MEIGS FIELD (KCGX) CHICAGO
BY JOHN B. LONEY, JR.
JANUARY 13, 2007
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ABOUT THE AIRPORT:
Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport (IATA: CGX, ICAO: KCGX), was a single strip airport built on Northerly Island, the man-made island originally created to house the 1933-1934 Century of Progress in Chicago, Illinois. The airport opened on December 10, 1948, and became the country's busiest single-strip airport by 1955. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated in 1961. The airfield was named for Merrill C. Meigs, publisher of the Chicago Herald and Examiner and an aviation booster.
Closing of Meigs Field
Tower of the AirportIn 1995, Mayor Richard M. Daley's office recommended closing Meigs Field and turning Northerly Island into 75 acres (304,000 m2) of lakefront park. In 2001, a compromise was reached between Chicago, the State of Illinois, and others to keep the airport open for the next twenty-five years. However, the federal legislation component of the deal did not pass the United States Senate.
In a controversial move on March 30, 2003, Mayor Daley ordered private crews to destroy the runway in the middle of the night, bulldozing large X-shaped gouges into the runway surface. The required notice was not given to the Federal Aviation Administration or the owners of airplanes tied down at the field, and as a result sixteen planes were left stranded at an airport with no operating runway. They were later allowed to depart from Meigs' 3,000 foot (914 m) taxiway.
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ABOUT THE SCENERY:
This is version 1 on my redition of Meigs Field. It is not very accurate, so I believe there will be future versions. I created the scenery using FSDSv3 and EZ Scenery. The textures for the FSDSv3 section are included with this download. You will have to download the EZ Scenery Libraries listed below.
Set your Scenery complexity to normal and use no Autogen, otherwise you will have little shrubs all over the tarmac, taxiway and runway. Have a good time with this one.
Here is a list of the libraries I used for this scenery. However, I recommend you look at the list following this one and download the libraries you do not have.
This is a compiled list of scenery object files that can be used in FS2004 with sceneries that require EZ-Scenery Objects.. These files can be found at the AVSIM Files Library... Many are also availible at FlightSim..
The list by Ray Lunning and John Loney gives the name of the author and the File name.. I have downloaded each of these to my EZ Objects Library and can verify that they are current and availible...
There are many more EZ Objects Files availible.. We have just listed those which We have downloaded and which are the most commonly used..
You "DO NOT" need to have the ABACUS EZ-SCENERY or the RWY12 programs installed to use the objects...However, you will need most if not all of these files when you download Airport sceneries that use these objects... I have created an EZ Objects Library folder in my FS9\Addon Scenery folder..All the *.bgl, *.xml and *.txt files must be placed in a "Library" Scenery folder and all the *.bmp files must be placed in a "Library" Texture folder...
Ray Lunning and John Loney EZ Scenery Objects List
by Abacus - Go to http://www.abacuspub.com Click product support. Click EZ Scenery. About the third or fourth question down has the link for the following file:
AbacusEZScenery_MissingTextures.zip
by Scot Ingram
abw_ver23.zip
abw_alphanumericlibrary.zip
abw_alphanumericlibrary3.zip
abw_alphanumericlibraryfinal.zip
abw_signs.zip
by John Loney
lobjects_1.zip
lobjects_2.zip
lobjects_3.zip
lobjects_4.zip
lobjects_5.zip
lobjects_6.zip
lobjects_7.zip
lobjects_8.zip
lobjects_9.zip
lbldg.zip
lsigns.zip
lmisc.zip
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PLEASE NOTE HERE... There also is a large set of objects availible for RWY12.. I have many installed as part of the Rwy12 Object Placer utility.. They are installed in the Addon Scenery\Static Objects Library..
RWY12 Static Objects Library Files
This is a list of the rwy12 object files needed to install the Static Object Library. These files are generated by the Zip files below.. They can be found at Flightsim.. esdg*rwy12.zip and fedextrucks.zip can be found at AVSIM..
RW12PG12.zip, RW12L112.zip, RW12L212.zip RW12L312.zip and
esdg_ramplight_rwy12.zip, fedextrucks.zip
Disclaimer... Use at your own risk... Have to say this !
Ray Lunning John B. Loney,Jr.
rlunning@cox.net jbloney@comcast.net
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ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT:
The AI aircraft in this scenery are efault in nature, although there are some non default aircraft involved. If you have them installed FSX, they will show up otherwise, you will not see them. However there are enough default aircraft for the scenery. When you start the scenery, set the time at 14:01:00 local time.
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THANKS TO:
The Friends of Meigs Field. That was one heck of a try.
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INSTALLATION:
AFTER UNZIPPING THE FILE kcgxfsx1.ZIP TO A TEMPORARY FOLDER, HOPEFULLY, YOU ARE READING THIS README FILE.
Using the folders switch, unzip the file kcgxfsxscn.zip to the Addon Scenery folder in FSX.
Activating the scenery in FSX:
1. Start FS
2. When FSX has fully loaded, go to the World Menu at the top of the screen
3. Then select Scenery Library
4. Select Add Area
5. Open Addon Scenery Then open the scenery folder for the scenery you are installing and 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. FSX will now install and activate the scenery
8. If you are not there already, go to the World drop down menu and select Go To Airport
9. Select the Country (USA) and the State the airport is located in. Key in the ICAO ID (i.e.,KCGX) then click OK.
10. If you are not already, go to a parking space and save the flight.
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 2007 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.
