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| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Mountain View CPZ3 in Ontario, Canada |
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This is Mountain View, a small RCAF airfield at the eastern end of Lake Ontario on Prince Edward Island, some 40 miles west of Kingston. Mountain View is used for training during the summer months, and part of this training is for C-130 crews, who practice landing on rough or unprepared landing strips. The crews are based at Trenton, which is a large base 10 miles to the northwest on the mainland. There are (or were, I haven't seen it recently) numerous parked and ancient fighter planes such T-33's and Canadair Tutors; these could also have possibly been used for summer training or perhaps were just stored. Last summer there were only two hangars left standing; in 2002 there were five. In real life you would be on the lookout not only for C-130's but also (at certain times during the summer) for parachutists and also gliders. This airfield is one that you will fly over and not land on; I confess that I have cheated with the length of the 06L-24R gravel "practice" runway, so that it became possible for the FS version of a touch-n-go with a C-130 to be completed without using the grass. The aerial photograph shows the new "practice" gravel runway under construction.
| Filename: | Mountain_View_CPZ3_in_Ontario_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 9th March 2012, 15:05:57 |
| Downloads: | 350 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 7.26 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| VFR of Lario, Area C2A - Como lake, Italy |
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*** REPLACEMENT OF PREVIOUS ISSUE, due to a bug of an High Winter texture ***
This is the fifth scenery of the "VFR of Lario" project, made with photorealistic terrain (multiseason & night) and with some 3D GMax realistic objects.
Information: Como's lake is in the north of Italy, closed to the Helvetic border; this scenery covers approximately an area of 7.5x6 kmt, from la "Zoca de l'Oli" and mountains over Ossuccio (NW) to Tremezzo (NE), and from Colonno (SW) to Magreglio (SE) and includes the NLC piers of Sala Comacina, Comacina island, Campo, Lenno, Tremezzo, Bellagio (2), S. Giovanni, Lezzeno; it includes several dedicated buildings as Taverna Bleu hotel (Sala Comacina), S. Maria e S.Giacomo churches and villa Balbiano (Ossuccio), church and pier of S. Michele (Colonno), villa del Balbianello (Lenno), hotel Villa Marie, S. Lorenzo Church, villa La Quiete, Grand Hotel, villa Carlotta, hotel La Darsena, Pub motor ship Bisbino (Tremezzo), villa Melzi, villa Giulia, buildings Carillon e lungolago Manzoni, hotels Excelsior, Du Lac, Metropole (Bellagio). Two NLC ferry (moted on the way Bellagio-Cadenabbia) are placed together with other minor boats and docks placed alongside the coast, including platforms for seaplanes arrival.
Contents: GMax objects as above and other buildings, minor piers and boats together with autogen buildings and trees are fully spreaded on the scenery.
| Filename: | VFR_of_Lario_Area_C2A__Como_lake_Italy.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 22nd May 2012, 18:12:41 |
| Downloads: | 1,669 |
| Author: | Aldo Della Vedova, Daniele Lanfranchi, Gian Mario Verga, Diego Caligiuri |
| Size: | 28.49 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Coffs Harbour (YSCH), NSW, Australia |
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Coffs Harbour Regional Airport (YSCH) FS2004
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Coffs Harbour airport, located roughly halfway between Sydney and Brisbane on the East coast of Australia, is owned and operated by Coffs Harbour Council. They took over the airport in the early nineties and after a massive expansion plan including widening the runway to handle jets up to a Boeing 767 and building a new terminal at a cost of $4 million dollars. This terminal was opened in November 2000 and should handle the expanding traffic for the next 10 years. At present over 200,000 passengers pass through the terminal.
The scenery re-creates the entire airport for FS2004 including the new terminal, old terminal, all of the ga hangars, flying school, airport tower and many more structures. All modelling was carried out using textures from photographs taken on site to ensure an authentic result. In addition the harbour at Coffs Harbour has been modelled as well as Mutton Bird Island that was missing completely in the default. To conserve frame rates the harbour has not been fully detailed but is accurate in placement and looks realistic on an approach to runway 21.
