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| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RAF Tholthorpe |
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RAF Tholthorpe opened in the late 1930s as a grass airfield, and operated as a sub-station of RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
From August 1940 to December 1940, Tholthorpe was a landing field for Whitley bombers of No. 58 Squadron RAF and No. 51 Squadron RAF based at Linton. From January 1941 to June 1943, Tholthorpe underwent maintenance to upgrade to Class A standards, with three intersecting concrete runways.
RAF Tholthorpe was assigned to No. 6 Group RCAF in June 1943. RCAF squadrons stationed here included No. 434 Squadron "Bluenose", 431 Squadron "Iroquois", 420 Squadron "Snowy Owl", and 425 Squadron "Alouette".
No. 434 Squadron, flying Halifax bombers, was formed and headquartered at Tholthorpe airfield from June 1943 until the squadron was moved to Croft. In July 1943, 431 Squadron moved to Tholthorpe airfield from Burn. It was later moved to Croft airfield as well. Not only were the operational squadrons quartered here, also their service echelons, - respectively Nos. 9431 and 9434 Service Echelon - which were formed from the ground crew of nos. 431 and 434 Squadron on 3 November 1943 and who moved with their squadrons on to Croft in December 1943.
In December 1943 No. 420 and No. 425 Squadrons (together with their service echelons, nos. 9420 and 9425 Service Echelon were moved to Tholthorpe airfield from Dalton and Dishforth respectively. These squadrons had returned from service with Wellingtons in North Africa, and it took them several weeks to work up on the newly acquired Halifax bombers. They were therefore unable to fly their first raids from Tholthorpe until mid-February 1944.
No. 420 Squadron flew 160 operations from Tholthorpe airfield and lost 25 Halifax’s. No. 425 squadron flew 162 operations from Tholthorpe airfield and lost 28 Halifax’s. In all, 119 Halifax bombers were lost from Tholthorpe. In April and May 1945 nos. 420 and 425 Squadron converted to Avro Lancaster’s, which they took with them when they left for RCAF Debert, Nova Scotia, Canada in June 1945.
The station closed in June 1945.
| Filename: | RAF_Tholthorpe.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 9th May 2017, 20:41:48 |
| Downloads: | 138 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 4.63 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Airports Northern Coast Alaska (PALU, PPIZ, PAWI, AK03) |
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The town of Barrow is in the far north of Alaska, and these are coastal villages or radar installations to the west of Barrow, and there will be additions. Cape Lisburne is a gravel runway right next to the coast with radar gear and accomodation buildings close by, and what was called "Top Camp" at the end of a long and steep road to the top of a nearby hill, or mountain. The runway is lit, as are most of them in this area of long dark winter nights. Barrow is 270 miles to the northeast. Point Lay PPIZ used to have a radar installation as well as a village, but the old buildings have now been removed and the gravel runway 05-23 has been lengthened to 5,000 feet to serve the village throughout the year. The population is around 270, living mostly traditionally and with an annual beluga whale hunt. Barrow is 180 miles to the northeast.
Wainwright PAWI, some 80 miles southwest of Barrow and on the coast, has a population of around 570. The PAWI runway is just under 5,000 feet long and like PPIZ is aligned 05-23, lit, and with PAPI on each end. The original runway of some 2,000 feet is still visible next to the apron. Three miles to the southeast there is a third runway, at AK03, serving the Wainwright DEW station. It was decided in 2007 to close the station and to remove the buildings both there and at Point Lay because of subsidence, but everything at Wainwright was still in place in 2009 and beyond. The villages have been "sketched" as opposed to replicated exactly. The texture folder includes the missing car textures for Barrow PABR, and the AI is modified PABR to include passenger flights by Ravn and cargo flights by Northern Air Cargo, plus limited GA. There are no flattened grassed areas at these airfields; they are runways and taxiways and aprons on a bed of gravel on permafrost.
