FSX / P3D scenery

FSX Riverside Airport Scenery

Riverside Airport (4B2) scenery recreates the long-closed New York airfield tucked between I-90 and the Erie Canal, complete with its 3,500-foot runway, 10,000-foot water runway, and classic small-airport ambience for FSX. It requires ez-ga hangers ss.bgl, hangar_old_brick.bgl, small_airport_objects_3.bgl, and ESDG_HangerKit.bgl.

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Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Scenery Riverside Airport (4B2), New York (NY). Constructed in the early 1960's, Riverside was neatly wedged between I-90 and the Erie Canal. It was closed in 1995 to make room for Route 49 between Rome and Utica. This airport boasted a 3500 foot runway, a 10,000 foot water runway, and an FAA-certified aircraft mechanic school. By John "Sharkey" Hawranick, Jr.

Screenshot of Riverside Airport.

Screenshot of Riverside Airport.

A couple years back, I ran into a website called "Abandoned and Little Known Airfields" by Paul Freeman. There I saw airports that I had not seen in many years. In some cases, I had only seen their ruins. It inspired me to create these airports in FS. This site has become my inspiration and reference "jumping off" point in a lot of my designs.

INSTALLATION:
All but one file go into /Addon Scenery/Scenery/
AFX_4B2_ALT.bgl goes into /Scenery/World/Scenery/

That file is a Flatten file that will be needed to - Oh, I don't know... flatten.

ISSUES:
You may find the ground peeking through the runway - very rarely and for a short time. At this point, I am baffled, befuddled, confused, and even a little flummoxed. If so, simply force a scenery reload by toggling the "empty scenery cache" button in the Scenery Library section of the menus.

AS ALWAYS:
I hope you enjoy this as much as I. I welcome CONSTRUCTIVE criticism and help. I do this as a hobby and, as such, charge nothing. If satisfied, drop me a line. If dissatisfied, let me know and feel free to delete it or dive-bomb on it.

LIBRARIES NEEDED:
ez-ga hangers ss.bgl
hangar_old_brick.bgl
small_airport_objects_3.bgl
ESDG_HangerKit.bgl

Acknowledgements:

Todd Rankins and Dave Michel - for their input on Riverside School of Aeronautics/

Paul Freeman - for his extraordinary opus/

The creators and publishers of Instant Scenery and AFX.

The many who have created libraries for scenery programs.

Google earth and Terraserver-USA

Yours in simming,
John "Sharkey" Hawranick, Jr.

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File information

Filename
4b2_x.zip
File size
330.81 KB
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Clean (scanned with ClamAV)
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Freeware
Content rating
Everyone

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D scenery
  1. 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.
  2. Place scenery in Addon Scenery

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

    In FSX, go to Settings → Scenery Library → Add Area. Higher priority means it overrides lower entries for the same location.
  4. 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)
43.20960000,-75.43840000
Decimal degrees
43.209600°, -75.438400°
Degrees, minutes, seconds
43° 12' 34.560" N 75° 26' 18.240" 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 4b2_x.zip has 7 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
4B2.txt10.15.102.27 kB
4B2-EZ.bgl05.24.09332 B
AFX_4B2.bgl09.03.104.48 kB
AFX_4B2_ALT.bgl09.03.10518 B
screenshot1.jpg10.15.10331.16 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt10.29.13959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url01.22.1652 B

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