ORF5 introduces dramatic night flying effects made possible through Laemming Wheeler's SEE utility. While previously limited to blue taxiway lights and darker polygons (beaches and rivers), this version includes shading of all buildings, runways, taxiways, and polygons through darker colors to black or gray as time advances through dusk to night. Roads become strings of street lights at night, adding realism and depth to the night-time scene.
Many new SEE library objects, particularly cranes, power transmission towers, and water towers, are included, especially in the shipbuilding/industrial area south of our central business district. Look for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard gantry used to handle battleship turrets, among other little things.
The Elizabeth River has been reworked for better accuracy, and numerous small adjustments have been made.
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ORF4 introduced expanded documentation (this file), with tips on use and configuration for those of you who may be new to Aircraft & Scenery Designer. Also added were numerous radio masts and towers as described in the Commonwealth of Virginia's 1990 Aeronautical Chart.
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ORF3 introduced the first SEE enhancements (taxiway lights and the docks by the Waterside). Scenery in general was expanded from the immediate Norfolk downtown and airport areas to cover the complete Norfolk/Virginia Beach area, and some of Portsmouth and Chesapeake. Airports PVG and W36 with its floatplane strip were added.
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INTRODUCTION
This is the fifth version of the Norfolk, Virginia area for the
Microsoft Flight Simulator. It requires the recently released
Aircraft and Scenery Designer and Scenery Disk 7 to work
properly.(You can run it without SD-7, but since the Atlantic coast
is several miles further west on the default scenery, you'll notice
quite a lot of flooding around town.)
The file names are in accordance with the CPAA suggested format: VA
for the state, S for scenery, ORF for the airport ID, and RS, my
initials. This version is greatly enlarged, and now includes
numerous roads, buildings, and landmarks in Virginia Beach and
Portsmouth, as well as Norfolk. Sources include aerial photography
files in the Norfolk Public Library, the Commonwealth of Virginia's
1990 Aeronautical Chart, AOPA's 1990 edition of Aviation USA, and
observation and photography by myself and a general aviation pilot.