themes and accessibility options are all still included. They now open from a tidy Filters panel over the map instead of permanently taking up valuable vertical space.
The result is a much larger and more useful map area, especially on desktop and at higher display scaling, while every existing pin, gallery, search tool, shareable link, Logbook feature and cross-device account sync remains intact.
Explore the Bigger Map
03
AUG
PRACTICALLY GEEK — AIRPORT SHOWCASE & MAIN LIST FIX
✈️ Bryan’s Airport Showcase Added Across the Hangar
A new Practically Geek airport showcase video is now featured in a full-size position at the top of Bryan’s Community Legends page, built around five Air Rhodessa airport picks from across the World Updates.
The featured airports are EDDM Munich International — WU18, EGPB Sumburgh — WU17, SBRJ Santos Dumont — WU19, RJFR Kitakyushu — WU20 and MKJS Sangster International — WU16.
The same video is now linked directly from the Rio de Janeiro and Munich cards in the Main Flying Lists, where SBRJ and EDDM match the surrounding photogrammetry cities. It has also been added to all five matching airport entries in the Official Collections handcrafted-airport list.
A separate Main Flying Lists fix is also live. Open rating sections from 10/10 through 1/10 are now preserved when the delayed Logbook/account cloud refresh runs, preventing the dropdown from closing and the page from suddenly jumping to the bottom while a city card is being viewed.
Watch Bryan’s Airport Showcase
03
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PG EXPLORER — NEW SMALL AIRFIELD FILTERS
🛩️ Find the Right GA Airfield in Seconds
The optional Small Airfields layer in PG Explorer now has its own dedicated filtering tools, making it much easier to narrow the map down to airfields that suit a particular aircraft or style of general-aviation flying.
Users can filter by hard or paved runways, grass or soft surfaces, mixed hard and soft layouts or airfields whose surface is still unconfirmed. Minimum runway-length choices of 1,500 ft, 2,500 ft, 4,000 ft and 6,000 ft are also available.
A new one-click GA Paved · 1,500 ft+ preset applies the most requested combination instantly. With the current Explorer data, that preset identifies 811 suitable small airports and airfields from around the world.
The filters affect only the Small Airfields layer, update the live result count, appear in shareable Explorer links and can be cleared individually or through Reset Map.
A big thank-you to @PlaneHolland for suggesting the runway-surface and minimum-length filter idea. It is exactly the kind of practical community request that helps make PG Explorer more useful for real flight planning.
Try the New Airfield Filters
03
AUG
LITTLE NAVMAP — 2,069 SMALL AIRFIELDS
🛩️ Detailed Small Airports & Airfields Companion Pack Released
A new standalone PG Hangar Little Navmap companion pack is now available, adding 2,069 searchable and filterable small-airfield userpoints across 66 countries.
The imported layer allows Little Navmap users to display only the airports and airfields featured in the PG Hangar’s Detailed Small Airports & Airfields collection, rather than searching through every airport in the simulator database.
Each entry includes its airport name and identifier, coordinates, elevation, runway dimensions, surface information and a direct link back to the matching PG Hangar page. The layer can be searched, shown, hidden or removed independently from Little Navmap’s normal airport database.
This is a separate companion download to the existing 2,030-POI Little Navmap Pack. Users can install either collection on its own or use both together for the complete PG Hangar Little Navmap setup.
Download the Small Airfields Pack
03
AUG
PG EXPLORER SUBMISSIONS — 98 NEW SCREENSHOTS
🌍 31 Missing International POIs Receive Full Air Rhodessa Galleries
Another 98 screenshots captured by Air Rhodessa have now been added to the reusable PG Explorer Community Submissions module, completing visual galleries for 31 previously uncovered landmarks from across the world.
The new collection spans historic sites, modern towers, museums, palaces and unusual aerial landmarks. Highlights include The Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Great Ziggurat of Ur, Dolmabahçe Palace, Ruwanweli Maha Seya, ArtScience Museum, Gardens by the Bay, Moscow State University, Lincoln Memorial and the Space Needle.
The Community Submissions collection now contains 623 screenshots across 147 locations, with every new gallery and image carrying the correct Air Rhodessa credit while all earlier community contributions remain fully preserved.
This update also corrects Ruwanweli Maha Seya to 8°21′0″N, 80°23′47″E. The Meidum Pyramid entry now retains its original Arabic name alongside the English title, ensuring its new gallery connects to the correct Explorer card.
Explore the New POI Galleries
03
AUG
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORTS — 69 NEW SCREENSHOTS
📸 Five Major Airport Galleries Receive Their Final Screenshot Expansions
Another 69 screenshots captured by Air Rhodessa have now been added across five major handcrafted airports, giving each one a much richer visual gallery in both Official Collections and the PG Explorer Handcrafted Airports module.
Cape Town International — FACT receives 13 new images and now has 14 screenshots; Heathrow — EGLL receives 17 and now has 18; Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez — LEMD receives 14 and now has 15; O’Hare International — KORD receives 14 and now has 15; and San Francisco International — KSFO receives 11 and now has 12.
The handcrafted-airport collection now contains an incredible 1,434 screenshots across 169 airport galleries, with the same updated galleries available from the Official Collections airport cards and through PG Explorer.
Every new image carries the correct Air Rhodessa credit and all existing airport galleries, contributor images and Bryan’s Practically Geek showcase links have been preserved.
Explore the Handcrafted Airports
02
AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 8 NEW IMAGES
📸 8 New Screenshots Added by @hairstreak62
Another brilliant community contribution has now been added to the Hangar, with eight new screenshots captured and supplied by @hairstreak62.
The latest additions bring fresh imagery to Great Basin National Park in the Parks & Scenic Areas collection and Beaumont, California in Tiny PG USA, giving both locations new visual galleries to explore.
Every screenshot carries the correct contributor credit and is available through the updated Main Flying Lists and PG Explorer gallery system.
A huge thank-you to @hairstreak62 for continuing to support the project and helping make the Hangar’s community galleries even richer!
Explore the Updated Flying Lists
02
AUG
FINAL HANDCRAFTED AIRPORT BATCH — 219 NEW SCREENSHOTS
✈️ Air Rhodessa’s Final Planned Handcrafted-Airport Screenshot Batch Is Complete
The final planned Air Rhodessa handcrafted-airport screenshot batch has now been completed, adding 219 new screenshots across 32 newly completed airport galleries to both Official Collections and PG Explorer.
This final wave includes a huge range of locations, from major international gateways to historic and challenging airfields, including Zürich, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Dubai, Frankfurt, Heathrow, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta, Kai Tak, Meigs Field, Princess Juliana and many more.
The Air Rhodessa handcrafted-airport collection now contains an incredible 1,365 screenshots across 169 airport galleries, with lead thumbnails and full galleries available throughout the Hangar.
Together with the previous handcrafted-airport updates, this completes the major screenshot run I set out to finish and leaves the collection ready for lighter maintenance and future simulator updates.
Explore the Handcrafted Airport Galleries
02
AUG
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORTS — 245 NEW SCREENSHOTS
✈️ 245 New Air Rhodessa Screenshots Added Across 29 Handcrafted Airports
Another major handcrafted-airport screenshot batch is complete, adding 245 new screenshots across 29 newly completed airport galleries, all captured by Air Rhodessa and added to both Official Collections and PG Explorer.
The new galleries cover everything from remote island strips and dramatic mountain approaches to regional airports and international gateways, including Svalbard, Stockholm Arlanda, Stuttgart, St. Gallen–Altenrhein, Nice Côte d'Azur, Rotterdam The Hague, Liverpool John Lennon, Bolzano, A Coruña, Barra and many more.
The complete Air Rhodessa handcrafted-airport collection now contains 1,146 screenshots across 137 airport galleries. Every previous gallery, screenshot, Explorer key and contributor credit has been preserved.
This is another huge step towards giving every handcrafted airport its own full visual showcase, lead thumbnail and easy-to-browse gallery across the Hangar.
Explore the Handcrafted Airport Galleries
02
AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 7 EUROPEAN POIs
🌍 28 Missing POI Screenshots Added by @OliveAmoeba3772
Another excellent community batch has now been added to the Hangar, with 28 new screenshots across seven previously missing European POIs, all captured and supplied by @OliveAmoeba3772.
Seven complete new galleries are now available for Amsterdam Centraal railway station, Westerkerk, Isola Bella, Passo Dello Stelvio, Main Square in Krakow, the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów and the Palace of Culture and Science.
These additions fill another group of gaps across PG Explorer and bring the reusable community submissions collection to 519 screenshots across 114 POIs.
A huge thank-you to @OliveAmoeba3772 for another brilliant contribution and for helping make the Hangar's worldwide POI galleries even more complete!
Explore the New POI Galleries
01
AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 4 INTERNATIONAL POIs
🌍 30 Missing POI Screenshots Added by @johnwhite
Another brilliant community batch has now been added to the Hangar, with 30 new screenshots across four international POIs, all captured and supplied by @johnwhite.
Four complete new galleries are now available for the Petronas Twin Towers, The Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
These additions help fill more of the remaining gaps across PG Explorer, and bring the community submissions collection to 491 screenshots across 107 POIs.
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite for another excellent set of screenshots and for continuing to support the Hangar's growing POI library!
Explore the New POI Galleries
01
AUG
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS — 11 INTERNATIONAL POIs
🌍 44 New POI Screenshots Added by @OliveAmoeba3772
Another fantastic community contribution has now been added to the Hangar, with 44 new screenshots across 11 international POIs, all captured and supplied by @OliveAmoeba3772.
Ten completely new galleries have been added for Newgrange, Old Bagan, Temple Mount, the Acropolis of Athens, Hungarian Parliament Building, Indonesia Convention Exhibition, Al Hamra Tower, Ericsson Globe, Faisal Mosque and Keangnam Landmark Tower 72.
The existing Chichén-Itzá gallery has also grown from five to nine screenshots, preserving @SmootheryVase’s original images alongside four new screenshots by @OliveAmoeba3772. The community submissions collection now contains 461 screenshots across 103 POIs.
A huge thank-you to @OliveAmoeba3772 for another brilliant batch and for continuing to help fill the remaining gaps across PG Explorer!
Explore the New POI Galleries
01
AUG
NATIONAL PARK GALLERY — COMMUNITY SUBMISSION
🏔️ Four New North Cascades National Park Screenshots by @johnwhite
A new four-image community gallery has now been added for North Cascades National Park, with every screenshot captured and supplied by @johnwhite.
The new gallery is available from the North Cascades entry in the Main Flying Lists, PG Explorer and Official Collections, with @johnwhite credited on every image.
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite for helping expand the Hangar’s National Parks and scenic-flying coverage with another excellent contribution!
View North Cascades National Park
01
AUG
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORT GALLERIES — MASSIVE SCREENSHOT UPDATE
✈️ 318 New Air Rhodessa Screenshots Added Across 48 Handcrafted Airports
The latest handcrafted-airport screenshot project is complete, adding 318 new screenshots across 48 airport galleries, all captured by Air Rhodessa and added to both Official Collections and PG Explorer.
The new galleries cover a huge variety of locations around the world, from island approaches and remote airstrips to mountain airports and international gateways, including Whangarei, Moorea, Mataveri, Iqaluit, Kona, Lake Tahoe, Milford Sound, Valdez and many more.
The complete Air Rhodessa handcrafted-airport collection now contains 901 screenshots across 108 airport galleries. Every previous gallery, screenshot, Explorer key and contributor credit has been preserved.
Explore the Handcrafted Airport Galleries
31
JULY
FIXED — PG EXPLORER ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
📘 The “How to Use the PG Explorer Map” Guide Is Working Again
A temporary homepage-to-guide issue has now been corrected. The Full Illustrated Guide button in the PG Explorer welcome window had been reopening the Explorer instead of loading the guide page.
The correct illustrated-guide module has been restored and republished, so the button now opens the complete walkthrough covering search, filters, map pins, location panels, My Places, galleries, sharing, mobile use and common questions.
A permanent How to Use the PG Explorer Map card has also been added to the homepage’s More Maps, Tools & Lists section, making the guide easy to find whenever a refresher is needed.
Open the Illustrated PG Explorer Guide
31
JULY
NEW FREE DOWNLOAD — LITTLE NAVMAP
🗺️ The PG Hangar’s 2,030-POI Little Navmap Pack Is Now Live
The complete Air Rhodessa’s PG Hangar Little Navmap POI Pack is now available as a free direct download, bringing 2,030 worldwide points of interest and landmarks into Little Navmap for route planning and sightseeing discovery.
The release ZIP includes the complete importable CSV, organised source files, installation and update instructions, a changelog and full PG Hangar credits. Import it through Userpoints → Import CSV in Little Navmap; it does not go in the MSFS Community folder.
A permanent download card has also been added to the homepage’s More Maps, Tools & Lists section, so the pack remains easy to find after this NOTAM moves down the bulletin.
