***** NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ( NAIA ) ******
BY OLIVER IMPERIAL
A SCENERY PACKAGE FOR FSX



BRIEF BACKGROUND:

NAIA IS THE TRADITIONAL MAIN ENTRY POINT TO THE PHILIPPINES ( MACTAN INTERNATIONAL IN CEBU
AND MACAPAGAL INTERNATIONAL IN PAMPANGA HAS BEEN TAKING A HUGE CHUNK OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS
IN RECENT YEARS ) ITS LOCATED IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF MANILA.
THE AIRPORT GREW OUT OF "NICHOLS" AIRBASE ESTABLISHED IN THE 1920'S AND WAS A MAJOR
US AIRFORCE BASE IN WORLD WAR 2 ( IT WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE IN A MATTER OF HOURS AFTER
THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR ) AFTER THE WAR, ADDITIONAL LONGER AND WIDER RUNWAYS WERE
ADDED FOR CIVILIAN USE. THE AIRFORCE RETAINED ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE BASE NOW NAMED
"VILLAMOR AIRBASE." A MUCH BIGGER AREA WAS DESIGNATED TO CIVILIAN COMMERCIAL USE. THE AIRPORT
WAS OFFICIALLY CHRISTENED "MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT" ALTHOUGH THRU A CONGRESSIONAL
REORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS IN THE 1970's THE AIRPORT BY SOME OVERSIGHT NOW SITS IN BETWEEN
PARANAQUE CITY AND PASAY CITY WHICH UPTO NOW HAVE LEGAL SQUABBLES ON WHICH CITY WILL GET THE
REVENUES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT IS A COLLECTION OF THREE TERMINALS BUILT IN
SUCCESSION THRU THE YEARS.TERMINAL 1 BUILT IN THE 1980'S TERMINAL 2 IN THE 1990'S AND TERMINAL 3
IN EARLY 2000. IN 1983, THE PHILIPPINE SENATOR AND OPPOSITION LEADER BENIGNO "NINOY" AQUINO
CAME BACK HOME FROM EXILE IN THE UNITED STATES TO LEAD A CIVIL PROTEST AGAINST THE THEN
DICTATORSHIP OF FERDINAND MARCOS. UPON DISEMBARKING FROM THE AIRPLANE AND IN PLAIN SIGHT OF A
MULTITUDE OF FOREIGN AND LOCAL JOPURNALISTS, HE WAS FELLED BY AN ASSASIN'S BULLET.
THE GRAPHIC IMAGES OF THE SENATOR'S BLOODY AND LIMP BODY ON THE TARMAC OF TERMINAL 1 INCITED
THE POPULATION INTO OPEN PROTEST WHICH EVENTUALLY TOPPLED THE DICTATORSHIP. IN THE 1990'S
THE AIRPORT WAS RENAMED "NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HONOR OF THE MAN WHO INSPIRED
A NATION BACK TO DEMOCRACY.



INSTALLATION

STEP 1. COPY "NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL" TO THIS FOLDER:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Scenery

STEP 2. "NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL BUILDINGS" TO THIS FOLDER:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Scenery

STEP 3. COPY THE FILE IN FOLDER "FILES FOR WORLD FOLDER" TO THIS FOLDER:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Scenery\World\Scenery

STEP 3. This is an OPTIONAL STEP and taxiway markings textures for all your airport. Making them more striking and
more visible.For me, the default fsx textures look dull anyways so might as well
over write them..> Here is the step:

COPY FILES IN FOLDER "TEXTURES" TO THIS FOLDER:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Texture

COPY FILES IN FOLDER "FILES FOR GLOBAL TEXTURES" TO THIS FOLDER:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Scenery\Global\Scenery

STEP 4. RUN FSX, CLICK "SETTINGS", CLICK "SCENERY LIBRARY", CLICK "ADD AREA"
BROWSE TO ADD THE "NAIA ADE AND SBUILD X FILES"AND THE "NAIA BUILDINGS" FOLDERS.
CLICK THE CHECKING BOX IN FRONT OF EACH NEWLY ADDED FOLDERS SO IT WILL ACTIVATE

THATS IT! HOPE YOU ENJOY THE ADDED REALISM AND THE ATTEMPT FOR ACCURACY OF THIS SCENERY
PACKAGE. FOR ANYONE OUT THERE WHO MAY HAVE BETTER IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THIS PACKAGE,
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT oli_imperial@yahoo.com.( I can do extremely well 3d modelling
on 3d max and autocadd what I dont know how to do is import them on fsx.
somebody please teach me!)


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

MOST OF THE BEAUTIFUL TERMINAL BUILDINGS WERE TAKEN FROM "FS2004 Scenery--Ninoy Aquino International"
AN EXCEMPLARY PIECE OF WORK BY Lowil Fred Espada
I SUGGEST YOU ALSO DOWNLOAD "FS2004/FSX Scenery--City Of Manila" By Nestor D'Angelo
TO REALLY COMPLETE THE FEEL OF FLYING ABOVE METRO MANILA