Categoria: Scenery

FSX – DeHavilland Mosquito BIV LR503

FSX – DeHavilland Mosquito BIV LR503. A repaint for the freeware DeHavilland Mosquito BIV for FSX from Dave Garwood at Classic British Flight Sim. LR503 was a de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk IX built at Hatfield in 1943. She was a veteran of 213 missions over Germany, last serving with No 105 Squadron.In May 1945 she was sent to Canada to display in support of the 8th Victory Loan Drive. Crewed by Flt/Lt J.M.W. Briggs and F/O J.C. Baker, the Mosquito put on a spectacular low level display on 9th May over downtown Calgary. This was to be repeated on the 10th May but tragically the aircraft struck metal poles on top of the Calgary control tower and crashed in a field, killing both crew members.

Repaint by Peter Watkins

8 MB Continua a leggere FSX – DeHavilland Mosquito BIV LR503

FSX – RNAS Twatt

FSX – RNAS Twatt,Orkney, Scotland. Opened on the 1 April 1941 RNAS (HMS Tern) was used throughout the second world war by various Sqns of the Royal Navy undergoing training. The station had 4 concrete runways with various hangers and the usual building associated with a military base. It was also the first unit in the UK to experience a helicopter crash when a Sikorsky helicopter getting ready for take off; hit a parked Blenheim. The UK and Iceland where involved in what was called the cod wars in the early 1970s, and NATO was concerned that it would have to remove its bases from Iceland should the dispute escalate between the 2 countries and there was talk of Twatt becoming a NATO base. However, this did not happen and the idea was dropped. There was also talk of the unit becoming a base for helicopters supporting the oil industry, however, as a result of the drop in oil prices during the 80s that idea was also dropped. Most of the airfield has been returned to farming now with only the unique Control Tower and a handful of other building remaining.

By Terry Boissel

19 MB Continua a leggere FSX – RNAS Twatt

FSX – Royal Air Force Barford St John

FSX – Royal Air Force Barford St John, Oxfordshire, England. RAF Barford St John is a Royal Air Force station just north of the village of Barford St. John, Oxfordshire, England. It is now a non-flying facility, operated by the United States Air Force as a communications centre with many large communications aerials, and is a satellite of RAF Croughton.

By Terry Boissel

19.5 MB Continua a leggere FSX – Royal Air Force Barford St John

FSX – RAF Kimbolton

FSX – RAF Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. RAF Kimbolton is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) west of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield was originally built in 1941 for RAF Bomber Command, then expanded to Class A airfield standards for use by American heavy bombers during 1942. Kimbolton was assigned to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force. It was given the designation USAAF Station 117. The 379th BG began operations with Eighth AF on 19 May 1943, and received a Distinguished Unit Citation for operations over Europe from May 1943 through July 1944. The group engaged primarily in bombardment of strategic targets such as industries, oil refineries, storage plants, submarine pens, airfields and communications centres in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and Poland.

By Terry Boissel

200 Kb Continua a leggere FSX – RAF Kimbolton

FSX – RAF Bradwell Bay

FSX – RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex England. RAF Bradwell Bay is a former Royal Air Force station located 9.5 miles (15.3 km) east of Maldon, Essex, England and 3.1 miles (5.0 km) south west of West Mersea, Essex. The airfield was first used as grass landing strip for the nearby firing ranges before being turned into a RAF station with concrete runways and hangars.The station is unique as it was the only fighter station where the Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO) was used.

By Terry Boissel

18.5 MB Continua a leggere FSX – RAF Bradwell Bay

FSX – FD22 Melrose Landing And 39FA Sanders Ranch Airports

FSX – Scenery FD22 Melrose Landing  And 39FA Sanders Ranch Airports. are located in central Florida approximately 5000 meters apart and are privately owned, private use facilities. FD22 features a 4600 x 50 foot wide asphalt/turf runway with 2 wind indicators, one in a segmented circle, low intensity runway edge lights and a dusk to dawn beacon. The airport is home to 25 aircraft – single engine, jet, ultralight and warbird. 39FA features a 3900 x 100 foot wide turf runway with a wind indicator. The airport is home to 2 single engine aircraft.

By Fred Zealor

1 MB Continua a leggere FSX – FD22 Melrose Landing And 39FA Sanders Ranch Airports