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    3B8 Shady Acres Airport - Image 1

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    [Now with an added version - separate download - for 2024]

    Shady Acres Airport is located a few miles south of Tacoma in Spanaway, Washington. It's under some fairly busy skies, with the Seattle Class B airspace and the Class D airspace for Joint Base Lewis McChord both nearby. Established in 1962, Shady Acres is an airpark (one of the first in Washington State), with the runway surrounded by homes. Plenty of surrounding tall trees, roads, fences - and a very narrow runway - make this airport a challenge for both take offs and landings.

    It's a quick flight north to check out my version of Bandera State: https://flightsim.to/file/78735/4w0-bandera-state 

    In the other direction, it's a quick flight South West along the I5 to call in at Hoskins Field in Olympia: https://flightsim.to/file/78575/44t-hoskins-field

    The main effort with this scenery was sorting out the pretty messy photogrammetry; I've tidied this up as much as possible. There's also custom runway markings and a few other custom bits and pieces (and more to come soon, I hope). 

    If anyone has photos of this airport they could share, I'm keen to work on some more custom buildings.

    As ever, please let me know what you think! I'll try and keep improving things.

    Finally, you'll need a few other things to make this work properly - all listed below.

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    t

    over 1 year ago

    All fixed - Bumps away! Really great strip to fly in and out of. thank you!
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    Thanks so much!
    t

    over 1 year ago

    Love this airstrip - bumps are off runwy 16 - 4 lights past the cones. here is a screenshot - look in lower left. thank you!
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    Thanks - let me dig the old digital steamroller out and see what I can do here... Looks like it might be a seam between two different bits of ground scenery.
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    I think I've fixed it now - let me know if it works for you
    B

    over 1 year ago

    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    Thanks - that's definitely helpful. I'll have a look now and see what I can do to fix it.
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    I think I've fixed it. Let me know if it works for you
    B

    over 1 year ago

    Install was successful but there are several huge bumps in the runway that make it difficult to take off.
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    That's definitely a new problem - what kind of bumps?
    L

    over 1 year ago

    Howdy,
    Just want to report that I have success installing.
    Thank you much firstly for creating this...secondly for a quick reply/fix
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    That's great - glad it's working again!
    m

    over 1 year ago

    When trying to unzip, it says the zipped file is empty.
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    Thanks. Something seems to be failing on upload. Not sure whether it's a problem at my end or with the website.
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    Just uploaded a new zip - hoping this should solve the problem.
    E

    over 1 year ago

    Get corrupted file error message with Winrar and 7-zip
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    Thanks. As above, something seems to be failing on upload. Not sure whether it's a problem at my end or with the website. Trying to work out what's going wrong.
    m
    mh747Author

    over 1 year ago

    Just uploaded a new zip - hoping this should solve the problem. Do let me know if there's still an issue.
    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    3B8 Shady Acres Airport

    Discover the challenging Shady Acres Airport located in Spanaway, Washington, surrounded by residential homes and tall trees. Test your skills with a narrow runway and nearby busy airspaces. Explore the detailed photogrammetry and custom features in this scenic add-on. Please note additional requirements for optimal performance.

    Downloads1K
    Version1.4
    File Size41.86 MB
    Published1 year ago
    Updated1 year ago

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    Simulator
    MSFS2020/24
    CategoryAirports
    ICAO3B8

    Version History

    This version should fix the seams/ridges/chasms/bumps in the runway It's a bit of a workaround (you'll see what I mean on the world map) but the runway starts should be in just about the right place. As ever, feedback welcome - let me know how you get on with this version! Oh, and I've added a landing T as well, in what I hope is the right place, just about.

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