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| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Alaska South Slope 9; Wales IWK |
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There are four main northwestern Alaska towns which are serviced by Alaska Airlines, and from which local flights spread out. The northernmost is Barrow. Southwest of Barrow is Kotzebue, then Nome, and the furthest south is Bethel (not yet made). This is the second in a series for local flights from Nome, and it is on the furthermost mainland western point of Alaska, Wales IWK. It is 110 miles northwest of Nome and on the eastern shore of the Bering Strait, with a view of the two Diomede Islands. Wales is a small village with a population of only around 145, strung along the beach on a single road. The airfield is at the northwestern end of the village, with a runway of 4,500 feet of lit gravel aligned 35-17 and an apron at the southern end. There are scheduled flights by the usual Era and Bering Air, both of them originating in Nome and also visiting Shishmaref. The AI includes these flights along with Northern Air Cargo and GA. The runway is just long enough to accomodate a DC6 (as is Shishmaref) and I have revised the AI to include this, along with a revision of the parking at Shishmaref. To the southeast of Wales is Tin City, which was built as a base for the support of radar on the hills between the two. The radar is now automatic and unmanned and the base is unused except for the annual maintenance and fuel supply; I have left the airfield untouched but I have added the hilltop radar and the remains of the cable lift, which was used to get the material for the original station up to the top from the beach below.
| Filename: | Alaska_South_Slope_9_Wales_IWK.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 22nd October 2016, 01:26:24 |
| Downloads: | 572 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 3.77 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Stewart CZST and CAC9 in British Columbia Canada, plus Hyder 4Z7 in AK |
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Stewart is in northern British Columbia, around 115 miles north of Terrace, 70 miles northeast of the open sea, and 2 miles from the Canada/US border at the head of a fjord named the Portland Canal. Both Stewart and the nearby Hyder in AK thrived along with silver and gold mining in the early 1900's in the AK and BC interiors and in 1914 Stewart's population was over 10,000, but the current population is now less than 500. This scenery includes Stewart airport (CZST) and also Stewart floats (CAC9) plus Hyder floats 4Z7 which is within sight of Stewart but in Alaska. 4Z7 is based upon the three FSAddon freeware and payware Alaska sceneries, and without whichever one covers Hyder (I forget which) the float base will be isolated way offshore. The Stewart airport is adjacent to the town. There is a single runway that is unlit and just under 4,000 feet of asphalt aligned 18-36, with right hand circuits on 18; a brief view of the surrounding terrain makes it quite clear why. This version is for a period around 2010 to 2012 or so, before a second fuel tank was installed. There are no regularly scheduled flights to Stewart, only GA and charters, but the airport survives with the tourist trips. I have not forgotten the signage for CZST; there isn't any. There is also no clearly defined and fenced boundary to the airport, with a gravel apron beyond the asphalt that then fades to dirt and grass and a road. Hyder has no land connection to the rest of Alaska except through Stewart and a long road trip; the only direct link is by float plane to Ketchikan, 75 miles in a straight line. The AI includes this.
| Filename: | Stewart_CZST_and_CAC9_in_British_Columbia_Canada_p.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 18th January 2019, 18:08:29 |
| Downloads: | 175 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 8.9 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Zambia Airways DHC-2 Beaver c1966 |
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This is a repaint of a DHC-2 Beaver in Zambia Airways colors. The freeware DHC-2 Beaver (wheels) by John L. Woodward is needed for this repaint. It is an FS2004 plane, but I flew it in FSX-SE using the default Beaver panel. The plane can be downloaded here on Avsim, file name: beaver_wheels_2005.zip. Zambia Airways was formed as a subsidiary of Central African Airways (CAA) in April 1964. When CAA collapsed in 1967, Zambia Airways became a fully Zambian owned carrier. In 1968, the fleet consisted of DHC2 Beavers, DC-3s, and two newly delivered BAC-111s from the defunct CAA. They flew on regional routes to Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Mauritius. Alitalia was also hired to provide support of the initiation of new international services. A Douglas DC-8-43 leased from Alitalia was used for the long-haul Lusaka to London flights, which were inaugurated in November 1968, via Nairobi and Rome. In 1970 Zambia Airways took delivery of 3 HS-748s, and in 1974 they received their first Boeing liner; the 707-343C. One year later the two BAC-111s were sold to Dan-Air. July 1976 saw the delivery of the carrier's first 737-200. Zambia Airways received their first wide-body DC-10-30 in July 1984. Zambia Airways did well financially over the years, but by the end of the 1980s and early 1990s, things were a bit more complicated. With financial difficulties facing Zambia Airways, it was forced into liquidation in December 1994. Zambia Airways operated a total of 4 DHC-2 Beavers on local services. This aircraft, 9J-RFZ, was with the airline from 1964 to 1967. This repaint should work on FSX & FS2004. Textures are 32bit BMP.
| Filename: | Zambia_Airways_DHC2_Beaver_c1966.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 22nd August 2019, 08:34:05 |
| Downloads: | 82 |
| Author: | Ted Giana |
| Size: | 2.48 MB |
| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Explorer 1 Add-on for Orbiter |
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Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into space on January 31, 1958. Following the launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency was directed to launch a satellite using its Jupiter C rocket developed under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory received the assignment to design, build and operate the artificial satellite that would serve as the rocket's payload. JPL completed this job in less than three months.
