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    Salisbury Plains Training Area - Image 1

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    The British Army's Salisbury Plain Training Area covers roughly half of the plain (and makes up about 11% of Wiltshire). The army first conducted exercises on the plain in 1898. From that time, the Ministry of Defence bought up large areas of land until the Second World War. The MoD now own 150 square miles (390 km2) of land, making it the largest military training area in the United Kingdom. Much of this land is let to farmers or grazed under licence, while around 47 square miles (120 km2) (12,000 ha) are used for live firing, where public access is greatly restricted or permanently closed. The land and facilities are managed by the MoD's Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

    The largest camps and barracks are at Larkhill, Bulford, Tidworth, Trenchard Lines (Upavon) and Waterloo Lines (Warminster). Copehill Down is an urban warfare training site. Several installations have been built and since removed, including a railway line and aerodrome that were constructed next to Stonehenge. A grass aerodrome at Netheravon was used by the RAF until 1963, then by the Army Air Corps until 2012, and now as a tri-service installation.

    This is a simple scenery to add a runway where the RAF used to land the C-130's, i have put an A400m in the scenery but i will make a second version with C-130's too. I have included the lights so its easier to make out the strip.there is also a Heli pad next to the runway and also in the Warminster Training Area - Copehill Down located just to the north.

    I will add some more Army assets in the next update. The ILS of 1155.55 is just put there for me to learn how to add and is not set right yet.

    Dependicies -

    https://flightsim.to/file/27378/raf-lossiemouth-egqs

    https://flightsim.to/file/33166/animated-humans-library

    https://flightsim.to/file/24130/uk-emergency-models-library

    https://flightsim.to/file/44161/ethnicfs-military-library

    https://flightsim.to/file/43395/ethnicfs-cars-library

    UK2000 Common Library pack free from the Marketplace

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    Comments(12)

    PhilHRSupporter

    7 months ago

    Hi Nick,

    Your rendition of SPTA looks really impressive!

    I would like to fly sorties over and around SPTA using military aircraft, in MSFS2024 (unfortunately, MSFS2020 chooses no to run on my system), do you have any plans in the pipeline to update this package for use in MSFS2024?
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    nickb007Author

    7 months ago

    Have you tried it in 2024? It might work, usually most scenery does, 24 sometimes adds random. Buildings in but give it a try
    PhilHRSupporter

    7 months ago

    Ah ha! Thanks for your quick reply!

    I've just given Salisbury Plain Training Area a quick tour in MSFS2024 and it looks great! A quick tour of the landing strip south-southeast of Copehill Down and the Copehill Down FIBUA Heli Landing Site looked perfect - I'd say it's definitely passable as MSFS2024 compatible, personally.

    Thanks again!

    over 2 years ago

    Thanks Nick as always nice to make use of your excellent scenery mods
    n
    nickb007Author

    over 2 years ago

    Thank you
    s

    almost 3 years ago

    Many thanks for this
    n
    nickb007Author

    over 2 years ago

    you're very welcome

    almost 3 years ago

    total respect for making this nick
    n
    nickb007Author

    almost 3 years ago

    Thank you
    T

    almost 3 years ago

    Nice Scenery Nick, though the RAF have never actually used Deptford Down for A400 operations as the ground isn't strong enough. It was used for C-130 strip landings before they were retired from service.
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    nickb007Author

    almost 3 years ago

    Thank you for pointing that out, i might make another one with C-130's so people can choose which one they install.

    almost 3 years ago

    Love you are using the Ramstein AB scenery with helos flying loops around the landing strip. Great work!!
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    Salisbury Plains Training Area

    Explore the British Armys vast training ground at Salisbury Plain, covering 150 square miles of land in Wiltshire. This simple scenery add-on includes a detailed runway, a helipad, and army assets, with plans for further updates. Discover the historical military installations and training sites, including an urban warfare facility, camps, barracks, and more. Enhance your flight simulation experience with this unique portrayal of a significant military training area.

    Downloads2K
    Version1.2
    File Size9.60 KB
    Published2 years ago
    Updated2 years ago

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