The RMS Titanic sank after shortly after midnight on April 15, 1912.
The ship struck an iceberg on her maiden transatlantic crossing and over 1,500 people lost their lives in the cold waters of the North Atlantic.
On September 1, 1985, Dr. Robert Ballard and his crew found the wreckage of the Titanic 12,000 feet below the surface, over thirteen nautical miles from the last position radioed by the ship in 1912. The search for the remains was finally over.
Dr. Ballard returned to the ship in 1986, this time leaving two plaques on the the ship dedicated to those who lost their lives that fateful night. His crew took video and photos of the ship, but removed no artifacts. Since then, numerous other expeditions have visited the Titanic removing hundreds of artifacts that are now on display worldwide.
THE SCENERY
This scenery provides a landable marker platform locating the the Titanic so that you can visit the site. The platform is very small and, due to its size, only a few aircraft can land on it. There is a monument on the platform that is inscribed with a statement that Dr. Ballard made to the press eight days after the discovery was made.
The scenery has no runway. You may land anywhere on the platform that you wish.
The closest airport is at St. Johns, Newfoundland (CYYT), approximately 375 NM away. The Titanic Memorial Platform scenery is placed over the stern section of the ship at N41°43.35" W049°56.54". There is an NDB on the platform at a frequency of 320.0.
SCENERY INSTALLATION
Place the folder "Titanic Memorial Platform" in your FS9 Addon Scenery folder. Activate the scenery in the usual way by using the Scenery Library. If you have FSNavigator, be sure to run the FSNav data base after the installation so that the scenery will show up in FSNav.
An FSNav flight plan is provided in this zip archive. Move the file "St. Johns to Titanic.fsn" to your C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Modules\FSNavigator\Plan folder and call up the flight plan in FSNav.
This scenery is freeware with no use restrictions. Public domain. Tested only with FS9.
The scenery authors are Bill Toler, f14flyboy (f14flyboy@aol.com) and Ed Sheats, LJ922 (boatmanga@aol.com). Sign design by The Terrapin Stop.
This scenery is being released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the Titanic. A special multiplayer flight from St. Johns, Newfoundland to the platform is being made on September 18, 2005. The flight is sponsored by the Multiplayer Adventures Forum at SurClaro. Be sure to visit the forum for the announcement of this event and return often for information about other events in the future.
The direct link to the forum is: http://forums.SurClaro/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=11
