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What is your favorite default smalller airfield in FSX?

For default airfields my favorite is Yam Island, some very interesting takeoffs can happen from time to time, although it is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. For custom airfields my favorite right now is Europa FAV. At FlightSim.com search Europa. :kilroy:
 
stormtrooper271 said:
For default airfields my favorite is Yam Island, some very interesting takeoffs can happen from time to time, although it is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. For custom airfields my favorite right now is Europa FAV. At FlightSim.com search Europa. :kilroy:
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I tried to download this at flightsim.com and not sure I got it all. It downloaded to fast and there was an empty texture folder in the zip.
 
Favourite small(ish) airfield of mine would be Queenstown on New Zealand's south island (NZQN). It has interesting approaches from any direction in marginal weather, and excellent scenery all round, even in default. The main reason I like it though is that NZ's best terrain, Fjordland, is just a short hop away. That's an area I could never tire of flying (or hiking) in. :)

-Mike


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Lotus said:
Favourite small(ish) airfield of mine would be Queenstown on New Zealand's south island (NZQN). It has interesting approaches from any direction in marginal weather, and excellent scenery all round, even in default. The main reason I like it though is that NZ's best terrain, Fjordland, is just a short hop away. That's an area I could never tire of flying (or hiking) in. :)

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Yeah thats one airport I want to see upgraded in FSX (there's an excellent FS9 freeware version). Have landed there in real life in a BAe-146 - rather interesting approach as you wizz pass mountains and hills.

Milford Sound airfield is not far away and that is even more interesting. I often fly out of Wanaka which is just up the road from Queenstown as I have the RealNZ version.
 
Marvin Carter said:
O22 Columbia, Ca. Moded by me!!!
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Great airport. Just moved from there. Close to the Sierras, California central vally and San Francisco bay area (there are a few fellows who commute from here to San Francisco everyday).
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The scenery is just great!
 
North Field at Edward's AFB. I like the "abandoned" look to it. Figured no one would mind if I set up shop there...:kilroy:
 
XLR8 said:
I like King airfield . Its a small island with lots of scenery .
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So do I, thanks for the input.

King airfield St Thomas TIST

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Maybe not so small, but I absolutely love IanP's RAF airfields!!

What better than to jump into your spit and do a couple of touch and goes on a sunday morning?!

Thx for the airfields Ian!! ;)
 
Umm... Does that mean you're not going to hit me with a tray? Jolly good!

(Totally OT, but funny... I can't figure out the YouTube tags, so here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw - caution: contains bad language)

I've just posted another one for your collection - RAF North Killingholme.

Back on topic again, One other place I do still like flying around in default FSX scenery is the US Pacific North West islands. Even with the Orbx scenery disabled, there's enough up there to keep you occupied and amused in a light aircraft.

Ian P.
 
0B8, Elizabeth Field, Fishers Island, NY (off the coast of New London CT).

Was part of US Army Ft Wright between WWI and WWII. Father was an island native who became a commissioned USN officer (LtJg) and served in the Pacific in WWII.

End of three of the four runway start positions are beach/ocean. Used to watch as a kid Jock Whitney's Fairchild F-27 land and takeoff on the "long" runway, all of 2,400.' Try landing a B200 King Air in FSX there. They often do today (though more PC-12 traffic). It is fun and a challenge. Lots of other airfields within 10-15 min GA flying distance, e.g. Groton, Montauk, Block Island, East Hampton, etc.
 
I would have a general recommendation here.
People, you should give a try to those addons nammed "Airports of Norway" and "Airstrips of Norway", coupled with a general landclass.
You can find all the links here:
http://walhalla.mine.nu/fsx/norway.html

You should also try to find a good mesh for the country, I know there's one but I can't remember where I found it. After this, Norway will be filled with very nice airports and airfieds (civilian and military) all around, next to the see or in the middle of the hills and forests. I always have a lot of pleasure flying from an airport to another, some of them are really looking good, with interesting approaches sometimes.

I would also recommend the "Fly and Fish" airfields on the same page above, really cool "bush-style" places.

PS: here is the link for the mesh:
http://www.flightsim.no/cgi-bin/file/search.cgi?query=Norway_mesh.zip
It was for FS2004, but FS2004 meshes and landclasses are perfectly compatible with FSX.
 
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