Download the Little Navmap POI Pack
31
JULY
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORT GALLERIES — FOUR NEW COLLECTIONS
✈️ 59 New Screenshots Added Across Four Handcrafted Airports
Another Air Rhodessa airport batch has now landed in Official Collections and PG Explorer, adding 59 new screenshots across four handcrafted airports.
The new galleries contain 18 screenshots for London Stansted Airport, 15 for Cardiff Airport, 14 for Farnborough Airport and 12 for Cork Airport. Each airport now has a lead thumbnail, visible screenshot count and a complete full-size gallery.
The Air Rhodessa handcrafted-airport collection now contains 583 screenshots across 60 airport galleries, with every previous gallery, Explorer key and contributor credit safely preserved.
Explore the Handcrafted Airport Galleries
31
JULY
COMMUNITY SCREENSHOT UPDATE — @OLIVEAMOEBA3772
📸 36 New Community Screenshots Added Across Nine POIs
Another brilliant community batch has now landed in PG Explorer, with 36 new screenshots across nine landmark POIs supplied by @OliveAmoeba3772.
Eight completely new galleries have been added for The Point, Star Bay Tower, Al-Rifa’i Mosque, Arts Tower Panama, F&F Tower, JW Marriott Panama, Megapolis Tower 1 and PH Bahia Pacifica.
The existing Bent Pyramid gallery has also grown from one to five screenshots, preserving @SmootheryVase’s original image alongside four new views from @OliveAmoeba3772.
The reusable community-submissions collection now contains 410 screenshots across 92 POI galleries, with every earlier submission and contributor credit safely preserved.
A huge thank-you to @OliveAmoeba3772 for another excellent contribution to the Hangar’s worldwide sightseeing collection!
Explore the Community POI Galleries
31
JULY
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORT GALLERIES — MAJOR SCREENSHOT UPDATE
✈️ 126 New Screenshots Added Across 12 Handcrafted Airports
Another major Air Rhodessa screenshot batch has now been added to Official Collections and PG Explorer, bringing 126 new screenshots across 12 handcrafted airports.
New galleries are now available for Santarém-Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport, Satsuma-Iojima Airport, Zorg en Hoop Airport, Aérodrome de Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Bern Airport, Fernando de Noronha Airport, Foz do Iguaçu International Airport, Hokkaido Spaceport / Taiki General Airport, Kaieteur Airport, Rishiri Airport, Sado Airport and Salzburg Airport.
Highlights include 18 screenshots at Bern, 15 at Salzburg, 14 at Rishiri and 13 at Foz do Iguaçu. Every airport now has a lead thumbnail, visible screenshot count and a complete full-size gallery.
The Air Rhodessa handcrafted-airport collection now contains 524 screenshots across 56 airport galleries, with every previous gallery, contributor credit and Explorer key safely preserved.
Explore the Handcrafted Airport Galleries
31
JULY
COMMUNITY-REPORTED CORRECTION — PG CITY DATA
🇸🇰 Košice Corrected to Slovakia Across the Hangar
A country-list error affecting Košice has now been corrected. The city had accidentally been placed under Slovenia in the older country-browse collection, although Košice is correctly located in Slovakia.
Košice now appears correctly when the MSFS 2024 or MSFS 2020 list is filtered by country. The PG Explorer Map and homepage search data were also checked and standardised to use the proper spelling Košice.
Its existing 9/10 rating, CU5 badge, LZKZ airport code, coordinates, screenshot and map links have all been preserved. Homepage search will also recognise both Košice and Kosice.
A big thank-you to notfa nap for spotting the mistake and taking the time to report it — community checks like this help keep the Hangar accurate for everyone.
Open Košice in the MSFS 2024 list
30
JULY
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORT GALLERIES — MAJOR SCREENSHOT UPDATE
✈️ 122 New Screenshots Added Across 10 Handcrafted Airports
Another major handcrafted-airport screenshot batch has now landed, with 122 new Air Rhodessa screenshots across 10 airports added to both Official Collections and PG Explorer.
The newly completed galleries cover Paris Airport-Le Bourget, Bathurst Airport, Broken Hill Airport, Broome International Airport, Cologne Bonn Airport, Coober Pedy Airport, Friedrichshafen Airport, Jackson Hole Airport, Katherine Airport and Lord Howe Island Airport.
Highlights include 21 screenshots at Broome International, 15 each at Paris-Le Bourget and Jackson Hole, 14 at Broken Hill and 13 at Friedrichshafen. Every airport now has a lead thumbnail, visible screenshot count and a complete full-size gallery.
The Air Rhodessa handcrafted-airport collection now contains 398 screenshots across 44 airport galleries, with all previous galleries, credits and Official Collections data safely preserved.
Explore the Handcrafted Airport Galleries
30
JULY
INTERNATIONAL POI GALLERIES — COMMUNITY SUBMISSION
🌍 34 New Screenshots Added Across 8 International POIs
Another excellent community batch from @johnwhite has now been added directly to PG Explorer, bringing 34 newly added screenshots across eight international POIs.
Seven completely new galleries have been introduced for Governors Island, Rugby League Park, Wat Phra Chetuphon (Wat Pho), Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa, Busan Tower and Cape Brett Lighthouse.
The existing Fly Geyser gallery has also grown from one to five screenshots, preserving the original image by @SmootheryVase alongside four new submissions from @johnwhite.
The reusable PG Explorer Gallery Data - Submissions module now contains 374 screenshots across 84 POI galleries, with every previous submission, contributor credit and Explorer override safely preserved.
A massive thank-you to @johnwhite for another wonderfully varied collection and for continuing to help fill the remaining Explorer galleries.
Explore the Latest Community Galleries
30
JULY
NEW YORK POI GALLERIES — COMMUNITY SUBMISSION
🗽 9 New Screenshots Added Across 3 Iconic New York Landmarks
A brilliant new community batch from @johnwhite has now been added directly to PG Explorer, bringing nine new screenshots across three famous New York POIs.
The update introduces new galleries for the Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty National Monument and the Empire State Building, adding fresh close-up views of three of the city's most recognisable landmarks.
The reusable PG Explorer Gallery Data - Submissions module now contains 340 screenshots across 77 POI galleries, with every previous submission, contributor credit and Explorer override safely preserved.
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite for continuing to help expand the Hangar's community landmark collection.
Explore the Latest Community Galleries
30
JULY
COMMUNITY POI GALLERIES — ANOTHER HUGE BATCH
📸 84 New Screenshots Added Across 21 Landmark POIs
The community gallery collection has grown again, with another superb batch from @OliveAmoeba3772 now added directly to PG Explorer: 84 new screenshots across 21 landmark POIs.
The update adds 19 completely new galleries, including Château de Chambord, Château de Saumur, Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Château Royal d'Amboise, Cologne Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, Grand Palais, Les Invalides, the Louvre Museum, Mont-Saint-Michel, Neuschwanstein Castle, the Palace of Versailles, Pont du Gard, Bank of China, IFC Mall and the China World Trade Center.
Two existing galleries have also been expanded. Sacré-Cœur now contains five screenshots, preserving the original image by @johnwhite alongside four new submissions from @OliveAmoeba3772. Shanghai Tower has doubled from four to eight screenshots.
The reusable PG Explorer Gallery Data - Submissions module now contains 331 screenshots across 74 POI galleries, with every earlier submission, contributor credit and Explorer override safely preserved.
A massive thank-you to @OliveAmoeba3772 for yet another outstanding contribution to the Hangar's rapidly growing landmark collection.
Explore the Latest Community Galleries
30
JULY
CHINA POI GALLERIES — COMMUNITY SUBMISSION
🇨🇳 60 New Screenshots Added Across 15 China Landmarks
Another fantastic community batch from @OliveAmoeba3772 has now been added directly to PG Explorer, bringing 60 new screenshots across 15 China POIs.
The new galleries include Beijing Railway Station, CCTV Headquarters, China Zun, Jin Mao Tower, Lupu Bridge, the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Potala Palace, Shanghai Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, The Palace Museum and Zifeng Tower.
The existing National Stadium gallery has also been expanded to eight screenshots, combining four existing images by Air Rhodessa with four new screenshots by @OliveAmoeba3772.
The reusable PG Explorer Gallery Data - Submissions module now contains 247 screenshots across 55 POI galleries. Every previous submission, contributor credit and Explorer override remains safely preserved.
A huge thank-you once again to @OliveAmoeba3772 for another superb contribution to the Hangar's growing landmark collection.
Explore the New China POI Galleries
30
JULY
COMMUNITY POI GALLERIES — HUGE NEW BATCH
📸 72 New Screenshots Added Across 19 Explorer Landmarks
A fantastic new community submission from @OliveAmoeba3772 has now been added directly to PG Explorer, bringing 72 new screenshots across 19 landmarks.
The batch includes galleries for Angkor Wat, Arundel Castle, the Atomium, Big Ben, Brighton Palace Pier, Broch of Mousa, Fortress Hohensalzburg, Kronborg, Tower Bridge, Uluru, Vrelo Bune and many more.
A total of 18 completely new galleries have been created. The existing Sydney Opera House gallery has also been expanded from two to six screenshots, while preserving @johnwhite's original images and credits.
The reusable PG Explorer Gallery Data - Submissions module now contains 183 screenshots across 40 POI galleries. Every previous community submission, contributor credit and Explorer override has been preserved.
A huge thank-you to @OliveAmoeba3772 for such a generous and beautifully varied contribution to the Hangar's growing visual collection.
Explore the New Community POI Galleries
30
JULY
COMMUNITY POI GALLERIES EXPANDED
📸 17 Community Screenshots Added Across Nine Explorer Landmarks
Another brilliant community screenshot batch has now been added directly to PG Explorer, bringing new gallery coverage to nine interesting landmarks that are not part of the public Official POIs or Sporting Venues lists.
@johnwhite supplied eight screenshots covering The Pentagon, Sacré-Cœur, Eye of the Sahara (Richat Structure) and the Sydney Opera House.
@SmootheryVase supplied nine screenshots covering Fly Geyser, the Pyramid of Djoser, the Taj Mahal, the Bent Pyramid and Chichén-Itzá.
Eight of the locations were already mapped in Explorer. The Eye of the Sahara has now also been added as a new Explorer-only Original POI. The reusable PG Explorer Gallery Data - Submissions module now contains 111 screenshots across 22 POI galleries, with the new landmark record included in PG Explorer v3.0.6.
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite and @SmootheryVase for sharing these screenshots and helping expand the Hangar's visual coverage beyond the official collections.
Explore the New Community POI Galleries
30
JULY
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORT GALLERIES EXPANDED
✈️ 220 New Screenshots Added Across 30 Handcrafted Airports
Another major wave of official handcrafted-airport galleries has landed in the PG Hangar. A total of 220 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 30 handcrafted airports, giving each completed airport its own lead thumbnail, visible screenshot count and full-size gallery.
The new galleries cover an enormous variety of flying, from major international hubs such as Los Angeles International, John F. Kennedy International, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda, Sydney and Cairo International, to dramatic mountain and island destinations including Tenzing-Hillary, Courchevel Altiport, Innsbruck, Paro International, Madeira and Juancho E. Yrausquin.
Together with the four airport galleries already completed, the handcrafted-airport showcase now contains 276 screenshots across 34 airport galleries. The first image from every new gallery is also used automatically as its thumbnail, making both the Official Collections and PG Explorer much easier to browse visually.
The expanded collection is now ready in Official Collections v1.3.39 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the updated PG Explorer Gallery Data - Handcrafted module.
Explore the Handcrafted Airport Galleries
29
JULY
WU21 AUSTRALIA SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🇦🇺 Every WU21 Australia Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Gallery
The complete landmark collection from World Update 21: Australia (Second Edition) has now been photographed for the PG Hangar. A total of 146 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 34 previously uncovered WU21 Official POIs.
The existing galleries for Busselton Jetty, The Big Orange and Troubridge Island Lighthouse have been preserved without duplication. Together, this means all 37 WU21 Official POIs now have a lead thumbnail and full screenshot gallery, containing 156 screenshots across the complete WU21 collection.
Highlights include the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, Blowering Dam, CSIRO Parkes Observatory, Monarto Safari Park, The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, The Twelve Apostles, Willis Island Weather Station and Yarrawonga Weir Power Station.
Every completed gallery now supplies its first image as the card and Explorer thumbnail, making the entire WU21 collection much easier to browse visually. This update also marks a huge personal milestone: Air Rhodessa's Official POI screenshot project from WU1 through WU21 is complete.
The complete Australia collection is now ready in Official Collections v1.3.38 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU 21 module.
Explore the Complete WU21 Australia POI Collection
29
JULY
WU20 JAPAN SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🗾 Every WU20 Japan Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Gallery
The complete landmark collection from World Update 20: Japan has now been photographed for the PG Hangar. A total of 260 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 95 previously uncovered WU20 Official POIs.
