Western Wisconsin Scenery

by Dan Vanevenhoven (16 September 1998)

John Voznak did a wonderful job on the scenery and the dynamics.

Madison Wisconsin

INTRODUCTION

As you can see, coming into Madison, Wisconsin on runway 18 with WWIS1B2/WWIS_DYN1 can be a lot trickier than with FS98 default scenery. Designer John Voznak has more than one major airline carrier here as well. At the terminal you can even find the baggage handling vehicles running around your aircraft when you land.

INSTALLATION

The installation of this scenery is very easy and very well documented in both the static and dynamic scenery files. However I would recommend not using the dynamic scenery unless you have a 166 MHz computer or faster as there is a lot going on at one time and the dynamics are very memory hungry.

AIRPORTS

There are alot of airports in WWIS. I can't possible describe all the airports, but they include: Adams, Amery, Black River Falls, Blackhawk, Baraboo - Wisconsin Dells, Bong Field, Boscobel, Boyceville, Burnett County, Cable Union, Chetek, Cornell, Cumberland, Dane Co. Truax Field, Durand, Eagle River, Eau Claire*(EAU), Grantsburg, Hayward, Iowa County, Kennedy Memorial, La Crosse*(LSE), Lakeland Lee Memorial, Lancaster, Land O' Lakes, Madeline Island, Madison Truax Field*(MSN), Manitowish Waters, Marshfield, Medford, Merrill, Menomonie, Monroe, Morey, Mosinee*(CWA), Necedah*(DAF), Neillsville, New Lisbon - Mauston, New Richmond, Osceola, Park Falls, Prarie Du Chien, Portage, Platteville, Prentice, Price County, Reedsburg, Red Wing, Rhinelander, Rice Lake*(RPD), Richland Center, River Falls, Rusk County, Sauk-Praire, Shell Lake, Solon Springs, Sparta - Fort McCoy*(CMY), Stevens Point*(STE), Tomah, Tomahawk, Tri-County Regional, Viroqua, Volk Field*(VOK), Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids*(ISW), Waunakee, Wautoma and Winona (MN). (* = Airports with dynamic scenery)

La Crosse Wisconsin

REVIEW

You can see from the screen shots above that adding the dynamic scenery makes a lot of difference. The buildings are surprising realistic. It is very apparent that in designing this scenery John Voznak has used more than just a regular VFR chart.

His attention to detail is incredible, right down to correct aircraft at the gates. Everything seems very much in place. Good examples of this are Madison, La Crosse and Rhinelander, three very different airports. Madison has its DC9-15's and 737's and multiple air carriers and a lot of service vehicles (which is very realistic). You almost want to have a ground controller at La Crosse with its Saab 340's and more private aircraft just off to the right of the main terminal. Then Rhinlander-Oneida (with no dynamic scenery) has its Beech 1900's and you can see the lighted hangars and its circle drive have all been duplicated. All these airports are very realistic and very well done.

Rhinelander Wisconsin

FINAL THOUGHT

This scenery is a must for anyone flying in the Wisconsin area. There is a lot to see here. Much attention has been paid to building off the airport areas as well as at the airports. There are also a lot of transmission towers to watch out for, for those of you that like low flying. I have followed John's scenery from the time he started with just central Wisconsin being covered to now over half the state. Hopefully some day he will have the whole state covered. Again very well done scenery John, I hope to see alot more.

Review By Dan Vanevenhoven
dvaneven@rocketmail.com

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