FSX / P3D scenery

FSX Freshwater Microlight Strip Scenery

Freshwater Microlight Strip on the Isle of Wight brings a compact grass landing site to FSX, with custom ground polygons and locally placed details designed for low-and-slow flying. For full object coverage it requires Neil’s Microlights South-East package and UK VFR scenery, while remaining usable with the default terrain.

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United Kingdom

Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Freshwater Microlight Strip, Isle of Wight, UK. Freshwater for users of Neil's Microlights FSX South-East. A small grass strip located on the Isle of Wight. You will need the full set of Neil's Microlights including the final version of the South-East for all of the objects to be visible. Plus you need UK VFR. The ground poly can be used with the default FSX. By Neil Birch.

Screenshot of Freshwater Microlight Strip scenery.

Simply copy the .bgls into C:\Neil's Microlights\ scenery folder. Access the field from the airport menu, if you are not a user of Neil's Microlight software you are looking for United-Kingdom with a hyphen.

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File information

Filename

fresh.zip

File size

8.9 MB

Virus scan

Clean (scanned with ClamAV)

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)

50.68100000,-1.52600000

Decimal degrees

50.681000°, -1.526000°

Degrees, minutes, seconds

50° 40' 51.600" N 1° 31' 33.600" 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 fresh.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
fresh.DIZ	11.29.11	331 B
Freshwater.bgl	12.12.10	156 B
Freshwater.txt	11.29.11	635 B
Freshwater2004.BGL	12.12.10	565 B
Freshwater-p.bgl	12.12.10	8.01 MB
ss-2-freshwater.bmp	11.29.11	1.85 MB
ss-freshwater.bmp	11.29.11	384.05 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B