The existing five-image Osaka Castle community gallery by @johnwhite has been preserved without duplication. Together, this means all 96 WU20 Official POIs now have a lead thumbnail and full screenshot gallery, containing 265 screenshots across the complete WU20 collection.
Highlights include Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, Gifu Castle, Kurobe Dam, Matsue Castle, Sendai Dai Kannon, Tokyo-wan Kannon, Tsunoshima Bridge, Tsunoshima Lighthouse, Ushiku Daibutsu and the Umihotaru Symbol Tower.
Every completed gallery now supplies its first image as the card and Explorer thumbnail for faster visual browsing. The spelling of Tsutsuzqaki Lighthouse has also been corrected throughout the collection.
The complete Japan collection is now ready in Official Collections v1.3.35 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU 20 module.
Explore the Complete WU20 Japan POI Collection
28
JULY
NEW FLAGSHIP TOOL NOW LIVE
✈️ The PG Hangar Adventure Builder Has Launched!
The biggest new PG Hangar feature since the PG Explorer Map and the optional account system is now live. The PG Hangar Adventure Builder turns the Hangar’s worldwide location database into complete personalised sightseeing flights.
Choose where you want to start, how long you have, your aircraft, desired altitude, route type and preferred airports. The Builder then connects suitable PG cities, Official POIs, National Parks, scenic AOIs, Sporting Venues and Tiny PG discoveries into a mapped route with an estimated distance, flight time and visual briefing.
It currently plans flights across 2,636 flyable PG Hangar locations and can choose from 83,046 airports, airfields, heliports and water aerodromes extracted from the MSFS 2024 scenery library. Airport choices are dynamically filtered and prioritised for helicopters, bush aircraft, gliders and general aviation.
Every adventure can be saved, shared, marked as flown and downloaded as an MSFS 2024 EFB-ready .PLN flight plan. Successful tests have confirmed that the complete custom route loads into the EFB and compatible Garmin avionics with all sightseeing waypoints and selected altitudes intact.
As always, the Adventure Builder is completely free to use. Tell us how long you have — and the Hangar will tell you where to fly.
Build Your First Adventure
28
JULY
3 NEW COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS
📸 Tunnel View Gallery Added to the Official Collections
A beautiful new community gallery has been added for Tunnel View, one of the most famous viewpoints in Yosemite National Park and an Official Point of Interest from World Update 22.
The gallery contains three new screenshots supplied by @johnwhite, showcasing the classic sweeping view across Yosemite Valley toward El Capitan, Half Dome and Bridalveil Fall.
Tunnel View now has its own lead thumbnail and full gallery in both the Official Collections and the PG Explorer Map. The reusable community Submissions module now contains 66 screenshots across nine WU22 Official POIs.
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite for continuing to capture and share these fantastic locations with the PG Hangar community.
Explore the Tunnel View Gallery
28
JULY
WU19 BRAZIL, GUYANA, SURINAME & FRENCH GUIANA SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🌎 Every WU19 Non-Sporting Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Gallery
The complete non-sporting landmark collection from World Update 19: Brazil, Guyana, Suriname & French Guiana has now been photographed for the PG Hangar. A total of 204 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across all 70 non-sporting WU19 Official POIs.
The completed galleries cover an incredible variety of South American landmarks, including bridges, forts, cathedrals, temples, museums, dams, lighthouses, observation towers, monuments, government buildings and spectacular natural locations across all four regions.
Highlights include Amazon Theatre, Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, Botanical Garden of Curitiba, Cathedral of Brasília, Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Itaipu Dam, Mount Roraima, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos, Stabroek Market and many more.
The seven existing WU19 Sporting Venues galleries have been preserved without duplication. Every newly completed WU19 location now has a lead thumbnail, with the first gallery image also used automatically inside PG Explorer for faster visual browsing.
The completed collection is now ready in Official Collections v1.3.30 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU 19 module.
Explore the Complete WU19 POI Collection
27
JULY
WU18 GERMANY, AUSTRIA & SWITZERLAND SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🏔️ Every WU18 Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Gallery
The complete landmark collection from World Update 18: Germany, Austria & Switzerland has now been photographed for the PG Hangar. A total of 240 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across all 113 current WU18 Official POI records.
The completed collection includes castles, palaces, mountain stations, alpine summits, dams, railway landmarks, suspension bridges, transmitters, cathedrals, monuments and scenic structures throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Highlights include Zugspitze, Jungfraujoch Railway Station, Matterhorn Glacier Palace, Hohenschwangau Castle, Linderhof Palace, Würzburg Residence, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Contra Dam, Pyramidenkogel Tower, Schönbühel Castle and many more.
The update contains 112 unique galleries, with the two duplicate La Barillette records correctly sharing the same gallery. Every WU18 location now has a lead thumbnail, and the first image is also used automatically inside PG Explorer for faster visual browsing.
The completed collection is now ready in Official Collections v1.3.29 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU 18 module.
Explore the Complete WU18 POI Collection
27
JULY
WU17 UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🏰 Every WU17 Non-Sporting Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Gallery
The complete non-sporting landmark collection from World Update 17: United Kingdom & Ireland has now been photographed for the PG Hangar. A total of 166 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across all 75 WU17 Official POIs, giving every location its own lead thumbnail and full-size gallery.
The collection reaches across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man, with castles, cathedrals, bridges, viaducts, lighthouses, dams, towers and historic landmarks represented throughout the region.
Highlights include Dover Castle, Chatsworth House, Dunluce Castle, Harlech Castle, Kylemore Abbey, Glastonbury Tor, Barmouth Bridge, Ribblehead Viaduct, Fastnet Lighthouse, The Great Laxey Wheel and many more.
The existing Hampden Park Sporting Venues gallery and the WU17 handcrafted-airport coverage have been preserved without duplication. The first image in each new gallery now also supplies the card and Explorer thumbnail for faster visual browsing.
The completed collection is now live in Official Collections v1.3.27 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU 17 module.
Explore the Complete WU17 POI Collection
27
JULY
WU16 CARIBBEAN SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🌴 All 81 WU16 Non-Sporting Official POIs Now Have Screenshot Galleries
The complete non-sporting landmark collection from World Update 16: Caribbean has now been photographed across the PG Hangar. A total of 192 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across all 81 WU16 Official POIs.
The galleries span islands and territories throughout the Caribbean, covering colourful waterfronts, historic forts, churches, palaces, bridges, hotels, monuments and a fantastic collection of coastal lighthouses.
Highlights include Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, Handelskade, Atlantis Paradise Island, Faro a Colón, Laferrière Citadel, Sans-Souci Palace, Queen Emma Bridge, Grand Turk Lighthouse, Rose Hall Great House and many more.
Existing WU16 Sporting Venues and handcrafted-airport galleries have been preserved rather than duplicated. Every newly completed gallery now has a lead thumbnail, and the first image is also used automatically inside PG Explorer.
The completed collection is live in Official Collections v1.3.26 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU 16 module.
Explore the Complete WU16 POI Collection
26
JULY
WU15 NORDICS & GREENLAND SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
❄️ All World Update 15 Official POIs Now Have Screenshot Coverage
The complete World Update 15: Nordics & Greenland landmark collection has now been photographed across the PG Hangar. A total of 118 new optimised screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 82 newly completed WU15 Official POI galleries.
The collection stretches across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, covering dramatic bridges, castles, churches, lighthouses, towers, Arctic research sites, royal landmarks and remote coastal structures.
Highlights include The Great Belt Bridge, The North Cape, Aurora Sky Station, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Fredensborg Palace, Gripsholm Castle, Kalmar Castle, Dyrhólaey Lighthouse, The Arctic Henge, World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station and many more.
The existing three-image Skulptur i Pilane gallery has been preserved unchanged. With the new additions, all 83 WU15 Official Collections POIs now have galleries, containing 121 screenshots in total.
Puijo Tower was already represented by its five-image Sporting Venues gallery and has not been duplicated. Including that existing coverage, all 84 WU15 POIs shown in PG Explorer now have screenshots, with 126 images across the complete Explorer collection.
The completed galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.3.22 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU 15 module.
Explore the Complete WU15 POI Collection
26
JULY
WU14 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🏰 All 117 World Update 14 Official POIs Now Have New Screenshot Galleries
The complete non-sporting landmark collection from World Update 14: Central Eastern Europe has now been photographed for the PG Hangar. A total of 117 new optimised screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added, giving every non-sporting WU14 Official POI its own lead thumbnail and full-size gallery.
The completed collection spans Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, covering castles, fortresses, churches, bridges, towers, monuments and historic city landmarks across the region.
Highlights include Bratislava Castle, Bled Castle, Mostar Old Bridge, Hungarian Parliament Building, Predjama Castle, Orava Castle, Hluboká Castle, Krk Bridge, Sarajevo City Hall, Ještěd Tower and many more.
The two WU14 sporting venues already represented in the Hangar remain unchanged. Together with those existing galleries, World Update 14 screenshot coverage in PG Explorer is now complete.
The new galleries are live in Official Collections v1.3.21 and inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU14 module.
Explore the Complete WU14 POI Collection
26
JULY
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORT SHOWCASE GALLERIES
✈️ 56 New Screenshots Added Across Four Standout Handcrafted Airports
Four standout official handcrafted airports have now been fully explored and photographed by Air Rhodessa, adding a brand-new collection of detailed airport galleries to the Hangar.
The new collection includes 11 screenshots of SBRJ Santos Dumont Airport in Brazil, 14 of EDDM Munich International Airport in Germany, 17 of EGPB Sumburgh Airport in Shetland, Scotland, and 14 of MKJS Sangster International Airport in Jamaica.
Each airport now has its own lead thumbnail, visible screenshot count and full-size gallery in Official Collections v1.3.20. The same 56 screenshots are also available directly inside PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - Handcrafted module.
Together, the new galleries showcase a fantastic mixture of dramatic city approaches, a major international hub, remote coastal scenery and tropical flying.
Explore the Handcrafted Airport Galleries
25
JULY
WU13 OCEANIA & ANTARCTICA SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🌊❄️ Every World Update 13 Official POI Now Has Screenshot Coverage
The complete World Update 13: Oceania & Antarctica landmark collection has now been photographed across the PG Hangar. A total of 142 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 141 previously uncovered non-sporting WU13 Official POIs.
Together with the existing three-image Pearl Harbor National Memorial gallery, all 142 non-sporting WU13 Official POIs now have their own lead thumbnail and full-size gallery. The completed non-sporting collection contains 145 screenshots, with Captain James Cook Monument receiving a two-image gallery.
The completed galleries include Ahu Tongariki, Candi Borobudur, Ulun Danu Beratan Temple, Prambanan Temple, Monas National Monument, Haleakalā Observatory, Battleship Missouri Memorial, Iolani Palace, Palau National Capital, Papua New Guinea Parliament House, Royal Palace of Tonga, Scott Base, McMurdo Station and many more landmarks across the Pacific, Indonesia, Hawaii and Antarctica.
The five WU13 sporting venues — Aloha Stadium, Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Numa-Daly Magenta Stadium, Sir Hubert Murray Stadium and Teufaiva Sport Stadium — were already covered. This means all 147 WU13 POIs shown in PG Explorer now have screenshot coverage, with 157 screenshots across the complete WU13 Explorer collection.
The completed collection is now live in Official Collections v1.3.18 and PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU13 module. Lazy loading remains active for faster browsing, and every new screenshot is credited to Air Rhodessa.
Explore the Complete WU13 POI Collection
25
JULY
WU12 NEW ZEALAND SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🇳🇿 Every World Update 12 New Zealand Official POI Now Has Screenshot Coverage
The complete World Update 12: New Zealand landmark collection has now been photographed across the PG Hangar. A total of 107 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 52 previously uncovered valid WU12 Official POIs.
Together with the five non-sporting WU12 galleries that were already available, all 57 valid non-sporting WU12 Official POIs now have their own lead thumbnail and full-size gallery. The completed non-sporting collection contains 121 screenshots.
The completed galleries include Sky Tower, Auckland Harbour Bridge, Hobbiton™ Movie Set Tours, New Zealand Parliament Buildings, Beehive, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Dunedin Railway Station, The Church of the Good Shepherd, Ohakune Carrot, Ohaaki Power Station, Otira Viaduct Lookout, Cardrona Alpine Resort and many more landmarks across both islands.
The four WU12 sporting venues — Forsyth Barr Stadium, North Harbour Stadium, Sky Stadium and The Remarkables Ski Area — were already covered. This means all 61 valid WU12 POIs shown in PG Explorer now have screenshot coverage, with 132 screenshots across the complete WU12 Explorer collection.
Two locations were removed after being confirmed not to be actual WU12 Official POIs: Motukawa Power Station and Rugby League Park.