| Filename: | Airports_Northern_Coast_Alaska_PALU_PPIZ_PAWI_AK03.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 16th June 2016, 15:59:24 |
| Downloads: | 357 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 10.84 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| George Bush N2S-1 Stearman (N50061) |
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This is a repaint only, for the payware Vertigo Studios Stearman Vol.1 set. This repaint depicts the restored Stearman N2S-1, N50061, owned/operated by Paul Ehlen and based at the Wings of the North Museum at Flying Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The aircraft, originally manufactured as U.S. Navy BuNo. 3347, is one of five Stearmans known to still exist that were flown by President George H. W. Bush as a cadet in the Navy. He flew this aircraft while training in the cold Minnesota winter at Wold-Chamberlain Airfield, Naval Air Station Minneapolis (modern-day KMSP), in January and early February 1943. The aircraft was sent to AirCorps Aviation for ground-up restoration in 2014, and emerged in 2015 as one of, if not the most period-authentic restored Stearmans to-date, restored to just as it was in 1943 (no electric starter (only hand-crank start) and no radios of any sort). The aircraft won "Best Stearman" at Oshkosh 2015.
| Filename: | George_Bush_N2S1_Stearman_N50061.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 22nd January 2017, 04:10:24 |
| Downloads: | 213 |
| Author: | John Terrell |
| Size: | 25.25 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| X2MB - RAF Membury - Berkshire, England |
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RAF Membury (ICAO X2MB) is a former Royal Air Force station built in the civil parish of Lambourn in Berkshire, England. The airfield is located approximately 4.6 miles (7.4 km) mi north-northwest of Hungerford, at the Membury services stop of the M4 motorway; about 60 miles (97 km) miles west-southwest of London. The airfield also lies immediately next to the Iron Age hill fort of Membury Camp.
Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During the war it was used by several combat units with varying missions. It was also a major supply and maintenance depot. After the war, it was a private airport until the construction of the M4 motorway in the 1960s when it was closed.
Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property with the former technical site now being an industrial estate (Membury Business Park).
Source: Wikipedia
| Filename: | X2MB__RAF_Membury__Berkshire_England.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 7th April 2016, 17:26:37 |
| Downloads: | 126 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 1.63 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RAF Snetterton Heath - Norfolk, England |
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RAF Snetterton Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of the A11, 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
RAF Snetterton Heath airfield was constructed in 1942 to Class-A specifications. Originally thirty-six hardstandings of the "frying pan" type were constructed as when work started, the base was intended for Royal Air Force (RAF) use. When re-scheduled for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), the number was increased to fifty, all of them being on the south and eastern side of the airfield as a railway line and the A11 road restricted dispersed locations.
With the end of military control Snetterton Heath was closed and privately purchased in 1952 with a view to utilizing the runways and perimeter tracks as a motor racing circuit. The first motor cycle meeting was held in 1953 and the first motor races the following year. Source: Wikipedia.
| Filename: | RAF_Snetterton_Heath__Norfolk_England.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 22nd January 2016, 16:10:44 |
| Downloads: | 172 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 1.43 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RAF Fiskerton |
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RAF Fiskerton was a Royal Air Force station located north of the Lincolnshire village of Fiskerton, 5.0 miles east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
It was one of many new bomber airfields built in the early part of World War II. The airfield was situated north of the village from where it got its name. It was one of only 15 RAF airfield equipped with FIDO, a fog-clearing system utilizing petrol pumped through pipes alongside the main runway and burned via a sequence of nozzles.
No. 49 Squadron and No. 576 Squadron RAF were stationed at RAF Fiskerton. 49 squadron took part in the Peenemande raid on the research and development centre for the V2 missile. 576 Squadron took part in the raid on Hitler's hideout at Berchtesgaden and in Operation Manna.
