Features
Overview
Scotflight Scenery features not only 37 airports/airfields (two disused), but also a staggering set of other features. See the sections below for more details:
- Airfields
- Towns and cities
- Special features
- Landmark features
- Coastlines, roads and landclass
- Other features
- Installer
Special mention must be made of the detailed rendition of Edinburgh City Centre, plus unique features such as the fully-working Falkirk Wheel.
Details
Airfields
- Aberdeen (Dyce)
- Aboyne - Deeside Flying Club
- Balado - disused arifield near Kinross
- Barra
- Broadford (Isle of Skye)
- Campbeltown (Machrahanish)
- Carlisle
- Crail Airfield, Fife - Former RAF & RNAS base
- Cumbernauld
- Dornoch
- Dundee
- East Fortune
- Eday - Orkney
- Errol airfield (SW of Dundee)
- Fife (Glenrothes)
- Gigha airstrip
- Glenforsa
- Insch - Aberdeenshire
- Inverness
- Islay
- Jura airstrip
- Kirknewton
- Lamb Holm Island - Orkney
- North Ronaldsay (FS2004 only)
- Oban, (North Connel)
- Papa Westray (FS2004 only)
- Plockton
- Portmoak, Kinross - Scottish Gliding Centre
- Sanday - Orkney
- Scone (Perth)
- Strathallan - Perthshire
- Stronsay - Orkney
- Tealing - disused airfield near Dundee
- Turnberry
- Westray - Orkney
- West Freugh
- Wick
AFCAD/AI Traffic
- AFCAD2 Files for all active airports (FS2004 only).
- Customised AI Traffic file (FS2004 only).
Note: FS2002 users wanting AI traffic should download freeware AFCAD files by David Fidler from file libraries on avsim.com or flightsim.com.
Towns and cities
Edinburgh City Centre
- Edinburgh Castle, Ramsey Gardens, C.of S. Assembly Rooms and St Giles Cathedral
- Princes Street and Gardens, Scott Monument, National Galleries, Bank of Scotland Headquarters (The Mound), Waverley Station and Market, Balmoral Hotel
- St Andrews Square, New Registry House, New St Andrews House, Old St Andrews House
- Calton Hill with City Observatory, National Monument, Nelson's Monument and Old High School
- Hibernian FC Stadium (Easter Road) and Meadowbank Sports Centre
- New Scottish Parliament, Holyrood Palace, Dynamic Earth and Arthur's Seat
- George Heriot's School, College of Art and Argyll House
- MacEwan Hall, Appleton Tower and David Hume Tower
- Usher Hall, Royal Lyceum Theatre
- Festival Square, Sheraton Hotel, Standard Life Headquarters, Sun Alliance headquarters and Caledonian Hotel
- International Conference Centre, Scottish Widows Headquarters
- Murrayfield Stadium and Hearts FC Stadium (Tynecastle)
- Charlotte Square, Old Registry House, St Mary's Cathedral, Moray Place, Queen Street and Royal Circus
- Fettes College and Playing Fields
Around Edinburgh
- Royal Observatory - Blackford Hill
- Masts on Corstorphine and Braid's Hills
- Hillend Dry Ski Slope ( floodlight at night )
- Leith Docks - corrected dock entrance and added dockside flats plus re-textured Scottish Executive and Ocean Terminal Buildings
- Granton Harbour and retextured Granton Gasometers
- Hi-flats in various areas - West Pilton, Sighthill, Little France and Leith
- Various sports Grounds - Heriots, Stewarts Melville, Watsonians and Boroughmuir
- Most golf courses & parkland areas
Dundee
- Photo-realistic buildings throughout city
- Mills Observatory
- SCRI
- Glamis Castle
- Ninewells Hospital
- Sensation
- Discovery Point
River Clyde/Glasgow
- St Enoch Centre
- Meadowside Granary
- Daily Record Building
- BAE Systems
- Govan Shipyard
- Lancefield Quay Flats
- Kingston Quay Flats
- Shipbuilding cranes (various locations)
Firth of Forth
- Cramond Island & Cramond Foreshore
- Inchcolm Island with Inchcolm Abbey
- Moored oilrig off Kirkcaldy
- Coastline - whole Firth of Forth from Torness in the South to Crail in the North
Special features
Falkirk Wheel
- The Falkirk Wheel. Fully working canal boat lift. (Animation best viewed in 'slew mode' at 8x simulation rate)
Landmark features
Windfarms
- Bowbeat Windfarm - N of Peebles - 24 Turbines
- Crystal Rig Windfarm - East Lothian - 20 Turbines
- Dun Law Windfarm - East Lothian - 26 Turbines
- Cruach Mhor Windfarm - Glendaurel, Argyll - 35 Turbines
- Novar Windfarm - Sutherland - 34 Turbines
- Beinn Ghlas - North Argyll - 14 Turbines
- Busbie Muir Windfarm - Ardrossan, N Ayrshire - 12 Turbines
Power Stations
- Torness (East Lothian) with adjacent small caravan park.
- Cockenzie (Firth of Forth)
- Hunterston ( Firth of clyde)
- Longannet (Firth of Forth)
- Chapelcross (near Carlisle Airport)
- Inverkip
TV Masts
- Craigowl Hill communications mast (Dundee)
- Communications mast on hill south of Tay Road Bridge (Dundee)
- Communications masts on hill South West of Perth.
