Enhanced Scenery for KFOT Rohnerville airport, Fortuna CA
Why do stray cats prowl around fish canneries? Fortuna, of course!
Fortuna-tely, you don't have to resort to desperate feline tactics or bad jokes to get your PNW GA game on at KFOT, otherwise known as Rohnerville airport.
Located on a pristine emerald plateau overlooking the final few bends of the Eel River near the beautiful coastline of Humbolt County California, this scenery enhancement converts the default MSFS version of a desolate, featureless airstrip into the more fully-featured General Aviation haven that it's known for, with dramatic approaches and departures, ample parking, low nightly tie-down rates, correct VASI implementation on the primary RWY11, seductive night lighting, correct (if somewhat claustrophobic) Small GA parking in the lower west hangar area, a couple of groovy custom ground tectures and a more-or-less plausible rendition of the Cal Fire Attack Base located on the east end of the airfield.
Rotorheads young and old alike will enjoy operating out of the CAF Helipad which is available as a starting position as "Helipad 01" in the MSFS start menu (Scroll to the bottom of the list of parking areas when starting a flight).
As version 1.0 of this scenery enhanceeent, purely stock Asobo scenery objects are used to minimize potential impact on overhead. Hopefully a future version will include more correct airport buildings- but for now, structures like the large red mid-field hangar that is present in real life are represented by more bland and framerate-friendly scenery objects.
With all these features you might find yourself asking, "Why not KFOT"?
2 months ago
pavel.k
3 months ago
CaptainMoonlight
This airport is a stop on the IVAO West Coast VFR tour, and it was a great treat to arrive at such a detailed little airport. I will definitely be making some more sight-seeing trips from here in the future!
1 years ago
cjkreklow
Stoopy,
I've been away from the sim for the last month due to domestic stuff, and am just catching up on my missed downloads... so I wanted to say great work on KFOT! It really gives the airport a much more fleshed out, realistic, and immersive atmosphere. Very nice attention to detail. Did you do some custom terraforming? If so it's fabulous work. It's all very much appreciated, and thank you again!
1 years ago
Hi Ed! Thanks for the comment and welcome back. As a matter of fact I did need to do a little terraforming particularly on the West end of the airfield where the taxiway slopes down to the parking area and hangars. I wanted fo capture what was shown in some pictures I found. Right now Im working on O28 which will include some custom objects creates in Blender, which is a slippery slope since once you make one custom item you have to do more! But like you I am distracted by RL so I hope fo have it out "real soon now". ;) Then I can update KFOT with a proper version of that big red hangar.
1 years ago
Stoopy
EdTruthan
Thank you for another great airport upgrade in this part of California. Indeed, the default Asobo version was very bland to say the least! Also enjoy your description.
2 years ago
Sure thing, my pleasure and glad you like it - many happy flights!
2 years ago
Stoopy
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