Between 1962 and 1992 a Headquarters of the Royal Observer Corps was located within the airfield boundary.
| Filename: | RAF_Fiskerton.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 21st October 2015, 20:30:21 |
| Downloads: | 251 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 16.04 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| North Haledon |
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North Haledon is a small town in Northern New Jersey, USA. This is Chopper Friendly scenery, folks. It wasn't designed to be flown over at 10,000 feet - although, if you like to fly heavy iron into the major New York/New Jersey airports, you'll notice that it replaces the terrain elevation of Northern New Jersey with all the hills and valleys that the default scenery left out. No, this is interactive scenery. Built to be explored low and slow. Want to perfect your landing skills in a huge playground of rooftops, irregular terrain, and tight spaces? This is the place. You won't find any unlandable surfaces or false crashes here - just hundreds of places to touch down ranging from beginner, through expert, to downright sick! There's a police station with landable helipad, four schools, ballfields, an optional forest fire (with a scenic lake nearby for refilling), too many highly detailed houses and buildings to count, and much more.
| Filename: | North_Haledon.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 25th April 2006, 02:48:26 |
| Downloads: | 1,924 |
| Author: | Mick Posch |
| Size: | 13.14 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Bora Bora Airport, French Polynesia, NTTB |
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The Bora Bora airport is located on one of the Motus, which surround the Island of Bora Bora. The Motus are raised coral reefs which act as break waters, and create the beautiful turquoise lagoons which surround the French Polynesian Islands. This scenery is a complete remake of the original, and is now much more accurate as to what the airport looks like. It contains the main terminal, a fire station attached to the tower with fuel tanks, open air hangar structures, two helipads, and wood stairs taking you down to the boat docks where you are transported to the main island. This is one of the most unique French Polynesian Islands with it's beautiful and interesting mountain structure. Using the terrain mesh by Rolf Keibel and John Applegate will tremendously enhance this part of the world in FS. It is available at Flightsim under the name fpsimesh.zip. Afcad by Ray Smith is also included.
| Filename: | Bora_Bora_Airport_French_Polynesia_NTTB.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 25th April 2004, 01:39:17 |
| Downloads: | 19,350 |
| Author: | Bill Melichar |
| Size: | 3.11 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| NAS North Island Mast |
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On 13, October 1923, a special USN board directed that semiportable mooring masts (160-foot poles of steel tubing 16 inches in diameter and braced by three sets of guy wires) were to be erected at Forth Worth, San Diego and Camp Lewis (Washington State). In August of 1924, it was decided that the USS Shenandoah (ZRS-1) would make a set of flights's from her base at NAS Lakehurst to the West Coast and back, using the mooring masts at Fort Worth, San Diego and Seattle (Camp Lewis). In accordince with this plan, the USS Shenandoah arrived at the Naval Air Station North Island at 2300 on 10 October 1924, and landed on the ground. She was then secured to the mooring mast the following morning, during daylight. She remained moored to the mast for the next five days, while some damage that was done during the landing the previous evening, was repaired.
| Filename: | NAS_North_Island_Mast.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 6th October 2010, 00:15:53 |
| Downloads: | 487 |
| Author: | Earl Watkins & Jim Dhaenens |
| Size: | 806.22 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - AI Flight Plans | |
| Project Airlift Janet #0 |
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Welcome to Janet Airways : "Where we go nowhere; without you" We offer daily services to some of the most uninviting desert resorts, including the Dreamland Resort located on the dry (yet scenic) Groom Lake, the Tonopah Test Range in, you guessed it, Tonopah and China Lake Naval Air Warfare Station in the pleasant community of Ridgecrest. Care to mingle with the who's who of Little Green Men, get shot at by The Cammo Dudes or test-fire that new plasma rifle you've been dreaming about? So do we! We are conveniently located on South Haven Avenue just off the Las Vegas Strip at McCarran International. Redeem your miles (or parsecs). Please, no cameras!
Ok, enough nonsense. This file includes weekly flightplans for all 6 T-43A that Janet (of Area 51 fame) flies. The complete schedule is included, with 'unscheduled' flights to China Lake, Point Mugu, and Edwards AFB. These are 'real' destinations for Janet, but are not on a 'scheduled' basis.
| Filename: | Project_Airlift_Janet_0.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 11th June 2003, 18:31:54 |
| Downloads: | 1,562 |
| Author: | Michael Hartshorn |
| Size: | 3.27 KB |
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