Old Warden Aerodrome by Burning Blue Design review flight in Tiger Moth Microsoft Flight Simulator

#oldwarden #tigermoth #msfs2020
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Big thanks to Burning Blue Design for giving me the opportunity to show, ahead of launch, the incredible Old Warden Aerodrome that they have brought to our sim. This has been a hotly anticipated release. Old Warden, home of course to the Shuttleworth Collection including Blériot XI, the oldest airworthy aircraft in the world, is an iconic aerodrome in the UK with many events and visitors. It houses some priceless pieces of aviation history and will be a gem in the English scenery in Microsoft Flight Simulator
We take a good look around this excellent piece of scenery and then take to the skies in the Ant's Airplanes De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth to have a look at what the aerodrome looks like from the air.
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[@nickhoughton7826]

I have the privilege of living on the doorstep of the Shuttleworth Estate and the detail in this addition to the BBD library is outstanding. the level of detail is nuts. Even the Airshow posters and signs on the canteen counter are just like the real thing. Cant wait to add it into my collection and watch virtual air displays here. As others have said. if you haven't been you really are missing a wonder if your into aviation, pre war nostalgia this is the place to come and visit and eat cake...

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks! Fantastic to know how authentic it is! Yes I must get here.

[@GuardianSmurf]

I've never had the pleasure of flying in, in real life but after several visits over the years, Old Warden has a very special place in my heart - our hearts! I'm having so much fun at BBD's virtual airfields because of, as you said, the immersion factor. Now planning my flight from Tatenhill to this absolute gem. Please visit, there's nowhere else quite like it!!

[@Dreamsofwings]

They really are masters of this kind of piece of scenery aren’t they! I will have to get there this year!

[@markzzzz741]

Rob, a lovely Easter video to watch with Lady Brown and myself with a handful of chocolate to nibble. BBD have made an excellent rendition of our favourite airshow museum. We did though have to stop the video for a moment when you said you had never visited Old Warden! You are in for a treat!! Its fabulous (in our opinion far better than Duxford for shows) but it is a different atmosphere. We've IRL flown in about 5 times, mostly on air show days, but one occasion on a quiet 2020 after COVID restrictions were briefly reduced. A highlight of my personal flying was being on final with the red Comet running up waiting for us to land. On exit we had an apology from Dodge Bailey 'sorry my Hurricane is parked a bit close to you, can you get out ok?' Not something you get at big events.... Using the Tiger is ideal for Old Warden, its tight for faster stuff, but perfectly manageable. It is in reality pretty bumpy in places. A great location for a future Discord fly in? Great to see the go-around, great airmanship and realistic. Keep up the good work! 👍

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks! Must have been great flying in here! Not many places you end up with a Hurricane parked up next door! See you on the Discord!

[@paulkirkland3263]

Oh blimey, this is the one I've been hoping for from BB.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Yes it has been hotly anticipated! What a great job they have done too

[@paulkirkland3263]

@@Dreamsofwings Got it today, and their Farnborough too. :)

[@Dreamsofwings]

@@paulkirkland3263 Farnborough is another good one! A more modern airport and nicely done!

[@jeffreyuprichard3754]

Better take a good lawn mower 😂

[@carosel43]

Visited many times and the detail here is stunning. Even the texture of the tables at the cafe is spot on

[@Dreamsofwings]

Incredible detail

[@brianfinch2154]

Amazing, I've flown in several times and it really is stunningly accurate. To my disgrace, I never knew the house or the farm etc existed, let alone visited. Another winner from Burning Blue to add to my collection!

[@Dreamsofwings]

Fantastic! Good to hear that!

[@martinpengelly9155]

I've been lucky enough to have flown in to Old Warden a number of times in Harvard, Chipmunk and Super Cub, most the time with Trustee Tony Haig-Thomas amongst others and can say just one word 'wow'. Burning Blue do such a good job and this can be seen in their latest rendition. Nothing is missed and just watching this video reminds of the good old days of flying there in the 80s and 90s.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Their attention to detail is fantastic, that’s for sure.