The completed collection is now live in Official Collections v1.3.17 and PG Explorer V3 through the corrected PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU12 NZ module. Lazy loading remains active for faster browsing, and every new screenshot is credited to Air Rhodessa.
Explore the Complete WU12 New Zealand POI Collection
25
JULY
WU11 CANADA SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🇨🇦 Every World Update 11 Canada Official POI Now Has Screenshot Coverage
The complete World Update 11: Canada landmark collection has now been photographed across the PG Hangar. A total of 131 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 78 previously uncovered valid WU11 Official POIs.
Together with the existing two-image Confederation Bridge gallery, all 79 valid non-sporting WU11 Official POIs now have their own lead thumbnail and full-size gallery. The completed non-sporting collection contains 133 screenshots.
The completed galleries include Fairmont Château Lake Louise, A. Murray MacKay Bridge, Ambassador Bridge, Skylon Tower, Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, Peggy’s Point Lighthouse, Habitat 67, Cloudraker Skybridge, Diavik Diamond Mine, Parliament of Canada and many more landmarks across Canada.
The two WU11 sporting venues, Commonwealth Stadium and Olympic Stadium, were already covered. This means all 81 WU11 POIs shown in PG Explorer now have screenshot coverage, with 139 screenshots across the complete WU11 Explorer collection.
Five locations confirmed not to be actual WU11 Official POIs were removed from both databases: Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park, Green Island Lighthouse, Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Saint-Joseph-de-Lévis Parish, Prince of Wales Hotel and St Thomas Anglican Church.
The completed collection is now live in Official Collections v1.3.14 and PG Explorer V3 through the new PG Explorer Gallery Data - WU 11 module. Lazy loading remains active for faster browsing, and every new screenshot is credited to Air Rhodessa.
Explore the Complete WU11 Canada POI Collection
24
JULY
COMMUNITY SUBMISSIONS & COORDINATE FIX
📍 Thank You @johnwhite — Mount Fremont Corrected & 63 New WU22 Screenshots Added
A huge thank you to @johnwhite for spotting that the copy-ready coordinates for Mount Fremont Lookout were pointing toward the Sunrise trailhead area rather than the actual lookout. The Google Maps link was already correct, but the displayed coordinates have now been corrected to approximately 46.93404, -121.67574 in both Official Collections and PG Explorer V3.
John has also kindly supplied 63 new screenshots across eight WU22 Official POIs: Mount Fremont Lookout, Needles District Visitor Center, Painted Desert Inn, Panther Junction Visitor Center, Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial, Point of the Arches, Ross Lake Resort and Saint Mary Visitor Center.
Every image has been added in the correct numerical order with full @johnwhite credit. The update is now live through Official Collections v1.3.11, PG Explorer v3.0.4 and the new reusable PG Explorer Gallery Data - Submissions module.
Thank you, John, for carefully checking the database and for another superb contribution to the PG Hangar’s growing screenshot library.
View Mount Fremont Lookout & the New Community Galleries
24
JULY
WU10 USA SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🇺🇸 Every World Update 10 USA Official POI Now Has Screenshot Coverage
The World Update 10: United States and U.S. Territories landmark collection is now fully photographed across the PG Hangar. A total of 79 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 78 previously uncovered WU10 Official POIs.
Together with the five WU10 galleries that were already available, all 83 WU10 Official POIs now have their own lead thumbnail and full-size gallery. The completed WU10 collection now contains 103 screenshots in total, with the St. Louis Arch receiving a two-image gallery.
The completed collection includes Ark Encounter – Life-size Noah’s Ark, Puntan Dos Amantes, Arecibo Observatory, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Hearst Castle, Old Faithful Geyser, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, World War II Memorial, Royal Gorge Bridge & Park, Biosphere 2 and many more landmarks across the United States and its territories.
The complete galleries are live in Official Collections v1.3.10 and PG Explorer V3 through the new modular WU10 USA gallery data. Lazy loading remains active for faster browsing, and every new screenshot is credited to Air Rhodessa.
Explore the Complete WU10 USA POI Collection
23
JULY
WU9 ITALY & MALTA SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🇮🇹🇲🇹 World Update 9 Italy & Malta POI Screenshot Coverage Is Complete
The complete World Update 9: Italy & Malta landmark collection has now been photographed across the PG Hangar. A total of 92 new optimised JPG screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 92 previously uncovered Official POIs.
Together with the existing five-image Piazza dei Miracoli / Torre di Pisa gallery, all 93 non-sporting WU9 Official POIs now have their own lead thumbnail and full-size gallery. The six WU9 sporting venues were already covered, meaning all 99 WU9 POIs shown in PG Explorer V3 now have screenshot coverage.
The completed galleries include Civita di Bagnoregio, St Agatha’s Tower, Duomo di Milano, Vatican City, Pantheon, Mole Antonelliana, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Three Towers of San Marino, Mosta Rotunda, Fort St. Angelo and many more landmarks across Italy, Malta and San Marino.
As part of the update, five locations confirmed not to be actual WU9 POIs were removed from both databases: Bastioni Di Siracusa, Castel San Michele o Castello di Ossana, Castello Aragonese d’Ischia, Isola Bella and Passo Dello Stelvio.
The completed galleries are live in Official Collections v1.3.8 and PG Explorer V3 through the modular WU9 Italy & Malta gallery data. Lazy loading remains active for faster browsing, and every new image retains its Air Rhodessa credit.
Explore the Complete WU9 Italy & Malta POI Collection
23
JULY
WU8 IBERIA SCREENSHOTS COMPLETE
🇪🇸🇵🇹 World Update 8 Spain & Portugal POI Screenshot Coverage Is Complete
The complete World Update 8: Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar & Andorra landmark collection has now been photographed across the PG Hangar. A total of 89 new screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across 84 previously uncovered Official POIs.
Together with the existing seven-image La Sagrada Família gallery, all 85 non-sporting WU8 Official POIs now have their own lead thumbnail and full-size gallery. The four WU8 sporting venues were already covered, meaning all 89 WU8 POIs shown in PG Explorer V3 now have screenshot coverage.
The completed galleries include Zubizuri Bridge, Vizcaya Bridge, Vasco da Gama Bridge, Tower of Hercules, Royal Palace of Madrid, Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, Park and National Palace of Pena, Luís I Bridge, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bom Jesus do Monte and many more landmarks across Spain and Portugal.
The new galleries are live in Official Collections v1.3.6 and PG Explorer V3 through the modular WU8 Iberia gallery data. The screenshots have also been converted to optimised JPG files and use lazy loading for quicker page performance, while every image retains its Air Rhodessa credit.
Explore the Complete WU8 Iberia POI Collection
22
JULY
WU7 AUSTRALIA THUMBNAILS COMPLETE
🇦🇺 Every World Update 7 Australia Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Thumbnail
The Australia collection from World Update 7 is now fully photographed across the PG Hangar: all 74 Australian Official POIs now have their own lead screenshot thumbnail in both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map.
A total of 74 new screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added, covering landmarks across Australia including major bridges, towers, observatories, dams, lighthouses, natural sights and famous roadside icons.
The completed collection includes Sydney Harbour Bridge, Twelve Apostles, Three Sisters, Story Bridge, West Gate Bridge, Cape Byron Lighthouse, Gordon Dam, Parkes Observatory, Sydney Tower, Federation Square, The Big Banana and many more.
The complete WU7 Australia galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.2.9 and the PG Explorer Map through the new modular WU7 Australia gallery data module. Every entry includes its thumbnail, full-size gallery viewing and Air Rhodessa credit, while all earlier screenshots and contributor credits remain preserved.
Explore the Complete WU7 Australia POI Collection
22
JULY
WU6 THUMBNAILS COMPLETE
🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 Every World Update 6 Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Thumbnail
Another complete World Update collection has now been finished across the PG Hangar: all 86 valid World Update 6 Official POIs now have their own lead screenshot thumbnail in both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map.
A total of 86 screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added — one for every WU6 landmark across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The completed collection includes landmarks such as Aachen Cathedral, Brandenburg Gate, Chapel Bridge, Chillon Castle, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Hohenzollern Castle, Jasmund National Park, Landwasser Viaduct, Melk Abbey, Schönbrunn Palace, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Sphinx Observatory and Wartburg Castle.
The complete WU6 galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.2.8 and PG Explorer Map v3.0.1. Every entry includes its new thumbnail, full-size gallery viewing and Air Rhodessa credit, while all earlier screenshots and contributor credits remain preserved. The invalid Leyden Township Sewer & Water Department entry has also been removed, and the coordinates for St. Stephen's Cathedral have been corrected.
Explore the Complete WU6 POI Collection
22
JULY
PG EXPLORER v3.0 LIVE
🗺️ PG Explorer v3.0 Launches with a New Modular Gallery System
The PG Explorer Map v3.0 is now live. Its screenshot galleries have been separated from the main map code into smaller, fail-safe data modules, keeping the Explorer lighter and making future World Update screenshot batches much safer to add.
The change preserves every existing gallery, thumbnail and contributor credit while moving 730 galleries containing 1,623 screenshots into the new modular system. Search, filters, map controls, the Ultimate Logbook, favourites, Flown, Want to Fly and cross-device account syncing all remain fully intact.
The launch also completes a previously missing World Update 1 screenshot batch: 50 Air Rhodessa screenshots across 20 Japanese Official POIs. New thumbnails and galleries now include Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Hashima Island, Himeji Castle, Hōryū-ji, Itsukushima Shrine, Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo Gate Bridge and Yokohama Bay Bridge.
The Explorer remains at the same public address, so existing bookmarks and website links continue to work without any changes.
Open PG Explorer Map v3.0
22
JULY
WU5 THUMBNAILS COMPLETE
🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪 Every World Update 5 Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Thumbnail
Another complete World Update collection has now been finished across the PG Hangar: all 65 World Update 5 Official POIs now have their own lead screenshot thumbnail in both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map.
A total of 129 screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added across the full Nordic collection, covering landmarks throughout Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
The completed galleries include locations such as Amalienborg, Arctic Cathedral, Copenhagen Opera House, Drottningholm Palace, Hallgrímskirkja Church, Helsinki Cathedral, Oslo Opera House, Pulpit Rock, Suomenlinna, Turning Torso and the Øresund Bridge, alongside the full selection of WU5 castles, churches, bridges, stadiums and scenic landmarks. The final missing galleries for Sölvesborg Bridge, Stockholm City Hall, Stockholm Palace and Helgeland Bridge have now also been added.
The completed WU5 galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.2.7 and PG Explorer Map v3.0. Every updated entry includes a lead thumbnail, visible screenshot count, full-size gallery viewing and Air Rhodessa credit, while all earlier community images and contributor credits remain preserved.
Explore the Complete WU5 POI Collection
21
JULY
WU4 THUMBNAILS COMPLETE
🇫🇷 Every World Update 4 Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Thumbnail
Another major screenshot milestone has now been completed across the PG Hangar: all 97 World Update 4 Official POIs now have their own lead screenshot thumbnail in both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map.
The final batch added 68 new screenshots by Air Rhodessa across 43 WU4 POIs, including Orange Vélodrome, Palais des Papes, Panthéon, Pic du Midi Observatory, Reims Cathedral, Rijksmuseum, Viaduc de Millau, Vianden Castle and Windmills at Kinderdijk.
Across both WU4 batches, 145 Air Rhodessa screenshots have now been added across the complete collection of 97 France and Benelux Official POIs. Every updated entry includes a lead thumbnail, visible screenshot count and full-size gallery viewing.
The completed WU4 galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.2.4 and PG Explorer Map v2.7.4. All earlier community screenshots and contributor credits remain preserved.
Explore the Complete WU4 POI Collection
21
JULY
77 NEW WU4 SCREENSHOTS
🇫🇷 France & Benelux WU4 POI Galleries Receive a Major Screenshot Upgrade
A major new gallery update is now live across both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map, adding 77 screenshots by Air Rhodessa across 54 World Update 4 Official POIs.
The new galleries cover a wide selection of landmarks throughout France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, including Château de Chenonceau, Cité de Carcassonne, Fort Boyard, Bourges Cathedral, Erasmus Bridge, Stade de France, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, Canadian National Vimy Memorial and many more.
Every updated POI now has a lead thumbnail, visible screenshot count and full-size gallery viewing. All earlier galleries, community screenshots and contributor credits remain preserved.
The completed batch is now live in Official Collections v1.2.3 and PG Explorer Map v2.7.3, with every new image credited to Air Rhodessa.
Explore the Updated WU4 POI Galleries
21
JULY
63 NEW COMMUNITY SCREENSHOTS
📸 Nine WU22 Official POI Galleries Expanded by @johnwhite
A brilliant new community contribution has now gone live across both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map, adding 63 screenshots by @johnwhite across nine World Update 22 Official POIs.
