I'm very proud to present my first foray into the world of scenery development for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Urchfont is a small 650-meter airstrip located half a mile to the east of Urchfont village in Wiltshire. Although I've been aware of the strip for many years, information has always been scarce. Over the years different aircraft have appeared in aerial imagery so I believe the strip to be in use.
I have used some artistic license with the scenery, though it is still very sympathetic to the sparse nature of the area. I have added a simple hangar and a couple of static aircraft with a single parking spot for those wishing to use the airstrip as a starting point to explore the stunning surrounding area.
Like many others, this strip doesn't appear in Microsoft Flight Simulator by default so I have corrected that and issued the ICAO EGW1.
The following model libraries will be required to see some static elements - Thank you to the developers for sharing them.
Windy Things by trfsto:
https://flightsim.to/file/14024/windy-things
Emerald Object Library by Emerald Scenery Design:
https://flightsim.to/file/8824/emerald-object-library
Vintage Aircraft Collecter Library V2 by totof33120:
https://flightsim.to/file/18392/vintage-aircraft-collector-library-v-1-0
Aircraft Library V4 by totof33120:
https://flightsim.to/file/17182/totof-aircraft-library-v1-1
Animated Human 3D Models Library by superspud:
https://flightsim.to/file/33166/animated-humans-library
Simply unzip and place into your community folder.
Enjoy!
Bare with me, a brand new and more accurate V2 will come!
2 months ago
TacitBlue82
My Father in law Graham Willis who was a Gentleman Farmer used this Strip and on one of his first outings in his Cessna encountered a Police man when he landed.
This was during a time when the Government were actually concerned about Illegal Immigration.
"Hello hello hello what's all this" and then "What do you think you're doing" ?
Graham then said. "Well Officer,....... I'm landing my aeroplane in my field".
1 years ago
What a great story, thank you for sharing! Hopefully He would approve of my interpretation of this lovely little airstrip.
1 years ago
TacitBlue82
Thom
Awesome Work. Halton next..
1 years ago
It's on the list 😄
1 years ago
TacitBlue82
bus_ter
Thanks 😊 it is still active as private strip, I fly not too far from there. Welcome to the dev world, it is good fun and a hobby of its own!
1 years ago
You're welcome and thank you for the information. I can see this becoming rather addictive, that's for sure!
1 years ago
TacitBlue82
Trustdesa