Welcome Grunts/Squids! Welcome to Rice Army Air Field.
Rice Army Airfield (Rice Air Base or Rice AAF) was home to the first ever P-51 division squadron. Now take flight from that airport where they trained from. Rice is located a few miles away from Amboy where Amboy Airfield is on Route 66. In 1942, the US Military used this entire 18,000 square mile site that housed roughly 13 training camps (that held over 15k troops at each camp). This entire location was called the 'Desert Training Center.'
(Work in progress, releasing and updating as MSFS SDK grows)
Right in the middle of this location is an airfield called Rice Army Airfield. The airfield closed down in 1944 which was home to 3,000 officers. Originally it had proposal plans to have 6 runways, although only 2 were created during it's life-time before the airfield became abandoned. Just like real life the runways span 1,500x150 meters (roughly 5,800 feet), if you include the extra run-off it's now a 6,100 feet runway. The width of these runways are remarkable.
The entire airport was built from reference images and all built in-sim (see the FAQ), not using ADE. This airfield is almost a 1 to 1 scale (since I don't have any references images from the ground), but it is very close to be a 1 to 1 scale in terms of runway paths, parking layout and road path for vehicles. This Military site was created about 2 to 3 months ago on my harddrive (code named Operation Sandstorm), but I never really fully finished it because I didn't have the time to do so. So here we are. This Air Field has a lot of history, I hope you enjoy it.
This scenery add-on is a special one, today (September 30th), marks a full year on Flightsim.to. 🎉
Reenvisioned Airport
Airport:
- ICAO: RAAF (Rice Amy Air Forces)
- Runway: 2
- Both runways are 1,500x150 meters.
- 3 taxiway paths
- One path for the left runway and another path for the right runway, both are linked together so you can freely depart from either runway.
- Last path is located near the fuel depot so that you can travel to and from the runway/parking spot.
- 10 parking spots
- Parking spots are catered for General Aviation aircraft. Anything larger and you will clip through the hangar.
- 2 windsocks
- 2 fuel depot parking spots.
- 2 helicopter pads
- Fuel service trucks
- Fuel service is available here although it is located at the other end of the air field, so it will take awhile for them to drive to you. Just make some popcorn.
Other added stuff:
- Custom built Hangar
- Custom Rice Air Field sign at the entrance.
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Add-ons:
- (OPTIONAL) - If you want to see static aircraft on the airfield like the ones shown in the images. You will need to download the 'Vintage Aircraft collector library.'
- Runways can handle the C-17, although I have no parking for any large aircraft like this. So don't taxi, just stay on the runway.
Notes:
- Q: How can I give feedback?
- A: If you'd like to give me feedback of my mods, head to my personal Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ycbMseh
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In the meantime, check out my other airports that I created here.
Sometimes you download an airport that looks interesting but don't fly from it immediately. Then, over a year later, you finally check it out while looking for new areas to fly in and WOW!
First impression was that it had to be a fantasy airport because of the runway width. 😊 Then I came back and re-read the description.
Very cool field and a beautiful area to fly in. I love these kinds of historical recreations. Thanks for sharing this!
1 years ago
DennyAtkin