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Weston Shore (UK) Weston Shore, situated on the east side of Southampton, runs alongside the So lent from the city boundary at Abbey Hill towards the mouth of the River Itchen at Woolston. The shore is a popular location for people across the city as it has direct access to the waterfront and provides views over the Solent. It's a great place to watch the ever changing activities on the water, including the comings and goings of large cruise liners. Weston Shore, with its highrise, tower-block, buildings is adjacent to Hythe Town and the Americanbase Hythe on the entrance to the River Itchen. The highrise buildings, with their pale blue cladding, are a prominent feature when approaching the Eastern Docks of Southampton from the East along Southampton Waterway. Various fuel oil storage and sewage tanks, as well as Woolston Sailing Club, are visible along the banks of the River Itchen.

Addon Scenery for FSX/FSX-SE - Module 6: Americanbase_Hythe By Barrie Semmens : FlightSem Software (c) 2013-2024 RAF Hythe was originally a Royal Air Force base situated in Hythe, Hampshire, 10 miles South of Southampton on the Southern side of Southampton Water and some 500 yards East of Hythe Pier. The site was acquired by the South East England Development Agency in October, 2007. It has since been developed into ‘Hythe Marine Park’, home to a number of maritime and marine production facilities. From 1967 the facilities were used mainly for small boat repairs by the US Field Army Support Brigade/Combat Equipment Battalion-Hythe. At this time, the base became known as RAF (Hythe) American Base as it had been operated by the American Army since 1960; its function was to service and maintain watercraft. The base, the last U.S. Army installation in the United Kingdom, closed on the 30th September, 2006 after the American Army left following a cost-cutting exercise.

Module 5: Fawley (Exxon) Oil Refinery – Missed Textures Fix by Barrie Semmens: FlightSem Software (c) 2013-2024 This is a texture fix for 'Module 5: Fawley (Exxon) Oil Refinery', FSX/FSX-SE scenery. Four texture files were inadvertently missed in the original upload scenery file 'fawley_refinery.zip'.

Fawley (Exxon) Oil Refinery Scenery for FSX/FSX-SE. Fawley (Exxon) Oil Refinery site covers some 13 square kilometers (3,250 acre complex) and is situated on Southampton Water, some 5 miles by road from Hythe village in Hampshire (UK). On the seaward side of the complex lie the salt marshes, whilst on the landward side an extensive tree screen surrounds one of the biggest and most complex oil refining and petrochemical manufacturing sites in Europe, namely, 'Esso Petroleum Company & Exxon Mobile Chemical Limited’. The refinery imports crude oil from around the world, including the Middle East and Russia, although the majority of the crude oil comes from the North Sea. The oil is off-loaded at the Refinery's Marine Terminal (Module 2) the largest in Europe. Its mile long jetty handles some 2,500 ships movements a year. The refinery stacks can be seen for miles around. Thirty years ago there was a permanent flame over Fawley – the 'Fawley Flame' – but is now a comparatively rare event. The refinery's flares are a normal and vital part of keeping the refinery running safely and works in the same way as a home gas heater – a pilot light burns constantly igniting any gas that is sent to a flare.

FlightSem Software (FSS) Addon Scenery for FSX - Module 4: Netley Chapel, Castle & Abbey Scenery Module 4: After the Crimean war, Queen Victoria ordered a Military Hospital to be built in the UK. Its purpose was to train army nurses and doctors and to treat military patients to ensure their swift return to duty. Netley was chosen as the site because it was near to Southampton so that hospital ships from around the British Empire could safely dock and disembark patients. For over 100 years the site was a great military hospital, housing wounded troops of many nationalities from the 1914-1918 Great War. Close by is Netley Castle, one of King Henry VIII’s Southern Coastal artillery forts built to defend Southampton Water from a French attack and possible invasion. Between 1939 and 1998 the property was converted into private housing and used as a nursing home. The castle, surrounded by approximately 3.8 acres of woodland, is once again a private residential home, but sadly is closed to the public, despite being visible from Southampton Water and accessible by land and sea. Within walking distance is Netley Abbey, from which the village got its name, and is the most complete Cistercian monastery in southern England. It originated when a colony of monks of the Cistercian Order crossed Southampton Water from Beaulieu to establish a new religious house at Netley in 1239. Set along the wild, wooded slopes above Southampton Water, the Abbey appears to be the perfect medieval ruin. Almost all of the walls of the 13th century church still stands today. Copyright FlightSem Software, Barrie Semmens 22 December 2023.

