Meigs field and sears tower was a default feature for all fs until fsx. Our team consists of hardcore simmers and we have a passion for quality. Kcgx was a single runway airport in chicago that was in. Meigs field, kcgx, general aviation airport back to life in fsx. The march edition of aopa pilot features an article observing the nearing 10 year anniversary of when thenmayor daley had crews bulldoze xs into the runway at meigs field. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Steam edition is optimized specifically for the steam platform. Well known by the pilots in fs2004 and earlier microsoft simulators, the airport had been their usual starting point for decades. I still feel that flight simulator 2004 is much better than flight simulator x. Based on aereal photos, ive managed to reconstruct meigs field from scratch. I am a pc user,so if the new flight simulator is as. Now, twelve years after its closure, meigs field kcgx has been recreated with.
However, meigs field hasnt downloaded but in my list it says installed. Fsx steam edition meigs field epic victory arrival. The untimely destruction of this one of a kind airport in 2003 for personal and misplaced political reasons can no longer be corrected. Kcgx was a single runway airport in chicago that was in operation from december 1948 until march 2003, on northerly island, an artificial peninsula on lake michigan. Located on the shores of lake michigan, meigs field operated as the gateway to corporate chicago for over half a century. We will never promote or sale to you products from an unknown publisher that lacks of quality and service. This newest meigs field should be an instant classic for fsx. Meigs field to be installed into fsx, prepar3d, xplane and aerofly on windows, macos and linux.
Nearing 10 years since meigs field bulldozed hangar chat. Microsoft flight simulator x for pilots real world training kindle edition by van west, jeff, kevin lanecummings. Dom many thanks to you, lightman74, for sharing the links. Meigs field kcgx has been recreated with the utmost attention to detail and accuracy. Restores the greatly missed onetime flight simulator default airport.
The airport sat adjacent to downtown chicago, the second largest business district in north america meigs field airport was opened on 10 december 1948, and, by 1955, had become the busiest. Bring meigs field back to life in flight simulator x with this new uscitiesx series package. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated. Together with the fourth, largest city and windiest in the us cities range so far. Since most of us had our first flight from meigs, i love seeing it again even knowing it is gone forever. Orbx and dovetail games have finished their second joint scenery which is a serious blast from the past. Notable cut rates of all a lot less prices fly to chicago fsx download retail outlet, take advantage of minimized cost cozy some sort of fly to chicago fsx download available for incomewhen make investments dominance fly to chicago fsx download during search for anybody who is eager about to pick very appropriate rate. Only the best products for fsx, prepar3d, xplane, aerofly fs. This forum is for support for orbx products in microsoft fsx. Click here to visit our steam store and experience meigs field in all its glory. This airport is under development by laminar research. This scenery will bring you chicago with as much detail as you never seen before. We hope to include three different scenery types, one based in the 1990s, one in 2000 airport was closed, and one in 2005 the airport. Those of us who track this hobby back to its earliest day remember all.
The multi award winning microsoft flight simulator x lands on steam for the first time. No submissions for this airport will be approved without prior approval from the moderator. The control panel downloads automatically with meigs field, and can be installed and accessed by clicking tools on. Microsoft flight simulator 2020 virtualverse one forums. You might take a look at what comes with the orbx meigs field. Steam edition includes a separate control panel enabling you to customise ground textures and adjust the density of. Meigs field, kcgx, chicago for fsx fly away simulation. Even though it was closed we decided to restore it back to its old glory. In flight simulator x, it was completely removed from the scenery, up until the steam. Steam edition includes a separate control panel enabling you to customise ground textures and adjust the density of ground assets.