The updated galleries cover Eye of the Whale Arch, Furnace Creek Visitor Center, Hite Crossing Bridge, Joshua Tree Visitor Center, Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, Logan Pass Visitor Center, Many Glacier Hotel, Mesa Verde Visitor Center and Moraine Park Discovery Center.
Several of the new galleries now contain between five and ten images, giving visitors a much better look at each landmark from different angles. All existing screenshots and contributor credits have been preserved, with every new image individually credited to @johnwhite.
The new galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.2.2 and PG Explorer Map v2.7.2, complete with refreshed lead thumbnails, screenshot counts and full-size gallery viewing.
Explore the New WU22 POI Galleries
21
JULY
WU3 THUMBNAILS COMPLETE
🇬🇧 Every World Update 3 Official POI Now Has a Screenshot Thumbnail
A major screenshot milestone has now been completed across the PG Hangar: all 102 World Update 3 Official POIs now have their own lead screenshot thumbnail in both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map.
Across the London, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland batches, 168 new screenshots by Air Rhodessa have been added to the WU3 collection. Existing community images and contributor credits have been preserved alongside the new galleries.
The final batch added 26 screenshots across 10 POIs: All England Club, Angel of the North, Archbishop’s Palace in Maidstone, Balmoral Castle, Blackpool Tower, Westminster Abbey, White Cliffs of Dover, Windsor Castle, Wolvesey Castle and York Minster.
The completed WU3 galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.2.1 and PG Explorer Map v2.7.1, with lead thumbnails, screenshot counts, full-size gallery viewing and visible Air Rhodessa credit.
Explore the Complete WU3 POI Collection
21
JULY
LONDON CITY GALLERIES
🏙️ 25 New Air Rhodessa Screenshots Added Across London City POIs
A second London screenshot batch has now gone live in both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map, adding 25 screenshots by Air Rhodessa across 25 London city POI entries.
This latest update covers many of central London’s best-known landmarks and skyline features, including Buckingham Palace, BT Tower, Canary Wharf, The Gherkin, Leadenhall Building, London Eye, 22 Bishopsgate, Tower 42, 20 Fenchurch Street and more.
The O2 and The Shard have also been restored into the Official Collections POI database so their new galleries could be linked properly, keeping the London coverage aligned across both major site tools.
The new galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.1.6 and PG Explorer Map v2.6.6, complete with refreshed lead thumbnails, screenshot counts and full gallery viewing.
Explore the London Official POIs
20
JULY
LONDON POI GALLERIES
🇬🇧 20 New Air Rhodessa Screenshots Added Across London
A fresh London batch has now been added to both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map, featuring 20 screenshots by Air Rhodessa across 16 World Update 3 Official POI entries.
The update covers many of the capital’s famous Thames crossings, including Albert Bridge, Battersea Bridge, Chelsea Bridge, Hungerford and Golden Jubilee Bridges, Lambeth Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge, together with several railway bridges.
The Tower of London has also received four new Air Rhodessa images. Its two existing screenshots by @johnwhite have been preserved, creating a six-image gallery with the correct contributor credit shown for every picture.
The new galleries are now live in Official Collections v1.1.5 and PG Explorer Map v2.6.5, complete with refreshed lead thumbnails, screenshot counts and full-size gallery viewing.
Explore the London Official POIs
20
JULY
NEW WU2 GALLERIES
📸 83 New Air Rhodessa Screenshots Added Across 29 Official POIs
A big new batch of 83 screenshots by Air Rhodessa has now been added across 29 World Update 2 Official POIs in both the Official Collections page and the PG Explorer Map.
Newly covered locations include Hoover Dam, Haystack Rock, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Las Vegas Strip (night), Mackinac Bridge, Mount Rushmore, The White House, United States Capitol, Wright Brothers National Memorial and many more.
Every gallery is now fully linked into the POI cards and Explorer entries with visible screenshot credit, refreshed lead thumbnails and direct gallery access.
Explore the Official POIs
20
JULY
ACADIA UPDATED
🏞️ Acadia National Park Rated and Screenshot Gallery Added
Acadia National Park has now been fully updated in the National Parks & Scenic Areas section.
The park now includes a full 5-image screenshot gallery by Air Rhodessa, a copy-ready MSFS World Map coordinate button using 44.352643, -68.224610, and its first final PG Hangar rating.
Acadia has been rated 5/10. The coastal setting is pleasant and there are still some enjoyable sightseeing moments around Cadillac Mountain and Mount Desert Island, but overall the TIN quality is only average and there is not a huge amount to see compared with the stronger WU22 parks.
There is currently no TIN map link for Acadia, so the new update focuses on the gallery, rating and useful copy-ready park coordinates instead.
Explore Acadia National Park
20
JULY
24 MORE SCREENSHOTS
📸 Four More WU22 Official POI Galleries
The brilliant and amazing @johnwhite has done it again, supplying another outstanding collection of screenshots for the Official Collections and the PG Explorer Map.
This latest update adds 24 new screenshots across four World Update 22 Official Points of Interest:
- Corona Arch — 5 screenshots
- Cottonwood Visitor Center — 7 screenshots
- Dark Angel — 5 screenshots, including 3 nearby Landscape Arch views
- Skyline Arch — 7 screenshots
Every location now includes a lead image, complete gallery, screenshot count and visible contributor credit. A massive thank-you to the ever-generous @johnwhite for continuing to share such superb work with the community.
Explore the New Official POI Galleries
20
JULY
30 NEW SCREENSHOTS
📸 Four New WU22 Official POI Galleries
Another excellent community screenshot batch has now been added to both the Official Collections and the PG Explorer Map.
The update adds 30 new screenshots across four World Update 22 Official Points of Interest:
- Arches Visitor Center — 7 screenshots
- Beaver Meadows Visitor Center — 7 screenshots
- Brasstown Bald Tower — 6 screenshots
- Chisos Mountains Lodge — 10 screenshots
Every location now includes a lead image, complete gallery, screenshot count and visible contributor credit. A huge thank you to @johnwhite for capturing and sharing every image in this latest batch.
Explore the Official POI Galleries
20
JULY
NEW WORLDWIDE LIST
🛩️ 2,070 Small Detailed Airports & Airfields Now Live
A completely new PG Hangar collection is now open, featuring the full MSFS 2024 detailed glider-airport package from around the world.
The list contains 2,070 unique airfields across 66 countries, with airport names and identifiers, simulator coordinates, elevations, runway lengths, surfaces and layouts, plus direct Google Maps access.
To keep such a large collection fast and easy to explore, every country is organised into its own expandable dropdown and the airfield cards use a compact, thumbnail-free layout designed for quick scanning.
Search and runway filters, Random Airfield, card and compact list views, Copy Coordinates, and Favourite / Flown / Want to Fly tracking are all included. Optional PG Hangar accounts can also keep saved progress synchronised between devices.
Explore Small Detailed Airports & Airfields
20
JULY
MAJOR UPDATE
✈️ Combined Lists Split into Two Dedicated Pages
As the PG Hangar’s collections have continued to grow, the original Combined Lists page had become extremely large. To improve loading, navigation and overall usability, it has now been carefully divided into two dedicated pages.
🗺️ PG Hangar — Main Flying Lists
Home to the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 PG Cities, National Parks and Scenic
AOIs, Cities After Dark, and Tiny PG USA and World
collections.
🏟️ PG Hangar — Official Collections
Home to Sporting Venues of the World, Official MSFS Points of Interest
and Official Handcrafted Airports.
All ten collection buttons remain available at the top of both pages, allowing visitors to move between every list without needing to return to the homepage.
Several large information panels have also been removed, credits have been moved into the relevant collection headers, and the unwanted page-jumping behaviour has been fixed.
📸 105 New Screenshots Added
The new Official Collections page has also received a major visual update, with 105 new screenshots and 35 Official POI galleries now added.
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol — five screenshots added.
- Grand Canyon National Park Airport — twelve screenshots added, including the helicopter-tour area.
- El Peñón de Guatapé — added as a new Official POI with a two-image gallery.
- Handcrafted Airport cards now include a dedicated View Gallery button.
The Official MSFS POI collection has increased from 1,772 to 1,773 locations.
Huge thanks to @hairstreak62 for the El Peñón de Guatapé screenshots. The remaining new screenshots were captured by Air Rhodessa.
18JULY
New Official Handcrafted Airports Library Added
A brand-new Handcrafted Airports list has joined the Combined Lists, giving the Hangar a dedicated home for the official airports specially modelled by Microsoft and Asobo.
All 173 official handcrafted airports from the PG Explorer Map are now organised by base simulator package, World Update, City Update and other official releases. Each entry includes the airport name, ICAO code, update badge, copy-ready simulator coordinates, Google Maps access and personal Favourite / Flown / Want to Fly controls.
The sections remain collapsed until needed, with search and filters making the full worldwide collection quick and easy to browse.
The new airport library is live in Combined Lists v1.6.25, with a dedicated homepage card opening it directly.
Explore the Handcrafted Airports Library18JULY
New Official MSFS POI Library Added to the Combined Lists
The Hangar now has a dedicated, scrollable library for the official sightseeing landmarks supplied with Microsoft Flight Simulator.
1,772 non-sporting Official POIs from the PG Explorer Map are now arranged into clear sections for World Updates 1–22, plus other official and unnumbered landmarks. The 83 official sporting landmarks already represented in Sporting Venues of the World have been left out to avoid duplicates.
Each POI includes its landmark name, World Update, copy-ready simulator coordinates, Google Maps access, search tools and Favourite / Flown progress controls. Sections remain collapsed until needed, making the very large collection much easier to browse.
The new library is live in Combined Lists v1.6.24, and a dedicated homepage card now opens it directly.
Explore the Official MSFS POI Library18JULY
All 93 Sporting Venues Now Have Complete Screenshot Galleries
A major Sporting Venues of the World milestone is complete, with 271 new screenshots now added across the entire collection.
Every stadium, arena, cricket ground, motorsport circuit and winter-sports venue in the list now has its own lead image and clickable screenshot gallery. Together with the 27 images already present, the collection now contains 298 sporting-venue screenshots.
All 93 venues now include visible screenshot counts, dedicated gallery buttons and the full-size lightbox across Combined Lists v1.6.22 and PG Explorer Map v2.5.14. Individual venue results in the homepage search now display their lead screenshots too.
Every one of the 271 new screenshots was personally captured by Air Rhodessa while flying and documenting the complete sporting-venue collection.
Explore All Sporting Venue Galleries17JULY
Three New Arizona Scenic AOIs Added — All Rated 9/10
The old broad Coconino / Sedona scenic card has now been retired and replaced by three much more accurate Arizona Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.
The new entries are Sedona, Verde Valley & Oak Creek Canyon, Mogollon Rim, Payson & Tonto Natural Bridge, and West Clear Creek, Wet Beaver Creek & Fossil Creek — each personally tested and rated 9/10 by Air Rhodessa.
All three now include their own screenshot galleries, a shared new boundary-map link and full support across the Combined Lists v1.6.22, PG Explorer Map v2.5.14 and homepage search.
The Explorer now rises to 2,810 mapped locations, including 60 Parks & Scenic Areas and 12 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.
View the New Arizona AOIs17JULY
PG Explorer v2.5.10 — Reliable PC, iPad & Phone Logbook Sync
Following invaluable three-device testing by @hairstreak62, the remaining cross-device Logbook issue has now been identified and corrected.
The PG Explorer and Combined Lists now use one unified account Logbook. Existing browser-only My Hangar selections are merged safely as additions, so an older device can no longer replace or remove places already stored by another device.
Signed-in pages now download fresh account data when opened, refocused or returned to, with an additional lightweight refresh while the page remains visible. This keeps Favourite, Flown and Want to Visit statuses much more dependable across PC, iPad and phone.
The reliability update is live in Combined Lists v1.6.18 and PG Explorer Map v2.5.10. Accounts remain completely optional and all public Hangar content remains free.
Open PG Explorer v2.5.1017JULY
Stadiums Expands into Sporting Venues of the World
Thanks to a brilliant suggestion from @hairstreak62, the stadium collection has now been broadened into Sporting Venues of the World.
The list now covers stadiums, arenas, cricket grounds, motorsport circuits, winter-sports landmarks and other sporting POIs. It is also ready for racecourses and any other worthwhile sports locations discovered in future updates.
The first expansion adds 12 existing official MSFS sports POIs, growing the collection from 81 to 93 venues. New additions include the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sydney Cricket Ground, Mount Panorama, Phillip Island, Bergisel Ski Jump and The Remarkables Ski Area.
The wider collection is live in Combined Lists v1.6.15 and PG Explorer Map v2.5.7, with new sports filters and all existing stadium galleries retained.
Explore Sporting Venues of the World17JULY
18 New Air Rhodessa Stadium Screenshots Added
Five original Microsoft Flight Simulator stadium landmarks now have complete screenshot galleries across Sporting Venues of the World and the PG Explorer Map.
