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Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 8:40 am
by Marshallamp
Is it possible to change the ATC instructions, so that an airport can be approached from another runway/direction. e.g Newcastle Airport in the NE UK is my local airport. Most aircraft approach Newcastle from the East (On Runway 25) but FS 2002 always instructs a landing on runway 7.
Any idea's chapps/chappeses.
Marshall

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 9:03 am
by Craig.
try changing the wind direction that should work

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 9:31 am
by FSTipster
The other alternative is to hunt down an AFCAD file for that particular airport.

That will usually (depending on how it's been written) enable all the runways present, to be used by ATC and A.I. Traffic.

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 9:34 am
by FSTipster
I just had a look and there's an excellent 3rd party scenery add-on for that airport - egnt22.zip.

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:22 pm
by Marshallamp
It was my 'Wind'
Thats much better. I've got the approach thing sorted, now to find this Scenery that you mentioned. I've down loaded Aircraft. Is this the same process?
Cheers Marshall.

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:48 pm
by BFMF
You can also open the airport up with Afcad and close the runway you don't want to land on

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:56 pm
by FSTipster
It was my 'Wind'
Thats much better. I've got the approach thing sorted, now to find this Scenery that you mentioned. I've down loaded Aircraft. Is this the same process?
Cheers Marshall.


It's similar to installing aircraft but you usualy have to ADD the new scenery in the Scenery library inside the FS2002 program itself after you've installed it.

Go get the files - the readme's should explain the process but if you get into trouble, just call back.

Best of luck. :)

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 3:55 am
by Marshallamp
OK Tipster!
Gis a clue to where I find these 'add on' scenery bits for Newcastle.
Oh! and by the way. Its closed for a while. I've just 'Melshed' a 737 into the runway. (must remember to put the damn wheels down)
Marshall.

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 5:57 am
by FSTipster
OK Tipster!
Gis a clue to where I find these 'add on' scenery bits for Newcastle.
Oh! and by the way. Its closed for a while. I've just 'Melshed' a 737 into the runway. (must remember to put the damn wheels down)
Marshall.


I'm fairly sure I picked the scenery up at flightsim.com, but I couldn't swear to it. Have a hunt there and if you can't find it, e-mail me and I'll make arrangements to get it to you.

And hey, why waste tyre rubber?

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:50 am
by Craig.
haha how many times have i done that,to many:) i once done a flight from gatwick to atlanta everything was going well doing visual manual landing but there was a ton of traffic in line so i was so busy watching them and making sure i wasnt going to hit one of them that i completely forgot the gear and after the flight lasting over 5 hours(i had forwarded it a few times) the words coming out of my mouth after plowing into the tarmac were unrepeatable:)

Re: Airport Approach Direction

PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:23 pm
by fisharno
Sliding a C-5, sideways down an 11,000 foot runway.....

Now THAT'S fun!!!

Don't even ask how that happened. I'm still embarrassed about that one!