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| RAF Elvington |
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The station was originally a grass airfield within No. 4 Group. In the early 1940s the airfield was entirely reconstructed with three hardened runways replacing the grass. It re-opened in October 1942 as a station for 77 Squadron RAF and along with RAF Melbourne and RAF Pocklington was known as No "42 Base". The squadron had a strength of approximately 20 aircraft and initially used the twin engined Armstrong Whitworth Whitley medium bomber although this was quickly replaced by the Handley Page Halifax four engined heavy bomber which was being introduced. No 77 Squadron suffered heavy losses during its time at Elvington with over 500 aircrew killed, missing or taken prisoner and almost 80 Halifaxes lost as it played a major part in the Battle of the Ruhr and the bombing of Berlin.
In May 1944 No 77 Squadron posted to the newly opened nearby RAF Full Sutton and was replaced at Elvington by two French squadrons, numbers 346 "Guyenne" and 347 "Tunisie" who both played a leading part in the bombing of Germany. Elvington was the only airfield in the United Kingdom used by the remainder of the Free French Forces, they also flew Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers until they moved to Bordeaux in October 1945 where they became the basis for the new air force of liberated France. In September 1957 a memorial was unveiled in Elvington village dedicated to the two French squadrons. While they were at RAF Elvington nearly half of the squadrons' members were killed.
After the war the 400-acre (1.6 km2) airfield was transferred to No 40 Group under the control of Maintenance Command until 1952 when it was greatly enlarged and extended for use by the United States Air Force.
United States Air Force use
The United States Air Force (USAF) built a new 3,094 m (10,151 ft) runway, which was the longest in the north of England, and a huge 19.8 hectares (49 acres) rectangular hardstanding apron as well as a new control tower to turn Elvington into a "Basic Operation Platform" which would have operated as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) dispersal airfield. After spending £4 million the airfield never became operational as a SAC base and was abandoned by the US Air Force in 1958.
Other uses
In the early 1960s the Blackburn Aircraft Company, now part of British Aerospace used the runway for test flights of the Blackburn Buccaneer. Elvington retained its status as an RAF relief landing ground and was used by the RAF flying training schools at RAF Church Fenton and RAF Linton-on-Ouse until the airfield was finally closed in March 1992.
Present day
The airfield is now owned by Elvington Park Ltd. The adjacent buildings and control tower have been restored, and serve as the Yorkshire Air Museum which has many varied and rare aircraft and exhibits, including a complete Halifax bomber. Elvington is also a popular motorsports venue for motorcycle racing.
Source:Wikipedia
| Filename: | RAF_Elvington.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 10th April 2017, 22:08:13 |
| Downloads: | 167 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 220.79 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Koyuk PAKK in Alaska |
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Koyuk is a coastal village around 125 miles east of Nome at the mouth of the Koyuk River, with a population just under 400 living from fishing and the land. The airfield is close by and has a gravel runway aligned 18-36, 3,300 feet long with VASI at both ends. Apart from the airfield itself, and it's buildings, this scenery modifies the local land class, adds village buildings while reducing the village size to reality, and creates a new airfield background. Bering Air and ERA both fly into Deering and are included in the AI. A note here about my scenery making. This is post number 506 and there will not be many more to follow this as I am almost at the end of the photos I either took or found for scenery purposes. There is a limit to what can be located online and I have already been making use of the little there is; eg Unalakleet. So, if you are near an airport (preferably Canadian or Alaskan) and have a camera..... Let me know.
| Filename: | Koyuk_PAKK_in_Alaska.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 15th August 2019, 17:56:50 |
| Downloads: | 140 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 3.88 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RAF Bottlesford - Lincolnshire, England |
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Royal Air Force Station Bottesford or more simply RAF Bottesford is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire county border, 6.8 miles (10.9 km) north west of Grantham, Lincolnshire and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) south of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and about 107 miles (172 km) north-northwest of London, England.
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 primarily as a troop carrier airfield for paratroopers and as a bomber airfield before closing in 1948.
Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property with the technical site being used as an industrial estate.
Third party add-on's will be required to see all the building included in the scenery, you will need Ted Andrews RAF Small Buildings and his hanger library, for the vehicles Ian Pearson FSX Object library will be required, the RAF Ensign hedges are the from Mike Hudson's scenery. All of which are available from Ian Pearsons' website; www.ianpsdarkcorner.co.uk.
| Filename: | RAF_Bottlesford___Lincolnshire_England.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 10th October 2015, 11:37:40 |
| Downloads: | 345 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 15.94 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RAF Metheringham - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England **FIX** |
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File Description:
This is a fix which will sort out the scenery configuration error which prevented the scenery from showing.
Metheringham airfield is located two miles to the east of Metheringham village on the B1189. The airfield opened in October 1943 as a Class 'A' bomber airfield within 5 Group. The standard three intersecting concrete runways were provided as were two T2 hangars and a B1. One of the T2s was on the technical site to the south-west, which straddled the B1189 and the other was located off the eastern perimeter track. The bomb stores were to the north and between these and the north-west runway head stood the B1 hangar. The communal and accommodation sites were located in fields to the south and west. Metheringham was also equipped with FIDO fog dispersal equipment. The station closed in 1951 and very little remains of the station now although a small visitors centre with a little museum on site.