[@johnclarke2553]

Slats, dear boy, unlock the slats for take off! But at least they were open for the landing. Great video as usual.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks and yes at some point I need to have a proper read of the manual and checklist to operate this correctly!

[@johnclarke2553]

@@Dreamsofwings I did the flight testing of the FSX/P3D Tiger for Anthony.

[@Snowy57]

Having been to Old Warden on several occasions I am happy to say this looks very much like its real counterpart. It’s one I will purchase very soon.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Fantastic, many thanks for confirming!

[@antonioiozzi291]

You are right. I never fly to generic Asobo airports. The beauty of MSFS is VFR flying and a good made airport is part of a full immersion for me, like when I fly in real life. Lot of free and pay airports in msfs. This make the difference for me. More than having dozen of aircrafts. Ant's Tiger Moth is a wonderful made aircraft. A must have.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Completely agree! 🍻

[@johnrenton3463]

BBD have nailed it yet again! An airfield and airshow unlike no other, it has a "garden party" atmosphere that no other airshow in my experience can match. You owe it to yourseld to get there at least once during the 2024 season 🙂

[@Dreamsofwings]

Yes I think you are right!

[@joshuagilbert7581]

Wow! Looks stunning! Used to work there and have been going there for 10+ years and it looks almost like for like! Hopefully it’ll be on console asap ahaha!

[@Dreamsofwings]

Ah that is great you recognise it so well in the sim! Must have been wonderful working there!

[@MajorFlawes]

Fantastic! I live not too far from here and have been many times, i'm amazed to see the detail of the park my kids play in behind the hangers. I was extremely lucky last year to have been bought a hands on flight in a tigermoth from here and can thoroughly recomend it as well as the museum. Excellent video showing it off 🙂

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks! Great to know the detail is authentic. I know they put a lot of work into the research.

[@AJL_UK]

Great video, really enjoyed the feature and to see you in the Moth. A real treat to have this truly special airfield so expertly recreated in the sim by Burning Blue. Its a wonderful place and this really captures the place. Visited IRL a few years back and hope to fly in there this summer. Its a favourite and in many ways even more unique than Duxford. Spot on mate!

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks! It’s a beautiful spot isn’t it. BBD really brought it to life. Will be great to fly in to for you IRL mate!

[@ukjim_sim]

Hey mate, this scenery is once again fantastic - like you I have never been; however, looking at all the detail put into this just makes me want to go. I love all the little details like fencing, runway numbers, static aircraft the lot really. I would like to add also, your video has done this justice and you have showcased the scenery really well. Keep up the good work bud, speak soon :)

[@Dreamsofwings]

Cheers fella, perhaps we need to add this to our list of meetups!

[@FlightSimVRDad]

As always, BBD does such good work. Thanks for sharing

[@Dreamsofwings]

They never disappoint! Many thanks!

[@manuelkauffmann1845]

Great Video and a fantastic old airport

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks!

[@BuntyDave]

Looks spot on. I've been there a lot. Love the place. Going again later this year. I'll be buying this one.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Fantstic, thanks.

[@murdock074]

stunning scenery and a wonderful video

[@Dreamsofwings]

They’ve done an amazing job with it. Many thanks 🍻

What a lovely way to spend a Friday morning! More details in the cafe than my own room! So many young folks, where are all the old blokes with an above average interest in even older aircraft and oily rags! Kidding aside, would be wonderful to see the volunteers and ground crew in their white overalls in a later update. Stunning all around. I've been there once with Eirik and now I miss it very much.

[@Dreamsofwings]

The chaps in white overalls are all busy inside working on aircraft I think! BBD have done a cracking job of it for sure. Great to have this as a destination in the sim now.

No time wasted for the upcoming season! Thanks for the tour@@Dreamsofwings

[@robe6723]

Thanks for showcasing this. I’ll be getting it.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks!