The update covers AmericanAirlines Arena, AT&T Stadium, Borg El Arab Stadium, Beijing's National Stadium and Rungrado May Day Stadium.
Each location now includes a card thumbnail, a dedicated View Gallery button and the existing full-size lightbox. The batch contains 18 new screenshots in total.
Every image in this stadium batch was personally captured by Air Rhodessa.
View the Stadium Galleries17JULY
Every Rated PG City Now Has an Air Rhodessa Screenshot
The final 51 screenshots have now been added for every rated 7/10 PG city, completing the last missing group across the Hangar's rated city collection.
All 302 rated PG cities now have their own screenshot across the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 Combined Lists and the PG Explorer Map.
The completed collection is live in Combined Lists v1.6.12 and PG Explorer Map v2.5.3. Phoenix uses the supplied not-PG image to document its current broken or missing photogrammetry state.
Every city screenshot in the complete rated collection was captured personally by Air Rhodessa — a huge milestone after months of testing, rating, mapping and flying.
View the Completed Rated Lists16JULY
Five New Scenic AOIs Tested, Rated and Added
A major Western USA testing session is complete, with five new Hi-Res Scenic AOIs now live across the Combined Lists v1.6.11 and PG Explorer Map v2.5.2.
San Rafael Swell, Snow Canyon & Red Cliffs, Vermilion Cliffs and Glen Canyon & Lake Powell have each earned 9/10. Cedar Breaks National Monument is rated 8/10.
Gooseberry Mesa & Canaan Mountain has also completed testing and is upgraded from Un-rated to 10/10. Full discovery credit remains with @Snowleopard3295.
All six locations now include 13 new screenshots by Air Rhodessa. Bears Ears and Grand Canyon–Parashant did not pass the test and have not been added.
The Explorer now contains 2,808 mapped locations, including 58 Parks & Scenic Areas and 10 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.
Explore the New Scenic AOIs
16
JULY
34 New Landmark Screenshots Added Across Six Galleries
Six major landmarks have received complete new community galleries across the Combined Lists v1.6.10 and PG Explorer Map v2.5.1.
The update adds 34 new screenshots covering: Tower of London, Osaka Castle, La Sagrada Família, Christ the Redeemer, Torre di Pisa and Mount Everest.
Mount Everest has also joined the Explorer as a new un-rated Scenic Landmark, complete with its nine-image gallery and high-altitude flight guidance.
Huge thanks to @johnwhite for supplying every image in this stunning landmark collection.
The Explorer now contains 2,803 mapped locations, including 2,030 POIs and scenic landmarks.
Explore the New Galleries
16
JULY
All 245 Tiny PG Locations Join PG Explorer v2.5.0
The complete Tiny PG Cities collection is now available on the PG Explorer Map, adding all 245 un-rated locations directly from the Combined Lists.
The expansion includes 207 Tiny PG USA locations and 38 Tiny PG World locations. They remain separate from the Hangar's 302 rated PG cities, so the main ratings and statistics have not been diluted or altered.
Tiny PG now has its own pink map pins, Show / Hide control, search-results category, Random Tiny PG discovery mode and My Explorer Logbook filter. Every location can be marked as Favourite, Flown or Want to Visit and links back to its matching Tiny PG list entry.
The Explorer now contains 2,802 mapped locations.
A separate Combined Lists fix also corrects the large screenshot viewer: it now displays each city's real rating instead of incorrectly labelling every image as a 10/10 PG screenshot.
Explore Tiny PG on the Map
16
JULY
New Hi-Res Scenic AOI Found South of Zion
Gooseberry Mesa & Canaan Mountain Scenic AOI has been added to MSFS National Parks & Scenic Areas and the PG Explorer Map v2.4.3.
This is a separate scenic area rather than part of Zion National Park. It covers the red-rock country around Gooseberry Mesa, Apple Valley, Smithsonian Butte and Canaan Mountain, with UT47 included as the suggested simulator starting point.
The new entry remains Un-rated until testing is completed, and its screenshot position is ready for an image to be added later.
Full credit goes to @Snowleopard3295 for finding and reporting this area. His discovery credit is displayed directly on both the National Parks card and the Explorer location card.
The Explorer now contains 53 Parks & Scenic Areas, including 5 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.
View the New Scenic AOI
16
JULY
Monument Valley Rated 10/10 — Hitting it out of the Park
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is now fully listed across the Hangar and has received a final rating of 10/10.
Its iconic sandstone buttes, immense desert scale and unforgettable low-and-slow sightseeing have also earned it the Hitting it out of the Park Award.
The rating and award are now synchronised across the National Parks & Scenic Areas list, PG Explorer Map v2.4.2 and My Explorer Logbook.
The complete 14-image community gallery by @johnwhite remains attached.
View Monument Valley
16
JULY
52 New Screenshots Added Across 36 Hangar Locations
A major gallery expansion is now live across the PG Explorer Map v2.4.1 and Combined Lists v1.6.4, adding 52 new screenshots across PG cities, National Parks and official MSFS POIs.
Every one of the Hangar's 31 rated 8/10 PG cities now has its own Air Rhodessa screenshot, thumbnail and gallery in the Explorer and in both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 list modes.
Zion National Park and Glacier National Park have received beautiful new screenshots from @oldradar, a new Hangar contributor. Zion's existing community image remains in place, with both contributors correctly credited.
@johnwhite has also supplied two images of The Big Orange, three of Uluru and all 14 Monument Valley screenshots provided — including John Ford Point, the Tribal Park Visitor Center and the Sitting Hen formation.
Huge thanks to @oldradar and @johnwhite for helping make the Hangar's visual coverage even richer.
Explore the New Galleries
16
JULY
PG Explorer v2.4.0 — The Ultimate My Explorer Logbook
The PG Explorer has received its biggest account-feature upgrade yet. My Explorer Logbook has been completely rebuilt into a faster, cleaner personal dashboard that gives saved adventures far more room.
The top dashboard is now substantially more compact, while titles, location details, badges, descriptions and controls are larger and easier to read. Users can switch between the familiar Cards view and a new compact List view, and the preferred view is remembered on that browser.
New Logbook tools include Random Adventure, a visible Reset control whenever filters are active, improved searching and sorting, clearer progress statistics and reliable scrolling that no longer leaves cards partly hidden after changing views or filters.
The wider Explorer has also received a full visual-polish pass: a stronger search bar, clearer colour-coded category and rating filters, a more compact selected-location panel with larger screenshots, improved full-screen control grouping and larger, better-spaced search results.
All existing Favourites, Flown and Want to Visit places remain intact and continue syncing across devices for signed-in users. Accounts remain optional, and the entire Hangar is still completely free and open to everyone.
Open PG Explorer v2.4.0
15
JULY
PG Explorer v2.3.3 — Six New Quality-of-Life Improvements
The PG Explorer has received another major usability polish, making it quicker and much easier to understand without changing its familiar map-first design.
The main toolbar now has a shorter search bar and a clearly visible Reset Map button, which clears the search and filters, closes the selected location and restores the full world view.
Five additional improvements are also now live: a small × search-clear button that leaves other filters untouched; a removable active-filter summary; new keyboard shortcuts; a Recently Viewed list remembering the last ten locations; and expanded sorting by alphabetical order, rating, nearest airport, location type or map-centre distance.
The new shortcuts are / to focus Search, Esc to close the selected location, R to reset the Explorer and F to fit the current results. Discovery also now includes Random Recently Viewed.
All saved-place syncing, My Explorer Logbook data, galleries, Sporting Venues of the World and existing location IDs remain fully intact.
Try the Improved PG Explorer
15
JULY
Bryce Canyon & Crater Lake Receive 13 New Screenshots
Three more scenic locations now have full community gallery coverage across the PG Explorer Map v2.3.1 and Combined Lists v1.6.2.
The update adds six screenshots to Bryce Canyon National Park, three screenshots to the official Bryce Canyon Visitor Center POI and four screenshots to Crater Lake National Park.
Bryce Canyon and Crater Lake now open their galleries directly from their scenic location cards, while the Visitor Center POI is also available through the Latest Community Galleries collection.
A huge thank-you to @johnwhite for sharing all 13 screenshots and helping bring these spectacular WU22 locations to life.
Explore National Parks & Scenic Areas
15
JULY
Stadiums of the World Launches with 81 Venues
A completely new Stadiums of the World list is now live across the PG Explorer Map v2.3.0 and Combined Lists v1.6.0.
The new collection launches with 81 stadiums, arenas and sporting landmarks from around the world. It includes its own Explorer filter, Random Stadium discovery, direct map links, copy-ready simulator coordinates and the usual Favourites, Flown and Want to Fly controls.
Community screenshot galleries are already available for the stadium POIs in Atlanta, Miami and Mexico City, with many more venues ready to be explored.
A huge thank-you to @hairstreak62 for inspiring the idea. What began as a suggestion for a small sports-flying list immediately uncovered 81 stadium landmarks already waiting inside the Hangar.
Explore Stadiums of the World
15
JULY
37 New Community Screenshots & Four New Explorer POIs
A fresh visual update is now live across the PG Explorer Map v2.2.7 and Combined Lists v1.5.9j, adding 37 new screenshots across nine gallery subjects.
The new galleries cover the stadium POIs in Atlanta, Miami and Mexico City, plus Bora Bora, Mount Hood National Forest, Fort Knox, Zion National Park, the Zion Helicopter POI at UT70 and Kitakyushu Airport (RJFR).
Four new yellow Explorer pins have also been added for the three stadiums and the Zion UT70 helicopter starting point, while existing location cards now open their new community galleries and use the latest lead thumbnails.
Huge thanks to @hairstreak62, @johnwhite and @johnwhite for sharing the screenshots and helping the Hangar continue to grow.
Explore the New Galleries & POIs
15
JULY
National Parks & Scenic Areas Future-Proofed — Yellowstone Corrected
The Hangar's scenic TIN collection has been reorganised under one permanent MSFS National Parks & Scenic Areas heading. Instead of renaming or splitting the list whenever a new World Update arrives, each location now carries its own clear update or scenery-status label.
Yellowstone National Park has been corrected to Existing MSFS TIN · Not part of WU22. It was already available before World Update 22 and remains Un-rated while a fresh in-sim review is completed. Acadia National Park remains correctly tagged WU22 and Un-rated.
The homepage, Combined Lists and PG Explorer now agree on 50 scenic entries: 9 existing TIN regions, 37 WU22-tagged parks and 4 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs. National Park coverage buttons also now use the correct TIN Map wording.
A huge thank-you to @hairstreak62 for pointing out that Yellowstone pre-dates WU22 and prompting this cleaner, more accurate and future-proof setup.
Open MSFS National Parks & Scenic Areas
15
JULY
All 41 Rated 9/10 PG Cities Now Have Screenshot Coverage
A major new visual update has landed across the PG Explorer Map and the Combined Lists, with screenshot galleries and visible thumbnails now added for every one of the Hangar's 41 rated 9/10 PG cities.
The final missing image for Vienna has now been added, completing the full 9/10 set in the Explorer and in both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 Combined Lists. All screenshots in this batch were captured by Air Rhodessa.
The map positions for Bruges and Calgary have also been corrected so their Explorer pins and map links now point to the proper city areas.
A wider homepage search-data check was completed at the same time, correcting a few older location and coverage links while confirming that the National Parks and Scenic AOI ratings remain in step with the latest Combined Lists.
Explore the new city screenshots
14
JULY
Acadia Added & Yellowstone Restored for Fresh Testing
Acadia National Park in Maine has been added as a new WU22 entry, while Yellowstone National Park has been restored to the wider scenic collection for a fresh in-sim review.
Both locations remain marked Un-rated while testing is completed. Yellowstone retains its existing Explorer screenshot; an Acadia screenshot and final ratings will follow after testing.
A later status audit confirmed that Yellowstone is existing MSFS TIN rather than WU22; the latest 15 July NOTAM above explains the corrected future-proof structure.
View the updated National Parks list
14
JULY
My Explorer Logbook Is Now Live
Signed-in users now have their own My Explorer Logbook, bringing all their personal PG Explorer progress together in one convenient place.
Your logbook displays the locations you have marked as Flown, Favourites and Want to Fly, making it much easier to review your adventures and decide where to explore next.
Changes made in the PG Explorer are automatically reflected in your logbook and securely synced across your devices whenever you are signed in.
Accounts remain completely optional and every PG Hangar map, list and Explorer feature remains free to use without signing in.
Open My Explorer Logbook
13
JULY
Optional PG Hangar Accounts Are Now Live
Visitors can now create a free optional account to permanently sync their Explorer favourites, flown places and want-to-visit list across their PC, phone and tablet.
Anything already saved in the browser is safely merged the first time a user signs in. The account now also unlocks PG Hangar Expeditions, while Explorer, Adventure Builder, lists, maps and the core flying resources remain free to use without logging in.
