FSX / P3D scenery

FSX Roanoke Star Scenery

Roanoke Star brings Mill Mountain’s iconic 100-foot illuminated landmark into FSX with a detailed Gmax 3D model positioned above Roanoke, Virginia near KROA. Three concentric stars glow in red, white, and blue, recreating the celebrated 1949 beacon widely known as the world’s largest man-made erect star.

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Roanoke Star, VA. A Gmax model of the 100-foot illuminated star which was constructed atop Mill Mountain overlooking Roanoke, Virginia, and the KROA airport in 1949. The three concentric stars illuminate red, white and blue. The Roanoke Star is reportedly the largest man-made erect star. By Frank Auger.

Roanoke Star Scenery.

This is a GMAX model of the 100-foot illuminated star which was constructed atop Mill Mountain overlooking Roanoke Virginia and the KROA airport in 1949. The three concentric stars illuminate Red, White and Blue. The Roanoke Star is reportedly the largest man-made erect star.

To install, place the Roanoke folder in your FSX Addon Scenery folder and follow the normal procedure for adding a scenery area. The star is located at lat="37 15.0685" lon="-79 55.9602" atop Mill Mountain.

Frank Auger

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File information

Filename

roanstar.zip

File size

77.39 KB

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Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D scenery

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Place scenery in Addon Scenery

Create a folder under FSX\Addon Scenery\ containing scenery and texture sub-folders.
Activate in Scenery Library

In FSX, go to Settings → Scenery Library → Add Area. Higher priority means it overrides lower entries for the same location.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

Finding the scenery

Use these coordinates to fly directly to this location once the mod is installed.

FSX / Prepar3D coordinates (or generate a flight plan)

37.25114000,-79.93267000

Decimal degrees

37.251140°, -79.932670°

Degrees, minutes, seconds

37° 15' 04.104" N 79° 55' 57.612" W

Launch FSX or Prepar3D and use Flights → Load to open the downloaded .pln file. Your aircraft will be positioned at this location.

What’s inside this archive

The archive roanstar.zip has 16 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
file_id.diz	09.05.07	328 B
Readme.txt	09.05.07	533 B
scenery	09.05.07	0 B
CVX_Roanoke_Star.BGL	09.03.07	236 B
star.BGL	09.03.07	260.69 kB
star.XML	09.03.07	718 B
Texture	09.06.07	0 B
blue.dds	01.01.07	341.45 kB
blue_LM.dds	01.01.07	170.79 kB
floatdrum.dds	12.29.06	85.45 kB
floatdrum_LM.dds	12.29.06	85.45 kB
white.dds	01.01.07	341.45 kB
white_LM.dds	01.01.07	170.79 kB
ROANSTAR.gif	09.06.07	7.66 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B