AFCAD file and traffic tools file is included to populate the airport with additional AI traffic. Also contains three sample flights, which can be selected from the flight simulator select flight menu.
| Filename: | Coffs_Harbour_YSCH_NSW_Australia.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 2nd July 2004, 20:08:19 |
| Downloads: | 4,999 |
| Author: | John Ross |
| Size: | 8.17 MB |
| Category: Prepar3D V1-4 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Hawker Typhoon JP975 RAF 609 Sqn PR-S |
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This folder contains a repaint for the Aerplane Heaven Hawker Typhoon in the colors of Typhoon JP975 as it may have looked on the 19th of August 1944, when it crashed near Saint-Maclou-la-Brière, a small village near Le Havre. JP975 was piloted by pilot Officer James Stellin RNZAF, who was flying with 609 squadron, based in Thorney Island airfield. On the 19th of August, 609 had been attacking the Falaise pocket when James Stellin was probably hit by flak while attacking ground targets. He tried to fly back to England, but was losing altitude and on realising he was probably going to crash in the middle of the village, managed to divert to crash at the last moment. He jumped from his aircraft, but was too low and his chute did not open. He was buried by the thankful civilians, who celebrated his sacrifice each year and have named the square in front of the church 'Place Stellin'. More on the last mission by Pilot Officer Stellin can be found here: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/kiwi-pilots-sacrifice-saves-french-village. It is not known what the aircraft code of JP975 was on the day of the crash, so I have opted for PR-S, for Stellin. Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paintkit by Aeroplane Heaven.
| Filename: | Hawker_Typhoon_JP975_RAF_609_Sqn_PRS.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 16th July 2018, 16:40:52 |
| Downloads: | 66 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 9.14 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - AFCAD Files | |
| ZSGS - Zhuhai Janwan Airport - Zhuhai, China |
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The Zhuhai Sanzao airport (ZGSD/ZUH, China), close to Macao, was built on request of someone who found it included in the FMC of PMDGs 737NGX, but missed in FSX. I used ADE and the Google based old version 2 of Plan-G (thanks to both authors) and some charts being available in the internet. However, it is equipped with standard buildings which are roughly adapted to the real dimensions well. Lighting, windsocks, taxisigns and moving jetways. Of course I added both ILS as well. There is a big exhibition apron on the airport which is modeled but blocked for AI traffic. You will see the lines of the taxiways nevertheless. The latest temporary chart (Nov 2012) shows a third apron which is not realised and I'm not planning to do so (obviously the whole site is still under construction).
As being built on a FSX island (which is now a peninsula) and default coast lines not fitting to the real position of the airport (Rwy05 was hanging in the water) I decided to compromise in a way that I corrected the area in the vicinity of the airport but respected the remaining part as it was in the default scenery. The attached pictures should give an impression even if I'm not using the pure default scenery. Therefore this little patch should be compatible to advanced mesh sceneries.
| Filename: | ZSGS___Zhuhai_Janwan_Airport__Zhuhai_China.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 2nd May 2013, 07:56:18 |
| Downloads: | 686 |
| Author: | Axel Birsul |
| Size: | 614.11 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - AFCAD Files | |
| Southwestern British Columbia Airport Corrections |
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File Description:
As shorelines, water bodies, roads, railways and other features become more accurate in addon scenery, inaccuracies in airport placement become apparent. Although Microsoft did an excellent job of using published data to place airports, the published information is not always accurate. Some airports in the area of interest were misplaced by as much as 850m, thus conflicting with water and/or roadways. This release corrects Canadian airports in South-western British Columbia, in LOD5 cell 15x14 (915140). This area covers a portion of Vancouver Island from Duncan to Victoria, and the BC Mainland as far east as Douglas Lake and north of Pemberton. In this region CAK3, CAL3, CBT6, CYHE, CYLY, and CYPS are corrected, and Bruce Ellison has kindly modified his CAM3 for inclusion; see separate readme document for details. All these airports have been activated for AI use. A few buildings that may conflict from roads have been removed from CYNJ. The unrealistically large flatten and airport polygon at CYYJ is reduced in size. Airport features that end up in the water have been removed from CYVR and the overly large flatten there reduced. Some Rwy12 goodies have been tossed in as well, but if these are not important to the user, it is not necessary to have Rwy12 installed. Ultimate Terrain or similar accurate hydrology and roads recommended. FSGenesis 38m mesh or other high quality terrain mesh recommended.
