Personal tools
Home > Products > Scotflight for FSX > What's new? > What's new in version 1.0?
Document Actions

What's new in version 1.0?

by Visual Flight last modified 2007-12-22 03:46

What's new in version 1.0 of Scotflight for FSX Vol 1: Highlands & Islands

Airfields

Scotflight for FSX: Highlands & Islands includes 27 detailed airfields:

  • EGPW - Unst*
  • EGPM - Scatsta*
  • EGET - Lerwick*
  • EGPB - Sumburgh*
  • EGEF - Fair Isle
  • EGPA - Kirkwall*
  • X6FL - Flotta
  • EGPC - Wick*
  • XDOR - Dornoch
  • X6KB - Dingwall -Knockbain Farm
  • EGPE - Inverness*
  • X6IN - Insch - Garioch Aero Club*
  • X6AB - Aboyne - Deeside Flying Club*
  • XFES - Feshiebridge - Cairngorm gliding Club
  • XSTR - Strathallan*
  • UK10 - Plockton*
  • EGEO - Oban - North Connel*
  • ULL - Glenforsa - Isle of Mull
  • X6BR - Broadford - Isle of Skye*
  • EGPO - Stornoway*
  • EGPL - Benbecula*
  • EGPR - Barra
  • X6CL - Isle of Coll
  • X6CY - Colonsay
  • EGPU - Tiree*
  • EGPI - Islay*
  • X6JR - Jura
  • X6SK - St Kilda Heliport

* Denotes airfields with refuelling facilities and with dedicated 'Fuel Box' parking spot.

AI traffic

Scotflight for FSX Vol 1 - Highlands and Islands includes is a dedicated Flight Plan file which places AI traffic at all the airfields listed above apart from Flotta.

AI Boat traffic

AI boat traffic is included for the following lochs:

  • Loch Ness
  • Loch Oich
  • Loch Lochy

And also on the following sea route:

  • Isle of Mull to Iona

'Ships & Ferries' option must be activated in FSX AI Traffic settings to see boat traffic.

Bridges

  • The following are either added or enhanced and carry moving traffic:-
  • Skye Bridge
  • Kessock Bridge
  • Ballachulish Bridge
  • Connel Bridge

Oil terminals

  • Sullom Voe ( Adjacent to Scatsta Airfield )
  • Flotta ( near added airstrip )

Canals

  • Caledonian - Inverness to Fort william
  • Crinan - Crinan ( N56 05 39.89, W05 33 19.07 ) to Ardrishaig ( nearest airfield - Oban )

Castles and forts

  1. Balmoral Castle
  2. Lewis Castle - Stornoway
  3. Inverness Castle
  4. Eilean Donan Castle
  5. Castle Stalker (Loch Linnhe)
  6. Fort George (Adjacent to Inverness Airport)
  7. Duart Castle

Ferry ports

The following ports have added scenery:-

  • Stornoway
  • Oban
  • Craignure - Isle of Mull
  • Lerwick - Shetland
  • Kirkwall _ Orkney
  • Port Ellen - Islay
  • Scarinish - Tiree
  • Scalloway - Shetland
  • Arinagour - Isle of Coll
  • Scalasaig - Colonsay

Marinas

  • Ardfern N56 10 58080, W05 31 38.50
  • Craobh Haven N56 12 31.54, W05 33 24.70

Windfarm

  • Farr windfarm - N57 20 20, W04 06 00

Landmark features

  • Cairngorm Mountain Railway - N57 08 01.63, W03 40 12.92
  • Old Man of Hoy - N58 53 10.31, W03 25 49.97
  • The Island of Iona ( West side of Isle of Mull )

Accurate coastline

The scenery also includes an accurate redraw of the whole Scottish coastline and inland lochs ( and lake!).

Beaches

The scenery also adds some sandy beaches in the areas featured in this volume.

Detailed roads

Detailed roads are added in many of the areas featured.

Moving road traffic

Traffic is added on the following roads :-

  • A850/A87 Broadford Airfield ( Isle of skye ) to Invergarry ( meets A82 Fort William to Inverness )
  • A85/A828/A82/A96 Oban Ferry Terminal and Airport to Inverness Airport
  • A9 Kingussie ( passing Cairngorm Gliding Club ) via Kessock Bridge, Inverness, to near Golspie ( just north of Dornoch airfield )
  • It is intended this moving traffic will provide easy navigation between quite a few of the featured airfields.

*It is recommended if traffic is turned on to have a setting between 30-50%

Bonus feature!

At every airfield with a fire station there will be a little fire practice around 10.00am!


Powered by Plone