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##            IL-IKK.SC1: Kankakee Il. & Surroundings            ##
##                  Version 1.0 Release  8/21/93                 ##
##           Copyright(C)1993 By: Steven L. Hildebrand           ##
##            ***  All Rights Reserved By Author  ***            ##
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Requirements:  MS Flight Simulator 4.0b or later
               MS Aircraft & Scenery Designer for FS4
               SubLogic Scenery Disk #9 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

 Okay folks, here it is, version 1.0 of my Kankakee scenery, with
more and better versions to come later. I simply don't have the
time right now to work on this scenery any more and won't for some
time, so I decided to release it the way it is......nothing fancy,
BUT -- the airports are as close to exact as I could make them,
using NOAA/FAA Airport/Facility directories and Instrument Approach
Proceedure manuals, as well as some aerial photos and other
materials which were most kindly supplied by Mr. John "I Love
SubLogic" Sandow. A private pilot and FlightSim junkie, he also
fielded many, many questions from yours truly via E-mail & voice.
His help has been instrumental. Whatta' dude!

 The reason for this scenery? As far as I know, nobody has ever
done IKK with ASD. [Rant Mode ON] Also, SubLogic (a fitting name
and a WONDERFUL pun, if you think about it) screwed up and left out
the ILS for Kankakee in BOTH versions of FS4 *AND* SD-9, and left
the VOR itself out on SD-9, making IKK the Rodney Dangerfield of Sim
airports.....it gets no respect. Also, I cannot stand those sh*tty
little black & white runways that SubLogic half-assed scribbled
everywhere in the wrong places, sizes and layouts. I want real-looking
runways with real-looking approach lighting and navaids.
[Rant Mode OFF]

 I started out just doing the IKK airport, trying to teach myself
how to use ASD. The manual that comes with ASD really SUCKS. It was
after MUCH trial and error that I finally got the hang of things.
Then, I decided that IKK needed some company, and all those tiny
little airports just south of Chicago seemed perfect for practicing
precision, stall-speed landings, as they are, for the most part,
narrow and short. Try Dwight, Rwy. 27....with a runway 21 feet
wide, yeah, I hope your aim is REAL good. <INCOMING!!>

 I had originally included Clow Intl. Arpt. (Plainfield, Il) and
Lewis University Arpt. (Romeoville, Il), but they were too far
north of a sort-of "Line of Death" I drew on my map between Joliet
and Lansing airports. Same thing with Gary, In.. Too bad, as
they're really nice airports. This .SC1 file is centered just SW of
the Greater Kankakee Airport, with an auto-load radius of 35 miles
to minimize conflicts with Chicago-area scenery. Some airports
(Joliet, Pontiac, Dwight.....) extend beyond this radius.

 In the next version, I plan to add highways for I-55, I-57 & I-80,
maybe a few other roads here and there and more buldings and lines
to the Kankakee polygon. Those things sure eat up bytes fast, not
to mention loading up ones' processor. (A 10-segment divided
highway eats 483 bytes! <OW!OW!OW!>) Also, I need to get a real map
of Kankakee, as the one I have is 20 years old and basically sucks.

 Most of the runways in this scenery are actually asphalt, but
black runways disappear at night in FS4, even if you give them
bright white edges and dashed lines, so I made a compromise here --
I made all the hard runways a dark grey, which still shows up at
night. Turf runways are light green. IKK was the only airport to
have black runways, and that's because I had to lay a polygon under
it to cover the old default airport, so as long as I was at it....I
drew them in black. Unless otherwise noted, all runways are
asphalt. Not all airports which have fuel in real life have fuel
boxes here. At a 118 bytes each, I wasn't giving everyone fuel! At
39 bytes a pop, trees are rather sparse too.

 Light grey edging was used to simulate LIRL (Low Intensity Runway
Lighting) and MIRL (Medium Intensity). Bright White was used to
simulate HIRL (High Intensity). Wherever possible, runway lighting
is 100% accurate, but this was not always possible as the
facilities directory doesn't say whether or not runways have end
lights (not all places have them), so some strips that don't have
runway end lights in real life will have them here. Oh well, it's
an imperfekt world, right? Deal with it.

