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- Documentation: Worcester, Mass., incl. Worcester Municipal Airport (ORH)
- By: Nels Anderson
- CIS: 71020,2613
- Xevious BBS: 508-875-3618
- Updated: 02/22/92
-
- Developed Using: Microsoft Aircraft & Scenery Designer (ASD)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0b (FS4)
- MicroSmart 486/33, Video7 1024i VGA card
- U.S. Geological Survey maps
- New York FAA Sectional Chart
- Airport/Facility Directory: Northeast U.S.
- U.S. Terminal Procedures: Northeast (NE) Vol 1 of 3
- SEE04 by Laemming Wheeler
-
- Requires: FS4
- ASD
- SD-12
- Dynamic scenery memory allocation = 57k
- Static scenery memory allocation = 1k
-
- Files: MASORHNA.SC1 - Static scenery
- MASORHNA.DY1 - Dynamic scenery
- MASORHNA.MOD - Worcester Muni (ORH), parked
- MASORHNA.DOC - The file you're reading
-
- For some reason, the entire central part of Massachusetts is an empty
- hole on SD-12. This despite the fact that Worcester Muni is a large
- airport with regularly scheduled jet service. Even the major roads
- through this area such as the Mass Pike and Route 2 are missing. As
- a result, this became an area wide scenery design project rather than
- the usual single airport project.
-
- This scenery actually includes four airports: Worcester Muni (ORH),
- Oxford (MA08), Spencer (MA10), and Sterling (3B3). Worcester is done
- in a great deal of detail while the others have fairly minimal detail.
- Sterling was not on any of the USGS maps I had so it has the least
- amount of detail.
-
- Lots of buildings have been added to give the feeling of a city
- environment, since Worcester is the second largest city in New
- England. It doesn't have many really tall buildings but the few it
- does have are included in the downtown area along with many other
- larger buildings throughout the area. Worcester has many colleges
- and several campuses are included. I went to school at Worcester
- Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and that campus is done in great detail.
- You'll see WPI just off to your left when heading east directly off
- the end of rwy 11.
-
- Other major scenery details that have been added include Route 90
- (Mass Pike), Route 290, Route 195 and Route 9. Far to the north
- of the city Route 2 has also been added (since you can easily see
- its lights at night) and a portion of Route 495 has been enlarged
- to a full 4-lane road so you can also see it at night. Mount
- Wachusett, the tallest thing in eastern Massachusetts at 2006 feet
- is included north of the city.
-
- For navigation, the rwy 11 ILS on 110.9 has been added, along with
- NDB's on 392 and 279 to provide the approaches shown in the FAA
- approach plates. ATIS on 126.55 and tower on 120.5 are also
- included.
-
- Be sure to fly this scenery during the night. The lighting effects
- provided by SEE04 are spectacular! You'll also find road signs
- along the major highways and a row of electric towers provided by
- SEE library #2.
-
- Important Scenery Locations (Flight Simulator Coordinates)
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-
- Dunca NDB (279): 17891.9922 N
- 21607.3086 E
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- Crow Hill NDB (392): 17903.9883 N
- 21685.1133 E
-
- Worcester Tower: 17901.2109 N
- 21655.0898 E
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- WPI Campus: 17906 N
- 21674 E
-
- Holy Cross Campus: 17895 N
- 21680 E
-
- Oxford Tower: 17853.0177 N
- 21676.4219 E
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- Spencer Tower: 17903.9297 N
- 21624.7852 E
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- Sterling Airport: 17973 N
- 21667 E
-
- Holden Center: 17935 N
- 21652 E
-
- Asnebumskit Hill: 17914 N
- 21644 E
-
-
- I've also included Jim Ross's power lines as a standard part of the
- scenery so it's no longer necessary to merge the power lines file
- in. Thanks for the enhancement, Jim, it really looks nice!
-
- Flying around the power poles, and under the lines, makes a nice
- challenge. Just don't let the FAA catch you!
-
- This scenery links up with other area scenery I've done, with
- Springfield (MASCEFNA) to the west, Marlboro (MAA9B1NA) to the east
- and Stow (MAA6B6PJ) to the northeast. You'll note that scenery such
- as roads is shared between these files for smooth transitions.
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