- Rosemarkie (near Inverness Airport)
- Mount Eagle (near Inverness Airport)
- Craigkelly (Fife)
- Blackhill (Central Scotland)
- Kirk O' Shotts (Central Scotland)
- Durris (Grampian)
- Meldrum (Grampian)
- Darvel (Ayrshire)
- Rosneath
- Westernglen (x4)
- Selkirk (x2)
- Angus
- Forfar
- Inverurie
- Anthorn (Radio mast at Great Orton, nr. Carlisle)
- Burghead Radio Mast
Petrochemical Works
- Grangemouth
- Mossmorran (near Fife Airport)
- Dalmeny Oiltank Farm (within sight of Forth Bridges)
Docks and ferry terminals
- Troon Docks (approach to Prestwick Airport)
- Grangemouth West of Chemical Works
- Leith with many buildings and Royal Yacht Brittania
- Hound Point (Firth of Forth) with oil tankers
- Braehead Terminal (Firth of Forth) with gas tanker
- Invergordon Cruise Terminal with cruise ship
- Stranraer Ferry Terminal with Stena HSS
- Cairnryan Ferry Terminal with Car Ferry
Lighthouses
- Girdle Ness (Aberdeen )
- Barns Ness (East Lothian Coast)
- Isle of May (Firth of Forth) - Island redrawn.
- Inchkeith (Firth of Forth) - Island added also.
- Lady Isle (Firth of Clyde)
- Bass Rock (Firth of Forth) - Island added also.
- Rubha nan Gall (Isle of Mull).
- Mull of Galloway
- Crammag Head
- Killantringan
- Corsewall Point
- Loch Ryan
- Ailsa Craig
- Sanda
- Turnberry
- Pladda
- Holy Isle
- Cloch
- Leith (Dock Entrance)
- Lismore
- Channory
- Cromarty
- Tarbet Ness
- Fife Ness Lighthouse & Coastguard Station
- Skerries Lighthouse (near Lossiemouth)
Bridges and Piers
- Skye Bridge
- Ballachulish Bridge
- Forth Road Bridge
- Forth Rail Bridge
- Kincardine Bridge
- Cromarty Firth Bridge
- Dornoch Firth Bridge
- Kessock Bridge and approaches
- Connel Bridge (Oban) with approaches
- Tay Road Bridge
- Tay Rail Bridge
- Rosyth pier
- South Queensferry pier
- Crombie pier
- Braefoot pier
Castles
- Castle Stalker (North Argyll)
- Fort George on approach to Inverness
- Duart & Moy Castles (Isle of Mull)
- Kissimul Castle (Castlebay Isle of Barra)
- Barnbougle Castle (Firth of Forth)
- Urquhart Castle (with special feature)
- Glamis Castle (Dundee)
- Broughty Ferry Castle (Dundee)
- Castle Stuart near Inverness Airport
- Dunstaffanage Castle on approach to Oban
Other Landmarks
- Glasgow River Clyde.
- Braehead Centre.
- BAESystems Scotstoun.
- Added dockyard cranes, quays,sheds, ships and carparks and riverside walkways around Glasgow Science Centre.
- More hi-flats around River Clyde area.
- Seaton Sands Caravan Park (Adjacent Cockenzie Power Station)
- Town Of Castlebay (Isle of Barra)
- Town of Tobermory (Isle of Mull)
- Aberdeen - revised shoreline and harbour breakwaters.
- Turnberry Hotel & Golf Courses with airstrip
- Works with chimney on approach to Inverness
- High flats (Glasgow, Greenock, Irvine, Kincardine Bridge and Ayr)
- Hopetoun House
- Lowther Hills Tracking Station (N Dumfriesshire)
- Great Dun Tracking Station (Cumbria)
- Wallace Monument
- McCaig's Tower (Oban)
- Scone Palace (Perth)
- Kinnoul Hill tower (Perth)
- Windfarm at Great Orton (Carlisle Area)
- Stirling University campus
- Kinross House
- Raigmore Hospital
Electricity Pylons
- Longannet
- Mossmoran
- Hunterston
- Inverkip
- Chapelcross
Ships, Boats & Yachts
- Firth of Clyde (several locations)
- Moray Firth
- Around Oban & North Connel
- Firth of Forth
- Plockton
- Wig Bay, Loch Ryan
- Stena HSS off Corsewall Point
- P & O Jetliner near Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde
- Yacht near Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde
- Container ship near Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde
- Small yachts around Castlebay, Tobermory and Duart Castle.
Oilrigs
- Seven redundant oilrigs in Cromarty Firth
Coastlines, roads and landclass
Coastline
- Revised Aberdeen shoreline.
- Revised shoreline in Skye Bridge area.
- Kinross - revised shoreline for Loch Leven and islands.
- 'Real water' and detailed coastline at Leith, Grangemouth and 20 miles of the River Clyde from Erskine Bridge to the city centre.
- Errol, Dundee, Perth, Inverness and Connel
- Dundee, Perth, Inverness, Connel and the Forth.
- Headland at N Queensferry added to meet Forth Rail Bridge.
Sandy Beaches
- Machrahanish
- Oban, North Connel
- Glenforsa
- Dornoch
Roads
- Revised roads, particularly where required to tie in with default scenery or to align with other Scotflight Scenery features
Landclass
- Custom landclass for many areas particularly round airfields, towns, cities and landmarks.
Other features
- All textures optimised for FS2002/FS2004
- All Scotflight Scenery airfields can now be accessed from the World Menu in FS2004
- Orkney airfields feature actual fields and woodland in surrounding area plus local roads
Installer
- Easy-to-use installer autodetects FS2002/FS2004
- Choose which version to install for
- Detects correct FS locations no matter where installed
- Allows FS and install locations to be customised
- Allows installation of scenery onto separate disk to FS
- Automatically configures Scenery Library
- Integrates into Windows Add/Remove Programs
- All changes made by installer fully documented and viewable prior to installation