Simviation Forum - Connecticut Scenery

Sep 10^th, 2006 at 6:32pm

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I typically fly a Cessna 172 out of a small Connecticut airport (Koxc). How do I know that I have the best scenery for that airport, or for that matter, the best scenery for Connecticut?

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Reply #1 - Sep 10^th, 2006 at 7:39pm

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Cessna156,

Do some searching in the SimV libraries for "CT" or "Connecticut" or the airport ICAO identifiers. Als for the names of major cities like "Hartford". Then also do it in Google with the added term "fs2004" or "fs9".

A little electronic sleuth work will go a long way to helping you find the best stuff...... if there is any.

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Reply #2 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 10:40am

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hello felow new englander

i use bradly alot but i dont know of the airport you speek of. i found a download to make the terminals a bradly correct but other than that i havent had much luck. you could look into some scenery tools and fix stuf up your self.

check out runway 12 that seems to be the website for fs scenery addons

keep me posted on good conn downloads Grin

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Reply #3 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 12:56pm

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Likewise

I'm from CT as well (about 10 minutes away from New Haven) so I fly out of Tweed quite a bit Grin

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Reply #4 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 7:47pm

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John - Thanks for the suggestions. I will try them out and give you an update.

For the CT responders: KOXC is the airport id for Waterbury - Oxford located in Oxford. Small airport, has a three year old tower with one landing strip 36 / 18. I have 9.6 hours in a Cessna there.

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Reply #5 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 8:30pm

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Ah, I know that Airport... bout 30 minutes of a drive away from here... Just passed it yesterday =P... Wasn't that the place with the WWII bombers on display this past weekend?

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Reply #6 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 8:55pm

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B 17 and B 25. I was there about 5:30 on Thursday for a lesson and watched them both take off. The B 17 sounded very rough. They take passengers (at $400 a clip) for a 30 minute ride, but the vibrations in the 17 must have been terrible. In contrast, the B 25 sounded very smooth. They come about once a year.

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Reply #7 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 9:19pm

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John - Try this out. Tell me what you think. Looks interesting but I wouldn't know wht to do with it. http://www.megascenery.com/vol2-us-full.htm

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Reply #8 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 9:46pm

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I have some of the Megascenery stuff. Tried it... and really was not impressed.

For me the problem with that "photoreal" stuff is that there is WAY too little 3 dimensional stuff on the ground. If you are a "flying cigar jockey" and stay up high.... it looks awesome. But get down low.... and the landscape is kinda barren...... not to mention fuzzy looking.

I mainly fly a regional jet..... and even with that on approches and take offs ... the landscape doesn't look all that great.

Get abovce about 5000 however..... and you swear it was real.

One man's opinion....your mileage may vary. Wink

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Reply #9 - Sep 12^th, 2006 at 5:38pm

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Thanks. Doesn't sound like I should bother. Will keep looking.

Gene

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