[@TheBritfrog]

I have to say this is very well made especially with their new airshow add on, i dropped parachute teams here at their shows for 20 years

[@Dreamsofwings]

Ah fantastic!

[@ovaloffice6869]

Wonderful. The friends of Quax Flieger germany finally arrive in wonderful shape

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks! The Tiger Moth is a lovely aeroplane isn’t it!

[@renefeijen5916]

Yes we need all the BBD-level design for small airfields. Brilliant!

[@Dreamsofwings]

I agree!

[@monostripezebras]

the Tiger Moth is really nice.. but don´t forget the Fox Moth, too

[@aidonatorgaming27]

This looks cracking great job bbd

[@Dreamsofwings]

Yes they’ve done an amazing job

[@aidonatorgaming27]

@@Dreamsofwings absolutely great vid bud

[@Dreamsofwings]

@@aidonatorgaming27 many thanks!

[@aidonatorgaming27]

@@Dreamsofwings your welcome 😃🍻

[@rustecr8499]

They always do great work but this one looks particularly special.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Yes their work is always top notch.

[@britfrog]

i dropped parachute display teams there for quite a few years at their airshows and have been happy with the orbx version however this looks much better, burning blue really do a great job on the UK airfields

[@Dreamsofwings]

Ah you must know it very well then! Yes I had the old version in FSX and this feels a lot more ‘real’ in MSFS

[@D25Bev]

Wow. Been waiting on Old Warden & had no idea this was coming. Thought Orbx might've done one considering they had a decent version for FSX but i've pretty much given up on Orbx these days. This is a definite purchase for me.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Yes it was a perfect project for BBD!

[@ScrotusXL]

You have to go. It's a beautiful place. It's set in the grounds of an agricultural college. You drive through a Miss Marple film set of a village and when I took my 2 girls who were at primary school, they saw an air display of Royal Navy warbirds including the Sea Vixen, got to talk to a mainly female aircrew of a Merlin which they saw land there. There were 1940,'s period musicians, music and army types. We were always lucky with hot sunny weather. Next stop Duxford which blew their minds. But it was Old Warden which lit the blue touch paper ❤

[@Dreamsofwings]

Sounds wonderful!

[@andysvehiclehistorychannel]

This is the 100th comment. This is an airfield that i'd love to go in real life this is an airfield i'm definitely going to get and what a magnificent video.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Many thanks! Yes it’s a stunning location, even in the sim.

[@trip5003]

Looks really nice . ;-)

[@Dreamsofwings]

They’ve done a cracking job.

[@jonathanparle8429]

True story: my mother was dating a young pilot in the 1950s who was training in a Tiger Moth. He took her up flying in it. My mother "moved on" as they say but that young Tiger Moth pilot ended up as a Senior Qantas 747 Captain and retired having been one of the chief training pilots including....running the new-fangled Qantas simulator amongst other things!

[@Dreamsofwings]

What a great career he had!

[@jimothyr124]

Finally seeing Old Warden... So excited, from burning blue design hinting this on instagram a little while back, i was jumping with excitement. "We finally have an accurate old warden coming to the sim!" I've been to the airshows on so many occassions and nothing gets better than the grand opening of UK air displays at old warden around may. I hope one day you get an opportunity to go there as you will not be disappointed. Flight replica's MKV spitfire will be ideal for this scenery soon, are you looking to fly that in the near future? Many thanks for the video.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Yes I must get here. The events must be fantastic! Not sure on the MkV, will see how it is first!

[@maffarick]

Have been here once; 100% accurate!

[@Dreamsofwings]

That is great!

[@droge192]

I live in Essex - which is *very* well covered by Burning Blue airfields. But I'm personally bored with all the 'usual suspects' in the south being covered by BB. I want to fly further afield between BB airfields. Will you ever create airfields that are outside of the south of England? As good as Old Warden looks, I feel I already have too many airfields in the south. I hope you will consider some northern airfields, so I can start collecting your beautiful work again.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Probably best to ask that question on the Burning Blue Discord rather than here. They can give you a better answer.

