Mikonos & Ikaria 2002

Version 3

 

Mikonos & Ikaria airports scenery for

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002
 

© Vangelis Generalis

http://www.avsim.com/greece/hvacc
Pilot's Area --> Scenery Section

Release Date: November 2002

Greek Text : ακολουθούν Ελληνικές οδηγίες

Contents

 

Whats New in Version 3

Changes made in Version 3:

  • Added (1st public release) Mikonos LGMK2002 and (updated) Ikaria LGIK2002 into one package
  • LGIK & LGMK Smoothed surfaces that created rough apron & taxiway texture in FS2002

Changes made in version 2:

LGIK :

  • Added PAPI [2] lights,
  • Reduced Taxi Lights,
  • Replaced Windsock,
  • Reduced flat areas outside the airport, so that the Greek Mesh Terain by Babis Perivolas can be shown more properly,
  • Added Apron-Runway Signs,
  • Replaced Terminal Roof.
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LGMK2002

Mikonos in the center of Aegean sea, has been one of the best keeper of traditional Aegean architecture and is well known for it's popular golden sandy beaches and ecstatic nightlife.

It is called "The island of winds" and indeed it is. Most frequent North winds have no physical barrier all the way from Northern Greece to weaken them and the constant seabed from there helps the increase of wind's speed by the time it reaches Mikonos. The fact that the airport is situated on top of rising terrain makes the approach to runway 34 very harder. Frequent downdrafts and turbulence is a "business as usual" even for pilots approaching Mikonos.

LGMK2002 represents Mikonos's Island Regional Airport. Several objects [like trucks, houses, stones, fences], and proper photorealistic textures have been used to make this airport as real as it gets. Special care has been taken for night lighting. Use this scenery preferably tohether with the free Greek Mesh Scenery by Babis Perivolas found in Hellenic vACC Site: http://avsim.com/greece/hvacc

For IFR charts of this airport visit the above website. You will find them in the Pilot's Area -> Auronautical Data. Read carefully the charts page from the top.

Mikonos to Ikaria flight is

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LGIK2002

Ikaria, a mountainous, thickly forested island, perpetuates the myth of Ikarus and his fall into the sea near its shores after his bold attempt to reach the sun with his waxen wings. In antiquity the island was called Makri (Long) and Aeoliki because of its rectangular shape, and Ichthyoessa because of its abundant fish. The South coast of the island is barren with steep cliffs, while the north is somewhat more gentle. Its scenery is wild and rugged, with the Atheras mountain range (called Pramios in antiquity) running the length of the island, furrowed by lush ravines, gorges and gullies that descend all the way to the coast.

LGIK2002v2 represents Ikaria's Island Regional Airport. Several objects [like trucks, houses, stones, fences], and proper photorealistic textures have been used to make this airport as real as it gets. Use this scenery preferably tohether with the free Greek Mesh Scenery by Babis Perivolas found in Hellenic vACC Site: http://avsim.com/greece/hvacc

Ikaria has no IFR approach procedure.

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The two airports
The airports of Mikonos and Ikaria are situated right in the middle of the Aegean sea in Greece.

Some links for Greek Airports data :

http://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/greekair.htm

http://www.wapf.com/world/GR.html

 

You can do a short hop between the two easily. LGMK <-> LGIK route  070/250 at 50 Nm. Charts for the area are downloadable from HvACC website. Mikonos has VOR DME approach only for Rwy34 whereas Ikaria is a VFR airport.

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Installation - Εγκατάσταση

The Installation procedure of the Scenery is the following:

  1. Erase any previous version of Ikaria LGIK, you may have installed by first choosing "delete area" from FS2002 , press OK and let the scenery library refresh and then deleting the actual folder from your hard disk.

  2. After unziping lgmk_ik3.zip you will find the folder GR MKIK3. Move the GR MKIK3 folder under the ADDON SCENERY subfolder of FS2002.
    FS2002-->
    ---------->ADDON SCENERY-->
                     ---------------------->GR MKIK3
                                      ---------------------->
    Scenery
                                      ---------------------->
    Texture
                                      ---------------------->
    Docs

  3. Now that you have unziped mkik3.zip correctly, run FS2002 and open the "World" menu go to "Scenery library" and add area GR MKIK3 Scenery.

    If you use Greek Airfields by Kyprianos Biris from [http://www.avsim.com/greece/hvacc] make sure you:

    • erase Ikaria_3.bgl
    • erase Ikaria_3m.bgl


    Greek text follows :

  1. Σβήστε οποιαδήποτε προηγούμερνη έκδοση της Ικαρίας που πιαθανόν έχετε. Πρώτα επιλέξετε "delete area" από το FS2002, πατήστε ΟΚ να αφήσετε τη βιβλιοθήκη scenery να ανανεωθεί και μετά σβήστε το φάκελο απο το σκληρό σας δίσκο.

  2. Αφού αποσυμπιέσετε το lgmk_ik3.zip θα βρείτε το φάκελο GR MKIK3. Μεταφέρετε το φάκελο GR MKIK3 στον φάκελο ADDON SCENERY του FS2002.
    FS2002-->
    ---------->ADDON SCENERY-->
                     ---------------------->GR MKIK3
                                      ---------------------->
    Scenery
                                      ---------------------->
    Texture
                                      ---------------------->
    Docs

  3. Τώρα που το σκηνικό Μυκόνου & Ικαρίας βρίσκεται στο σωστό φάκελο , τρέξτε το FS2002 ανοίξτε το μενού "World" και μετά  "Scenery library" και κάντε  add area το  GR MKIK3 που θα επιλέξετε.

    Άν έχετε τα Greek Airfields του Κυπριανού Μπίρη από [http://www.avsim.com/greece/hvacc] :

    • αφαιρέστε το Ikaria_3.bgl
    • αφαιρέστε το Ikaria_3m.bgl

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Author Words

These are my first attempts to create high quality-photorealistic scenery for FS2002. I would like to thank Kyprianos Biris and Vangelis Hassiotis for beta testing the scenery & composing the documentation

I would also like to thank Kyprianos for providing some additional information about these airports with pictures and charts and his help in making the apron textures smooth for FS2002.

Links :

http://www.flightsim.gr  For all Greek Flight Simulator addons and communication

http://www.avsim.com/greece/hvacc For aeronautical data in Greece and online flights in VATSIM

Any comments / suggestions are welcome!

Happy Landings,
Vangelis Generalis

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