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| Talkeetna Village AK44 in Alaska, REVISED |
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The town of Talkeetna is around 75 miles north of Anchorage in Alaska, on the east shore of the Susitna River where the Susitna, Talkeetna, and Chulitna rivers join. The town is where Don Sheldon started Talkeetna Air Services. His story is told in "Wager With The Wind" by James Greinar and is well worth reading for the descriptions of mountain flying. There are two airfields at Talkeetna, PATK with its long asphalt runway and Talkeetna Village AK44 in the town. This is AK44; measuring the space left for the runway between the river bank in the south and the curve in the road that marks the north end of the field there is just enough space for the 900 feet of runway that is described in the book. The result is a step back in time to 1973, when the second hangar was built. Neither hangar has survived to today.
| Filename: | Talkeetna_Village_AK44_in_Alaska_REVISED.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 18th April 2010, 09:52:26 |
| Downloads: | 870 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 3.47 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Chena Marina AK28 in Fairbanks Alaska |
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Chena Marina AK28 is a float plane "pond" close to and southwest of Fairbanks International Airport, with a gravel strip alongside the water; the "strip" is actually a gravel road that functions as a runway when required. Or maybe it's a runway that functions as a road? Though it doesn't come close to the activity level of Lake Hood in Anchorage Alaska it is still a fairly busy place, and in fact Fairbanks is a hub of summer floatplane activity with a water runway at the International Airport and another "pond" known as Metro Field that is between Fairbanks and the river, plus a base on the Chena River. In this download there is a scenery folder, land-class folders, an AFCAD folder, and a "Traffic" folder, and you will definitely need Ultimate Terrain Alaska Canada.
| Filename: | Chena_Marina_AK28_in_Fairbanks_Alaska.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 14th August 2010, 17:11:31 |
| Downloads: | 816 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 5.57 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Pemberton CYPS in British Columbia Canada |
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Pemberton is a small village in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, with a permanent population of under 3,000 and reliant on logging and increasing tourism. It is around 40 miles north of Squamish and 15 miles north of Whistler and the flight north is best described as scenic. The Nairn Falls, a scenic attraction for tourists, are close by. The runway is 3,920 feet of asphalt aligned 06-24, between and close to the join of the Lillooet River and the Green River. The airfield buildings are to the north of the runway, and at the eastern end is a Fire Base for the expected summer forest fires. To the south and west is the Pemberton Golf Course. All the buildings are replicated, and once again this is not an airport, it is an airfield without any lighting and typical of my future posts which are updated versions of airfield scenery made some time ago and not posted. This one is probably more intricate than most that will follow. The lack of lighting is actually very sensible as landing in the mountains in the dark..... Gun Lake is included here, but not for regular use as it is a deserted dirt strip 40 miles to the north that was once used for fire fighting and there is nothing to see. Just a part of the scenery in this area of BC. If you want to follow this trip on Google Earth the next stop is Cache Creek. If you find a defect, email me. Do not email me about the strange doors to the front of the Blackcomb hangar. I was surprised when I saw it and then discovered that the "doors" are actually flexible curtains that are rolled up and down and if rolled down too far...
I have the ok to use the Bell 212 CCG helicopter as a scenery object, but not to post the entire object library of the Red Deer CYQF scenery; if you have the scenery it should show up here.
| Filename: | Pemberton_CYPS_in_British_Columbia_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 17th November 2020, 17:29:13 |
| Downloads: | 111 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 16.18 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Kuujjuarapik CYGW in northern Quebec, Canada |
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Kuujjuarapik is in northern Quebec at the southern end of Hudson Bay, 90 miles east of James Bay and on the north shore of the Great Whale River; Kuujjuarapik means Small Great River in Inuktitut. Once again the Hudson Bay trading post that opened (in 1820) was the catalyst for the establishment of first a seasonal encampment and then the beginnings of a town in the late 1930's.
The two adjacent villages that now form the town have a total population (mainly Cree and Inuit) of around 1,500. When the Quebec hydo-electric project was under construction in the early 1980's a large portion of the Inuit population voted to move to a new settlement called Umiujaq (my post) 100 miles to the north.
The airport is to the west of the town, between the town and the sea. The gravel and sand runway (which I have made as gravel as there is no convincing way to mix the two) is 5,500 feet long, 150 feet wide, and aligned 17/35, which is approximately parallel to the coast. There is fuel available, both 100LL and JetA, delivered by truck. The AI included here is for Air Inuit and Wasaya, with Air Inuit making three flights per day plus a fourth flight by the Air Inuit Twotter C-GNDO that is based at the airport, and private flights by various aircraft. Yes, there really is a golf course to the south of the airport, and the last thing to note is that Kuujjuarapik has a mandatory radio frequency and that taking into consideration the scheduled flights I have included the tower radio frequency that makes this a controlled airport in FS9.
| Filename: | Kuujjuarapik_CYGW_in_northern_Quebec_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 16th February 2013, 00:33:20 |
| Downloads: | 306 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 2.8 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Invermere CAA8 in British Columbia, Canada |
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This airfield is in the Columbia Mountains (which are part of the Rockies) on the border between BC and Alberta. Invermere is in the same valley as Golden, 65 miles south and midway between Golden and Cranbrook. The town is at the northern end of Lake Windermere, on the western side, with a population of around 3,400. The main touristic feature of Invermere appears to be the provision of a wide choice of golf courses. These are included in the scenery, as are some of the surrounding commercial buildings including a nearby hotel and retail units. Invermere CAA8 is half a mile northeast of the lake, and is home to the non-profit Canadian Rockies Soaring Club that trains pilots during the summer months. The Invermere Soaring Centre, a separate organisation, provides glider towing services and rides for the general public. During the summer the airfield can only be described as busy, with gliders taking advantage of the terrain for ridge soaring. The AI here includes gliders that will take off and then circle around north of the field. The take off is not a realistic glider style launch, and the wind should be from the north; these gliders do not taxi and then turn around at the far end of a runway too well. Once again, like Golden, there is no runway or taxiway lighting, so daylight use only. There are GA visitors to CAA8 between the gliders, presumably carrying golfers and clubs. Due to the surrounding terrain AI aircraft might impact high ground before landing and then just show up on their parking spot.
