Today marks the tenth anniversary of the sudden overnight destruction of meigs field by former mayor richard m. Almost twenty years after chicagos meigs field was destroyed, a group of entreprneurs have built a new fictional new meigs field. The dramatic and perhaps illegal closure of the airfield stranded 16 aircraft and made the signature airport a thing of the past. Remember the good old days when ms flight simulator dropped you in meigs field for your first flight lessons meigs was sadly closed a few years ago but now it 39 s back in fs x together with the fourth largest city and windiest in the us cities range so. Examples are private aircraft, the media, and aircraft involved in disaster prevention. This can be found in the drop down field when hovering over library. You can download the free demo to try it on your computer.
Remember the good old days when flight simulator dropped you in meigs field for your first flight lessons. A few shots of meigs field in xplane 10 sorry 1 shot of meigs more shots in the xplane forum. A few shots of meigs field in x plane 10 sorry 1 shot of meigs more shots in the x plane forum. Meigs was sadly closed a few years ago but now its back in fsx. Kcgx chicago meigs field scenery packages v11,v 10, v9 x. Only friday harbor has been released so far, but once meigs field has been released, it will show up in the drop down menu here if you have purchased and installed it. It has a cross runway and jgsdf, as well as a variety of aircraft fly here. Orbx have today announced the release of their first scenery products for aeroflys fs2. No objectpeople flow was included like it was in friday harbor. At the time you could not find even a scrapped sopwith camel anywhere else for a fraction of that price meigs continued to be the home base for msfs for several versions to come. Orbxs debut for xplane returns to where it all began. Now it is called northerly island, a rather decrepit grassland, instead of a beautiful park that daley had envisioned or the airport that we all. Meigs field kcgx has been recreated with the utmost attention to detail and accuracy. This package is a full reproduction of the original airport including 1999 and 2003 airport versions, two taxiway texture sets, configuration utility, correct taxiway layout, correct building placement and type, fully custom textured buildings, detailed taxiways and taxiway edges, night lighting, perimeter fence.
August 10, 2019 flight2000it 0 comments andy johnston fsxp3d v4 meigs field scenery. Remember the good old days when ms flight simulator dropped you in meigs field for your first flight lessons. Skill ripjaws 4 series 16gb 4 x 4gb ddr4 3000, asus gtx 1080ti rog strix 11gb, gddr5x driver versions. The day they shut down meigs field flight today air. This airport is under development by laminar research. Orbx have marked the start of their venture into the xplane scenery development scene, with the release of meigs field kcgx for xplane. So in this instance we had a real product ready to ship for xp 10 and xp11, but which in fact was really nothing more than an. It was my go to airport for so many years back when i didnt really know what i was doing.
Out of nowhere, fsx and p3d scenery gods, orbx, popped up with a picture of meigs field in xplane. We reopened in june 2019 as and now offer a extensive range of freeware for microsoft flight simulator including fsx, fs2004, fs2002, fs2000, fs98, lockheed martin prepar3d and laminar research x plane with new downloads added every day. I have meigs field and while i do not recommend it, you may not take issue with the flat areas that orbx brings with its scenery in xp, what i like most about xp is the 3d world i fly low 80% of the time. Here are a bunch of random shots from xplane 11 worksinprogress that several of our lead developers are working on. The nostalgic simmers can land again at meigs fields in xplane 11. You will need orbx central to download and install this product. Coming to xplane, this should be no different, and im pleased to say that the quality that i remember from my days as a p3d pilot still remains in their new venture into the world of xplane.
Meigs field kcgx, chicagodedicated to the people who were left stranded in meigs on march 30 2003. Fsxp3d v4 meigs field scenery welcome to perfect flight. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated. The capital of the alps a destination that needs no introduction, innsbruck is one of the iconic airports of the world, with a jawdropping backdrop, heartstopping approaches and location smack dab in the heart of europe. Download the highlightdark free highlightdark x plane 10 demo. Orbx airfields with xplane visuals and complete with 64 bit technology. Orbix releases first xplane scenery orbix has released its first xplane scenery with kcgx merrill c.
Having worked on microsoft flight sim for about 11 years and used it for 34 years and counting, meigs field always had a special place in my heart. As advertised, meigs field contains static objects and aircraft. Traffic at the time of closure was an average of 2 aircraft per day. Meigs field airport was opened on 10 december 1948, and, by 1955, had become the busiest singlestrip airport in the united states. The traffic was 90% transient general aviation, five percent air taxi, five percent local general aviation, and less than one percent military traffic. For those unfamiliar with meigs field if there are any of you at all, its a small ga field set on an artificial island in lake michigan, chicago. Aerobridge studios meigs fields xp by sebastien tuesday, october 24, 2017 1 comment well known by the pilots in fs2004 and earlier microsoft simulators, the airport had been their usual starting point for decades. Mar 09, 20 that price in 1981 to keep it in perspective. This vintage airfield is now closed but you can make it live again with your x plane flight.
