So It seems that either by design or mistake, live traffic was left on for this landing challenge and its awesome. You join the circuit with 15 other planes visible and follow each other in. You can spawn in one of the parking slots, get out of the plane and just stroll around in VR watching the landings. Please Asobo, consider doing this regularly in future. Its just a real joy to share the airspace with so many other flyers.
Confession… I may also have hovered just off the end of the runway in my h-135 playing chicken with the incoming traffic, and also flown a low pass on the runway at 550 knots in a T - 45. … Apologies if this might have affected your score.
Aha the mystery is solved… though I’d recommend the H-135 to anybody. Its great fun and its free!!
download it and you’ll be able to see hooligans like me in all our glory.
Personally think it’s hilarious…please don’t fix it, Asobo. I came in just over the top of the mountain into BIIS doing the Iceland bush trip and all of the sudden there was 15 caravans in the pattern. I LOL’d.
I tried the Islandur (?) challenge yesterday, but the airspace was filled with other online pilots. Quite disturbing, and I havent seen other pilots in any challenge before. Is this new? or is it my settings that are different now?
I like to see my fellow pilots when flying “normally”, but not during consentrated challenges.
The only sensible answer. It’s your challenge… if you want points, concentrate on the landing, switch off the other planes.
On the other hand, I suppose it’s not a priority to change current behaviour. Why would they do that ? There will always be players who like to sit in their Cessna watching how other players do the challenge.
Interestingly, I was finishing up my Iceland Bushtrip tour at BIIS airport and when i got to within 10nm I noticed 10-20 planes spawning on what must have been their respective landing challenges. It was cool to watch until it was my turn to land. It became quite a flock of aircraft. I don’t remember seeing that at any other airport that coincides with a landing challenge. BIIS must be a pretty popular challenge!