Located on the northerly shores of Southampton Water in Hampshire, close to the Hamble Fuel Oil Farm (Module 2) is Hamble River. Situated at the rivers entrance is ‘Hamble River Sailing Club (HRSC)’, founded in 1919 by nine local men. The club is a members club that has a RYA recognized training centre. The position of the club allows yachtsmen quick and easy access to Southampton Water and is a yachting Mecca for yacht racing types. Close by is the interesting little village of ‘Hamble Le Rice’, commonly known as Hamble with its various public houses and mooring options as far as the eye can see; a big attraction to visiting yachtsman. The 1980’s TV series ‘Howard's Way’ was based around here and made the local ‘Jolly Sailor’ pub famous. There is plenty of deep water for average size boats with over 3,000 berths, five marinas, a couple of boatyards with moorings, including the harbour authority moorings; just about every Marine requirement can be met here. In spite of the number of berths available it still can be difficult to secure somewhere in the height of yachting season as resident boats fill up the vast majority of the 3,000 plus berths. This is not really a cruising area as the river consists of a narrow navigable channel leading through the numerous moorings and marinas as far as ‘Bursledon Bridge’. Anchoring is not allowed anywhere on the river, up to the bridges, and neither is the flying of spinnakers. Its attraction mainly lies in its central location and proximity to the cruising and racing grounds of the Solent and beyond.

Addon Scenery for FSX - Module 2: Fawley Refinery Marine Terminal Jetty & Hamble Fuel Oil Farm By Barrie Semmens : FlightSem Software (c) 2013-2023 Add-on Scenery Dedicated To Improving the Virtual Flight Experience of MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR X ------------------ IMPORTANT: ----------------- This scenery will not display correctly with the standard or Deluxe versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator X unless it has been upgraded with the 'Microsoft FSX Acceleration Expansion Pack' (Includes SP1/SP2 Service Packs). If you have the Gold Edition of FSX then this FSX Acceleration Pack is not required. This addon scenery for FSX is compatible with 'Flight1 'Ground Environment X-Europe (GEX-Europe)' and Flight1 'Ultimate Terrain X (UTX-Europe)'. Both commercial sceneries are optional. Fawley Refinery Marine Terminal Jetty and Hamble Fuel Oil Farm have not been tested with ‘Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition’ (FSX-SE) or Prepar3D (P3D) but is known to work, or should work, OK, provided the correct installing pathways have been stipulated during installation of the software. ---------------- ADVISORY: --------------- Users are strongly advised to read the pdf documentations before attempting to install this product as it contains a variety of features, including installing instructions. Please note that you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view any pdf document file(s). FlightSem Software (c) Barrie Semmens 4 November 2023

FlightSem Software (FSS) Addon Scenery for FSX - Module 1: Calshot Spit. Scenery Module 1: Calshot Spit enhances the default scenery of the area situated at the mouth of Southampton Water in the United Kingdom which marks the entrance to the Solent. Calshot Spit, with its Coastguard radar tower and mote Tutor Castle, was the original home to the famous Sunderland flying boat and one of the chosen sites for 'The Jacques Schneider Maritime Trophy' Air Races held in the 1920's. Its unique position provides spectacular views across the shores of the Solent and supports one of the country's most popular watersport locations. Further along from the Activities Centre are Houston, Keymer and Lawrence houses, while wooden beach huts can be seen strung along the shingle-beach - Luttrell’s Tower is visible in the distance. Copyright FlightSem Software, Barrie Semmens 28 August 2023. Important: 1. Please be aware that this scenery will not work with FS2004 (FS9) or with earlier versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator. In addition, this Software Product may not perform well on low specification computer systems; ideally it requires at least a multi-core CPU system e.g. Intel i5 or i7. 2. Calshot Spit (UK) has not been tested with ‘Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition’ (FSX-SE) or Prepar3D (P3D) but is known to work, or should work, OK, provided the correct installing pathways have been stipulated during installation of the software. 3. The scenery is compatible with ‘REX Essential + Overdrive – High Definition Environmental and Weather’, ‘Flight1 Ground Environment – Europe’ (GEX-Europe) and ‘Ultimate Terrain X – Europe (UTX – Europe) software packages. Other off-the-shelf support packages such as ‘VFR Photographic Scenery-Generation X’ and similar commercial software upgrades have not been tested and may not therefore be compatible or blend seamlessly with this Software Product. 4. This FSS Software Package is not an addon scenery product for the new ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator (MFS 2020)’ released into the public domain by Microsoft in 2020.