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This PDF document demonstrates how to modify turboprop aircraft to taxi in a more realistic manner.
 
All tests have been made with Flight Simulator 2004, but the changes almost certainly work with Flight Simulator X and probably with later incarnations of Flight Simulator too.

FS2004 Scenery--Ketchikan PAKT In Southern Alaska This is Ketchikan PAKT in southern Alaska (AK), USA, 45 miles north of the Canadian border and 220 miles south of Juneau. It is the closest major Alaskan airport to the lower 48 and most flights from or to Seattle pass through Ketchikan en route. The airport is on the southern side of the stretch of water known as The Narrows and the town is on the northern side, with ferries connecting the two. The town is heavily reliant on tourism (from cruise liners) and salmon fishing. The town side was somewhat modified as part of the three Misty Fjords sceneries with marinas and docked cruise liners, and this scenery carries that onward. Ketchikan Airport had been made in 2006, and modified in 2007; I say "made" though there is in fact no way to accurately make PAKT within the limitations of FS9 as there is a 50 or 60 feet difference in elevation between runway and apron, and the taxiways are actually ramps up from the apron to the ends of the runway. This has a knock-on effect on the floatplane and ferry docks on the water below the airport, as when making the glassed-in bridges that make the link it is difficult to achieve anything that appears realistic, with a 120 feet difference in level instead of 30 feet; this remains pending. This scenery retains the original buildings from the Alan Wright scenery and the modification made by John Hinson. There are now apron lights, new vehicles on the apron (fuel etc), new apron markings and some parking modifications to enable AI with Boeing 737, DC6, Beechcraft 1900, GA etc. plus runway and taxiway signage, windsocks, some car parking, freight items, etc. The far side of the water has been modeled to include another floatplane dock along with waterfront buildings, including the ship repair facility with it's dry dock (actually a floating dock that lifts ships out of the water) and the Alaskan Ferry Terminal wharf etc. The ferry forms a part of the AI, generously permitted by FSAddon and originally a part of the payware Tongass Fjords package, as are some of the AI aircraft also included here. By Roger Wensley.
 

FS2004 Scenery--Connellan Airports. Connellan Airways was formed in 1939 (known as Survey and Inland Transport until 1943) and the 1967 schedules show 114 airports and airstrips served by the airline across Northern Territory of Australia and reaching out into Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland too (including two named Springvale many miles apart!). It operated until 1980 when it was sold to East West Airlines. The airport at Ayers Rock, once their headquarters, has been named after the airline. Of those 114 airports and airstrips, very few appear in Flight Simulator or in any add-on. This package seeks to redress the situation with 81 new AFD files, representing new airports plus a couple of default ones enhanced with parking spots. Most of the airstrips remain in use today serving remote cattle stations and townships but satellite data shows a few to now be overgrown and out of use. A few cannot be traced owing to poor quality satellite imagery and have had to be omitted here. All files are based on satellite data including altitude, and therefore work best with a high quality mesh add-on - they will still work with the default landscape but some airstrips may look a little high or low compared with the surrounding area. By John Hinson.

FSX Scenery--Los Roques Archipelago And Airports. This project rebuilds Venezuela's Los Roques archipelago, adds the Gran Roque (SVRS) and Dos Mosquises (SVDM) airports, and includes AI flight plans, boat traffic, and a custom terrain mesh for Gran Roque. Accurate coastlines and lakes, as well as corrected landclass and waterclass are provided based on the latest available satellite imagery. Although current satellite imagery for this region only exists in relatively low resolution, an abundance of aerial photography was used to add custom features to Gran Roque and Dos Mosquises. Updates were created or rebuilt in a manner which carefully aligned airport data with current satellite imagery, when available. Scenery was created using Airport Design Editor X v1. 50. 4402, 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. Thank you to John Hinson and Tiago Besciak for granting permission to adapt their AI flight plans to realistically populate (SVRS) Gran Roque. Requires LOS_ROQUES_UPDATE_1.ZIP. By Carlyle Sharpe.

FS2004 Ilyushin IL-18D National Paints Package. The Freightshifters 2010 brings you yet another rare and wonderful AI package for FS2004: the Ilyushin IL-18D National Paints repaint package. Included in this package are repaints of Ilyushin IL-18D EX-601 and EX-75466 based on original model by Pavel Hvatkin and Alex Novik, converted for AI use by Tom Gibson, replacement FDEs by John Hinson. Flight plan info in the readme. By Kevin McCarthy - The Freight Shifters 2010.

