Nord-Pas de Calais and LFQQ
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1. 1994 was welcomed in the region as a means of boosting its economic future Tourism particularly in Lille at the apex of the London Brussels Paris railway lines has grown considerably to the extent that in 2004 7 million passengers used the Eurostar as well as 2 million vehicles on the Eurotunnel In addition to the trains in 2002 there were about 15 million passengers from the three major ferry ports of the region Calais Dunkirk and Boulogne Lille is the principal city of the Lille M tropole the fourth largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris Lyon and Marseille Lille is situated on the De le River near France s border with Belgium It is the capital of the Nord Pas de Calais region and the prefecture of the Nord department The city of Lille which annexed Lomme on 27 February 2000 had a population of 226 014 at the 2006 census Meanwhile the Lille M tropole which also includes Roubaix Tourcoing and numerous suburban communities had a population of 1 091 438 The eurodistrict of Lille Kortrijk which also includes the areas of the Belgian cities of Kortrijk Tournai Mouscron and Ypres had 1 905 000 residents http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 France VFR 1 PasDeCalais html 3 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site In 1967 the Chambers of Commerce of Lille Roubaix and Tourcoing were joined and in 1969 the Communaut urbaine de Lille Lille urban community was crea2. Antonov 124 I m aware that this section offers you a lot of background information about Nord Pas de Calais and its only international airport but still worth offering you the information Now it s time to move on to the France VFR products and see how real they are Installation FSX configuration and documentation The installation procedures of both France VFR products are more or less the same with the exception that Nord Pas de Calais consists of two installers After you ve entered the registration code the installers find their own way This means auto detection of Microsoft Flight Simulator X folder Once Nord Pas de Calais part is finished you close the installer as usual and restart the 2nd Nord Pas de Calais installation however this time there s no need to enter the registration code again It may look like Lille Lesquin Airport is a part of the France VFR scenery however this is not the case If you http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 France VFR 1 PasDeCalais html 4 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site want you can install the airport of Lille as a stand alone airport There s no need to do this with the VFR scenery On the other hand when you install LFQQ in combination with this Nord Pas de Calais scenery it perfectly blends into the surrounding area and optimum pleasure is guaranteed Due to the simplicity of the installers l Il leave some screenshots out of this pa
3. France and Pas de Calais Strait of Calais the French name of the Strait of Dover The regional council however spells the name Nord Pas de Calais The northern part of the region was historically a part of Flander s with Douai as its capital The minority who wish to show the historical links the region has with Belgium and the Netherlands prefer to call this region the French Low Countries which also means French Netherlands in French Pays Bas Fran ais Mord Pas de Calaks Tire phere iret While the region is predominantly French speaking it also has two significant minority language communities the western Flemings whose presence is evident in the many Dutch place names in the area and who speak French Flemish a variety of the West Flemish dialect of Dutch Nord Pas de Calais became a major center of heavy industry in the 19th century with coal mines steel mills and traditional textile manufacture It suffered badly in both World Wars and recovered less quickly than did other parts of France In recent years it has experienced economic slumps as the mines closed the steel industry declined and the textile industry ran into problems Between 1975 and 1984 the region lost over 130 000 jobs and unemployment rose to 14 of the working population well above the national average The region has however benefited from major government and European Union investment over the past 20 years The opening of the Channel Tunnel in
4. are for those parts I ve seen realistic and reflects http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 10 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site in my opinion real Nord Pas de Calais The added 3D objects along my VFR flights make it all complete If you enjoy flying in France it s worth having this France VFR product Although they suggest it s for VFR flights only you can also use it when flying at altitudes as high as FL200 After some rest at LFQS a French lunch with wine it s time that we drive by car to Lille Lesquin and see the airport and Surrounding area Lille Lesquin International Airport LFQQ impression Some while ago AVSIM s own Review Department offered a review of France VFR Lille s LFQQ Airport That review covered the FS9 and FSX version In the meantime LFQQ has evolved and been updated with the result that we now have an updated inside look of this 4th French airport As mentioned earlier the airport can be used as stand alone add on scenery or in combination with the Nord Pas de Calais scenery package The airport includes high definition textures of ground and buildings as well as night textures Particularly important as a stand alone the scenery covers about 50 sq Km and adds an extended photo realistic area to the airport including specific autogen and VFR landmarks and nearby road traffic As promised in the previous section via highway Al