| Filename: | Invermere_CAA8_in_British_Columbia_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 16th October 2018, 02:11:34 |
| Downloads: | 168 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 6.11 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Tillsonburg CNQ4 in Ontario Canada REPLACEMENT |
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This is a replacement (though complete in itself) for my original Tillsonburg post with the corrected office building included. Tillsonburg is a small town in southwest Ontario, mid way between Toronto, Buffalo, and Detroit. The airfield is some four miles north of the town. It was originally built by the RCAF as an emergency grass field to support flying training in WW2. It now has two grass runways, each 2,400 feet long, and another 4,000 feet long that is asphalt. There is a company that carries out painting and ulholstery work, a flight school, and of course the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, which is a volunteer organisation that does what the title suggests and takes care of Harvards, I think six of them plus a Tiger Moth, and something else. And when I was there two years ago and in the winter there was a licensed AME just starting up.
| Filename: | Tillsonburg_CNQ4_in_Ontario_Canada_REPLACEMENT.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 12th November 2008, 14:48:26 |
| Downloads: | 664 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley & Jim Turner |
| Size: | 1.43 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Matheson Point CWMP in Nunavut, Canada |
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This was a DEW line I Station on the southeast shore of King William Island; the island is around 70 miles square and Gjoa Haven is also on the southeast corner, 20 miles to the south. The station was closed in 1963 and has now been totally dismantled and removed except for a fallen 300 feet communications tower. The runway is still there (mostly) and is around 3,360 feet of gravel 120' wide, aligned 146T/326T. There are no lights, signage, or windsock, or any building remaining. All of these DEW line stations are not particularly impressive or even interesting. However, you can bet that any pilot flying regularly in the north along the coast knows where all these runways are, in case one of them suddenly becomes his favourite in the whole world just after the sudden silence.
| Filename: | Matheson_Point_CWMP_in_Nunavut_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 22nd November 2012, 16:28:19 |
| Downloads: | 179 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 785.57 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Sturt Point CWSP in Nunavut, Canada |
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Sturt Point was a DEW line I Station on the south coast of Victoria Island, 50 miles east of Cambridge Bay. It was closed in 1963 but remains in place, though a 5 man I Station has such a small impact on its surroundings that it is hardly visible. The runway is 3,420 feet of gravel aligned 117T/297T, and there are no lights, signage, or windsock, but there are ruts in the gravel. A North Warning System station was built 15 miles inland and closer to Cambridge Bay, operating from 1991 onwards. This has a short (1,280'?) gravel runway aligned 138T/318T (and named CWSX here). No ruts in the gravel, but also still no lights, signage, or windsock.
| Filename: | Sturt_Point_CWSP_in_Nunavut_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 11th November 2012, 21:07:18 |
| Downloads: | 207 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 1.35 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Mackar Inlet CWMI in Nunavut, Canada |
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Mackar Inlet was a DEW line Auxiliary Station on the west shore of the Melville Peninsula, which is part of the northern Canadian mainland. The station was closed only in 1992, so it is relatively intact. Hall Beach is 120 miles to the east, on the eastern shore of the peninsula, and Kugaaruk is just over 100 miles to the west. The runway is still in good condition and is around 3,800 feet of gravel 110' wide, aligned 164T/344T and at 100 feet ASL. The station buildings are up on the hill at 1,350 feet ASL and 5 miles to the south. None of these DEW line stations are particularly impressive or even interesting. However, you can bet that any pilot flying regularly in the north along the coast knows where all these runways are, in case one of them suddenly becomes his favourite in the whole world just after the sudden silence. I should have mentioned a long time ago that to see the apron lights working (on my fields that HAVE apron lights) requires you to have the "lights_ss_v2" by Sidney Schwartz installed.
| Filename: | Mackar_Inlet_CWMI_in_Nunavut_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 2nd December 2012, 17:58:34 |
| Downloads: | 217 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 1.16 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| High Prairie CZHP in Alberta, Canada |
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High Prairie is at 1,974 feet asl, 15 miles west of Lesser Slave Lake, 70 miles southeast of Peace River CYPE, and 90 miles east of Grande Prairie CYQU (both already posted). The town has a population of around 2,600 and is based on agriculture, forestry, and oil and gas. The initial impetus behind its growth was the routing of the railroad in 1914. The airport is around 2 miles south of the town, and is fairly basic. There is a single runway just under 4,000 feet of asphalt aligned 07-25. There is a daily flight and around 2010 this was by Central Mountain Air. I believe that there is now a newer terminal building, but a lack of information leaves the older one in place here. There are runway and taxiway lights, unlike some of my recent posts. I made this to fill in the gap between Edmonton and the airports to the northwest such as Grande Prairie.
| Filename: | High_Prairie_CZHP_in_Alberta_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 9th December 2018, 17:21:09 |
| Downloads: | 120 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 3.16 MB |
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