This is the third version of the Norfolk, Virginia area for the
Microsoft Flight Simulator. It requires the recently released
Aircraft and Scenery Designer and Scenery Disk 7 to work
properly.(You can run it without SD-7, but since the Atlantic coast
is several miles further west on the default scenery, you'll notice
quite a lot of flooding around town.) The static scenery has been
greatly enhanced by Laemming Wheeler's terrific SEE utility.

The file names are in accordance with the CPAA suggested format: VA
for the state, S for scenery, ORF for the airport ID, and RS, my
initials. This version is greatly enlarged, and now includes
numerous roads, buildings, and landmarks in Virginia Beach and
Portsmouth, as well as Norfolk. Sources include aerial photography
files in the Norfolk Public Library, the Commonwealth of Virginia's
1990 Aeronautical Chart, AOPA's 1990 edition of Aviation USA, and
observation and photography by myself and a general aviation pilot.

There are a few F-14's operating out of the Oceana Naval Air
Station doing buzzes and manuevers that are definitely not
representative of reality, but which can be entertaining.  A demo
tour of the area (which takes about 32 minutes to run) is included,
as well as a startup mode that places you at the General Aviation
area of Norfolk International Airport with light winds and very
slight turbulence. The demo is not synchronized with the dynamic
scenery, leading to occasional situations that are non-FAA
approved, but amusing as long as it's only a computer. (You'll
notice I'm no Charles Gulick at the controls.) There is also a
seaplane demo (strictly non-realistic) showing the obstacle course
potential of our downtown bridges. 

The dynamic and scenery file is now a bit less than 18K, and the
static scenery slightly below 31K; so you'll have to increase the
memory allowance for them in your configuration or delete a few
scenery items. I've begun to experience some serious frame rate
problems recently; so deletion of your least-favorite features or
disabling dynamic scenery might be a good idea anyway. 

I've added runway lighting and ATIS (frequency 127.15) at Norfolk
International, but navaids, including ILS on runway 23, are
unchanged from SD-7. I have also added two small airports not found
on SD-7: Hampton Roads airport (PVG) southwest of Portsmouth, and
Chesapeake Municipal airport (W36). PVG includes a NDB at frequency
123. W36, which you can reach by flying almost exactly due south
from the start-up mode position, is especially interesting because
a canal has been dug there to serve as a seaplane runway.

Comments, criticisms, and suggestions are welcome: My Compuserve
number is below, and in the Hampton Roads area I can usually be
reached on the Solutions and Exchange BBSs.

Ray Stephens
CIS 72070,2015
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