Roosevelt Field, And Curtiss Field, Garden City, NY - May 1927
Semi-Historical Scenery by Christopher Tarana for FS2002.
March 03, 2012
christophertarana@gmail.com
The easiest way to load this scenery the first time is to go to Create Flight>Current Location [change]>Search Addon Scenery>
Roosevelt Field.
This scenery does come with four flights for FS2002* -
Cessna182 At Roosevelt Field.FLT
Cessna 182 At May 1927.FLT
Spirit Of St. Louis At Curtiss Field May 1927.FLT*
Spirit of St. Louis At Roosevelt Field May 20th 1927.FLT*
These flights will put you on the runways at Curtiss Field, and Roosevelt Field.
* - These two flights require a copy of the Flight 1 Software's Freeware Spirit Of St. Louis for FS2002. I wasn't sure of the legality of adding that addon to mine
so I decided against including it! I do have a copy of it if a Google search fails to find the link for anyone!
Curtiss Field and Roosevelt Field were located in Garden City, NY. The landing strips on Curtiss Field are three 2000ftx100ft concrete runways.
Roosevelt Field had four dirt runways that varied from 2900ft to 5000ft. The longest one was the runway Lindbergh used to takeoff for his New York to
Paris flight. Runway 11 had a 4000 ft length and a dirt ramp at the SE end for Richard Byrd's Fokker Tri-Motor "America" to get a running start!
History
Originally named the Hempstead Plains Aerodrome, it was renamed in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt's son, Quentin, who was killed in air
combat during World War I. Roosevelt Field was the takeoff point for many historic flights in the early history of aviation, including Charles Lindbergh's
1927 solo transatlantic flight. It was also used by other pioneering aviators, including Amelia Earhart and Wiley Post.
The Hempstead Plains Aerodrome, originally encompassed 900 to 1,000 acres (405 ha) east of Clinton Road and south of Old Country Road. The U.S. military began using the Hempstead Plains field before the U.S. entered World War I. When the U.S. entered the war in April 1917, the airfield was taken over as a training
center for military pilots and renamed Hazelhurst Field. On September 24, 1918, the Army changed the name of the airfield to Roosevelt Field.
After the war, the U.S. Air Service authorized some companies to operate from Roosevelt Field but maintained control until July 1, 1920, at which time the
government sold its buildings and improvements and relinquished control of the field. Subsequently, the property owners sold portions along the southern edge
of the field and split the remainder of the property into two separate fields, Roosevelt Field on the eastern half, and Curtiss Field. Both fields were bought
in 1929 by Roosevelt Field, Inc. and the consolidated property was once again renamed Roosevelt Field. The eastern field was sold in 1936 and became a
racetrack, while the western field located at the corner of Clinton and Old Country Roads continued to operate as an aviation center. At its peak in the
1930s, it was Americas busiest civilian airfield.Roosevelt Field was used by the Navy and Army during World War II. After the war, Roosevelt Field reverted to operation as a commercial airport until it closed on May 31, 1951.
At this point, I'm all set to do scenery for both San Diego and St. Louis in 1927!
Scenery Editor:
Airport v2.60 by Pascal Meziat, Brian McWilliams, Tom Hiscox, and Manfred Moldenhauer.
Scenery Macros:
TPole.Api by Tim Dickens
HGRHQD10.Api by Robert Waszkiewicz
HGRHQD11.Api by Robert Waszkiewicz
AP_Sock.Api by Peter Leadbeater
CTOWER60.Api by Tim Dickens
Beacon2.Api by Tim Dickens
StaHang.Api by Bill Lyons
THangerB.Api By Tim Dickens
GasCashe.Api By Frank Betts
Beacon.Api by Tim Dickens
Installation Instructions:
1. Extract all files to a temporary directory.
2. Move the Flights Folder to your Main FS2002 folder.
3. Make a new folder named Roosevelt.
4. Move scenery and texture folders into the Roosevelt folder.
5. Move Roosevelt folder into your FS2002 ADDON SCENERY folder.
6. Use the Scenery Library to add the scenery to FS2002.
