EGAE City Of Derry Airport, Eglinton and surrounding area - Image 1

Description

City of Derry Airport (IATA: LDY, ICAO: EGAE), previously known as RAF Eglinton and Londonderry Eglinton Airport, is a regional airport located 7 mi (11 km) northeast of Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland (UK). Airport usually serviced by airlines such as Ryanair and Loganair.

Scenery created by me, Jerome Logue. This is an upgraded release of my previous version of Eglinton for FSX, making use of MS Flight Simulator 2020's excellent rendering capabilities. All custom models and textures created by me, Jerome Logue.

This scenery is being released as freeware.

Installation: Place the folder (jeromelogue-egae2021) contained within the PackagesContent folder in the zip, into your MSFS Community folder..

v1.01 Airport Ground Layout has been correctly edited using ScruffyDuck software's excellent ADE and the MSFS developer mode.
Tyres and UV mappping on fire engine corrected.

v1.02 is compiled with the latest version of the MSFS SDK, for compatibilty with MSFS Sim Update 5 Hotfix 1.18.15.0

v1.03 corrects a few issues with the firehouse and runway markings are now more like the real world runway markings. Also corrects the PAPI lights.

v1.04 is compiled with the latest SDK for Sim Update 6 compatibility...includes another very slight adjustment to the position of the PAPI lights

v1.05 is compiled with the latest SDK for Sim Update 7 compatibility

v1.06 is compiled with the latest SDK for Sim Update 8 compatibility,,,also started adding more buildings and reworking this project...more updates coming soonish...

v1.07 small update and recompiled with correct latest version of SDK

v1.08 added hangers that are similar to real-world ones, plus various airport objects, and nearby buildings
added more buildings around Campsie Industrial Estate, and a building in Walworth, near Ballykelly
added The Peace Bridge In Derry
added Limavady Transmitter

added airport lights similar to real world ones
also corrections to taxiways - should improve AI aircraft's use of airport

v1.09 recompiled for SU9 compatibility...various texture corrections and improvements to latest buildings added

v1.0901 small fix to brown hanger inner structure

v1.10 adds my handcrafted rendition of Altnagelvin Area Hospital..(star POI)...which has two ground based helipads...fences and gates added to airport..still a lot of work to do on bringing the airport up to date, and many buildings to add to Derry city...

v1.101 a few corrections to Altnagelvin Area Hospital and night lighting improvement

V1.11 recompiled with latest SDK for Sim Update 11 (40th Anniversary edition) compatibility (includes small change to Airport Services config that was conflicting with Glider training missions)

v1.12 added: custom handcrafted models of: Craigavon Bridge, Foyle Bridge, Coolkeeragh power station, Evermore Energy biomass station, POIs: Culmore Lighthouse and Culmore Fort...also a fix for water below Peace Bridge...

v1.20 recompiled with latest SDK for Sim Update 12...new sim-environment dependant custom smoke and vapour effects added...still work in progress...

v1.21 a small fix to prevent power station smoke effects from generating on the ground, on initial load

v1.22 Foyle Port (sea port) has been added! I have rendered the mobile port crane and the port buildings in Blender. There are still a few more pieces to add to the port area, and more scenery objects soon. This update also inlcudes a few buildings in Limavady. I will tag more points of interest at some stage...compiled with latest SDK for SIm Update 13 compatibility

v1.23 recompiled with latest SDK for Sim Update 14. Various lighting fixes and new flood lights added (custom built in blender) to improve night lighting.

v1.3 recompiled with latest SDK and The Peace Bridge removed for World Update XVII compatibility. Pennyburn foot & cycle bridge initial version added. Improvements to various objects and POIs

v1.31 airfield trees fix. POI tags added.

v1.31a further tree fixes

v1.4 further tree fixes and have started making enhanced taxi markings. This update allows this scenery to be used in MSFS 2024 also, although it has been compiled with the MSFS 2020 SDK, so is not yet fully compatible with MSFS 2024. (When used in 2024, you may notice some missing or misaligned taxi paths/uneven surface in places, although the scenery is usuable. Also some of the very tall chimneys in 2024 cannot be removed using the 2020 SDK. I will upload a 2024 version eventually, so this is only a temporary 2024 version...)

still working on this project..some buildings/structures may need more work/detail added...more to come, including the correct fences/gates etc and an update to the buildings already there...a lot of buildings in Derry and some around Limavady to add also...airport terminal building needs updated...currently working on Derry City buildings and Airport v2....