5. arrive by car at Lille Lesquin International Airport Depending if you have Nord Pas de Calais the road to it could make the difference because of the scenery although Lille Lesquin comes with a surrounding area of 50 km2 Reaching the gates I m surprised about the overall airport Although they tell us that it s an International Airport it s far from Paris airports Orly Charles de Gaulle or Schiphol Amsterdam It s basically a small airport with one large passenger building a General Aviation area and some side buildings for maintenance fire brigade and others The parking lots in front of the main passenger terminal are a little blurry with only a few cars as models More cars would be an option to give it a more realistic look While walking along the fences it seems at certain spots the fences stop suddenly and don t close off the area behind The area behind the apron gives free access to the secured customs area Furthermore the airport seems very quiet don t see any static airplanes nor dedicated cars buses or trucks driving around on the airport and there s no option to add these features during the installation of Lille Lesquin This is the same for additional equipment on the apron like trucks buses cars stairs and other items normally found in these areas also checked Aerosoft s AES Airport Enhancement Services version 2 11 but it looks like LFQQ from France VFR isn t supported For those who fly online with
6. de yak WFA OPS Y Carin SA CARCAMA Bipy FI Manuel wtilitateur TE S DRCAM Charts d Urirrtal Mond Par de Coleen VER Comey Pore Beers and Prades Lhar o maral Deraah Preyami W LET Hi mia E BEELER on GRRGDR ES picture picture Il picture II Picture Complete overview of the installed France VFR packages with each of their shortcuts to the Acrobat manuals Acrobat official charts and uninstallers Pictures II and III Each pages offers links to the supplied French charts Each chart offers within two columns the French and English language The right hand screenshot shows you also same as the User s Manual the included airports and for those the related charts Flight impressions Nord Pas de Calais VFR Flying within this area is fun although as mentioned earlier it s flat For me not really different than most parts of the Netherlands and there we have on a large scale land below sea level Something weird for the majority of tourists who visit those Dutch parts could fly around a little bit but instead of using the French VFR charts decided to make a copy of the famous French Michelin auto route charts and use those to fly from East to West Another option is using real aviation charts but since this VFR product comes in a high LOD it shouldn t be difficult to find and follow the highways and while following them check for landmarks as well while flying along Nord Pas
7. flying in this area and falling back to the default FSX France Therefore if you intend to buy LFQQ you should also buy Nord Pas de Calais The next examples are only based on the France VFR product Lille Lesquin International Airport LFQQ with and without France VFR Nord Pas de Calais Flying around Lille Lesquin Airport at a convenient altitude gives a good overview of where the LFQQ scenery ends and thus where the default FSX scenery starts These comparisons should be enough to give you a good idea of what these France VFR packages will do It creates a complete new world which is typical for photo real sceneries Example la Example Ila Example Illa B France VFR LFQQ installed France VFR LFQQ installed France VFR LFQQ installed Example Ib Example IIb Example IIIb Added France VFR package Added France VFR package Added France VFR package Nord Pas de Calais Nord Pas de Calais Nord Pas de Calais While flying around France VFR LFQQ made three screenshots with only the France VFR airport installed You can see this on the upper three screenshots examples la Ila and Illa The airport looks nice from this altitude However the surrounding area is not what it should be It changes completely when you add to the installed LFQQ France VFR package Nord Pas de Calais You see the result of this at the three lower screenshots examples Ib IIb and IIIb http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCal
8. AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site AVSIM Commercial FSX Scenery Review Nord Pas de Calais amp LFOO Product I nformation Publishers France VFR Description Photo real scenery of Nord Pas de Calais en France including the airport of Lille LFQQ Download Size Format Simulation Type 165 MB LFQQ Download or DVD FS9 FSX 4 GB Nord Pas de Calais Reviewed by Angelique van Campen AVSI M Senior Staff Reviewer May 21 2011 I ntroduction You can see this review as a necessary preparation for my upcoming holiday Via the Netherlands Belgium and heading for Paris you either go in a straight line or via Lille When heading via Lille it automatically means you enter Nord Pas de Calais Although it s mainly flat it still has a charm to it and therefore there s no reason to compare it to the French Alps or Pyrenees On my way to middle and southern France l ve decided to drive virtually via Lille and see what France VFR made of this French region http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 1 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site France VFR is known for their high quality photo real French scenery and or aircraft and let s not forget their mesh scenery But for the moment let s stick to this review title photo real scenery of the French region Nord Pas de Calais and the airport of Lille Lesquin International Airport LFQQ could h