 I designed this scenery to lay over SD-9, although you *could* run
it with default scenery.....it'll look a bit strange, bridges where
there are no roads or rivers or whatever.....and your bearings will
shift 4 degrees (don't ask me which way, I don't remember)....but
it will work.

 Those with SD-9 will want to remove the SD runways with APTFIX, a
neat little FS4 utility (Copyright(C)1990 by Chris Manrique) which
removes those sh*tty, inaccurate runways from your SubLogic Scenery
Disks. You can find it on any Flight-Sim BBS. Look for it on:

     Jim's Fly-Inn BBS [phone]  8N1 14.4k

 Again, nothing fancy here. I added lines to those already existing
on SD-9 to represent roads. Ain't as pretty as a 4-lane highway,
but it also takes less memory and is much easier on one's
processor, something I tried to keep in mind as I laid this out on
my 486 Beast-Box. Bridges, polygons, trees, antenna towers and
various other bits of scenery are spread out in a 50 mile radius
around IKK. My old 286 handled this rather well.

 No dynamic scenery here. I don't run it, so I don't write it.
(Slows down the frame rate, eats memory and chews up drive space)
Oh yeah, I included a special message for the world in this
scenery. I'm not gonna say what or where, just that you can't miss
it if you just happen to be in the vicinity. It can be read from
50,000 feet, so it's hard miss. <GrIn>

 I've included 4 startup modes here: IKK Rwy 4, Dwight Rwy 27,
Joliet and Lansing. I've given the coordinates for the rest.

Xtra-Special Yahooz'!! go out to:
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John Sandow, for assistance rendered. You can be my wingman anyday,
Sir. Or Vice-Versa, I'm sure.

James Williams, Sysop of Jim's Fly-Inn BBS, for giving me access to
TONS of Xcellent FS4/ASD/AAF files. Great board! <plug> <plug>

Nels Anderson, Moderator of the RELAYNET FlightSim Conference, for
keeping the conference a nice, friendly, helpful place to visit.

All the other SimAir pilots and FS4 Junkies in the RELAYNET
FlightSim Conference for answering questions and being there.

SubLogic, for *ABSOLUTELY NOTHING*

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Airports Included in IL-IKK.SC1:
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Illinois:
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Greater Kankakee Airport (IKK) - Kankakee, Il.
     N16844.9 / E16595.17  Alt: 629
     Rwy 04-22: 5979x100
     Rwy 04: MALSR, VASI   Rwy 22: REIL, VASI
     Rwy 16-34: 4398x75
     ILS Rwy 04: 108.7
     VOR: 111.6   ATIS: 123.0
     Fuel Available

Kankakee Airport (Koerner Fld) (3KK)
     N16859 / E16577  Alt: 625
     Rwy 09-27: 2644x300 (Turf)
     Rwy 18-36: 2564x285 (Turf)

Dwight (DTG) - Dwight, Il.
     N16874 / E16405.3  Alt: 632
     Rwy 09-27: 2365x21 (Asph)     Rwy 27: REIL
     Rwy 18-36: 2000x92 (Turf)
     (Rwy 09-27 is a 21' wide asphalt strip centered on a 100' wide
      turf runway. Hope your landings are up to snuff!!)
     Fuel Available
     NDB(MHW): 344 (DTG)

Frankfort Arpt. (C18) - Frankfort, Il.
     N17025 / E16594.13  Alt: 778
     Rwy 09-27: 3168x50
     Fuel Available

Howell Fld (1C2) - New Lenox, Il.
     N17101.08 / E16625.7  Alt: 753
     Rwy 13-31: 2857x50
     Rwy 05-23: 2376x50

Joliet Park Dist. (JOT) - Joliet, Il.
     N17039 / E16488.5  Alt: 581
     Rwy 04-22: 3452x125 (Turf)
     Rwy 12-30: 2940x100 (Asph)    RWY 12: REIL
     Fuel Available

Lansing Muni (3HA) - Lansing, Il.
     N17050.3 / E16694.6  Alt: 616
     Rwy 09-27: 3658x75  Rwy 09: REIL   Rwy 27: VASI
     Rwy 18-36: 2322x77 (Turf)
     Fuel Available