Comments(35)

S170811

3 months ago

This creator is the best!

DROGE

7 months ago

Really great scenery Jerome Logue.

Thank you Jerome Logue.

normie5

about 1 year ago

ILS 08 is seriously misaligned. It sends you to a spot about 40 feet to the right of the runway
otherwise nice job

jeromelogueAuthor

about 1 year ago

It is an offset ILS
https://www.aurora.nats.co.uk/htmlAIP/Publications/2022-10-06-AIRAC/graphics/278521.pdf

cianpars

over 1 year ago

Hi Jerome (or do you prefer Jerry?) Nice airport rendition. Solid smoke stacks look a bit odd though and I wonder if it might benefit from a few static aircraft, a bit more clutter and maybe adding in a few of superspuds people as it seems a bit too quiet. Thank you for your efforts in Northern Ireland which I have visited many times and is poorly represented in MSFS without your work and a few freeware photo cities.

PaulusP

almost 2 years ago

Hi Jerome, BIG COMPLIMENTS to you for this beautiful add-on scenery! I noticed you added a number of improvements after your first release, which clearly shows your commitment to this project.
I enjoyed flying to this airport: thank you for your work and 5 stars well deserved !

Snoopy7412

almost 2 years ago

Great job! Thank you!

PCAirlines41

almost 2 years ago

A Small Aircraft is Buzzing around the Central Portions of the Runway, Is this Normal ?? I have FSLTL Running but Dont see any of that Traffic at all. Any Ideas ?? Also The Tarmac around the Tower isnt Level or even, Is this Normal ?? Thanks.

jeromelogueAuthor

almost 2 years ago

well, it seems to work with Just Flight's Traffic, which is what I use...I have never seen a small plane buzzing around the centre of the runway, so not sure what is causing that. I fly there quite regularly in the sim, aside from testing before release, so will continue testing to see if I can reproduce that. Have you tried without the freeware traffic? The only other thing I could think is that it may have been an enthusiastic pilot in multiplayer?? The ground doesn't seem too uneven to me. I have deliberately not applied a flatten, as it seems more natural with the in-sim elevation data. I will be updating the apron area in a future update, with better ground markings, although in the sim, for me at least it seems pretty even, and hasn't affected the aircraft's ability to taxi...

Pmeehan

almost 2 years ago

nice ryanair a320

jeromelogueAuthor

almost 2 years ago

yes - at the time the screenshot was taken, the PMDG 737 wasn't released so this was the closest available. I will update the image at some stage.

Conor69

almost 2 years ago

Excellent work Jerome - much appreciated.

braunn

about 2 years ago

Am I doing something wrong, or is the ILS guiding me on the completely different spot than the runway?

jeromelogueAuthor

about 2 years ago

well you haven't explained what you are doing, so there is no way to detremine whether what you are doing is 'wrong' or not. I would suspect that if you are too high on approach to runway 08 (108.30/073 from memory), the ILS/LOC glidepath is offset, so it would make it look like you are being taken 'past' the runway threshold.

CaptainMoonlight

about 2 years ago

Many thanks from Warstein in Germany for very well designing this nice Airport and surrounding area:-)

jeromelogueAuthor

about 2 years ago

Thank you for your feedback! I am still working on these projects..adding more and currently working on making adjustments to make them work better with GSX Pro. I will be updating the interior/revising model soon.

mreynders

over 2 years ago

Well done !

Conor69

about 3 years ago

Jerome - is there any way to disable the smoke from the stacks at Campsie? For me the smoke is just static and I'd rather disable it.

jeromelogueAuthor

about 3 years ago

you could try deleting the model.aa3 folder from the jeromelogue-egae2021\SimObjects\Landmarks\Smoke-emitter-a folder...I think that is the smoke that you mean. Not sure if that'll cause problems with the sim though - might be worth a try in the meantime, anyway...I'll have to have a look at the smoke again. It should only trigger during certain hours and the vapour effects are controlled by environment temperature. It's sill work in progress, so not all the effects are perfect yet...model.aa5 is the Architectural salvage stack smoke. All smoke/vapour effects are affected by the wind strength/direction though....so if there is no wind, the smoke may look static possibly...I'll have check it out..anyway...still work in progress...

RobertB

over 3 years ago

So glad that Derry has some scenery now

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