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Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:53 amby Scatterbrain Kid
You know, the one at Chicago, it was one of my favourite fields in FS2004 but it ain't there in FSX, all it is now is a bit of sagebrush-covered prairie; I tried landing on it for old times sake but my wheel snagged on a bit of high chapparal stuff and crashed
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:57 amby a1
If I remember correctly Meigs Field closed down in real life a while ago. I am not sure about Sim though.
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:59 amby Vuikag
as real as it gets
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:19 amby BFMF
We have mayor daley to thank for that
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:13 amby jime59
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:02 amby Daube
I wonder if there would be any ay to export the default FS2004 scenery to FSX...
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:52 amby ManuelL
If I remember correctly there is a freeware addon for Meigs field in FSX.
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:13 amby Opa
Not sure about the library here, but using Meigs as the search criteria at Avsim, I see three related files under FSX scenery.
Meigs closed in 2003 if memory serves - a sad time indeed.
Good hunting!
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:48 amby machineman9
Yeh there is a Meigs Field download for FSX.
Though, I remember crashing every time I entered the airspace for some reason... Like invisible walls. And I crashed every time I selected it as my start location.
But it exists.
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:52 amby Brett_Henderson
It was probably offered up and traded away for a senate seat
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:53 amby Daube
The problem of the Meigs scenery for FSX is that the author forgot to "clean the place" before adding his buildings, and unfortunately in FSX there is a lot of autogen there, which appears on top of the tarmac...
Maaan how much I'd like to takeoff from Meigs in a Camel in FSX, turn left then try to pass between those antennas then turn right to line up with the runway again... good times... :-[
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:22 amby pete
It's available to add to FSX but as Daub says - the autogen is probably on top of it ...
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/st ... =63&page=7
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:02 pmby Opa
[quote]The problem of the Meigs scenery for FSX is that the author forgot to "clean the place" before adding his buildings, and unfortunately in FSX there is a lot of autogen there, which appears on top of the tarmac...
Maaan how much I'd like to takeoff from Meigs in a Camel in FSX, turn left then try to pass between those antennas then turn right to line up with the runway again... good times...
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:39 pmby BFMF
[quote]It was probably offered up and traded away for a senate seat
Re: Where's Meigs field gone?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:41 pmby Daube
[quote][quote]The problem of the Meigs scenery for FSX is that the author forgot to "clean the place" before adding his buildings, and unfortunately in FSX there is a lot of autogen there, which appears on top of the tarmac...
Maaan how much I'd like to takeoff from Meigs in a Camel in FSX, turn left then try to pass between those antennas then turn right to line up with the runway again... good times...