Martha's Vineyard is an island off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It has a reputation for being a place where the politicians of Washington relax and get into trouble. Senator Edward Kennedy was involved in an accident that killed somebody.
In a freak coincidence almost exactly 30 years later another Kennedy (John F.) was involved in an aircraft accident that killed him, his wife and a 3rd person. On a brighter note, Spielberg filmed 'Jaws' (and parts of 'Jaws 2' and 'Jaws The Revenge') on the island.
The scenery we have created is based on good aerial images, and mesh terrain. Special winter and night textures and a slew of special objects make the island come to life. Because it is not possible to do all buildings manually, we spent a long time getting the AutoGen objects correct and you'll find it very detailed. Of course there are many small and large ships, cars and other objects.
At night you'll be able to find the airport using the lighthouses. Three airports are waiting for you. Our personal favourite is that you can taxi from Katana Airport to the beach and spend the day there in the shade of the wings of your own aircraft. That's cool.
Beech 18 features:
- 5 models (freight/cargo/D18S/floats/floats cargo).
- 11 different liveries (plus paint kit.)
- Clever design to reduce frame rate so you can run complex scenery.
- Environmental sounds and a superb sound set.
- 2D panels adapted for better forward view during landing and take-off.
- Fully functional Virtual Cockpit (in fact it is far more useful than the 2D cockpit)
- Extensive instrumentation including Century 2000 Autopilot, Garmin GTX 237, and Bendix King Radio Navigation suite.
- Extensive electrical system with active circuit breakers.
- Extensive oil system with oil coolers and cut off valves.
- In-flight entertainment (gauge based MP3 player), with suitable boarding music.
- Especially suited for not too experienced flight simmers.
Martha's Vineyard Features:
- Photo realistic scenery based on aerial images.
- Three airports (but one is not officially open for public).
- High dense mesh (even small dunes are visible).
- Extremely dense Autogen.
- Seasonal textures (snow in winter looks superb).
- Separate night textures.
- Traffic files for main airport.
- Static aircraft of correct livery on the airport.
- Many boats, ferries and other ships.
- Landclass and redefined coastlines.
- Lighthouses with long range visibility.
- Three airports (one even got a taxiway to the beach).
- Well designed to give best frame rate in all conditions
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