FSX / P3D scenery

FSX Whalewatching Scenery

Whale-watching traffic brings Halifax, Nova Scotia to life with two animated humpback whales and a tourist boat positioned offshore for easy spotting from CYHZ or CYAW. Updated AI schedules guide sightseeing at the published coordinates and time, enhancing coastal VFR flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator X with a simple scenery-world traffic file.

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Canada

Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Images & Screenshots

2 total

A white helicopter hovers over blue water with two red arrows pointing to objects below and a small boat nearby.

A whale swims near the ocean surface, creating a visible wake as it moves through the blue water.

Whalewatching (updated). AI traffic file for the built in humpback whale. Location Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. New: description to find the two whales and the tourist boat. By Ralph Eisenegger.

Whalewatching Scenery.

Copy the trafficWhales.bgl file in your FSX/scenery/world/scenery/ folder.

Start in Halifax CYHZ or Shearwater CYAW.

Find the two whales and the tourist boat at N44° 31' W63° 27'
AI traffic local start time 2.45pm or 14.45h

Ralph Eisenegger

Genesix AG
CH-6375 Beckenried
Switzerland

Whalewatching Scenery.

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File information

Filename

whale002.zip

File size

452.02 KB

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Access

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)

44.51667000,-63.45000000

Decimal degrees

44.516670°, -63.450000°

Degrees, minutes, seconds

44° 31' 00.012" N 63° 27' 00.000" 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 whale002.zip has 9 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
readme.txt	05.31.08	465 B
Simaddons_Whalewatching.pdf	06.02.08	235.82 kB
Thumbs.db	06.01.08	10.00 kB
trafficWhales.bgl	05.29.08	2.02 kB
whalewatching.jpg	05.31.08	7.55 kB
whalewatching.pdf	05.31.08	199.77 kB
whalewatching1.jpg	05.31.08	36.73 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B