The primary science instrument on Explorer 1 was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth orbit. Once in space this experiment, provided by Dr. James Van Allen of the State University of Iowa, revealed a much lower cosmic ray count than expected. Van Allen theorized that the instrument may have been saturated by very strong radiation from a belt of charged particles trapped in space by Earth's magnetic field. The existence of these radiation belts was confirmed by another U.S. satellite launched two months later, and they became known as the Van Allen Belts in honor of their discoverer.
Explorer 1 revolved around Earth in a looping orbit that took it as close as 354 kilometers (220 miles) to Earth and as far as 2,515 kilometers (1,563 miles). It made one orbit every 114.8 minutes, or a total of 12.54 orbits per day. The satellite itself was 203 centimeters (80 inches) long and 15.9 centimeters (6.25 inches) in diameter. Explorer 1 made its final transmission on May 23, 1958. It entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up on March 31, 1970, after more than 58,000 orbits. The satellite weighed 14 kilograms (30.8 pounds).
| Filename: | Explorer_1_Addon_for_Orbiter.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 27th September 2004, 16:24:14 |
| Downloads: | 1,258 |
| Author: | Jim Williams |
| Size: | 565.57 KB |
| 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: | 311 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 2.8 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Fort St James CYJM in British Columbia Canada |
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Fort St James is a small town of around 1,600 folks at the southeastern end of Stuart Lake, at the head of the Stuart River, and around 360 miles north of Vancouver and 220 miles inland from the coast. It was a long-established trading post for furs, with a permanent presence there from 1806 onwards. The airfield is 3 miles south of the town and is called "Fort St James (Perison)" in the Nav Canada listings. I presume that this is part of their trend towards calling airfields by their location rather than by their name. Makes sense as it is difficult to find information by searching for an airfield that is listed under a name you don't know. The field has an asphalt runway of 4,000 feet aligned 10-28 and at 2,364 feet ASL. There is no lighting. The main user of the airfield is Interior Helicopters Ltd. who are based there as operators, and at Williams Lake as helicopter dealers. For the AI helicopters, there is a screenshot (01) of the AS350 helicopter installation folder when it has been transformed into an AI helicopter. The process is to download and install the Ecuriel AS 350, along with the additional textures, as normal; this is straightforward. Then you download the software shown in screenshot 02 and add it as instructed and as shown in 01 so that the helicopter now operates as AI, with a different air file and a modified config file. I should have included this with the Pemberton post. I have posted this as Fort St James CYJM, but I suggest that you just add it to your previously created "BC airfields" and avoid the inevitable doubling up of common textures etc. Up to you. If you find a defect, email me.
| Filename: | Fort_St_James_CYJM_in_British_Columbia_Canada.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 23rd November 2020, 20:14:04 |
| Downloads: | 152 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 2.62 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| FSX-LIEO-Olbia-Sardinien |
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Now, after a long construction period and many hours of free time,
the new FSX airport LIEO-Olbia-Sardinia is finally finished, of
course as always with lots of details and a few extras.........
So off we go, off to Sardinia to the Costa Smeralda, preferably
with an A 321 or a Boeing 737, where you switch to a helicopter or
a smaller aircraft and explore the landscape in detail, including
the port, which has a heli pad for them VIP guests or you can take
a fire-fighting plane and help put out the fire. Of course, in the
direction of the hot air balloons, please first fill up with water
in the sea.............
Installation:
Unpack the zip folder: then copy the FSX-LIEO-Olbia folder into
the FSX addon folder, start the FSX, go to settings, scenery
library, add area, press OK, then you can start.
Extras:
! If you already have one of these files activated in your scenery
library, you do not need to install it again.
For all extras, the respective file must be copied individually
into the Addon Scenery folder and activated individually in FSX as
described during installation.
File: 3DPeople_Lib............ (to see people)
File: ObjLib-Large-Car-Parking-FSX.............(parking spaces and
vehicles)
File: PKP...........(to see trains and wagons)
File: Cobus.........(to see buses)
File: FSX_LTS......(lights and light poles)
File: EZ object Library.......(! Most important file for numerous
accessories + buildings)
! Note whoever installed the old EZ Object Library from me before
October 25th, 2023 should install this new one here and delete the
old one in FSX because I have completely revised it!
Candy:
As a treat, I'll give you the Canadair CL215 firefighting plane
that is stationed in Olbia 1x as AI traffic + 1x for flying
yourself..............
