Spokane version 4
By John B. Loney, Jr.
April 24, 2005
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ABOUT THE AIRPORTS:
Fairchild Air Force Base (kska) is located 12 miles west of the city of Spokane, Washington adjacent to US Highway 2 and 3 miles north of Interstate 90. The base is at an elevation of 2,463 feet above sea level and covers approximately 4,300 acres of high plains characteristic of Eastern Washington. Fairchild originated as the Spokane Army Air Depot in 1942 and was turned over to the United States Air Force (Strategic Air Command) in 1947. The base is currently shared with the Washington Air National Guard and several tenant organizations. Several facilities administered by the base are located in the surrounding area off the main base.
Spokane International Airport (KGEG) in Spokane, WA. has two runways, the longest being 9000 ft. The facility is at an elevation of 2372 ft. Spokane International Airport is a 4,800 acre commercial service airport served by ten airlines and three air cargo carriers. The airport processed 3.1 million passengers and 57,000 U.S. air cargo tons in 2004. It is the second largest airport in the State of Washington and recognized by the FAA as a small hub.
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: 112
Single engine airplanes: 77
Multi engine airplanes: 27
Jet airplanes: 3
Helicopters: 3
Military aircraft: 2
Aircraft operations: avg 296/day
Commercial 38%
Transient general aviation 23%
Air taxi 21%
Local general aviation 17%
Military 1%
Felts Field Airport serves Spokane and Spokane County and is owned by Spokane City-County. A distance of 6000 feet is provided for seaplanes to land. The facility is at an elevation of 1953 feet at a distance of about 4 miles from Spokane.
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: 328
Single engine airplanes: 289
Multi engine airplanes: 24
Jet airplanes: 3
Helicopters: 12
Aircraft operations: avg 159/day
Local general aviation 49%
Transient general aviation 37%
Air Taxi 14%
Military <1%
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ABOUT THE SCENERY:
The original Spokane International, (KGEG) Scenery was plagued with the "invisible building" crash error among other errors. The scenery is finally corrected after much input from the flight sim community. The other two airports, Fairchild AFB, (KSKA) and Felts Field, (KSFF) deserved some attention also. I decided to render all three airports in a single package. The airports can be installed separately, just in case you don't want all three on your system. If you are replacing Spokane International, backup the old file, then delete the original files from your system. Do a fresh install with the new Spokane International files. If the new file install properly, you can delete the backup of the old files. KGEG has been enhanced with Lago's FSE Rwy12 was employed in Fairchild and Felts along with FSE. I hope you enjoy this Spokane rendering.
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ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT:
The aircraft used for the scenery startup for Felts Field is the Pilatus PC-12 pc12comb.zip; for Fairchild AFB is the KC135 Stratotanker skc135r.zip; for Spokane International is the Airbus A320-231 America West abtwns1.zip and amwst320.zip
The aircraft used in the flight plans are listed below:
AC# Type/Livery Zip File
1 Beechcraft Baron 58 Default
2 Beechcraft King Air 350 Default
24 Cessna Skyhawk 172SP Default
27 Cessna Skylane 182S Default
52 Piper Cherokee 180 Default
128 Cessna Citation X ctnx04.zip
174 Beechcraft King Air B200 kab2004.zip
175 Beechcraft Beechjet 400A bj404.zip
185 Cessna 310 rlc_310q.zip
186 Cessna Mustang cesmust4.zip
187 Cirrus SR20 gkcirr.zip and gkcirr_04.zip
193 Pilatus PC12 pc12comb.zip
Spokane International
AC# Type/Livery Zip File
65 Boeing 757-200/United ua7572.zip
66 Boeing 757-200/ATA at752ks.zip and am752max.zip
83 Jetstream 41/US Airways js412k2.zip
89 Boeing 737-200/Air Canada tango737.zip
100 C-32A/USAF search SurClaro
105 Boeing 737-400/Continental 737conti,zip
113 Embraer EMB120/SkyWest aiaembsw.zip
115 Boeing 737-500/Southwest search SurClaro
120 Douglas DC-9/Midwest search SurClaro
122 Douglas DC-9/Northwest aiad95nw.zip
123 Embraer ERJ145/American acerj145.zip/erj145aw.zip
124 BAE R85J/Northwest srj851.zip
125 Bombardier RJ200ER/United crjuexai.zip
127 Embraer EMB-120/Big Sky aiaembsw.zip and 12bigsky.zip
137 Boeing 747-200/Air Force One search SurClaro
139 Lockheed C-5 Galaxy rladsc5.zip
140 Lockheed C-141 Starlifter search SurClaro
164 Boeing 737-400/American "Real Chrome" search SurClaro
204 Grumman HU16 Albatross hu162k2.zip
218 McDonnell Douglas Boeing C-17 Globemaster III fachc-17.zip
221 Bombardier CRJ700ER/ASA Delta Connection crj7asa2.zip
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:
The contributors and creators of rwy12 for the fantastic utility.
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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 spokane4.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 TrafficFairchildAFB.bgl, TrafficFeltsField.bgl and TrafficSpokane.bgl
Drive:\fs2k4_scenery or Addon Scenery folder\KSKA\scenery should have the kska_*.bgl scenery files (The KSKA folder can also go under the Addon Scenery folder if you wish) Follow the same structure for KSFF and KGEG
Drive:\FS9 folder\Texture should have the following textures:
The ASDv2.1, Nova, NovaGold and NovaSim texture sets
If you have Lago's FSE 2004, then check the following:
Drive:\FS9 folder\Lago\FSE\Data\should have Fairchild.SE2, FeltsField.SE2 and SpokaneIntl.SE2 for static scenery and Drive:\FS9 folder\Lago\Common\Tracks\should have Fairfield.OSC For dynamic scenery
I added my custom textures for this scenery to the texture folder under the scenery folder (KSKA\texture and KSFF\texture). 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.
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; (KSKA) 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!
Follow the same procedure for the Felts and Spokane.
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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.
