Peter O Knight Airport(KTPF)
By John B. Loney, Jr.
May 10, 2005
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ABOUT THE AIRPORT:
Peter O Knight Airport serves Tampa and Hillsborough County and is owned by Hillsborough Co Avn Authority. The airport has more than one runway. The longest is a paved runway extending 3405 feet. The facility is at an elevation of 8 feet at a distance of about 3 miles from Tampa.
Airport Operational Statistics:
Aircraft based on the field: 102
Single engine airplanes: 84
Multi engine airplanes: 11
Jet airplanes: 2
Helicopters: 5
Aircraft operations: avg 181/day
Local general aviation 55%
Transient general aviation 45%
Air Taxi <1%
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ABOUT THE SCENERY:
This scenery was a request. Peter O Knight Airport was a challenging facility to do. I didn't know how challenging until I attempted a nearby airport, Vandenberg (KVDF) with the intention of releasing both in the same package. I think there is an internal problem with FS9 and the Vandenberg coordinates. It seems that the exclude .bgl will not allow the display of any new objects. It is under investigation as we speak. Therefore, Peter O. Knight has been released by itself. One interesting part of the scenery was the marina. MS did not complete the "hook" of the marina, so I had to render it with FSDS2. I had never created terrain before and I had a "good" time doing it. I could not get it to be landable, so if you venture out on the marina hook, you'll sink into the water. Please keep it on airport property. All of the textures for the scenery are included in the download. The flightplans text file is also included in case you want to change anything. The AFCAD2 file is very important this time because I changed some taxiways and the tarmac. So have fun with this scenery and happy landings.
There is a copy of the .xml file in this download for those with RWY12.
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ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT:
The aircraft used for the scenery startup is the Beechcraft Baron 58 FS9 default
The aircraft used in the flight plans are 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:
Michael Verlin for suggesting Peter O. Knight 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 ktpf_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 may also want to download Rwy12.
Using the folders switch, unzip the file kpvdscen.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 TrafficPeterOKnight.bgl
Drive:\fs2k4_scenery or Addon Scenery folder\KTPF\scenery should have the ktpf_*.bgl scenery files (The KTPF folder can also go under the Addon Scenery folder if you wish)
Drive:\FS9 folder\Texture should have the following textures:
The ASDv2.1, Nova, NovaGold and NovaSim texture sets. With this download, the textures in the KTPF/texture folder can be moved to the FS main texture folder if you wish.
If you have Lago's FSE 2004, then check the following:
Drive:\FS9 folder\Lago\FSE\Data\should have PeterOKnight.SE2 for static scenery and
Drive:\FS9 folder\Lago\Common\Tracks\should have PeterOKnight.OSC For dynamic scenery
I added my custom textures for this scenery to the texture folder under the scenery folder (KTPF\texture). As mentioned before, you can move them to the main FS texture folder. If it asks you if you want to overwrite you already have them and you can delete these if you wish.
Note: Custom textures for this download are: Sign_Peter O Knight.bmp, Sign_Peter O Knight_lm.bmp, Sign_Atlas Aviation.bmp, Sign_Atlas Aviation_lm.bmp, Sign_Peter O Knight_2.bmp, Sign_Peter O Knight_2_lm.bmp, Logo_Shell.bmp and Logo_Shell_lm.bmp
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; (KPVD) 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 2005 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.
