FSX Allied WWII Airfields In China Burma India Scenery

Allied WWII Airfields In China Burma India. Also radio range stations on North Atlantic route. Includes maps and diagrams. By Alex D. Nicolson.

Scenery Contents:
WWII airfields in INDIA
WWII airfields in BURMA
WWII airfields in CHINA
WWII Radio Range Stations on NORTH ATLANTIC Route

1. UNZIP the "CBIX.zip" file to a temporary folder. (not FSX)

In this temporary folder you will find a "CBIX" folder with 5 sub-folders and 2 files, as shown:

CBIX
Approach Charts (Some period IAP charts)
Docs (Documentation)
Maps (Maps and Diagrams)
Scenery (Scenery files)
Texture (Empty)

CBIX Installation.txt (this file).
CBIX Readme First.txt (describing the project. Read this please.)

The "Docs" folder contains, "CBIX airfields.doc" in MsWord 97 format, as "CBIX airfields.odt" for Open Office, and as "CBIX airfield.pdf" as an alternative. This is the listing of the included stations, showing the data for each station.

2. COPY the complete "CBIX" folder into your FSX "Addon Scenery" folder.

3. ACTIVATE the scenery in your FSX Library in the normal manner.

4. To REMOVE this scenery, delete it from your FSX Library and delete the complete "CBIX" folder from "Addon Scenery"

5. All files are Copyright and for strictly individual personal use only.

All Airfields are readily accessible through FSX's "Go To Airport" menu by their CBIX assigned idents.

Station to Station MH and Statute Mile distances are for DR guidance only. Homer Beacon Ndb to Runway data is accurate.

Weather information was received directly from Towers by R/T on Tower Low Frequencies e.g. 380 Kc/s, as was Taxi information. Enroute Wx by Radio Operator, W/T or R/T on HF. This is not yet possible in FSX, so such simulated Communicatons are unfortunately necessarily VHF.

Available actual weather is sparse through the Hump area. Primarily Mohanbari, Fort Hertz and Kunming. So realistic realtime enroute "Hump" weather is frequently inaccurate. "ASE" helps and "Weather Underground" Hong Kong has better coverage in my opinion.

For USAAF flights ATC control and DF fixes only appeared much later, as did some Loran-C.

C.N.A.C existed as a seperate and independent civilian organization before, during and after WWII. They were the originators of the "Hump" routes subsequently greatly expanded by the USAAF. Lufthansa's "EurAsia" China operations ceased in 1941 due to Japanese attacks on their aircraft and brewing political factors.

Known Low Frequency Radio Range Stations are present, but activation requires the presence of an appropriately coded Radio Range gauge. In the absence of this gauge LF RadioRange stations function as a normal Ndb – without leg guidance.

As with my two prior Flight Simulator versions of this scenery, the airfields are primarily intended for simulating WWII actual flights, historical Missions and for navigational exercises.

Their placement, Data and layout are as accurate as my available information data. Runway surfaces were generally crushed rock in China and could be anything in other areas. Again, information is rarely available.

Scenery objects are only sufficent to provide some depth perception and regrettably do not usually appear as they actually were in 1943.

Period Navigation facilities were only NDB, and where available LF Radio Range stations. Atmospherics (QRN) throughout this area frequently render both communications and navigation problematic. ADF receivers, used primarily by US aircraft, are particularly vulnerable, either locking on the nearest Thundhead crashes, or spinning aimlessly.
Experienced Operators can sometimes produce an approximate LOP using Manual Loop and aural swings.

Use of GPS, VOR or Flightplan programs reduces the experience to an arcade game rather than a historic simulation and is not recommended in my opinion. I do not use robotic AI.

Included Maps show general airfield routes in India, the CBI USAAF assigned Route structures. A few genuine USAAF Approach chart diagrams are included for those interested. Other maps show China airfields and associated information, together with related Operations. There were some minor differences in USAAF Route Station naming, runways and Idents due system changes from 1942-45.

Flight Simulator's geographic positions in this area - although more accurate than Fs9's – still do not co-relate accurately with Real World or GoogleEarth's satellite depictions, and some compromises were required to fit with FSX.

It is possible to fly in FSX from Jansi, well West of Karachi, through India, Burma and to the China coast behind Japanese lines. North as far as Urumchi, South to Ceylon, Lower Burma and the Andaman Islands groups. The CBI "Hump" Routes, pioneered by CNAC and later expanded by the USAAF, are obviously a major feature.

The Peshawar-Urumchi-Sian route was surveyed by a USAAF B-24 as a possible replacement for the difficult "Hump" route - and rejected - terrain, distance, not normally feasible in a C-47 or C-46. Interesting trip real-time. Russian co-operation was minimal and only 80/87 Avgas was available. Lufthansa's "EurAsia" was very active in W and NW China until 1941.

Also included are the "North Atlantic Ferry" Routes - Dorval, Moncton, Gander, Goose Bay, Bluie West One, Stornoway, and Lagens. These are Radio Range routes.

The sceneries were created with ScruffyDuck's "ADEX" as a base for further work and the usual restrictions apply. Errors, where present, are all my own work.

Alex D. NICOLSON

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