FRANKLIN COUNTY STATE AIRPORT KFSO, VERMONT
By John B. Loney, Jr.
May 11, 2006
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ABOUT THE AIRPORT:
Franklin County State Airport (KFSO), Vt. principally serves Highgate and is owned by the State Of Vermont. The paved runway extends 3,000 feet. The facility is at an elevation of 228 feet and is about three miles from Highgate.
Airport Operational Statistics:
Aircraft based on the field: 53
Single engine airplanes: 46
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Helicopters: 1
Ultralights: 5
Aircraft operations: avg 59/day
Local general aviation 79%
Transient general aviation 13%
Military 7%
Air Taxi <1%
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ABOUT THE SCENERY:
This airport was a random choice. For no particular reason, I selected Franklin Co. After getting into the creation of the airport, I thought it was a good choice. I was able to maintain excellent frames rates with this one. The textures I used with the FSDS3 files are included with the download. However, you must have the latest Rwy12 and EZ Scenery libraries installed. There are two hangars you can open by tuning your nav 2 radio to 116.0 or 114.5. I hope you enjoy flying this scenery. Happy landings!!
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ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT:
The aircraft used for the scenery startup is the Beagle B.206 Bassett, jlb20642.zip
The aircraft used in the flight plans are listed below:
***** This is an aircraft I created with FSDS2. You can download it from my website listed below. The aircraft is not available anywhere else. @@ These aircraft are available at SurClaro and SurClaro.com as well as my website.
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:
Paul for suggesting the airport.
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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 kfso_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). As mentioned above, 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 kfsoscen.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 VT - Franklin County Airport KFSO.FLT and VT - Franklin County Airport KFSO.WX files (This is for the Windows XP users.) For all other OS the .FLT and .WX files are under the main FS folder in a folder called myflts. (I think)
Drive:\FS9 folder\Addon Scenery\scenery should have AF2_KFSO.bgl (Refer to Default file structure if different)
Drive:\FS9 folder\Scenery\World\scenery should have TrafficFranklinCtyState.bgl
Drive:\fs2k4_scenery or Addon Scenery folder\KFSO\scenery should have the kfso_*.bgl scenery files (It's your choice where the KFSO folder goes, under the Addon Scenery folder if you wish or the fs2k4_scenery)
If you have Lago's FSE 2004, then check the following:
Drive:\FS9 folder\Lago\FSE\Data\should have FranklinCtyState.SE2 for Static scenery and
Drive:\FS9 folder\Lago\Common\Tracks\should have FranklinCtyState.OSC For dynamic scenery.
Author's Note: There are no static files in this download for FSE
Drive:\FS9 folder\KFSO\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; (KFSO) 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.