A special thank-you to @dxtr for asking whether this was possible and giving me the nudge to move it from a future idea to a live feature.
Log in or create an account
13
JULY
30 More PG Cities Now Have Screenshots
A further 30 rated 6/10 photogrammetry cities have now received new Air Rhodessa screenshots.
The images have been added to the PG Explorer Map and to both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 Combined Lists, giving visitors a much clearer visual preview before choosing their next flight.
Open a city pin or list entry to view its new clickable screenshot.
Explore the updated map
12
JULY
PG Explorer Map Galleries, Map Themes & Data Clean-up
Another major update has landed for the PG Explorer Map, with new screenshot galleries, improved map themes and an important National Parks data clean-up.
16 new community screenshots have been added across 11 locations, including the Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa, Lassen Volcanic National Park, several famous Paris landmarks and Hole in the Rock.
Paris now includes a seven-image POI gallery, while Lassen Volcanic National Park has received a new five-image gallery. Huge thanks to @johnwhite for providing this latest collection of screenshots.
Visitors can also choose between Detailed Light, Detailed Dark and Auto map themes, with their preference remembered automatically by the browser.
A full data check also uncovered and removed 11 older duplicated National Park records. The Explorer now contains 2,550 unique mapped locations, with the newer WU22 park entries, ratings, awards, coverage maps and galleries retained.
12
JULY
New POI, National Park & Airport Screenshot Galleries Added
Another large batch of in-simulator screenshot galleries has now been added to the PG Explorer Map.
Seven New Zealand POIs have received new galleries: Cape Brett Lighthouse, Cape Reinga Lighthouse, Kerikeri Mission Station, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Hole in the Rock, WU7 Bay of Islands and Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse.
New galleries have also been added for Capitol Reef National Park, Capitol Reef Visitor Center and the handcrafted EG78 Out Skerries Airstrip.
Gallery preview images now appear throughout the Explorer, including within search suggestions, the results list and the selected-location information panel.
Huge thanks to @hairstreak62 for the Capitol Reef screenshots and @johnwhite for the EG78 Out Skerries Airstrip screenshot. The New Zealand POI screenshots were captured by Air Rhodessa.
12
JULY
PG Explorer Map — new Original POI galleries added
Seven more Original POIs have now been upgraded with screenshot galleries in the PG Explorer Map.
New gallery coverage has been added for Al Masjid an Nabawi, Masjid al-Haram, Axum Tsion St. Mary, Bahir Dar Stadium, FNB Stadium, Giza Necropolis and the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Each location now includes multiple in-simulator screenshots, making it easier to preview these landmarks before flying there.
The Giza screenshots were kindly supplied by @johnwhite, with the remaining screenshots captured by Air Rhodessa.
11
JULY
PG Explorer Map — new POI screenshot galleries added
Another PG Explorer Map screenshot gallery update has now been added, continuing the rollout of visual references for handcrafted POIs and scenic points of interest.
New POI gallery coverage has been added for Skulptur i Pilane, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base / Aircraft Boneyard, Atomium Brussels, Le Bourget Museum, Moai Statues at Easter Island and Needles Lighthouse.
These additions help make the PG Explorer Map even more useful for discovering interesting POIs, landmarks and scenic locations directly from the map.
A big thank you to @johnwhite for kindly supplying the screenshots for this update.
11
JULY
5/10 PG City screenshot coverage now added
Another major PG Hangar screenshot batch has now been added, this time covering the full set of 5/10 rated PG Cities.
New single-image visual references have been added across the relevant MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020 and PG Explorer Map entries, helping make more mid-rated PG areas easier to preview before flying.
This batch includes cities such as Birmingham Alabama, Cologne, Dubrovnik, Düsseldorf, Halifax, Jacksonville, Ljubljana, Luxembourg City, Memphis, Nantes, Naples, Nashville, Portland Oregon, Salzburg, Tampa, Utsunomiya and Worcester Massachusetts.
A small follow-up fix has also been applied for Naples, Italy and Worcester, Massachusetts, ensuring both now display their thumbnails correctly.
These screenshots were captured by Air Rhodessa as part of the ongoing PG Hangar screenshot coverage project.
11
JULY
New National Park & POI screenshot galleries added
Another PG Hangar gallery update has now been added across the site, continuing the rollout of visual references for National Parks, scenic regions and official POIs.
New screenshot gallery coverage has been added for Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, helping showcase two more WU22 scenic locations with proper preview images.
The PG Explorer Map has also received new POI galleries for Painted Canyon Visitor Center, Troubridge Island Lighthouse, Busselton Jetty and Atacama Giant.
A big thank you to @SmotheryVase665, @hairstreak62 and @johnwhite for kindly supplying screenshots for this update.
A small data fix has also been made for Nantes, France, correcting its map position so it no longer points to Montgomery, Alabama.
11
JULY
PG City screenshot coverage expanded — 3/10 and 4/10 cities added
Another PG Hangar screenshot batch has now been added, this time focusing on lower-rated 3/10 and 4/10 PG Cities.
New single-image visual references have been added for cities including Charleston, Charleston WV, Portsmouth UK, South Bend, Carson City, Christchurch, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Davenport, Dayton, Durham / Raleigh, Ghent, Hamilton, Huntsville, Lubbock, Macon / Centerville, Midland / Odessa, Norfolk / Portsmouth, Oklahoma City, Palm Springs, Prescott, Shreveport, Southampton, Split, Tulsa, Victoria, Vigo, Visby, Wichita, Winnipeg and Winston-Salem.
These screenshots have been added across the relevant MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020 and PG Explorer Map entries, helping make even the lower-rated PG areas easier to preview before flying.
The USA PG City entries have also had a data cleanup pass, with US state names added across the lists and Carson City corrected to its proper Nevada location.
10
JULY
PG Explorer Map — new official POI screenshot galleries added
A new batch of official POI screenshot galleries has been added to the PG Explorer Map, helping give more handcrafted and scenic POIs their own visual reference on the site.
New POI gallery coverage has been added for Totem Pole POI, Tree of Utah POI, Old Faithful Inn POI, Our Lady of the Rockies POI, and Grand Coulee Dam POI.
These screenshots were captured by Air Rhodessa as part of the ongoing PG Hangar screenshot coverage project, gradually building out visual references for National Parks, scenic regions, PG Cities and official POIs.
10
JULY
Badlands National Park screenshot gallery added
Badlands National Park now has new screenshot gallery coverage on PG Hangar, helping show the park’s colourful eroded ridges, wide-open prairie scenery and rugged WU22 terrain detail.
The official WU22 White River Visitor Center POI has also been added to the PG Explorer Map gallery coverage.
A big thank you to @SmotheryVase665 for kindly supplying the Badlands National Park and White River Visitor Center screenshots.
10
JULY
Screenshot galleries expanded — Sequoia, Scotty’s Castle & 2/10 PG Cities
Another PG Hangar screenshot batch has now been added across the site, continuing the community gallery rollout for National Parks, POIs and PG Cities.
New screenshot coverage has been added for Sequoia National Park and the official WU22 Scotty’s Castle POI, with screenshots kindly supplied by @johnwhite.
The lowest-rated 2/10 PG Cities have also started receiving single-image visual references, including Baton Rouge, Columbia, Derby, Helsinki, Linköping, Lynchburg, McAllen / Brownsville, Nottingham, Paris and Texas City / Galveston.
This helps give even the lower-rated PG areas a quick visual reference while keeping the larger gallery treatment focused on the stronger showcase locations.
10
JULY
Community galleries + WU22 rating tweaks added
The latest PG Hangar screenshot gallery batch has now been added, with new gallery coverage for Rocky Mountain National Park, Everglades National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument and several WU22 POIs.
Badlands National Park has been raised to 8/10, and Everglades National Park has been raised to 6/10 after further community testing and screenshot feedback.
Huge thanks to @hairstreak62 for the Everglades re-check and screenshots, plus @johnwhite and @PaulausPilot for helping keep the PG Hangar galleries growing.
10
JULY
WU22 National Parks — final ratings now complete
The WU22 National Parks have now been fully tested and rated by PG Hangar after detailed in-sim checks.
New final ratings include Big Bend National Park at 10/10, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park at 10/10 with the Hitting it out of the Park Award, Canyon de Chelly National Monument at 10/10, and Canyonlands National Park at 10/10 with the Hitting it out of the Park Award.
The National Parks list has also had a small layout polish pass, with cleaner award spacing, improved flag alignment and more level screenshot thumbnails across the park cards.
09
JULY
PG Hangar Galleries — full-size screenshot viewer added
The PG Hangar screenshot galleries have been updated again. Clicking the main gallery image now opens a much larger full-size preview, making it easier to appreciate the community screenshots in detail.
The larger viewer is now available for the current gallery locations, including Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Arches, Mount Rainier, Lake Quinault Lodge and Grand Prismatic Spring.
Huge thanks again to @johnwhite and @hairstreak62 for the screenshots helping bring this feature to life.
09
JULY
Arches National Park — 10/10 rating awarded
Arches National Park has now been rated 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award.
The arches, red-rock terrain, shadowing and surrounding desert landscape make it one of the standout WU22 scenic areas. Huge thanks to @hairstreak62 for the screenshots and testing feedback.
09
JULY
PG Hangar Community Galleries — showcase locations now live
The new PG Hangar screenshot gallery system is now live on selected National Parks and WU22 POIs. Galleries open from the PG Explorer Map, with National Park galleries also available from the Combined Lists National Parks section.
Current galleries: Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Arches, Mount Rainier, Lake Quinault Lodge POI and Grand Prismatic Spring POI. Credits: @johnwhite and @hairstreak62.
08
JULY
First PG Hangar Community Gallery went live
Grand Teton National Park became the first community-powered gallery test, available from both the PG Explorer Map and the Combined Lists National Parks section.
Thanks to @johnwhite for the Grand Teton screenshots that helped launch the new gallery feature.
08
JULY
WU22 National Parks — major ratings batch added
A large new batch of WU22 National Parks has now been tested and rated on the Hangar, with the National Parks list and homepage search updated to match.
Lassen Volcanic, Joshua Tree, Guadalupe Mountains and Capitol Reef have all been rated 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award.
New 9/10 ratings have also been added for Kings Canyon, Great Basin and Crater Lake, with more WU22 parks now rated from 6/10 to 8/10 as testing continues.
08
JULY
PG Explorer Map v1.5.7 — National Parks ratings added
The PG Explorer Map has now been updated again so the map pins and cards match the latest WU22 National Parks ratings.
The v1.5.6 Mobile Lite Mode is still retained, so phones and tablets keep POI pins hidden by default for smoother browsing, while desktop users still get the full Explorer Map experience.
08
JULY
PG Explorer Map v1.5.4 — Airports, POIs and copy coordinates now live
The PG Explorer Map has now been updated to version 1.5.3, with official MSFS handcrafted airports added alongside PG Cities, National Parks, Scenic AOIs and the full MSFS POI set.
The map now includes 2,557 mapped entries: 302 PG Cities, 58 Parks, 4 Scenic AOIs, 2,020 MSFS POIs and 173 handcrafted airports.
A new Airports toggle has been added, the header now uses a rotating scenic background, and every map popup now includes copy-friendly coordinates with a Copy coords button.
This means visitors can now quickly copy coordinates for PG Cities, POIs, Handcrafted Airports, Parks and Scenic AOIs directly from the Explorer Map.
08
JULY
PG Explorer Map v1.4 — Full MSFS POI map now live
The PG Explorer Map has now been updated to version 1.4, turning it into a much bigger MSFS discovery map.
The map now includes over 2,300 mapped entries, including rated PG Cities, National Parks, Hi-Res Scenic AOIs and a huge collection of MSFS Points of Interest.
A new POI Source Filter has also been added, letting you view All MSFS POIs, Original POIs, All World Update POIs, or filter down by individual World Update such as WU21 Australia or WU22 USA Parks.
This should make it much easier to discover new places to fly, explore official POIs, and plan low-and-slow routes across the simulator.
07
JULY
PG Explorer Map v1.2 — Official WU22 POIs added
The PG Explorer Map has now been updated to version 1.2, with all 46 official World Update 22 POIs added as searchable map pins.
POIs now appear as yellow pins, alongside the existing category colours: blue for PG Cities, green for National Parks and purple for Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.
New map filters have also been added, letting visitors show or hide PG Cities, National Parks, Scenic AOIs and Official POIs separately, making the map much easier to explore as the Hangar grows.
Community credit: huge thanks to @SmotheryVase665 for the excellent category and pin-colour suggestion, which helped shape this update.
07
JULY
More WU22 National Parks ratings added
More WU22 National Parks have now been tested and rated on the Hangar. Mt Rainier National Park has been rated 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award.