9. Q Real Nord Pas de Calais and LFQQ Nord Pas de Calais or Nord Pas de Calais is one of the 27 regions of France It consists of the departments of Nord and Pas de Calais in the north and has a border with Belgium Most of the region was once part of the Southern Netherlands within the Low Countries and gradually became part of France between 1477 and 1678 The historical provinces now included in Nord Pas de Calais are Artois Boulonnais Calaisis Cambraisis French Flanders French Hainaut and portions of northern Picardy These provincial designations are still frequently used by the inhabitants which offer a sense of civic pride With its 323 7 people per km2 on just over 12 400 km2 it is a densely populated region having some four million x inhabitants seven percent of France s total population making it the fourth most populous region in the country 83 of whom live in urban communities Its administrative center and largest city is Lille with the airport LFQQ The second largest city is Calais which serves as a major continental economic transportation hub with Dover of Great Britain 42 kilometers 26 miles away the White Cliffs of Dover are visible from Calais on a clear day Other major towns include Valenciennes Lens Douai B thune Dunkirk Maubeuge Boulogne Arras Cambrai and Saint Omer The name Nord Pas de Calais combines the names of the constituent departments of Nord literally North the northernmost department of
10. VATSIM or IVAO or having installed for example Flight1 s Ultimate Traffic 2 they will not be alone on the airport http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 11 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Above are some LFQQ screenshots from outside and inside the airport fences It feels that there s a different ground texture quality for outside and inside the fences This is in particular visible on the parking lots in front of the main passenger terminal It seems blurry It wouldn t be a bad idea to have some more cars on the parking lots to help to make the overall look complete The passenger terminal looks good however you can t look from the inside to the apron thru simulated glass The General Aviation terminal looks realistic with the prominent control tower If you like the look of the building or not Google Earth will confirm that this is the way it s made It s a shame that the installer doesn t offer you static aircrafts Overall impression is good Back to my walk around trip on the apron The main passenger terminal doesn t offer too many gates but those gates are at least well simulated in detail This is the same for the GPU s Ground Power Unit airport security SUV s static models and Air France passenger buses which are static models as well There s not much loose equipment standing around at the apron except for some stairs and baggage car
11. a highway as a guide along my flight For now I m still using the coastline to find my destination and the local airfield of Berck sur Mer Along the route in a southern direction I ll pass A roport le Touquet C te D Opale surrounded by taples and Le Touquet Paris Plage You can t miss it and even from this altitude the airport looks realistic and it s one of the 22 added airports or airfields in this VFR scenery From now on l Il try to follow road D 940 This should bring me straight to my final destination LFAM Berck sur Mer expected a bigger airport or is it an airfield Watch out though before you know it you ve passed it It seems it offers two grass runways and a paved one Along the D 940 I see a platform with some buildings and that s it Nothing more Whatever found my destination Not a difficult flight but moreover had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the France VFR coastline Nord Pas de Calais photo real scenery Let s see if our next VFR flight offers the same photo real quality picture Close up harbor Dunkerque Climbing out 2000 from the Overview city and harbor Belgium border to Dunkerque Dunkerque with Malo les Bains http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 7 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Close up west of Dunkerque Overview Zone Industrielle Beaches near Les Hemmes Far with Zone Industriel
12. after reading this review you re still not convinced that France VFR Nord Pas de Calais and LFQQ is something for you For that reason tried to make some comparisons between no France VFR software at all only LFQQ installed or you installed France VFR packages LFQQ plus Nord Pas de Calais That should convince you After seeing these three screenshots l Il go one step further will show you three sets of screenshots showing you France VFR LFQQ installed with and without France VFR Nord Pas de Calais After this you will see why these packages should be a part of your FSX inventory Let s see what you ll be missing before and after you decide to buy one or both France VFR products http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 14 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site picture picture 7 picture III default FSX scenery of LFQQ France VFR LFQQ without France France VFR LFQQ with France and surrounding scenery VFR Nord Pas de Calais VFR Nord Pas de Calais lst screenshot is the absence of any France VFR product as can be seen on the left hand screenshot Not strange since Microsoft didn t put too much effort in creating smaller European The moment you install France VFR LFQQ you ll be surprised That makes a huge difference although it s still not complete without France VFR Nord Pas de Calais Although LFQQ comes with 50km2 before you know it you re no longer