Meigs field has a single asphalt runway measuring 3,899ft by 150ft. By swk1959, march 9, 20 in the xplane general discussions forum. The airport was a familiar sight on the downtown lakefront. Pilots of aircraft there awoke that monday morning to find large xs gouged into the runway, with heavy construction equipment placed atop for good measure. What ever is your reason, you probably didnt like what happened on march 30 in 2003, when mayor daley contracted private construction crews to dig a big x on the runway. No submissions for this airport will be approved without prior approval from the moderator. Lowi and meigs for aerofly fs2 released ipacs aerofly. The atis, and all comms, use meigs field as the identifier. The only stuff not working were human animated characters, something i am sure we would have eventually solved. Meigs field today for all you og microsoft flight simulator people. If youre like me, you probably did your first take off, landing and traffic pattern around meigs.
This scenery will bring you chicago with as much detail as you never seen before. Ng 2020 ftx p3d4 p3d5 however and again more expensive and as a download only for virtual mountains. Kcgx, was a single strip airport built on northerly island, the manmade island originally created to house the 19331934 century of progress in chicago, illinois. This free, easytouse tool provides simmers with another dimension of customization within orbx scenery addons, allowing for more extensive control over. Meigs has been available for two years now for fsx and prepar3d, more recently aerofly, and we have other airfields that are completely fictitious, so its not a huge departure from the norm. Meigs was the default airport for the microsoft flight simulator series until microsoft flight simulator 2004, though the airport remains operational in flight simulator 2004. Hello everyone, here are a few more beta shots of kcgx meigs field for xplane 11, which has now been expanded to include the same large photoreal urban areas as the afs2 version, complete with fully annotated buildings and vegetation and of course moving traffic as per xp11. The free demo version of the xplane 10 flight simulator includes. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Together with the fourth, largest city and windiest in the us cities range so far. Using all freeway scenery addons and a payware aircraft as. In an illegal move on march 30, 2003, mayor daley ordered. Fsx meigs field, kcgx, chicago fly away simulation.
Customers who choose to update their product can either download the full installer, or simply download the updater. Freeware meigs fields xplane 11 details 24 october 2017 print. This left 16 planes stranded on meigs, with no runway operating runway to take off. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated in 1961. The largest aircraft to service meigs field was a hawker siddeley hs 748 operated by air illinois. Kcgx meigs field the xplane general discussions forum. The free demo version of the x plane 10 flight simulator includes. Orbx would like to thank you for purchasing orbx kcgx merrill c. Meigs was sadly closed a few years ago but now its back, together with the fourth largest and windiest city in the us cities range so. Often rumored, often noted, but not until now has orbix delivered a scenery for this simulator platform.
X crafts have released the new improved version 2 of the embraer e175 and e195 for x plane 10 and 11. Jan 01, 20 its chicagos own meigs field developed by the fine folks over at aerobridge also known as ab studios. We showed you a screenshot from a 98% complete kcgx meigs field which we had contracted out to be ported. We reported a few weeks back that orbx had teamed up with skyline simulations to bring their sceneries to xplane, and now this has come to fruition with meigs field being the first in a long line of sceneries due to be ported to the xplane platform. We currently offer a massive range of downloads for fsx, as well as older flight simulator addons for the everpopular fs2004, fs2002, cfs3 and now becoming ever popular with dediced virtual aviators is laminar researchs xplane series. Meigs field also saw commuter air service between the 1960s and 1980s, typically with small twin engine aircraft.
New and updated global airports total airports with 3d scenery in the 10. To be honest both of these freeware sceneries are demo versions of skills and ideas sought and implemented before creating a full sized airport for payware in what has been announced as vhhh or hong. Submissions to the gateway are therefore currently excluded from x. You can probably guess the locations of some of these screenshots but im sharing these with you to show that we have a lot of work going on with xp under the hood at orbx. I have countless memories of childhood friends and i loading up flight simulator 5. Fsx insider orbx scenery configuration tool walkthrough. Cant help with the crj but search for eclipse 550 ng. Fs2004 scenerypittsburgh intl airport 2019 edition, pennsylvania pa, usa. That means, should you have any questions about kcgx or its use, please feel free to register on the forums at and then log a support question in the ftx payware support forum section. This is a reworked version from the original mach1 series. Scenery xplane 11 well known by the pilots in fs2004 and earlier microsoft simulators, the airport had been their usual starting point for decades. Near chicago downtown, the airport got closed in 2003. Yao airport is the most famous airfield for general aviation in japan, like meigs field airport in chicago.
Denn bei orbx werden alle addons uber einen einheitlichen konfigurator ftx central installiert, so auch meigs field fur xplane. Located on the shores of lake michigan, meigs field operated as the gateway to corporate chicago for over half a century. Few airports hold as much nostalgia, familiarity, and emotion for aviation enthusiasts. Meigs field is a muchloved scenery in the p3dfsx world, and its sure to become a favourite with xplane users. Jun 07, 2016 today we are flying across lake michigan westward into meigs field kcgx, starting at bridgman community air park 9c4 in michigan. I do remember reading about a boeing 727 making a landing at meigs. However, the event that shook the world came from an unlikely place. Meigs field kcgx had been recreated with the utmost attention to detail and. Meigs field, the downtown chicago landmark and default airport of microsofts flight simulator video game series, shut down without warning and, according to airport supporters, illegally. This version, while still quite accurate, was intended to add some life to the much dated version 10 years old. A company called orbx no affiliation has just released a new version of the airport as a scenery addon for the sim, and it is stunning. The airport opened on december 10, 1948, and became the countrys busiest singlestrip airport by 1955. Aerobridge studios meigs fields xp by sebastien tuesday, october 24.
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