You will require third party add-ons - details in the included Read-me.txt file.
| Filename: | RAF_Metheringham__Lincoln_Lincolnshire_England__FI.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 15th November 2015, 14:25:30 |
| Downloads: | 206 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 95.84 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RAF Hutton Cranswick |
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RAF Hutton Cranswick opened in January 1942 as a fighter airfield within No. 12 Group RAF. Unusually for the time its three runways were concrete "from new", many airfields (particularly fighter airfields) were initially built with grass runways which were later upgraded to concrete.
Many squadrons rotated through the airfield including 610, 19, 308 (City of Kraków), 316 (City of Warsaw), 195, 306 (City of Torun), 302 (City of Poznan), 315 (City of Deblin), 234, 168 and No. 170 Squadron RAF. From December 1943, the Anti-Aircraft Co-operation 291 Squadron was formed at the airfield for target towing and similar uses.
Whilst in use by 291 other fighter squadrons continued to rotate through including 401, 403, 412, 441, 442, 443 (all flying Supermarine Spitfires) and 439 using Hawker Typhoons. The final unit to operate from Hutton Cranswick was No. 124 Squadron RAF using Spitfire IXs.
The station closed in 1946 and has reverted back to farm land, an industrial site now stands were the tech site was situated and the tower became a house.
Source:Wikipedia
| Filename: | RAF_Hutton_Cranswick.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 27th February 2017, 15:12:55 |
| Downloads: | 125 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 4.95 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| * Darłowo AFB * - EPDA |
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EPDA Airport in Darłowo is a military airfield located on the Polish Baltic coast.
It serves as a base for the naval aviation of the Polish Navy, primarily used for helicopter operations.
Its main tasks include coastal patrols, search and rescue missions, and anti-submarine warfare.
The airfield is home to multi-role helicopters, including the Mi-14 and W-3 Sokół.
Its history dates back to World War II when it was built by the Germans.
After the war, it was taken over by the Polish military and has since functioned as a naval aviation base.
The airport features a concrete runway and infrastructure adapted for the operation of helicopters and military aircraft.
Due to its strategic location on the Baltic Sea, it plays a crucial role in operations related to the security of Poland’s territorial waters.
The airfield is not open to civilian aviation and is used exclusively for military purposes.
Nowadays, it remains an essential part of Poland’s defense system and participates in NATO exercises.
| Filename: | _Darowo_AFB____EPDA.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 10th February 2025, 17:41:56 |
| Downloads: | 69 |
| Author: | Dawid Drobik |
| Size: | 10.44 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| ETUO - RAF Gutersloh AB |
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FS 2004 scenery - RAF Gutersloh AB (ICAO: ETUO)
The scenery represents the former airbase of RAF Gutersloh, one of the most populated military bases in West Germany during the Cold War, due to its location near the former East/West border. This scenery reflects the era at the end of the 1980s/beginning of the 90s, when the Harrier GR3 was in operation there, along with Chinook helicopters.
The airfield was built in 1935 and was used by the German Air Force during WW2, flying the Junkers JU-86 and Heinkel H-111. The first British squadrons were stationed there from 1947, with Mosquitos, Vampires and then Canberras.
The first Harrier arrived at Gutersloh in January 1977 and 3 and 4 Squadrons became resident until their farewell in 1993, after the cold war had ended. The airfield is currently used by the British army, but they will leave in 2014 to relinquish the area to the Government of Gutersloh for civil usage.
High detailed scenery by Manfred Schyma and Pete Beeby, supported by the Airfield Construction Group.
| Filename: | ETUO__RAF_Gutersloh_AB.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 10th October 2013, 20:30:01 |
| Downloads: | 1,925 |
| Author: | Manfred Schyma / Pete Beeby |
| Size: | 173.25 MB |
| Category: Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX No 549 Squadron RAAF ZF-Z |
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This folder contains a repaint for the Spitfire Mk.IX by FlyingIron, in the colors of Spitfire VIII (A58-379) ZF-Z, as it was flown by F/Lt Dave Glaser of No 549 Squadron from Straus Airfield, Northern Territory, Australia, October 1944. Repaint by Jan Kees Blom.
| Filename: | Supermarine_Spitfire_MkIX_No_549_Squadron_RAAF_ZFZ.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 1st April 2021, 19:02:46 |
| Downloads: | 20 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 54.68 MB |
| Category: Prepar3D V1-4 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Hawker Typhoon MN582 RAF 175 Sqn HH-A |
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This folder contains a repaint for the Aeroplane Heaven Hawker Typhoon in the colors of Typhoon MN582 HH-A of No 175 Squadron as it looked while stationed at airfield B.5 in August 1944. Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paintkit by Aeroplane Heaven.
| Filename: | Hawker_Typhoon_MN582_RAF_175_Sqn_HHA.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 16th July 2018, 16:40:24 |
| Downloads: | 47 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 8.55 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Golden Eagle Airpark, Washington, USA |
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Golden Eagle Airpark is situated about ten miles from Emma field and from Golden Eagle Flying ranch in Washington State, USA. This airfield is entirely fictitious and is filled with candies. There is lots of activities. Sounds are included for those who have the Lago program.
| Filename: | Golden_Eagle_Airpark_Washington___USA.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 9th March 2004, 13:28:00 |
| Downloads: | 2,166 |
| Author: | Leon Louis |
| Size: | 4.78 MB |
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