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Description of scenery file "VAAW09JB.SC1":
This file, and its associated mode, "VAAW09.MOD", will bring you to the
takeoff threshold for runway 35, at Leesburg, Virginia (W09). To your right,
you'll see the large jet hanger, where several large business aircraft are
based. Ahead, to the right of the runway, is the combined airport operations
center and FAA Flight Service Station, with a raised viewing deck. Near that,
not yet discernible, is the small fuel "shack" out in front of the operations
center and, beyond that the gray "piston shop", an old hanger now used for
aircraft repairs and engine servicing. You take off and begin to see some of
the road network nearby, and the town of Leesburg to the north. To the
northwest is an elementary school that is part of the reason for a recommended
20 degree right turn after takeoff, in order to keep the noise and distraction
factor down for the school kids. It also accounts for the use of non-standard
right traffic pattern for runway 35.
You'll see a segment of the divided highway that by-passes the Leesburg
business district, and heads on up into West Virginia. You'll also see the
airport road leading up to the divided highway, on your left. If you make a
left turn to about 250 degrees, and drop down to about 1200 feet MSL, you'll
see a couple of gray-surfaced roads. Follow the one that intersects the
divided highway and then turn left to follow the black-surfaced road leading
to the south. Towards the end the road makes a right turn before it ends. Just
before that turn, if you're low and slow enough, you'll see a grove of trees
come into view. Ensconced among the trees is the 200-year-old farm house,
called "Little Rokeby", where I live...and which is the headquarters of the
Computer Pilots Association of America. Go into slew mode and check it out. If
you'd like, stop in and join me for a cup of coffee! Feel free to land nearby
and taxi on over, too. There's plenty of open space nearby, now that the
corn's been harvested!
If you have scenery disk no 7, and have loaded it, you can go south west about
9 miles to Dulles International Airport (IAD). There, you'll see the main
terminal building and the mid-field concourse. In time, you'll probably be
hearing from me about a new file with some enhanced and expanded structures in
downtown Washington, D.C.
Enjoy the visit, and like they say around here, "Y'all come, now!"
NOTE ON NAMING CONVENTIONS:
The filename used for this scenery file was based on a proposed naming
convention that I described in a message uploaded to GAMERS on 10/9/90. The
message was as follows:
CPAA is considering inviting users of the new Aircraft And Scenery Designer
add-on to send their favorite files for distribution among interested parties,
either by electronic means or by the distribution of duplicated disks, for
just the cost of duplication and handling.
In order to do that, we've considered the adoption of the following naming
convention. (Anyone who's seen our Member numbers knows how involved we can
get with numbering conventions!)
A typical FILE name would look like this:
"VAAW09JB.SC1"
Looks like gibberish, but actually it packs a lot of info. The interpretation
is this:
1. First 2 letters are the two-digit accepted abbreviation for the state in
which the scenery is located. We selected states rather than scenery disks,
because it doesn't matter if you have a scenery disk or not...you can build
scenery ANYWHERE, since you're not modifying existing data. This was a
suggestion by Jon Solon, of Microsoft, and makes a lot of sense to us.
Especially considering you can also locate objects by using their latitude and
longitude coordinates rather than the FS North/South coordinates.
2. The third letter is derived from a category listing, depending on the type
of scenery file and it's principle characteristic. For example, A=Airport,
V=VOR, N=NDB, F=Fantasy scenery (meaning unusual, imaginary or "absurd"--
"alternate reality"), and S=Scenic, meaning a more or less serious (maybe
wistful) depiction of an object, location or area.
3. The next three digits are the accepted location identifier for the
location, if such an identifier exists. In the example filename above, the
"W09" is the three-digit identifier for Leesburg Airport, which happens to be
the focal point of that particular scenery file. Should there not be such an
identifier available, or if it's unknown to the designer, the letters XXX will
be substituted in that part of the filename.
4. The final two digits are the author's first and last initials, so as to
minimize the chances of duplicate file names being generated by separate
individuals who happen to prepare a scenery file for the same location.
This sort of naming convention seems to offer a reasonable chance of success
at organizing a mass of files such as this. It is easily "searchable", using
DOS wildcards, and fairly simple in operation. We maintain a complete listing
of all airport and navaid identifiers, and can make those available to people
through our publications or by direct response.
I'd be interested in any feed-back anyone has on this notion.
Drop me an E_Mail at 76576,547.
JEFF Bingham, Chairman, CPAA