13. ais html 15 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Summary Closing Remarks Overall impression of these France VFR products is something like they did it again The team at France VFR are specialists in French territorial photo real sceneries and some French airports This photo real scenery of Nord Pas de Calais offers not only realistic ground textures but also lots of autogen and in some areas handmade 3D object The coast blending with the sea is great and the beaches look good Well worth the price for the quality The price at France VFR for Nord Pas de Calais FSX will cost you 34 90 or roughly USD47 00 It seems a lot of money for a small part of France but believe me it s worth every cent Not necessary but a good idea to have is the France VFR LFQQ Lille Lesquin Airport product It fits neatly into the photo real scenery and adds a great dimension to the default airport That s what you ve seen in the pictures just before this section Having the photo real scenery without LFQQ the only large international airport in this region is ashame so you should have both although a few items disappoint me The installer doesn t offer any additional static aircraft at the airport I m aware that not every likes these static aircraft and prefer to use freeware and or payware Al software or flying online via VATSIM or IVAO Whatever you like the option of doing so is missing Furthermore
14. ave a look at their French website but they still offer this only in the French language There is still no way to get it in English or German but the supplied manuals will help us to see what France VFR writes about these products In fact this FSX review covers not only the photo real scenery of Nord Pas de Calais VFR but also Lille Lesquin International Airport According to France VFR The Nord Pas de Calais VFR covers the French North region about 15 000 sq Km with photo realistic textures Each of the default airport platforms on the scenery have been reworked in order to closely fit the photo texture with precisely aligned taxiways buildings and objects greatly enhancing them from those of the standard Flight Simulator X fare Many 3D objects and VFR landmarks are provided to experience high quality VFR flying and customized autogen coverage houses buildings and vegetation is provided for the whole scenery Therefore the virtual pilot can experience both VFR and IFR flights within a very large zone at a degree of realism never seen before in this region France VFR main goal in developing this new concept of scenery add ons is to recreate a realistic flying experience from a pilot s point of view This scenery is part of the VFR R gional collection that will provide at least one extension pack to enhance this base product with new objects VFR landmarks airports a larger autogen coverage and much more depending on the region So
15. de Calais So that s the reason decided to go for the Michelin roadmap The 1st VFR flight goes along the coast line from the northern city of Dunkerque LFAK to Berck sur Mer LFAM The 2nd VFR flight starts in LFAM where fly in an eastern direction to the city of Vitry en Artios LFQS home of Renault Cars These two VFR flights should give you a good idea of the photo real quality of France VFR Nord Pas de Calais After a day or two we take the car to Lille Lesquin International Airport and see with our own eyes the France VFR creation of LFQQ After a thorough virtual ground inspection we make a short VFR flight with a Dutch rented Beechcraft Baron 58 in the vicinity of Lille Lesquin and Lille 1st VFR flight Dunkerque LFAK to Berck sur Mer LFAM My first VFR flight starts at LFAK with a takeoff in a northern direction Because of this before you know it you ve entered Belgium airspace and thus the default FSX ground scenery You can t miss it The difference is clearly visible and although the blending is nice the different ground texture tiles make quite the difference So thus while climbing out to around 3000 feet l Il make a sharp turn along the coast towards Dunkerque http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 6 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Via the northeast harbor of Dunkerque we pass the southern harbor The photo real scenery is very nice
16. ded my altitude will be at least 4000 feet The downloaded REX real weather is pretty good so that shouldn t give any problems mentioned before the overall quality of the photo real ground texture is good and allows you to navigate via alternative ways like using roads highways rivers landmarks etc Therefore taking off from LFAM in a northeast direction brings me more or less straight to highway D303 with junction D393 As always a problem with photo real sceneries below 1000 1500 feet ground textures are blurry and therefore difficult for initial navigation Once you ve reached 1500 feet you can use any ordinary roadmap or of course an official aviation VFR map In that case you can use navigation aids and even better use GPS Since on this VFR flight many road crossings appear it s relatively easy to recognize where you are For instance just after takeoff we turn more or less in a westerly direction and face the junction with highway A16 Due to our increased altitude it isn t difficult to see road D393 Looking at the Michelin map there s also something that helps this way of navigating North of our D393 there s a small river Canche surrounded by swamps By following our road we pass the villages Campagne les Hesdin Hesdin and Saint Pol sur Ternoise Farmland farmland and even more farmland as far as you can look Whatever you think of it it s as real as it gets and worth flying in this area After I ve pass
