Hi,
My name is Rod "Stiletto2" Jackson. I have been flight simming for many years and really enjoy bush flying. In addition, I have developed a little FSX scenery here and there and, years ago, was active in improving scenery for Falcon 4.0.
Right now I am finishing up a project that will be submitted to RTMM and will feature one of the first scenery addons to an ORBX Airport product.
After the release of the wonderfully done ORBX PAKT and Service Pack 1, I still felt there was room for additional scenic detail along Ketchikan Harbor. I was especially focused on the area of Ketchikan just northwest of the cruise ship docks where Tongass Ave swings away from Water Street and heads up the harbor coast. There you will find numerous float plane docks/businesses involved with floatplane transportation etc.
I got a real good look at it in 2010 since that is where the Coral Princess was docked and I was staring out from the stern and looking down at all the activity on these little docks. ORBX PAKT (SP1) does not detail any of this along the harbor coast. So, I decided to add a fictitious floatplane tour and transport service named Eagle Air to that area. Before I knew it, I created pilings/boardwalks and multiple buildings around Eagle Air to try and capture what I had seen when I was there.
I also felt the autogen in that area was a little thin so I filled in some of that and before long had added objects from downtown Ketchikan all the way northwest to The Plaza Shopping Center area.
So after adding over 300 objects to the Ketchikan Harbor area, I am just about ready to submit the Ketchikan Harbor scenery addon for PAKT (SP1) to RTMM for final review.
If you have been looking for more detail in that area, this scenery addon may be for you. And what fun it is to take some of those tourists off the cruise ship, pick them up at Eagle Air and fly them out to places like Dan's Hideway, Thorne Bay Island Retreat and even Misty's Place.
Stay Tuned......
Rod