Description
Bowman's Beach Helistop (4FD9) is a helipad located on Sanibel Island, near Fort Myers, Florida. The helipad is a utility pad, operated by the Lee County Mosquito Control District. The helipad was also featured in the movie Day of the Dead (1985).
Bowman's Beach Helistop has been created from the ground up using default MSFS objects and materials, as well as some custom objects and vegetation, which have been added to the scenery with the integration of Emerald Object Library. Trees around the heliport property have been redone for greater accuracy.
Requirements
Installation
The included "esd-airport-4fd9-bowmans-beach-helistop" folder should be placed into your MSFS "Packages\Community" folder. The scenery will load the next time you start Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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Log Inalmost 5 years ago
can I ask why the font of this zip is blue? Just seems a little strange. However, thank you for the helistop!!!
almost 5 years ago
... I have no idea. Never seen or heard of anything like that happening. Did you use 7Zip or WinRAR? Could be a system setting of some sort I guess, but yea. Definitely news to me.
over 4 years ago
6 months later, but I finally stumbled across the answer to this, so figured I'd update this question..
For WinRAR users, the folder may appear blue because it carries over NFTS compression settings from what I assume is my RAID server, since I run NFTS compression on it. However, the compression flag seems to go away once it has been extracted.
almost 5 years ago
please save as a good old fashioned zip file.
about 5 years ago
I lived on Sanibel for a little over a year with my sister, who has a house there. Not sure if she still has it, as we aren't in touch anymore. Simulation is the closest I ever want to be to Sanibel again.
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about 5 years ago
Are you talking about the old Buckingham airport (FL59)? I'm looking at doing the other helistops on Boca Grande and Pine Island as well.
Bowman's Beach Helistop, Sanibel Island, Florida (4FD9)
Explore Bowmans Beach Helistop (4FD9), a utility pad in Sanibel Island, Florida, known for its appearance in the movie "Day of the Dead (1985)." This meticulously crafted scenery utilizes default MSFS elements combined with custom objects and vegetation for an immersive experience. Make sure to download the Emerald Object Library for full visual impact.
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Version History
- Added gravel apron. - Adjusted position of models & aprons to align with updated aerial imagery. - Excluded ugly wad of Power Transmission Towers at the nearby Sub-Station. - Fixed exclude for road overlays causing missing autogen trees in 2024. - Replaced Camper with Shed.
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