Wellington - RealNZ

[Snowman]

QUOTE (Adamski @ Sep 26 2009, 12:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Rob - as a matter of interest ... is this THE control tower for NZWN? Looks a bit on the "modest" side

"Tower View" takes me to an innocuous area to the west of the runway - in the middle of nowhere, really. I had a quick look on Google Earth, but couldn't see anything that looked like a control tower either (not that you can tell, from directly above).

Having never been to tha airport at NZWN ... I just don't know.

Nope, that's not Wellie's ATC Tower,............
This is the tower..............





This is, of course, in the FS9 version of RealNZ Wellington.

Lawrie.

[NZ255]

Ah Wellington....the only international airport that has an ATC tower with a residential street address

[Ian Warren]

Adam , Adam , Adam ... i just dont bout you sometimes ... ya pulling our legs , only neighborhood in town with a control tower in there back yard

[NZ255]

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&sour...=19&iwloc=A

[Snowman]

QUOTE (NZ255 @ Sep 26 2009, 12:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ah Wellington....the only international airport that has an ATC tower with a residential street address

Well,........... we're a unique lot us Kiwi's...............
So we like our airports to be unique, just like us,.......

So Welly has the only ATC Tower with a residential street address,..........
Gisborne is the only commercial airport in the world to have a working main-trunk railway passing across an active main runway !!

Yep,............ were different all right......

Lawrie.

[ilovetofly]

QUOTE (Snowman @ Sep 25 2009, 06:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well,........... we're a unique lot us Kiwi's...............
So we like our airports to be unique, just like us,.......

So Welly has the only ATC Tower with a residential street address,..........
Gisborne is the only commercial airport in the world to have a working main-trunk railway passing across an active main runway !!
Yep,............ were different all right......

Lawrie.

Lawrie,

I don't believe that you included the rails in your scenery. I've landed there several times now and now I miss them knowing that they should be there.

Jim D.
USA

[Snowman]

QUOTE (ilovetofly @ Sep 26 2009, 09:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Lawrie,

I don't believe that you included the rails in your scenery. I've landed there several times now and now I miss them knowing that they should be there.

Jim D.
USA

You are correct Jim,............... the old Runway-12 scenery i did of Gisborne years ago does not have the railway in the scenery,................
BUT,............ the new scenery i am currently working on DOES have the railway !!

Lawrie.

[ilovetofly]

QUOTE (Snowman @ Sep 25 2009, 02:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You are correct Jim,............... the old Runway-12 scenery i did of Gisborne years ago does not have the railway in the scenery,................
BUT,............ the new scenery i am currently working on DOES have the railway !!

Lawrie.

Great!! Hope it's for FS9.

Jim

[Snowman]

QUOTE (ilovetofly @ Sep 26 2009, 12:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great!! Hope it's for FS9.

Jim

Yes Jim,.......... The new NZGS Gisborne scenery is for FS9

Apologies to Robin for unwittingly hi-jacking this thread..........

Lawrie.

[Adamski]

My thanks to Snowman and all others that responded so quickly (you guys are *fast*!). I can see that the postie may find the tower OK, but a noob Auster pilot like me may have a little difficulty!





How anyone can see anything out of that tower, I just don't know!! Looking at those pics, it reminds me just how ugly (and largely inappropriate for NZ) autogen buildings are ... UGH!!!

[Ian Warren]

Autogen , hmm to do or not to do , need more trees

[ilovetofly]

QUOTE (Snowman @ Sep 25 2009, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes Jim,.......... The new NZGS Gisborne scenery is for FS9

Apologies to Robin for unwittingly hi-jacking this thread..........

Lawrie.

One more question: Will you have the train as well and a schedule so our landings won't end upn the evening news? Train/Plane Meet

[Snowman]

QUOTE (ilovetofly @ Sep 27 2009, 02:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

One more question: Will you have the train as well and a schedule so our landings won't end upn the evening news? Train/Plane Meet

I had thought about a static train in the scenery,......... but no, there wont be an animated train, requiring a schedule, so you dont end up on the 6pm TV news...

Lawrie.

[Michael]

The NZWN is on the side of a hill (much more clearer in Real life) and it has a fantastic view of the airport I believe.

[ilovetofly]

QUOTE (Snowman @ Sep 26 2009, 08:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I had thought about a static train in the scenery,......... but no, there wont be an animated train, requiring a schedule, so you dont end up on the 6pm TV news...

Lawrie.

Sounds good as all your sceneries are.
But right now I've developed a problem at Gisborne which I didn't have before. If I attempt to cross onto a hardsurface, tarmack or a taxiway, the sim crashes to a black screen with the message that FS has a problem and must close down. Reinstalled the scenery, etc. but still crashes. Doesn't happen at other airports. As I mentioned, I did a restore, uninstalled the scenery and reinstalled. No cure. Any ideas or should I not visit NZGS until your new scenery is ready?

Thanks,
Jim D.
USA

[pilotgallagher01]

Sounds good mate

[GlennAV8R]

You can see the tower in this photo here. The screenshot of the tower shows how oversized the autogen is, I don't like autogen for that reason. The tower stands about 4 or 5 floors high, and as mentioned is on the top of a hill.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-New-Zea...-319/1052568/M/

[Kelburn]

Yeah plus there are severe height restrictions on the surrounding houses. No more that one story I believe. I've been up there twice. Perfect views. If I get another chance, I'll take a photo.