17. ed the city of Saint Pol sur Ternoise it s not far before we reach Arras The only problem we could face is finding the correct direction towards Douai and thus Vitry en Artois From my 4 000 ft cruising altitude it seems it s easier than expected Looking on the map it shows me that in a southeast direction of Arras you ll have road D939 which has a rail track along the river La Scarpe and above that road D950 That s the road we need and as we explained much easier to recognize leave Arras behind me and can see from the air highway crossing Al A26 and yes there s our final destination LFQS made it again http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 9 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site ae ey ten r i m p u Fi N a Road crossing highway A16 E402 with local road D303 lt lt 2 SS a h A llage Campagne les Hesdin along road D939 oe ess a i r om me as a a n a mea Ti a 1 aa r n i i E pa z r x x i E H i y ty s E 3 mg a k m i Cities Saint Pol sur Ternoise and Saint Michel sur Ternoise Overview of Hesdin with south of it road D939 mo en aes ae P oe The end of our 2nd flight pe Arras wit r are D939 river La East Arras wit the D939 West of h and N25 Scarpe and on the west side LFQS Vitry en Artois D950 My 2nd VFR cross c
18. ges 05 1 1 France VFR 1 PasDeCalais html 16 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site What I Don t Like About Nord Pas de Calais and LFQQ e During the installation of Lille Lesquin International Airport miss the option of adding Static aircraft except for the Air France aircraft in the Regional hangar e Unfortunately not yet integrated in Aerosoft s AES e The website still isn t available in English German or Spanish could imagine that with the whole site in French it causes problems for non French speaking people Printing If you wish to print this review or read it offline at your leisure right click on the link below and select Save as Nord Pas de Calais and LFQQ adobe acrobat required Comments Standard Disclaimer The review above is a subjective assessment of the product by the author There is no connection between the product producer and the reviewer and we feel this review is unbiased and truly reflects the performance of the product in the simming environment as experienced by the reviewer This disclaimer is posted here in order to provide you with background information on the reviewer and any presumed connections that may exist between him her and the contributing party Tell A Friend About this Review 2011 AVSIM Online All Rights Reserved http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 17 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM
19. in International Airport LFQQ France VFR says LFQQ represents an extremely detailed French Regional airport in the North of France It includes high definition textures of ground and buildings as well as night textures The scenery covers about 50 sqr km and adds an extended photo realistic area to the airport including specific autogen and VFR landmarks and nearby road traffic The scenery can be used as a Standalone product or in addition to the Nord Pas de Calais scenery without any adaptation Due to its particular concept the scenery is entirely compatible with any mesh of your choice LFQQ Lille Lesquin features Photo real high definition ground and buildings textures including night textures Specific autogen included for the entire zone of 50km Road traffic included Numerous customized and generic 3D objects The Stand alone product can be used on its own or embedded in the Nord Pas de Calais VFR scenery without any modification Independent conception of Mesh all Mesh are compatible Charts SIA VAC IAC ARR DEP are provided I m aware this is a lot of promotional text but Knowing France VFR already for a couple of years am confident about the outcome Let s move on The next http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 France VFR 1 PasDeCalais html 2 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site section covers some background information of the region Nord Pas de Calais including LFQ
20. it would be great if this airport could be added to Aerosoft s AES software It would boost the activities on Lille Lesquin France VFR FSX Lille Lesquin will cost 14 90 or approximately USD20 00 Is it worth the investment Despite the lack of certain of elements we ve already mentioned it s still worth adding this France VFR airport to their Nord Pas de Calais photo real scenery What I Like About Nord Pas de Calais and LFQQ Easy to go installers Software package Lille Lesquin International Airport can be used as standalone airport or in combination with Nord Pas de Calais Software package Nord Pas de Calais is based on high quality LOD13 photo real material with balanced ground texture colors and nice blending with the coastline Each France VFR product comes with the necessary aviation charts Informative Acrobat manuals are included in the French and English language The quality of Nord Pas de Calais ground textures allow you to make cross country flights with the help of road maps Nord Pas de Calais comes with 22 airfields airports including at certain spots 3D objects Lille Lesquin International Airport LFQQ comes with additional 50km2 of ground textures Although LFQQ is a medium size airport it offers what may be expected from an add on airport despite some missing features Nice evening colors at LFQQ Optimum integration of France VFR LFQQ into France VFR Nord Pas de Calais http www avsim com pa