New ratings are also live for Wind Cave National Park at 8/10, Theodore Roosevelt National Park at 7/10, Sequoia National Park at 7/10, Saguaro National Park at 9/10, Redwood National Park at 6/10, Pinnacles National Park at 8/10 and Petrified Forest National Park at 7/10.
The old duplicate U.S. park entries have also been removed from the homepage search database, so those parks now appear through the WU22 National Parks entries only. The former Existing Parks area is now treated as International Parks & Scenic Regions.
07
JULY
PG Explorer Map v1.0 is now live
A brand-new PG Explorer Map has been added to the Hangar, bringing rated PG cities, National Parks and Hi-Res Scenic AOIs together in one custom interactive map.
Click a pin to view the PG Hangar rating, airport, description, Google Map link, PG/TIN map link and a direct jump back into the Combined Lists entry.
This is version 1.0, so more polish, filters and pin improvements will follow — but it is already a brilliant new way to discover somewhere new.
07
JULY
Grand Staircase–Escalante Scenic AOI added
A new Utah entry has been added to the National Parks & Hi-Res Scenic AOIs list: Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.
It has been rated 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award for its huge desert terrain, canyon routes, cliffs, mesas and superb low-and-slow VFR potential.
The homepage search database has also been updated, and the Hangar scenic count now shows 8 International Parks & Scenic Regions, 36 WU22 National Parks and 4 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.
Community credit: huge thanks to @Snowleopard3295 for finding this brilliant scenic AOI for the Hangar.
06
JULY
National Parks layout refreshed — Hi-Res Scenic AOIs added
The National Parks area has been cleaned up into clearer sections: International Parks & Scenic Regions, WU22 National Parks and the new Hi-Res Scenic AOIs section.
Marble Canyon Scenic AOI, Coconino National Forest & Sedona Red Rock Scenic AOI, Navajo Nation / Four Corners Scenic AOI and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument now sit inside the Hi-Res Scenic AOIs section.
The homepage now shows the refreshed scenic count clearly: 8 International Parks & Scenic Regions, 36 WU22 National Parks and 4 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.
05
JULY
Coconino National Forest & Sedona Red Rock Scenic AOI added
The Hangar’s National Parks / Hi-Res Scenic AOI list has gained a new Arizona entry: Coconino National Forest & Sedona Red Rock Scenic AOI. It has been added with a thumbnail, Google Map link, WU22 TIN coverage map and an initial 7/10 rating.
The homepage search has also been updated so the full National Parks and Hi-Res Scenic AOI set now appears directly from the main Hangar search bar.
Community credit: huge thanks to @NelsonMoontz for first spotting and sharing this hi-res Arizona scenic area with the Hangar.
05
JULY
Marble Canyon added to the National Parks list
Marble Canyon has now been added to the Hangar’s National Parks / Hi-Res Scenic AOI list, complete with thumbnail, map link and WU22 TIN coverage map.
It has also been rated 10/10 and awarded the new Hitting it out of the Park Award for its dramatic canyon scenery, Colorado River flying and incredible low-and-slow VFR potential.
Community credit: huge thanks to @Snowleopard3295 for the suggestion to add Marble Canyon to the Hangar.
05
JULY
National Parks update — first Hitting it out of the Park Awards added
The first official WU22 National Parks ratings are now live. Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Zion National Park, Yosemite National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park have all been rated 10/10 and awarded the new Hitting it out of the Park Award.
This special award is reserved for the very best scenic parks, forests, monuments and protected areas on the Hangar — places that go beyond a normal 10/10 for scenery, terrain quality, exploration value and pure wow factor.
05
JULY
National Parks cards cleaned up and WU22 thumbnails added
The National Parks cards have had another visual tidy-up. The repeated park logos have been removed, the park titles now sit centred and clearer, the WU22 and rating pills are easier to spot, and the screenshots now take the lead as the main visual feature.
All WU22 National Park cards now have thumbnails, with the card layout adjusted so the images line up more cleanly across each row.
05
JULY
Community credits added
Community credit has been added to the lists to recognise the ideas behind recent Hangar improvements.
Huge thanks to @johnwhite and @SealedPaladin73 for inspiring the copy-ready sim coordinates idea, to @baracus250 for the brilliant “Hitting it out of the Park Award” idea, and to @hairstreak62 for first inspiring the idea of a special award for parks that go beyond a normal 10/10.
Huge thanks also to @Snowleopard3295 for inspiring the Tiny PG Cities sections that help highlight those easy-to-miss little photogrammetry areas.
05
JULY
Homepage parks count split into Existing and WU22
The National Parks homepage card now separates the original scenic parks, the WU22 National Parks batch and the new Hi-Res Scenic AOIs. The card now shows 8 International Parks & Scenic Regions, 36 WU22 National Parks and 4 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.
04
JULY
WU22 National Parks now listed — un-rated for now
The full World Update 22 National Parks collection has now been added to the National Parks section. Each new WU22 park entry includes map links, WU22 TIN coverage maps, nearest-airport info, fauna highlights and a new Flight Experience route to help pilots start exploring straight away.
These new WU22 entries are marked as un-rated for now. Final PG Hangar ratings will be added later once each park has been properly checked inside Microsoft Flight Simulator.
03
JULY
WU22 National Parks testing is underway
World Update 22 has added a huge new wave of National Parks and scenic areas to explore, so PG Hangar testing has now begun. This will not be a quick overnight job: map locations, coverage maps, screenshots, route notes and the new National Parks Flight Experience ratings will be added in stages as each area is checked.
A brilliant helper add-on by Jimcat14 has also been linked from the National Parks list. It adds easy-to-find in-simulator POI markers for large photogrammetry and scenic areas, making the new WU22 parks much easier to locate, explore and build flights around inside Microsoft Flight Simulator.
02
JULY
Practically Geek video picks added to selected PG list entries
Selected Practically Geek videos are now viewable directly from the relevant PG Hangar list cards. Where a Practically Geek airport, city pack or scenery video matches a PG city or national park entry, a new video box now appears on that card with direct links to the related videos. This makes it easier to check out useful companion videos while browsing the PG lists, especially when looking at recommended airports, city packs or nearby scenery that can improve the flying experience. Current linked areas include New York City, Frankfurt, Orlando, Hobart, Canberra, Adelaide, Christchurch, Toowoomba, Townsville and Yosemite National Park.
02
JULY
Community Legends expanded — Practically Geek videos added
The Community Legends section has been expanded with a new collection of Practically Geek videos linked to PG Hangar flying. Relevant videos covering recommended airports, city packs, scenery add-ons and visual showcases are now gathered together in one place, making it easier to find useful companion content for the PG cities featured across the lists. If you are planning your next photogrammetry flight, looking for a better nearby airport, or checking which scenery packs can improve a city experience, the Practically Geek page is now a handy extra stop inside the Hangar.
30
JUNE
New Add-on Reviews Added
The PG Add-ons Hub has been updated with new Impulse Simulations airport reviews. Now added: • YBDG Bendigo Airport • YBUD Bundaberg Airport • YCFS Coffs Harbour Airport • YSBK Bankstown Airport • YPAD Adelaide Airport These are great companion airports for several of the WU21 Australian photogrammetry areas, giving Bendigo, Bundaberg, Coffs Harbour, Adelaide and the wider Sydney region better places to start or finish a flight. The Combined Lists have also been updated so these add-ons now appear directly on their matching city cards. More add-on reviews will continue to be added as the PG Hangar expands.
29
JUNE
Hobart rating adjusted to 7/10
Hobart has been rechecked and adjusted from 8/10 to 7/10 in both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 PG lists. It is still a really scenic place to explore, with great hills, water, bridges and natural surroundings, but the photogrammetry quality is just not quite as crisp as first rated, so the score has been brought down to better match the PG Hangar rating standards.
21
JUNE
Thumbnails added to the 10/10 entries!
The MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 PG lists now have a new viewing system. You can choose between Default List, Basic List, and PG Map Thumbnails. The Default List now includes screenshot thumbnails for selected 10/10 PG cities, giving the very best-rated locations a more visual showcase. The Basic List keeps things clean with no thumbnails, while PG Map Thumbnails shows the PG coverage map style view. 10/10 city screenshots can also be opened in a larger view, and the Flight Experience panels now include a visual banner plus PG map reference where available.
19
JUNE
PG Add-ons Hub upgraded!
The PG Add-ons page has had a full redesign to make it much easier to use. Developer reviews, recommended scenery, store links and Browse by Location are now laid out in a cleaner, more user-friendly way. It should now feel much more like a proper PG Hangar showcase hub — easier to search, easier to explore and much nicer to use on mobile too.
18
JUNE
MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK ADDED! 🏔️
Mt Rainier National Park has been added to the National Parks section, bringing the scenic parks library up to 26 entries. It is a very hi-res Washington park with stunning mountain detail, sharp ridges, glacier valleys and superb low-and-slow VFR scenery. A Google Map and Hi-Res Terrain Map button are included on the park card.
18
JUNE
PG Hangar update
The main Combined Lists now handle search, filters, ratings, Gold Standard tags, maps and city data from one shared source. The homepage has also been tidied, the Help & FAQ prompt now sits neatly inside the search panel, and rating mismatches where MSFS 2024 showed below MSFS 2020 have been corrected.
17
JUNE
DULUTH COMPLETES THE CU15 PG LINE-UP! 🇺🇸
Duluth, Minnesota is the final City Update 15 photogrammetry city to be added to the PG Hangar lists. It enters at 8/10 in both MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020, with crisp PG, excellent roads, rivers and bridges, a distinctive Lake Superior waterfront and Gold Standard status for the quality of its photogrammetry buildings.
17
JUNE
NATIONAL PARKS FACELIFT! 🏔️
The National Parks section has received a major visual upgrade, with new in-sim thumbnails added to every park card, improved flight-sim descriptions, compact wildlife highlights, corrected ICAO airport codes and direct links to recommended enhancement packs. The cards have also been redesigned to match the MSFS 2024 and 2020 lists, making the whole section cleaner, easier to browse and much more visual.
15
JUNE
CU15 RATINGS UPGRADED — MINNEAPOLIS, ST PAUL & MILWAUKEE 🇺🇸
Following their major City Update 15 improvements, Minneapolis & St Paul have risen from 7/10 to 10/10, while Milwaukee has jumped from 5/10 to 10/10. Both upgrades apply to MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020. All three cities now receive Gold Standard and Mega City status thanks to their vastly improved PG quality, expanded coverage and excellent exploration value.
14
JUNE
CHICAGO UPGRADED! 🇺🇸
Chicago has been upgraded from 7/10 to 10/10 in both MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020. Following the CU15 improvements, Chicago now also receives the prestigious Gold Standard badge — a huge upgrade for one of the simulator’s greatest skyscraper cities!
14
JUNE
New CU15 PG Coverage Maps Added
New City Update 15 PG coverage maps are now available for Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis & St Paul, and Milwaukee. The original coverage maps have been kept, so you can compare the previous PG coverage with the latest CU15 version. Full ratings and descriptions will be updated once testing is complete.
12
JUNE
🛩️ NEW: PG Hangar Help & FAQ
A brand-new illustrated Help & FAQ page is now live, showing how to search, filter, save favourites, mark cities as flown, compare locations, use PG maps and discover recommended add-ons. Perfect for new visitors — and anyone wanting to get more from PG Hangar than simply scrolling!
11
JUNE
Add-ons Hub Updated
The Add-ons Hub has now been fully merged into one easier-to-use explorer, combining recommended add-ons, detailed reviews, developer browsing and location search in one place. New city packs, airports, landmarks and global enhancements have also been added.
10
JUNE
Rating System Update
PG Hangar now uses a clearer 1–10 scale instead of 7–15. Existing rankings remain unchanged, 1/10 “For the Bin” is currently empty, and Gold Standard is reserved for selected 10/10 cities.
10
JUNE
PG After Dark Page UI upgrade
Upgraded and optimised the PG After Dark page for a better desktop user & mobile phone user experience.
10
JUNE
Search Tools UI upgrade
Upgraded and optimised the search tools for a better desktop and mobile phone user experience.
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08
JUNE
National Park List Upgrade
Upgraded the National Parks list ready for the upcoming World Update 22. Nat Parks of the U.S.
06
JUNE
After Dark List Experience Upgrade
Upgraded the After Dark list with two new categories—Default PG and Enhanced City Packs—along with improved search tools.
04
JUNE
Mobile Experience Upgrade
Reduced the clutter on all the PG List pages, giving users a much better mobile phone experience.
04
JUNE
Sticky Navigation Added
Added a new sticky navigation bar to the top of website pages for a much-improved browsing experience.
02
JUNE
Website Rebuild
Rebuilt parts of the website and moved it to HubSpot due to earlier platform limitations.
02
JUNE
Navigation Cleanup
Improved page structure, tightened spacing, and refined list navigation to make browsing quicker and cleaner.
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