Pilot-activated approach lighting for FS2004?

[Hoorf]

Hi, noob member, first post. I have a question: maybe I'm out of the know, but I've always wondered if someone developed code or a utility for FS2004 which allows for pilot-activated approach lighting for airports. There's an airport here which uses regular lighting for their runway at night, but when the pilot's mic is keyed 7 times on a certain frequency, the MALS system lights up and stays that way for a bit before turning back off. Would anyone know if this has been done yet or did I overlook something? Thanks!

[Fozzer]

I've been aware of that for a long time now in the early days of the various Flight Sims...>>>

Pilot controlled airfield lighting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot-controlled_lighting

..and it would be interesting to know if anyone has come up with a solution, for FS2004 and FSX!

Maybe requires a special "airfield scenery" design?

Paul...."I've seen the light!".... ...!

[garymbuska]

Hi, noob member, first post. I have a question: maybe I'm out of the know, but I've always wondered if someone developed code or a utility for FS2004 which allows for pilot-activated approach lighting for airports. There's an airport here which uses regular lighting for their runway at night, but when the pilot's mic is keyed 7 times on a certain frequency, the MALS system lights up and stays that way for a bit before turning back off. Would anyone know if this has been done yet or did I overlook something? Thanks!

In the real world there are several fields that the pilot or copilot can turn on the airport lights by keying his radio on a certain frequency.
To my knowledge there has not been anything created in either FSX or FS9 that will do this. I am not sure if it is even possible to do this.
For starters the airfield would have to be programed to turn on when a certain radio frequency is received and that is the biggest problem as to my knowledge there is no way of doing that.

[Hoorf]

No prob then. Thanks, gentlemen!

[tgibson]

Yes, you can do that. Here is the program that lets you create them:

http://stuff4fs.com/newpage.asp?Folder=AFLT

Hope this helps,

[Hoorf]

Thanks, tgibson!