| Filename: | Southwestern_British_Columbia_Airport_Corrections.zip |
| License: | Check within download |
| Added: | 30th May 2005, 07:31:45 |
| Downloads: | 3,002 |
| Author: | Jon Patch, Bruce Ellison |
| Size: | 1.53 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RNAS Henstridge (HMS Dipper) |
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Royal Naval Air Station Henstridge or RNAS Henstridge (HMS Dipper) is a former Fleet Air Arm base located 7 miles (11 km) west of Shaftesbury, Dorset (Now Somerset) and 12.4 miles (20.0 km) east of Yeovil, Somerset in South West England.
The main part of the land (355 acres) was purchased in August 1941, after which building of the airfield and the marsh lane accommodation site commenced, it was commissioned on April 1, 1943 as HMS Dipper, principally as number 2 naval fighter school, on the 11th September 1942, another 18 acres was acquired at the adjoining gibbs marsh area for an aircraft repair and maintenance site. The design and lay-out of the airfield was quite unique, having 5 runways, 2 of these being east west lay-out (07-25) both 1000 yards long, the northern runway incorporated a dummy deck landing strip, complete with under-ground arresting gear with four above ground arrestor wires, which was a duplicate of that installed on HMS Implacable for training of aircraft carrier landings, these mainly being carried out with the Seafire, a naval version of the spitfire with folding wings. The site also had its own cinema and stage hall
March 1952 the airfield became inactive and was placed under care and maintenance, during 1953 Air whaling (now Bristow group) used the facilities for repairs to the whaling fleet of helicopters until moving out in June 1958.June 1957 it was finally closed as a naval establishment, from 1958-1960 the entire site was sold off. 27 June 1980 the BBC purchased the whole site and applied for planning permission to erect at the airfield a shortwave radio station consisting of 21 self-supporting towers holding aerial arrays and ancillary buildings on a 300-acre site. The station would transmit overseas radio services to Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and perhaps South America the application failed and the BBC sold the land during January 1987 The airfield is also the home of the wessex strut, a general aviation club formed in January 1977, which holds an annual fly in and other events their first fly-in was on 17 April 1977 and attracted 107 aircraft. As of today the only usable runway is the north 07-25 runway, extant with the concrete dummy deck, and the underground machinery chamber, it is also the home to a large number of light aviation enthusiasts aircraft as well as the Yakolevs aerobatic display team and the Dorset and Somerset air ambulance
The current airfield is operated by EGHS and is an unlicensed airfield. The only usable runway is 07/25 tarmac/concrete 750 mts long x 6 mtr wide. Henstridge radio can be contacted on 130.250 MHz, it can be found at the south eastern stub of the Yeovilton MATZ
Source:Wikipedia
| Filename: | RNAS_Henstridge_HMS_Dipper.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 9th February 2017, 22:14:54 |
| Downloads: | 165 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 4.53 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| FS9 Fort St John CYXJ in BC Canada |
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Fort St John is close to the border between British Columbia and Alberta, around 40 miles north-northwest of Dawson Creek. The airport was originally a Royal Canadian Air Force base, associated with the wartime construction of the Alaska Highway. The airfield was part of this construction effort and the wartime ferrying of planes to Russia. It is currently named "North Peace Regional Airport", or "North Peace Airport"; apparently there has been no final decision?
The date for this scenery is around 2006. I was given an old video tape cassette which was filmed on an uncertain date, but which had to be before the terminal building was renovated in 2007 and totally changed in appearance. The only way to view the video was to play it in the camera and watch it on a small screen. After I had completed everything except the buildings I started to view the video to establish the building appearances and within an hour or so the camera died. It was so old there was no way to repair it, so I then made some new buildings from memory of the video and what was available online. I also used some that I had already made for other scenery but which were similar. I may replace the terminal building that is in this version with a build of the new one, as I know this one is not a very accurate reproduction. The replacement, if I do it, will be towards the end of this year.
