A Pair of Well-Done Military Bases

More good news.

If you have downloaded my version of NAS JRB New Orleans, and if you are using Heli Traffic 2009 to provide AI helicopter traffic to supplement Traffic X's airplane traffic, you may already have set up AI helicopter traffic between NAS JRB New Orleans (KNBG) and NAS Pensacola (KNPA). If so, you may have the helipads at those two bases nearly saturated with traffic. If that is the case, you may be wondering where to send departing helicopters from the helipads that are available at Whiting South (KNDZ), which I mentioned in my above posting.

Again, you are in luck, since Jim Dhaenens has done a remake of nearby Spencer NOLF (NRQ). Traffic X does not have its own version of NRQ, and the default FSX version has no helipads even though the base is entirely a helicopter base. Jim's remake of Spencer NOLF provides the helipads.

Spencer NOLF is the base to which helicopters from Whiting South fly to in real life. The file name of Jim Dhaenens' version of NRQ is spnolf.zip. It, too, is available from FlightSim.com.

So get all of the above files, set up some airplane flights from NAS JRB New Orleans and from Whiting North with Traffic X, and save room for some of the new aircraft from Just Flight's upcoming PlusPak for Traffic X.

That's a lot of good news.

wrote: jdhaenens The forgoing was a shameless plug for my freeware scenery.!   Thanks for the kind words.   Jim

Hi, Jim. If you ever develop a modicum of shame, I hope you won't let that stop you from keeping us informed about your latest airport releases!

Although I read your posting almost immediately after you posted it, I waited a week before replying so that your name would continue to appear as a posting author. (Regular Traffic X Forum users would be the first to tell you that I don't usually extend such a courtesy). I think it is beneficial for people to know your name. Your military bases are high quality, extensively detailed (usually containing your own GMAX models of buildings), and from the research you do, your bases are among the most authentic renditions around.

I downloaded and installed your Meridian NAS, a week ago, and I populated it with some Traffic X AI flights. I highly recommend your version of the base to all FSX users. Here's a screenshot:



I also think FSX users who do any helicopter flying will certainly enjoy taking off from your Whiting NAS South base and hovering over the extensive work you did with base buildings and  roads between your Whiting NAS South and your Whiting NAS North. I won't include a screenshot. It simply has to be experienced in FSX. (I even drove a ground vehicle up the hill from Whiting South, through the area with all the base buildings, and onto the apron at Whiting North).

Thanks for contributing your posting!

Dan