FS2002/FS2004 ATC Voices - Airline Call Signs Set 26. A corrected airline callsign for Novair (Navigator). Installation requires the EditVoicepack software (EDITVP31.ZIP). By John Hinson.

FS2004 AFCAD2 File For DTKA, Tabarka/7 Novembre, Tunisia. Microsoft's depiction of this airport is remarkably accurate but only facilities for GA traffic exist. In reality, the airport sees Boeing 737 jets of Karthago Airlines as well as smaller craft of the Tunisian domestic airline Sevenair. This file will allow you and your AI traffic to land, taxi, park and take off in a realistic manner. By John Hinson.

FS2004 AFCAD2 File For DATG, In Guezzam, Algeria. Microsoft depicts this airport as having a dirt strip but the runway and ramp area have recently been resurfaced with dark asphalt or tarmacadam, and this file corrects this. This file will allow you and your AI traffic to land, taxi, park and take off in a realistic manner. By John Hinson.

FS2004 Scenery--Am-Timan Airport (FTTN), Chad. The entire area is very dry and sandy but for some reason it is depicted in Flight Simulator as green and lush. Microsoft have only provided a runway at this airport and this scenery seeks to redress the situation so that you and your AI traffic can use the airport realistically. By John Hinson.

FS2004 Scenery--El Borma, Tunisia. Scenery for El Borma (ICAO: DTTR, IATA: EBM), a small airport with a long runway deep in the Tunisian desert near the border. El Borma, also known as Al Borma or Al Burmah is one of Tunisia's top onshore oil and natural gas sources. By John Hinson.

FS2002/FS2004 ATC Voices - Aircraft Types Set 9. Includes new aircraft ATC voices. Requires EditVoicepack to install. The voice files included here have been created for the Airspeed Ambassadorn Antonov An70, Avro Tudor, Cessna C162 Skycatcher, Convair CV-600, Handley Page Halifax, Hunting Percival Pembroke, Sokol L159 Alca, Sud Aviation, Xian MA60, Yunshuji YN7 and Zlin Z142. By John Hinson.

FS2002/FS2004 ATC Voices - Airport Names Set 16. A collection of 11 additional, improved or corrected airport names. Installation requires the EditVoicepack software (EDITVP31.ZIP). Includes F45: West Palm Beach (United States of America), FLLA: Luanshya (Zambia), FLML: Mufulira (Zambia), FVMA: Marondera (Zimbabwe), FZQI: Likasi/Kamatanda (D R Congo), FZQJ: Mwadingusha (DRC Congo), KPGV: Pitt-Greenville (United States of America), OAIX: Bagram (Afghanistan), USNN: Nizhnevartovsk (Russian Federation), USRN: Nefteyugansk (Russian Federation) and PALANQUERO APPROACH (Colombia). By John Hinson.

FS2002/FS2004 ATC Voices - Airline Call Signs Set 25. A collection of four new or corrected airline callsigns. Installation requires the EditVoicepack software (EDITVP31.ZIP). Includes AIR KOREA: Chosonminhang Korean Airways (Korea), KILO UNIFORM: Kuwait Airways (Kuwait) - old call sign, NORDLAND: Nord Wind (Russian Federation) and TRANSWORLD: Trans World Airlines (USA) - old call sign. By John Hinson.

FS2002/FS2004 ATC Voices - Airport Names Set 15. A collection of 38 additional, improved or corrected airport names. Installation requires the EditVoicepack software (EDITVP31.ZIP). Includes 2F0 Iraan Mun; 69R Rock Springs/Edwards Co.; CCD3 Woodstock; CYGW Kuujjuarapik; CYPX Puvirnituq; EFKG Kumlinge; EGEO Oban/North Connel; OKAJ Ahmed Al Jaber AB; OP0X Khanpur; ORBI Baghdad Intl; OS0G Marj Ruhayyil; SBCZ Cruzeiro Do Sul-Intl; SKLA Malaga; SMPA Paloemeu/Vincent Faiks; TE33 Midland/Eagles Nest; UDYZ Yerevan/Zvartnots; ULPP Petrozavodsk/Peski; URMG Grozny; USHN Nyagan; WAKT Tanah Merah; X4DR Driffield; YCBP Coober Pedy; YKKG Kalkgurung; ZSLG Lianyungang; OBAN RADIO; POVUNGNITUK. By John Hinson.

