Screenshots reflect FSX with FTX Global Base, FTX Global Vector,
SRTMGL1 (30m) mesh, and Real Environment Xtreme.
St.
Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Islands
Airports, updated shorelines, landclass,
flight plans, and SRTMGL1 (30m) mesh
for FSX
Screenshots
reflect
FSX with FTX Global Base, FTX Global Vector,
SRTMGL1 (30m) mesh, and Real Environment Xtreme.
File Name:
FSX_St_Helena_Ascension_Tristan-da-Cunha.zip
Author: Carlyle Sharpe
Date of Release: April 29, 2016
Version: 1.00
This project was begun to add the new airport (FHSH) to St. Helena Island and
eventually was expanded to include a complete remake of Ascension Island (FHAW) and Tristan da Cunha (with an optional
airport FHTC) and Gough Island with the actual weather station heliport (FHGH).
Tested in both the default FSX/Acceleration and with FTX Global/Vector, accurate coastlines,
lakes, road data, and SRTMGL1 (30m) mesh, as well as corrected landclass are provided based on the latest available satellite imagery.
Flight plans are provided for the proposed commercial service to St. Helena, and
some additional GA and military flights to the island are added as well.
The FSX St. Helena (FHSH) airport was created by aligning master plans for the airport with current satellite data and by studying many of the pictures that have been posted as the airport has taken shape. The official opening of the real airport on May 21, 2016, has been pushed back for more field tests due to challenging crosswinds. The Ascension Island (FHAW) airport was updated after I realized that Ascension could receive commercial service as a result of the new St. Helena airport. The entire airfield is redesigned to allow the volcanic terrain to display properly. The airbase, towns, BBC Atlantic relay station, and numerous satellite dishes, radomes, and wind turbines now appear in their real-world locations. Since I was already in the region, I added the Tristan da Cunha Islands (including Inaccessible, Nightingale and Gough Islands) and the Gough Island weather station maintained by the South African National Antarctic Programme. I also added an optional airport (and flight plans) to Tristan da Cunha (FHTC), which can be easily enabled/disabled. The FHTC airport is placed on the only part of the island that appears to be free of people or farmland, and the area is just long enough to accommodate a pared-down version of the St. Helena airport.
Updates were created or rebuilt in a manner which carefully aligns airport data with current satellite imagery. Scenery was created using Airport Design Editor X v1.67.5684, SBuilderX 3.13, and the FSX Object Placement Tool. Scenery objects were added and modified from stock FSX scenery to resemble as closely as possible the actual airports. The animated flag model is by Dietmar Loleit, the FSX apron lights included are from the set created by Jim Dhaenens, and the animated wind turbines and radomes are from the freeware package by Ray Porter.
St. Helena airport
Ascension Aux AB
INSTALLATION
1) Extract the "FSX_St_Helena_Ascension_Tristan-da-Cunha.zip" file. Place the "FSX_St_Helena_Ascension_Tristan-da-Cunha" folder in your "Addon Scenery" folder. Start FSX and add and activate the new folder through the "Settings - Scenery Library - Add Area..." menus.
Make sure Mesh resolution is set no lower than 2m (higher is better), otherwise the large, offshore rocks will not display properly, and you will get "bumpy-looking" water.
2) Make sure to disable any other sceneries that may contain FHAW, FHSH, FHTC, or FHGH to avoid conflicts. Make sure there are no "****_ALT.bgl" files in your "Scenery\World\Scenery" folder that contain those airports as well.
3) Default FSX/Acceleration users should go to the "FSX_St_Helena_Ascension_Tristan-da-Cunha\scenery" folder and remove the ".OFF" extensions from:
CVX_FHAW_default-FSX+roads_shorelines.bgl.OFF
CVX_FHSH_default-FSX+roads.BGL.OFF
This will enable the custom shorelines and roads in the default version.
FTX Global/Vector users do not need to do anything.
4) Altitude corrections - Copy the "FHAW_ADEX_CS_ALT.bgl" file from the "Put in Scenery-World-Scenery" folder to the FSX "Scenery\World\Scenery" folder. This corrects the altitude for FHAW.
5) Radomes & animated wind turbines: Go to the "Radomes & animated wind turbines" folder and:
a) Copy all files from the "Effects" folder to the "FSX\Effects" folder if they are not already there.
b) Copy all files from the "Scenery-Global-Texture" folder to the "FSX\Scenery\Global\Texture" folder if they are not already there.