[@Goyo-Z]

Amazing. Friendly framerate?

[@Dreamsofwings]

Yes very good, especially considering how much ‘stuff’ there is going on.

[@hefy2jefy]

Looks great! The large green hangers were always marked "De Havilland" - has that changed?l

[@hefy2jefy]

I did my own rendering of Old Warden back in the days of FSX : kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4O7mpiBbs50adk (the quality is v poor by comparison)

[@roberthorton9599]

Thanks for this. I have spent many a day there and walked around the peaceful Swiss Garden. I will be buying it. It looks just as I remember it, but what is wrong with some of the trees (at the top)? They don't look right. Also, do you have any more information on the ground tile issues you mention, and the possible limit on installed airfields causing it? Thanks once again.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Which trees? I have Rex Accuseason so there will be a mixture of BBD trees and Rex trees going on in some areas, perhaps that is what you are seeing. The texture issue is that at the moment if you have 12 or 13 + airfields in from BBD then the ground photo scenery shows through…..eg you see baked in aircraft photos on the ground at the airport….that sort of thing. SU15 fixes that.

[@roberthorton9599]

@@Dreamsofwings Sincere thanks for reply. I get the ground tiling issue so I was intrigued by what you said. Good news if they actually fix it in SU15. I am in the beta and I have just received an update, so I will check if it is fixed yet. It wasn't mentioned in the latest beta release notes though. For the trees, jump to say 9:19 in the video. Look in front of the tiger moth at the tops of the trees. Although it is apparent throughout the video anyway. Thanks for your great reviews by the way. Subscribed now! PS. I just bought Old Warden as well.

[@Dreamsofwings]

@@roberthorton9599 oh I think that’s just how the accuseason trees look this time of year. I am so used to it didn’t think anything of it. Ot’s designed to give a more realistic look from a distance/from the air

[@fingerhorn4]

There are flickering textures in the opening shot.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Yes

[@jeffreyuprichard3754]

Got this download and was disappointed because the grass is far too high . They have an airshow option but no explanation of what it is. Not easy to install because it's not automatic . Very hard to contact them.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Might be worth you asking on their Discord. The explanation of what it is is on there. It's an easy install, you download it, unzip it and then place the scenery file in the Community folder

[@jeffreyuprichard3754]

Hi ,never had that hassle before with other downloads it's just installed itself. That discord business I tried several times but got a massage you entered your email too fast Try again later gave up in the end .. How did you find the grass hight in your sim

[@Dreamsofwings]

@jeffreyuprichard3754 I’m used to the grass height in MSFS after all these years.

[@jeffreyuprichard3754]

​@@DreamsofwingsYes, but it's annoying and spoils it . I've got the Burning Blue Goodwood that's not as bad.

[@frankmitchell1329]

'promosm' 😇

[@BobC250]

Another southern field. Come on Burning Blue - you're getting very predictable. What about all the beautiful GA fields in the north of England? Do you have some sort of strategic policy to inly cover the south and north-east midlands?

[@Dreamsofwings]

Probably best to ask that question on the Burning Blue Discord rather than here. They can give you a better answer.

[@brianfinch2154]

It's probably where they live and play. To get this much detail someone would have to spend months away checking details.

[@Dreamsofwings]

@brianfinch2154 This is actually very true. They have said before that part of the process of bringing this much detail and authenticity involves thorough site visits and as the developers both have other full time jobs this limits their ability to travel far.

[@antonioiozzi291]

Finally Old Warden! 😊😊😊

[@Dreamsofwings]

So good to see in the sim isn’t it

[@BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS_679]

You're doing amazing things!

[@senicegy]

Should this airport be released for console too?For myself I love to park my airplane and watch the details on the airport with drone cam especially the old airports