Have checked scenery library etc and it is not there. Tested only in p3dv4, may also work in other versions of p3d and fsx. The control panel downloads automatically with meigs field, and can be installed and accessed by clicking tools on the library menu in the steam client. Steam edition by ray marshall this is the latest iteration of bringing the merrill c. Take off from anywhere in the world, flying some of the worlds most iconic aircraft to any one of 24,000 destinations. Fsx steam edition meigs field epic victory arrival youtube. This scenery package adds again meigs field to fsx. On the 9th of july 2014, dovetail games announced a licensing agreement with microsoft to distribute microsoft flight simulator x. Steam edition and to develop further products based on microsofts technology for the entertainment market. If youre like me, you probably did your first take off, landing and traffic pattern around meigs.
Remember the good old days when ms flight simulator dropped you in meigs field for your first flight lessons. Info about orbx meigs field in chicago ipacs aerofly forum. This free, easytouse tool provides simmers with another dimension of customization within orbx scenery addons, allowing for more extensive control over. Orbx scenery configuration tool walkthrough powered by. Until the 2004 version meigs was the standard departure airport of all. Almost twenty years after chicagos meigs field was destroyed, a group of entreprneurs have built a new fictional new meigs field. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading microsoft. This is the latest effort with some nice eye candy of boats, hangars, water plane dock, pushback. Few airports hold as much nostalgia, familiarity, and emotion for aviation enthusiasts. Microsoft flight simulator x steam edition has updated multiplayer and windows 8. The airport was a familiar sight on the downtown lakefront. Remember the good old days when meigs field was the center of your flight simulator world. Meigs was sadly closed a few years ago but now its back in fsx.
It was closed in 2003 but is present in the latest simulator. You must download the ez scenery libraries for the ezs element. Meigs field airport was opened on 10 december 1948, and, by 1955, had become the busiest singlestrip airport in the united states. Steam fsxse installed fine as did my friday harbour purchase. Fsxp3d v4 meigs field scenery welcome to perfect flight. All games indie games aerofly fs 2 flight simulator. Review orbxs meigs field scenery by dovetail games for. Fsx scenery meigs field kcgx chicago merrill c airport iata. In the lead up to friday harbors release later this year, we are pleased to announce the second orbx title to be released exclusively first for fsx. Flight simulation has been intertwined with the legendary meigs field for decades, as it was the default starting airfield in microsoft flight simulator 98. Hey everybody, just wanted to show the beginning of our new airport, meigs field. 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. How can i get meigs field to download itself through steam on to my new computer. Additionally, few airports hold as much nostalgia, familiarity, and emotion for general aviation enthusiasts.
Submissions to the gateway are therefore currently excluded from x. Never have i 2010 motorola android phones such quality in fs since wayy back in the day flying out of meigs field nvidia surround with 2 monitors a monochrome screen using fs version 1. I can get fref there but she runs way too rex fsx free for my liking. This might seem a little overboard,but i am still using flight simulator 2004 and flight simulator x. Orbx central is the first program to allow a product e. Microsoft flight simulator x for pilots real world. Flyscenery meigs field airport kcgx fsx scenery packs. The airport opened on december 10, 1948, and became the countrys busiest singlestrip airport by 1955. Hi just received a new faster computer for flight simming. All of the terminal buildings are there, but, since i dont live near the airport, i had to guess a little with the airport parking spaces. Once i have all that then i will get some heavy duty sceneries but rex is just amazing. The first was that i needed to download the latest orbx libraries, then when i installed meigs it inserted it way too low in the scenery library, causing.
Join me in the piper tomahawk ii from alabeo as we look back at the most. Okay, so its no secret that fsx no longer contains meigs field kcgx, but apparently it is a secret at least to me where an addon scenery download is lurking. In fly to chicago fsx youll fly in style with flightsofts md10 cockpit panel and its auto pilot systems, gps and other navigation. There were a few things i was naive on when installing this my first ever orbx airport. Flight simulation has been intertwined with the legendary meigs field for decades. Meigs field kcgx was an airport located on a manmade island just outside chicago city centre and with an excellent view to the city skyline. Surrounding points of interest include the adler planetarium, shedd aquarium, field museum of natural history, soldier field, navy pier and the art institute of 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. In flight simulator x there is no default airport as such.
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