FS2002/FS2004 ATC Voices - Airline Call Signs Set 24. A collection of 13 new or corrected airline callsigns. Installation requires the EditVoicepack software (EDITVP31.ZIP). Includes ADRIA: Adria Airways; AIRES: AIRES - Aerovias de Integracion Regional; CARZAM: Phoebus Apollo; CREOLE: Halcyon Air Cabo Verde; CUTE: Island Aviation; EASTERN SKYJETS: Eastern Sky Jets; E-WING East Wing; FLYING OLIVE: Aerodynamics Malaga; FLYLINK: Flylink Express; STARSAWAY: Stars Away Aviation; TAT: Tat European Airlines; TRANS MALDIVIAN: Trans Maldivian Airways; VIP TAXI: VIP Air (Slovakia). By John Hinson.

FS2004 Scenery--Medellin/Enrique Olaya Herrara Airport (SKMD), Colombia. The scenery does not purport to be ultra-accurate. Based on high quality satellite imagery from Google Earth, the layout is proportionally correct but the added airport features, such as buildings, are built from default Microsoft objects and add-on libraries so will not look exactly like the real thing. By John Hinson.

FS2004 Ilyushin IL-18 For AI Traffic - New FDEs. These files will update the flight dynamics of the Ilyushin IL-18 for AI traffic available from the California Classic web site. These address the problems of poor flight behaviour in FS2004 and especially its inability to land. These files are being released concurrently with a set of present-day liveries for AI traffic by Billy Rutherford. By John Hinson.

FS2004 Scenery--N'giva/Ondjiva Pereira (FNGI), Angola. Microsoft have only provided the dirt runway at this airport in Flight Simulator 2004 and this scenery seeks to redress the situation so that you and your AI traffic can use the airport realistically. By John Hinson.

FS2004 Scenery--Gabes Airport (DTTG), Tunisia. Microsoft have only provided a runway at this airport in Flight Simulator 2004 and this scenery seeks to redress the situation so that you and your AI traffic can use the airport realistically. By John Hinson.

FS2004 Scenery--Rock Sound International Airport (MYER), Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Microsoft has only provided general aviation facilities at this airport in Flight Simulator 2004 and this scenery seeks to redress the situation so that you and your AI traffic can use the airport realistically. By John Hinson.

FS2004 Scenery--Moshi Airport (HTMS), Tanzania. An airport serving a town located on the lower slopes of Mount Kilamanjaro. Microsoft have only provided wrongly positioned runways at this airport in Flight Simulator 2004 and this scenery seeks to redress the situation so that you and your AI traffic can use the airport. By John Hinson.

FS2002/FS2004 ATC Voices - Airline Call Signs Set 23. A collection of 13 new or corrected airline callsigns. Requires EditVoicepack (EDITVP31.ZIP). Includes Cortas: Tashkent Aircraft Production, Elmagal: Elmagal Aviation Services, Eurovan: Van Air Europe, Grandstar Cargo: Grandstar Cargo International Airlines, Interclick: Click Airways International, Meridian Cherry: Meridian, Oscar November: Air Nauru, Ryjet: Aerotaxis del Mediterraneo, Tapoavia: Tapoavia, Taronavia: Taron-Avia, Thai Airmark: Airmark Aviation, Transliz: Transliz Aviation, Twinarrow: Avialeasing Aviation. By John Hinson.

FS2004 AFCAD2 File For UDYE, Erebuni, Yerevan, Armenia. An upgrade for Erebuni, a joint military and civilian airport situated in the city of Yerevan, Armenia. Activity here is predominantly military traffic, most commercial traffic uses the international airport at Zvartnots but Erebuni sees some cargo traffic along with chartered helicopter activity. By John Hinson.

FS2004 AFCAD2 File For HTNA, Nachingwea, Tanzania. Unfortunately, Microsoft have provided no facilities at this airstrip, which sees little commercial traffic. This file will allow you and your AI traffic to land, taxi, park and take off in a realistic manner. By John Hinson.

FS2004 Scenery--Ranai Airport (WION), Indonesia. Ranai is a domestic airport located on Natuna Besar island, the main island of the 272 islands comprising the Natuna archipeligo in Indonesia. Flight Simulator 2004 has only provided a runway at this airport and this scenery seeks to redress the situation so that you and your AI traffic can use the airport. By John Hinson.