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YVP1 Port Melbourne Airport, Australia. (Fictional) 2.0

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A fictional 'dockland' airport for Melbourne. Port Melbourne Airport is located at the entrance of the Yarra River. The runway is short, so it only caters for general aviation and commuter style aircraft. The approach and takeoffs from this airport are VFR but night landings are possible in clear weather. With the Westgate Bridge to the airport's north, takeoffs from Rwy33 or landings on Rwy15 can be challenging.

Recommended add-ons
Although not necessary, the following add-ons are recommended:

  • YMML Melbourne Scenery (ISDG) - it fills the immediate surrounds of this airport making it a little more picturesque. (See note below for further information.)
  • Foxboy's ortho scenery for Australia-NSW 

Required add-ons
The usual libraries:

  • CDB-Library
  • FJS Scenery
  • Fruitstand Aircraft
  • GT Library
  • Handy Objects Library
  • Flags of the World
  • MisterX Library
  • OpenSceneryX
  • RA Library
  • RescueX Library

ISDG Melbourne CBD fix
A zip file is included with this download. The .pol files included should be copied to the orthos-CBD folder under YMML scenery and REPLACE the existing copies. This will ensure YVP1 is shown correctly. 

Some things to note

  1. A text file (YVP1.txt) is included for those of you who might wish to add this airport to their default apt.dat so you can select it within your FMCs for flight planning. For advanced users only! Do not edit the default airport data unless you understand what you are doing. And backup before trying!
  2. YMML scenery by ISDG is now quite old, particularly Melbourne Airport. I personally use the YMML scenery included with Global Airports as it is quite good.  I've therefore, turned off ISDG's airport (using WED) and just kept the CBD component of their scenery. The CBD is also much changed from when ISDG release their package but it is good enough for now. I have contacted ISDG to get permission to include the CBD in this package and will do so as soon as I hear from them. If you want to keep the more up-to-date Melbourne Airport scenery that comes with X-Plane then do not download ISDG's scenery. (If there is a good Melbourne scenery out that that I haven't heard of, I'd be happy to hear about it.)
  3. As mentioned, this scenery should work with ortho-scenery or third-party mesh terrain. I've struggled with sorting out auto-gen and I found it to be a bit of a hit and miss. Nevertheless, I'm reasonably happy with what I was able do, even if it wasn't quite what I wanted.
  4. Although I checked and tested things, I'm not sure I haven't missed anything. I'm happy to take any advice for additions or rectifications.  
  5. Don't take this seriously. There is no way in real life an airport could be located where this is. But this is a sim and we play by different rules. I hope you enjoy!

Oh! And one more thing . . .
There is a helipad on top of the Netjet building. For all rotor fans.

For personal use only. Not to be changed or redistributed without permission

Edited by Cat on a PC©


What's New in Version 2.0   See changelog

Released

Some minor tweaks and additions:

  • New tower to permit view of the entire runway.
  • Old tower converted to a cafe (Old Tower Cafe) and spotters club (LAHSO Spotters Club).
  • Scuttled one cargo ship and replaced with small port vessels.
  • Repositioned parking bay B2
  • Fixed taxi route turn directions at runway nodes.
  • Replaced VASIs with PAPIs.
  • New parking position map.

You can retain v1.1 if you prefer or change to v2.0. Both versions are available to download. Regardless, installation requirements for either remain the same.

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