Many of these files may already be in place if you also have Ray Porter's "FSX Power Project v4.2". Thanks to Ray Porter for the freeware animated wind turbines and radomes.
***IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do have a version of Ray Porter's "FSX Power Project", please make sure it is listed below this scenery in order to avoid conflicts & duplications.
6) Copy the "St. Helena Longwood-Napoleon House" files from the "FSX Startup files" folder to the "Documents\Flight Simulator X Files" folder. Loading these will place you in front of the Longwood (Napoleon) House.
7) The Tristan da Cunha (FHTC) airport is enabled by default. To turn it off, simply add the ".OFF" extension to:
FHTC_ADEX_CS.bgl
FHTC_ADEX_CS_CVX.bgl
FHTC_ADEX_CS_OBJ.bgl
8) Flight plans can be found in the "FSX_St_Helena_Ascension_Tristan-da-Cunha\AI Flight Plans" folder in both TTools and UT2 formats. Aircraft for these plans are listed below:
737-800 Model (winglet)
http://fsxaibureau.com/manufacturing/boeing/boeing-737-800/
Comair Boeing 737-800 Winglets opf British Airways
Paint
http://juergenbaumbusch.de/paints/Comair/FAIB%20B738%20BAW%20opb%20CAW%20FSX.zip
TUI Airlines Boeing 737-800 Winglets
Paint
http://www.juergenbaumbusch.de/paints/TUIfly/FAIB%20B738%20TUIfly%20FSX.zip
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C-130E Model
http://htai-models.com/downloads/models/ai_lockheed_c-130e.zip
C-130E Paints
http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=c130_c1.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search
Copy the "prop-hs.bmp" file from the "C130 FSX prop" folder to the "texture" folders in your C-130s to enable transparent FSX props.
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RAF Airbus A330 MRTT / KC-30A (I use the flightplans from here)
http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004aia&DLID=179741
RAF Airbus A330 Textures (I use the planes from here)
http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004aia&DLID=158897
9) Brize Norton EGVN C-130 flights
The default Brize Norton (EGVN) does not include any parking spots, but you can find a good version included in the "UK England B" package found here:
http://www.grayflyer.com/FSX_DL.html
Many of the freeware EGVN versions do not include custom airport backgrounds, resulting in autogen on aprons. My scenery package includes a custom airport background for EGVN.
TO INSTALL THE BACKGROUND:
After downloading EGVN, go to the "FSX_St_Helena_Ascension_Tristan-da-Cunha\Brize Norton (EGVN) Custom background" folder and copy "CVX_EGVN.BGL" to the same folder that contains the "EGVN_ADEX_GM.BGL" file.
10) Charts
http://www.atns.com/atm.php?id=113
More FSX sceneries by Carlyle Sharpe:
Bhutan Airports and Paro Valley
Branson Airport KBBG--New Airport, Scenery, and Flight Plans
Chatham Islands: Updated Airports,
Landclass, Water Data, and Flight Plans
Helgoland and Airports
Honduras Islands v2
Houston Hobby KHOU - New Terminal
Los Roques Archipelago and Airports
MGTK / MGMM - Mundo Maya International Airport - Santa Elena, Guatemala
MMTJ - Gen Abelardo L Rodriguez Intl - Tijuana, Mexico
& KSDM - Brown Mun - San Diego, California - USA
Minneapolis/St. Paul
(KMSP) Regional Gates and Jetways Update
Miracle on the Hudson
North Central Ecuador v2, including SEQM (SEQU) and SEIB
Rodrigues Island, Mauritius
SCIP - Isla de Pascua & Mataveri Intl - Easter Island
SEGU - Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport - Guayaquil, Ecuador
Springfield-Branson National Airport
KSGF--New Midfield Terminal and Airfield Update
VTBS - Suvarnabhumi Intl - Bangkok, Thailand **Custom Airport Background**
Software used to create scenery:
SBuilderX313
Airport Design Editor X v1.67.5684
FSX Object Placement Tool
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The author is not responsible for any damage, which may result from the use of this product.
Use at your own risk. No warranty is offered.
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This scenery is released as Freeware.
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Author:
Carlyle Sharpe
csharpe@drury.edu
http://www2.drury.edu/csharpe
Falcon
Northwest: Core i7 4770K@4.2Ghz, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 970 (3.5GB), Windows 7 64-bit,
FTX Global Base, FTX Global
Vector, FSGlobal 2010 terrain mesh for FTX,
and Real Environment Xtreme.
April 29, 2016