You can find more information on my YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7vHXQMa3hhU2iGtODXlkHw/videos
| Filename: | FSXLIEOOlbiaSardinien.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 29th October 2023, 12:01:15 |
| Downloads: | 618 |
| Author: | Ewald Wagner alias Jamaika |
| Size: | 251 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Global 7000 for "iris_easter_eggs_2013_fsx" |
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Repaint for "iris_easter_eggs_2013_fsx" by "IRIS Flight Simulation Software" "Bombardier's Global 7000 and the Global 8000 were launched together at NBAA in October 2010 as derivatives of the Global 6000 program. The aircraft completed its first flight Nov. 4, 2016, marking the start of a rigorous flight-testing program. Entry-into-service of the large jet was scheduled in the second half of 2018. The Global 7000 has a four-zone cabin and will carry up to 12 passengers. It features 14 windows on each side of the fuselage - One more than the legacy Global Express and one less than the 6000. The Global 7000 also features the high swept supercritical wing with winglets and a high swept T-tail. As far as performance, the Global 7000 is powered by GE Aviation Passport engines and has a range of 7,400 nm and a top speed of 530 knots. The two GE Passport engines are side mounted at the rear of the aircraft. The Global 7000, which was priced at about $73 million is indeed large. The cabin (not including the baggage compartment) is 54 feet, seven inches long; six feet, three inches tall; and eight feet, two inches wide. Aft of the galley, the passenger area is divided into four distinct living areas. Depending on the layout, they can include a seating area, a dining or meeting area, a cinema room, and a bedroom. In April 2018, the Global 7000 and its cabin won a Red Dot in the Ships, Trains and Planes category of this year’s Red Dot Design Award, ainternational competition conducted annually since 1955 by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. As judging criteria, the 39-member jury looked at each product’s levels of innovation, functionality, formal quality, ergonomics, and durability."
| Filename: | Global_7000__for_iris_easter_eggs_2013_fsx.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 16th November 2019, 18:49:23 |
| Downloads: | 383 |
| Author: | David Robles |
| Size: | 25.09 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| Consolidated PBY-5 RNZAF 6 Sqn XX-W |
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A repaint for the Aerosoft PBY-5 Catalina in the colors of NZ4020 XX-W of the RNZAF. Bu08435, it flew with 6 Flying Boat Squadron. Following Japan's entry into the war in December 1941, the RNZAF had to switch from primarily training pilots to Europe into a combat force. No. 6 Squadron RNZAF was formed as an army co-operation unit at Milson in February 1942 flying Vickers Vildebeest and Hawker Hind aircraft. At the same time, No. 5 Squadron RNZAF moved to Fiji with Short Singapores and Vickers Vildebeest and Vincent biplanes. Modern maritime patrol flying boats (and more Hudson light bombers) were requested under Lend Lease and when the first Consolidated Catalinas arrived a detachment of men from No. 5 Squadron was assigned to convert to these types as No. 6 Squadron. Before the squadron was officially formed these men successfully completed their first air-sea rescue of a downed US aircrew. From May 1943 No. 6 squadron undertook action against the Japanese. The Squadron also conducted search and rescue missions for allied aircrew and seamen, and undertook many open sea rescues. XX-W arrived in Fiji on 21 October 1943. On February 18, 1944 it took off on a dumbo rescue mission to north Buka Island and landed to rescue two crew members and pick up a dead body from the crash of B-25, and successfully returned them to Halavo. On 26 May 1945, it stalled on landing at Hobsonville and was towed to its mooring by a crash boat. The induced damage resulted in the aircraft being written off charge on 18 June 1945.
Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paintkit by Aerosoft
| Filename: | Consolidated_PBY5_RNZAF_6_Sqn_XXW.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 13th July 2018, 20:40:22 |
| Downloads: | 140 |
| Author: | Jan Kees Blom |
| Size: | 8.74 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Nanisivik CYSR and Arctic Bay CJX7 in Nunavut, Canada |
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Nanisivik is an airfield in the north of Baffin Island, 470 miles north of the Arctic circle. It was built to service a zinc and lead mine that was opened in 1976 as Canada's first Arctic mine, now closed and dismantled. The deep water Strathcona Sound has been ear-marked by the Canadian government for development as a naval base, so I have left the large ore storage shed and the jetty in place. The airfield is at 2,106 feet on the top of the Borden Peninsula hills with a lighted 6,400 feet of 150 feet wide gravel runway runway aligned 11/29. There is a terminal and other maintenance buildings, and First Air have a building there from when the mine generated a lot of traffic and jets were used. Arctic Bay is a village 11 miles west of Nanisivik airfield with a population of around 690 which also uses the Nanisivik airfield. There is another gravel strip much closer to the village that is called Arctic Bay CJX7, but this is smaller with only 1,500' of 50' wide gravel and has no facilities of any sort. The village is partly dependent on visiting sports hunters and other limited tourist visits. At almost 73 degrees north the average year will have only four or even three months where the average high is above freezing. The buildings on the field have been modelled specifically for this scenery, and as in real life there is only JetA available. The AI visiting aircraft are a Kenn Borek Twin Otter and a First Air 42-300. As Nanisivik is in the "Northern Domestic Airspace" the runway is signed in "true" bearings and not magnetic as magnetic compasses become unreliable close to the magnetic pole.
| Filename: | Nanisivik_CYSR_and_Arctic_Bay_CJX7_in_Nunavut_Cana.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 28th May 2011, 19:59:18 |
| Downloads: | 497 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 2.64 MB |