Morris Muni (C09) - Morris, Il.
     N17005.7 / E16413  Alt: 588
     Rwy 18-36: 2897x60
     Fuel Available

Pontiac Muni (0C1) - Pontiac, Il.
     N16759.9 / E16345.34  Alt: 645
     Rwy 09-27: 2506x50

Sanger Arpt. (C56) - Monee, Il.
     N16980 / E16644.6  Alt: 790
     Rwy 09-27: 2412x32
     Rwy 05-23: 2313x32
     Fuel Available

Wilhelmi Field (0C3) - Joliet, Il.
     N17019.84 / E16497.63  Alt: 635
     Rwy 09-27: 2546x150 (Turf)
     Unattended

Indiana:
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Griffith/Merrillville Arpt. - Griffith, In.
     N17037.52 / E 16720.8  Alt: 634
     Rwy08-26: 4013x50  Rwy 08: REIL

Jasper Co. Arpt. (RZL) - Rensseleer, In.
     N16788.5 / E16795.6  Alt: 698
     Rwy 18-36: 3100x60
     Rwy 09-27: 1930x150 (Turf)
     Fuel Available
     NDB(MHW): 362 RZL

Kentland Muni (50I) - Kentland, In.
     N16705 / E16716  Alt: 698
     Rwy 09-27: 3504x50 REIL VASI
     Fuel Available

Lowell Arpt. (C97) - Lowell, In.
     N16911.4 / E16687.6  Alt: 675
     Rwy 18-36: 3050x100 (Turf)

Additional Default Navaids:
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Veals NDB - 407 - 6.2mi SE of Willard Airport, Champaign
Ermin NDB - 332 - 5.5mi SW of Midway Airport, Chicago
Kedzi NDB - 248 - 3.9mi SE of Midway Airport, Chicago
Deana NDB - 350 - 5.5mi W  of O'Hare Intl, Chicago

Chicago Hts. VOR- 114.2 - 1.5mi SW of Lansing Muni
Peotone VOR - 113.2 - 13.1mi NNE of Greater Kankakee Arpt
                    -  6.9mi SW  of Sanger/Monee
Pontiac VOR - 109.6 -  4.9mi WSW of Pontiac Muni
Roberts VOR - 116.8 - 35.5mi SSW of Greater Kankakee Arpt
                    - 27.2mi ESE of Pontiac Muni
Joliet VOR  - 112.3 -  5.9mi WNW of Joliet Park Dist.

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LEGAL STUFF: This compressed scenery archive file and it's component
files are all Copyright(C)1993 by me, Steven L. Hildebrand,
Professional Deviate at Large, ALL WORLD RIGHTS RESERVED BY AUTHOR.
This archive and it's component files are released unto an
unsuspecting world as SHAREWARE. You may use these files to your
hearts content, and I do hope that they increase your FS4
enjoyment. You may distribute this archive, intact, via BBS's and
computer networks.

 You MAY NOT charge money for this scenery archive or it's
component files, although you may charge someone a *reasonable* fee
for the disk or CD that carries it. You MAY NOT remove my copyright
and claim it as your own work. You MAY NOT modify the scenery and
claim it as your own. I can't physically stop anyone from doing it,
but I have a close, personal relationship with Jesus, and have it
on good authority that He really frowns on plagerism. <G> Come up
with your own ideas.

 I make no assurances of any kind that this scenery will work on
any machine, nor do I assume any kind of liability if your machine
starts acting wonky. Not my problemo. Worked fine on my 486 and 286
machines.

 Lastly (damn, my fingers hurt), there is no registration fee for
this shareware scenery archive, except that I would like you to
contact me and give me some kind of feedback on this scenery file.
If you have ideas, I'm open to them.....ideas, lewd proposals,
wicked polaroids, whatever. All letter bombs will be re-addressed
to SubLogic.....

I can be reached via the following addresses:
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Snail Mail:
               Steven Hildebrand, Esq.
               3404 S. Leavitt St.
               Chicago, Il. 60608-6021
E-Mail:
               RELAYNET - NODE# ->887
               FLIGHTSIM & GAMES Conferences
BBS:
               MIDAS TOUCH BBS [phone] 8N1 14.4k

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