This vintage airfield is now closed but you can make it live again with your x plane flight. 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. 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. Remember the good old days when ms flight simulator dropped you in meigs field for your first flight lessons. 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.
This can be found in the drop down field when hovering over library. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated in 1961. Here are a bunch of random shots from xplane 11 worksinprogress that several of our lead developers are working on. 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. 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. Sep 17, 2015 orbx scenery configuration tool walkthrough one of the many perks of orbxs friday harbor addon is that it works in conjunction with orbxs configuration tool for fsx. Download the highlightdark free highlightdark xplane 10 demo. The airport opened on december 10, 1948, and became the countrys busiest singlestrip airport by 1955. 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.
Meigs field airport was opened on 10 december 1948, and, by 1955, had become the busiest singlestrip airport in the united states. 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. The day they shut down meigs field flight today air. Fsxp3d v4 meigs field scenery welcome to perfect flight. No submissions for this airport will be approved without prior approval from the moderator.
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. Fsx insider orbx scenery configuration tool walkthrough. Meigs field kcgx, chicagodedicated to the people who were left stranded in meigs on march 30 2003. By swk1959, march 9, 20 in the xplane general discussions forum. I do remember reading about a boeing 727 making a landing at meigs. Fs2004 scenerypittsburgh intl airport 2019 edition, pennsylvania pa, usa. If youre like me, you probably did your first take off, landing and traffic pattern around meigs. This version, while still quite accurate, was intended to add some life to the much dated version 10 years old. 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. However, the event that shook the world came from an unlikely place. 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. 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.
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. Orbxs debut for xplane returns to where it all began. The only stuff not working were human animated characters, something i am sure we would have eventually solved. A few shots of meigs field in x plane 10 sorry 1 shot of meigs more shots in the x plane forum. Jun 07, 2016 today we are flying across lake michigan westward into meigs field kcgx, starting at bridgman community air park 9c4 in michigan. The atis, and all comms, use meigs field as the identifier.
You will need orbx central to download and install this product. I have countless memories of childhood friends and i loading up flight simulator 5. Meigs was sadly closed a few years ago but now its back in fsx. Skill ripjaws 4 series 16gb 4 x 4gb ddr4 3000, asus gtx 1080ti rog strix 11gb, gddr5x driver versions. 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. We showed you a screenshot from a 98% complete kcgx meigs field which we had contracted out to be ported. Mar 09, 20 that price in 1981 to keep it in perspective. Orbix releases first xplane scenery orbix has released its first xplane scenery with kcgx merrill c. Yao airport is the most famous airfield for general aviation in japan, like meigs field airport in chicago. 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. Orbx have marked the start of their venture into the xplane scenery development scene, with the release of meigs field kcgx for xplane.
Orbx airfields with xplane visuals and complete with 64 bit technology. Few airports hold as much nostalgia, familiarity, and emotion for aviation enthusiasts. No objectpeople flow was included like it was in friday harbor. 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. Using all freeway scenery addons and a payware aircraft as. Examples are private aircraft, the media, and aircraft involved in disaster prevention.
This free, easytouse tool provides simmers with another dimension of customization within orbx scenery addons, allowing for more extensive control over. It was my go to airport for so many years back when i didnt really know what i was doing. Remember the good old days when flight simulator dropped you in meigs field for your first flight lessons. Traffic at the time of closure was an average of 2 aircraft per day. Orbx have today announced the release of their first scenery products for aeroflys fs2. Almost twenty years after chicagos meigs field was destroyed, a group of entreprneurs have built a new fictional new meigs field. 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. You can download the free demo to try it on your computer. Scenery xplane 11 well known by the pilots in fs2004 and earlier microsoft simulators, the airport had been their usual starting point for decades. Often rumored, often noted, but not until now has orbix delivered a scenery for this simulator platform. This scenery will bring you chicago with as much detail as you never seen before. August 10, 2019 flight2000it 0 comments andy johnston fsxp3d v4 meigs field scenery. Ng 2020 ftx p3d4 p3d5 however and again more expensive and as a download only for virtual mountains.
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. The free demo version of the xplane 10 flight simulator includes. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Meigs, publisher of the chicago herald and examiner and an aviation booster.
Meigs field also saw commuter air service between the 1960s and 1980s, typically with small twin engine aircraft. Kcgx chicago meigs field scenery packages v11,v 10, v9 x. Kcgx meigs field the xplane general discussions forum. Meigs field is a muchloved scenery in the p3dfsx world, and its sure to become a favourite with xplane users. Meigs field kcgx has been recreated with the utmost attention to detail and accuracy. Aerobridge studios meigs fields xp by sebastien tuesday, october 24. This airport is under development by laminar research. 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. 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. Lowi and meigs for aerofly fs2 released ipacs aerofly. Today marks the tenth anniversary of the sudden overnight destruction of meigs field by former mayor richard m. Out of nowhere, fsx and p3d scenery gods, orbx, popped up with a picture of meigs field in xplane. Freeware meigs fields xplane 11 details 24 october 2017 print.
Download the highlightdark free highlightdark x plane 10 demo. Meigs field user guide 8 product technical support orbx has a very simple support policy. X crafts have released the new improved version 2 of the embraer e175 and e195 for x plane 10 and 11. Fsx meigs field, kcgx, chicago fly away simulation. 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. Submissions to the gateway are therefore currently excluded from x. 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. In an illegal move on march 30, 2003, mayor daley ordered. Cant help with the crj but search for eclipse 550 ng. The nostalgic simmers can land again at meigs fields in xplane 11. Customers who choose to update their product can either download the full installer, or simply download the updater. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated. Had no idea what a great impact the airport had on the city with us ga guys. Meigs field kcgx had been recreated with the utmost attention to detail and.
The dramatic and perhaps illegal closure of the airfield stranded 16 aircraft and made the signature airport a thing of the past. 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. Located on the shores of lake michigan, meigs field operated as the gateway to corporate chicago for over half a century. The largest aircraft to service meigs field was a hawker siddeley hs 748 operated by air illinois. This left 16 planes stranded on meigs, with no runway operating runway to take off. A few shots of meigs field in xplane 10 sorry 1 shot of meigs more shots in the xplane forum. Meigs was sadly closed a few years ago but now its back in fs x. 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. Meigs field today for all you og microsoft flight simulator people. As advertised, meigs field contains static objects and aircraft. 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. 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. Meigs field has a single asphalt runway measuring 3,899ft by 150ft.
There has been two releases from aerobridge studios and both are well worth the download, kcgx meigs field was the first and now this one ljpz. The free demo version of the x plane 10 flight simulator includes. Together with the fourth, largest city and windiest in the us cities range so far. New and updated global airports total airports with 3d scenery in the 10. Jan 01, 20 its chicagos own meigs field developed by the fine folks over at aerobridge also known as ab studios. The traffic was 90% transient general aviation, five percent air taxi, five percent local general aviation, and less than one percent military traffic. It has a cross runway and jgsdf, as well as a variety of aircraft fly here. Kcgx meigs field meiggs atlanta kden denver ksan san diego seattle gateway to boeing country kdtw detroit uk airports 7 of them kase aspen thank you for the ups and work. 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.
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