The AI included here is for GA, Air Canada Jazz, and two helicopter companies that were (and still are?) based there. One is at the western end of the apron and the other is at the eastern end but separated from the apron. To gain access to the taxiways and runways (so that all airport users follow the same procedures, for safety reasons) the eastern end helicopters just taxi across the grass. The helicopters are used for maintenance trips to the oil and gas fields in the surrounding area. My screenshots show Westjet at the terminal; this is because I have later Canadian AI installed, while the AI included here is only for the time around 2000 to 2010, when Westjet were not flying to Fort St John.
The airport is square in plan, with the apron running along the northern side and two runways forming diagonals. The two runways are 11-29 (6,882 feet long and 200 feet wide, with ILS at the 29 end and PAPI at the other) and 02-20 (6,684 feet long and 200 feet wide, and with PAPI at each end). The eastern side taxiway that runs north-south is not used. The western side taxiway is in use but only as a race track for cars.
Please email me if you find faults, such as a plane without textures.
| Filename: | FS9_Fort_St_John_CYXJ_in_BC_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 10th October 2022, 14:03:38 |
| Downloads: | 212 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 37.49 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Republic P-47D-20 365th FG (B4-J) "the Madam" |
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This folder contains a repaint for the A2A Wings of Power III P-47D Thunderbolt, representing P-47D-15-RE 42-75845 B4-J "The Madam". It was the assigned aircraft of Lieutenant John H. Fetzer, from Shreveport Louisiana, of the 387th FS/ 365th FG during D-Day. He was flying as wingman of Capt. Arlo Henry on 6 June 1944, D-Day, when they spotted a number of Tiger tanks trying to hide in a castle. Capt Henry blew up the castle with his bombs, while Lt Fetzer attacked a Tiger with his 1000 lb bombs. His first bomb exploded harmlessly in a field, but his second "my contribution to D-Day" exploded right behind the Tiger, flipping it over 3 times. As for 42-75845, she proved to be a very strong lady. It began its career with the initial start of operations of the 365h FG, with Lt. Fetzer as its original pilot. He named the aircraft after his future wife, Helen. It flew its 200th mission in March 1945, and continued right to the end of the war, as the only remaining original Thunderbolt of the 365th. She was shot up several times, had wings and engines replaced and countless holes patched, but its crew chief, Joe DiMaio remarked that as long as 'the Madam' came back, he would keep her flying, and he did. Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paintkit by Martin Catney.
| Filename: | Republic_P47D20_365th_FG_B4J_the_Madam.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 30th November 2019, 18:25:19 |
| Downloads: | 52 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 10.2 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| RAF Broadwell - Oxfordshire, England |
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RAF Broadwell (ICAO X2BW) is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles north of Broadwell and 3 miles southeast of Burford, Oxfordshire, within 2 miles of RAF Brize Norton.
It opened on 15 November 1943 and closed on 31 March 1947, operating under RAF Transport Command. It consisted of 3 concrete runways in triangular configuration.
Broadwell took part in the D-Day assaults with nearby RAF Down Ampney and RAF Blakehill Farm. Broadwell had two such squadrons, No. 512 Squadron RAF and No. 575 Squadron RAF were based here, flying the Douglas Dakota.
In February 1944, No. 512 Squadron was transferred to No. 46 Group at RAF Broadwell, it was a tactical Dakota squadron and started training glider towing and parachute dropping. Its first operation in the new role was a leaflet drop on 5 June 1944 over France, this followed intensive flying in and out of France including dropping parachutists at Arnhem.
On the eve of D-Day No. 575 Squadron dropped 5 Para into the invasion drop zone. On 6 June, it towed 21 Horsa gliders into France. In the next few weeks it started a casualty evacuation service from France back to England. In September 1944, it was involved in operation market garden to Arnhem where it suffered severe casualties.
The airfield continued to be a terminus for long-range transport operations to Europe, the Middle East and India. Source: Wikipedia
| Filename: | RAF_Broadwell__Oxfordshire_England.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 17th April 2016, 19:06:12 |
| Downloads: | 144 |
| Author: | Terry Boissel |
| Size: | 948.66 KB |