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An "Oldie" Revisited

falcon409

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This might have been one of the first scenery projects I did using satellite imagery for the ground texture. It was a request from someone who was familiar with this airport and many others in the same region of the country. I believe it's closed now. . .but since this is a Simulator. . .I'm simulating that it's still open.

I found some good images of the buildings, something I don't think I had originally because I used all default hangars. This time around it should look pretty close to how it was.

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The airport I am thinking is the one a US President used when he went to his home or something like that.

 
Downsville?

Either way, I'm glad to see you're turning your considerable skills back to the Northeast, Ed! New York state and Pennsylvania offer a surprising amount of rolling and challenging topography. Outside metro areas, they really do present a stunning amount of rural natural beauty. The Poconos, Catskills, etc....
 
mgchrist5 said:
Downsville?

Either way, I'm glad to see you're turning your considerable skills back to the Northeast, Ed! New York state and Pennsylvania offer a surprising amount of rolling and challenging topography. Outside metro areas, they really do present a stunning amount of rural natural beauty. The Poconos, Catskills, etc....
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You are correct Mark. Downsville, White Birch, Valley View and some others....all enjoyable and scenic small strips that I have done and plan to revisit to give a facelift to.
 
Almost there:

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Next step will be to move it into MCX for final compile and then into the scenery.
 
Where?

falcon409 said:
Uploaded to the SOH Library.
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I went to the library hoping to find this little airstrip in the Catskills. But while the screenshot is the same as above, the associated file is the previously-uploaded Airpark-Dallas.zip.

I hope it's just a simple file error and can easily be corrected.

Thanks, Ed!
 
jschall said:
I went to the library hoping to find this little airstrip in the Catskills. But while the screenshot is the same as above, the associated file is the previously-uploaded Airpark-Dallas.zip.

I hope it's just a simple file error and can easily be corrected.

Thanks, Ed!
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Thanks, not certain why the pic changed on the Airpark-Dallas download. The Downsville upload will not be available til Rami has a chance to get it officially uploaded and access is available. I would guess not until later today or this evening.
 
A bit tight for my usual scenery test ride, but doable. I really had to study out the approach and it was still pretty tense. The Howard doesn't slow down that well coming in down a mountainside into a valley. Great little airfield!

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Beautiful airport, Ed! Thanks!

I wish the tree colors in P3DV4 were a little more realistic. Not enough color differences! Pete

Update:

What can I do to fix this problem (I guess with elevation?). I do have FTX Global Vector installed, and ran the Airport Elevation Tool. That did not fix it. When I have a aircraft at different areas of the Downsville runway, the aircraft will be above ground a foot or so, or beneath the surface, as in this picture. NC

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