MINDEN-TAHOE AIRPORT KMEV (aka Douglas County)
By John B. Loney, Jr.
January 29, 2006
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ABOUT THE AIRPORT:
The Minden-Tahoe Airport is a 990-acre general aviation non-towered airport. Built in 1942 as a military training base, Douglas County acquired the Airport and has operated it as a municipal airport governed by Douglas County Board of County Commissioners. The Airport serves a broad base of aviation uses from corporate to recreational flying. It is home to approximately 250 aircraft with 80,000 annual operation. It is also home to the Minden Tanker Base and the Sierra Front Dispatch Agency with primary mission of dispatching tankers to fires in the Sierra Nevada region.
Airport Operational Statistics:
Aircraft based on the field: 299
Single engine airplanes: 165
Multi engine airplanes: 31
Jet airplanes: 15
Helicopters: 7
Gliders airplanes: 80
Ultralights: 1
Aircraft operations: avg 218/day
Local general aviation 53%
Transient general aviation 44%
Air Taxi 3%
Military <1%
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ABOUT THE SCENERY:
This entry in the FS World Library leaves me just one more state to visit to complete the 50 states of the USA. I will then re-visit some of the states for further creations. There is no particular reason in picking this airport to enhance. I was "surfing" Google Earth and just happen upon this one. It was a nice airport to do and I hope you enjoy it. I have noticed that the AI traffic, though made specifically for the airports I do, sometimes leave the field looking bare. This time I placed static aircraft on the tarmac for that "Hey this airport is being used" effect. For the second time, I have altered the airport by putting a tower on the field. In real life, the facility is uncontrolled. However I thought that it was large enough to warrant a tower. The download has the tower configuration. If you'd rather run the scenery with no tower as it is in real life, do the following:
1. Replace the original AFCAD file with the one in the kmev_unicom.zip file. and
2. Remove the file kmev_R12_Small Tower.bgl from the KMEV/scenery folder
The download includes the source file for the AI traffic, TrafficMindenTahoe.txt in case you want to modify the AI traffic in the scenery. Also, the xml files are in the KMEV/xml folder, again incase you want to modify the Rwy12 objects. The scenery was created using EZ Scenery and Rwy12 so you will need to download and install the texture libraries for those objects. I created the signs with FSDS3 and those textures are included with this download. If you have Lago's FSE, you will enjoy some dynamic scenery featuring cars and trucks on the roadways.
The AI trsaffic contains some aircraft that I have created and are available only on my website at the address listed below. The aircraft are fully functional in FS. They can be flown or used as AI traffic.
You will see the aircraft in the list below. Have fun with this one. Happy landings!!!
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ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT:
The aircraft used for the scenery startup is the Adam A700*****. a700v1.exe
The aircraft used in the flight plans are listed below:
*****These aircraft are my own creations they are only available from my website listed below.
Of course, you can exchange the aircraft for ones you like. There is a copy of the flight plans source file included.
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THANKS TO:
Abacus for EZ Scenery, Rwy12 team and contributors
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INSTALLATION:
Author's Note:
After receiving many emails, I find that I am a little off the beaten path. My FS file structure is not the default setup. So as you read these instructions, keep in mind that most of the files will work from anywhere as long as FS knows where they are. If your file structure is C:\Programs Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\ it's ok. Just place or check to verify that certain files are in certain folders. I will refer to the above structure as the DEFAULT FILE STRUCTURE, and the following file structure as MY FILE STRUCTURE. Which is: D:\fs2004\ and my scenery files are in D:\fs2k4_scenery\.
I have it this way because I've also done scenery for fs2002 and I didn't want to get the two versions mixed up. (Bet'cha can't guess what the folder name for the fs2002 scenery is). So in explaining where the files go, I'll try not to confuse anyone, but if I do, please contact me for clarification.
AFTER UNZIPPING THE FILE kmev_v1.ZIP TO A TEMPORARY FOLDER, HOPEFULLY, YOU ARE READING THIS README FILE.
If you don't have them already, download Lee Swordy's Traffic Tools v2x and AFCAD2x. Follow the instructions from the files and install them onto your system. While you're at it, download the texture files necessary for this scenery and put them into the main FS texture folder. They are: ASDv2.1, Nova, Nova Gold and NovaSim textures, plus my own custom textures. All are available for free at my website, www.lfssd.net (the "l" is an L, not a one). You also should download Rwy12 objects/textures. You don't need the complete Rwy12 program. (See the Rwy12 open letter on SurClaro or SurClaro.com search file rwy12_-_open_letter.zip). You can get the EZ Scenery libraries/textures from Abacus' website at http://www.abacuspub.com/pub/AbacusEZLibraries.exe.
Using the folders switch, unzip the file kmevscen.zip to the drive where you have your FS. Using your file manager (Windows Explorer) check to make sure that all the files are in their proper folder.
C:\My Documents\Flight Simulator Files should have the .FLT and .WX files (This is for the Windows XP users.) For all other OS the .FLT and .WX files are under the main FS folder. (I think)
Drive:\FS9 folder\Addon Scenery\scenery should have AF2_*.bgl (Refer to Default file structure if different)
Drive:\FS9 folder\Scenery\World\scenery should have TrafficMindenTahoe.bgl
Drive:\fs2k4_scenery or Addon Scenery folder\KMEV\scenery should have the kmev_*.bgl scenery files (The KMEV folder can also go under the Addon Scenery folder if you wish)
If you have Lago's FSE 2004, then check the following:
Drive:\FS9 folder\Lago\FSE\Data\should have MindenTahoe.SE2 for Static scenery and
Drive:\FS9 folder\Lago\Common\Tracks\should have MindenTahoe.OSC For dynamic scenery
Drive:\FS9 folder\KMEV\xml\contains the Rwy12 xml files for those who need the source files for the Rwy12 objects. If you do not wish to change any of the Rwy12 objects, you can delete these files.
Activating the scenery in FS9:
1. Start FS
2. At the Menu, select Settings
3. Then select Scenery Library
4. Select Add Area
5. Go to where you have the scenery folder in the file structure and just open the scenery name folder ie; (KMEV) Then click OK
6. Set the priority using the "D" Key or the Move Down button or the "U" Key or the Move Up Button
7. Click OK
8. Close FS and re-start
9. At the menu select "Select a Flight"
10. Scroll down to your flight, hightlight and click FLY NOW
You're at the airport of your choice. Go fly.
You should be ready to fly. Happy landings!
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Legal stuff. Copyright and Distribution
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This scenery is freeware. Copyright John B. Loney, Jr. Feel free to add or change this scenery. Especially if you know a more accurate placement of items. You do not have my permission to make any monetary gain from this scenery. It started out as freeware and it shall remain freeware.
- The author's rights and wishes concerning this archive must be
respected.
Copyright 2006 by John B. Loney, Jr. All Rights Reserved.
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Disclaimer
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I do not accept any responsibility for any damage to any system as a result of running this scenery.
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Contact:
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As usual, I welcome any comments. I will try to answer as many as I can.