21. le Portuaire west of Dunkerque away the city Calais Overview Calais with Terminal Transmache Eurotunnel train emplacement near city of Coquelles rl o On the left side of the image you ll see A roport Calais Dunkerque Approaching Le Touquet Paris River La Canche with A roport Our final destination Plage via highway A16 E402 le Touquet C te D Opale LFAM Berck sur Mer http www avsim com pages 051 1 France VFR 1 PasDeCalais html 8 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site My 1st French VFR flight along the coast was a success The screenshots speak for themselves The different ground textures all have a realistic look which means colors are well balanced Furthermore the coastline blends perfectly with the FSX water and the beaches look gorgeous even from 2500 feet altitude This trip begins with a takeoff from Dunkerque near the Belgium border In other words you need to start with left hand upper picture followed by II and III The screenshots offer you a realistic impression of what I ve seen along the route south to Berck sur Mer To give it just a little bit more used REX Real Environment Extreme software 2nd VFR flight Berck sur Mer LFAM to Vitry en Artois LFQS My 2nd VFR flight goes along road D939 to Arras From there it s a short distance along D950 to LFQS This time there s no river to help me out in case I m lost Again l ve deci
22. me technical features e Zone of 15 000 sq km covering the French Britany region with photo realistic textures Textures made from aerial photography IGN National Geographical Institute and not satellite imagery are recreated for an optimal visual rendition in Flight Simulator X Ground textures are summer only Very high resolution 4 75 meter LOD13 optimized custom mesh is included New autogen 3D buildings models with custom autogen for the whole scenery All lakes and rivers have been entirely cut out and faithfully represented and reworked with bodies of landable water including a systematic mesh treatment of nearby banks in order to avoid sloping water effects e Water transparency effects for the whole scenery coverage e 22 airports and airfields are integrated These airports have been optimized to fit the photo scenery perfectly precise taxiway and apron positioning replaced buildings and hangars windsocks towers etc Semi detailed airports buildings with night textures and extremely detailed harbor areas Many 3D objects and VFR landmarks bridges lighthouses monuments windmills and many objects with special effects Extremely precise geo referenced texture positioning is carried out in order to ensure a maximal compatibility with scenery add ons for this region Comprehensive maps and flight documentation available for the integrated airports and airfields VAC VFR approaches and airport diagrams About Lille Lesqu
23. ns for FSX Scenery settings The Nord Pas de Calais offers additionally a list of included airports and where to find them These smaller local airports are something different than the International ones but still worth flying to or from Handy and helpful are the supplied charts although there s a difference in the way they are presented The Nord Pas de Calais VFR charts and local airports are divided into French and English in the France VFR lay out manual with links to the appropriate charts The Lille Lesquin LFQQ charts are not packed into this France VFR jacket but here France VFR offers directly the official charts and due to International regulation in both French and English Back to the Nord Pas de Calais charts only the supplied Acrobat manual comes in English or French However the moment you click a chart it becomes the official setup This means on the left hand side you ll find French text and on the right hand side English text Below are some screenshots of the English front pages from the Nord Pas de Calais Acrobat manual http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 France VFR 1 PasDeCalais html 5 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site T ETA E Bihi re ioe E France FA dp LGR Llapa FS SQ Carte APT AIRPORTS amp VFR LANDMARKS Ly Carte EA APA DE T Carin DAAC Nord Pas de Calais VFR TE cane ma vac Pren ea rE BUT hhee a dE rnm LCR Lots Leen liesa miira d Mord Pas
24. ountry flight departs from Berck sur Mer in an almost westerly direction to Vitry en Artois followed the same idea as with my previous VFR flight That means started with picture within the black circle and flew via picture II to the black circle on picture III The landscape is feels and looks impressive even though it s flat And again the ground texture colors are well balanced Autogen objects along the route are active which could slightly reduce frame rates depending on the amount of autogen objects With the ground texture LOD13 quality roads train tracks highways rivers lakes etc makes visual navigation possible By the way the D of D939 means Departmental road while the N from N25 means National road number for whole France Did like France VFR s Nord Pas de Calais It was in one word great liked it although haven t seen every corner of this region On the other hand I flew along the coast which was nicely blended into the sea and at the same time I ve seen the inland landscape ground textures The landscape doesn t reflect the French Alps or French Pyrenees or whatever you ll find in the south No instead you ll find flat farmland Is that not ok It s perfect since nobody can change the region What I ve done was to check the France VFR landscape quality versus flying That was perfect and due to the high LOD easy ground navigation was possible The colors of the ground textures
25. pot on the airport Hopefully a Service Update can solve this problem http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 13 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Screenshots made at every corner of LFQQ speak for themselves Special attention goes to the airport fence screenshot lower right hand corner You can see clearly within the red squares that the upper part isn t correctly aligned with the lower half Item for a Service Update One last interesting detail the extended boarding ramps The main passenger terminal is not made of virtual glass This means when you enter the building from the parking lot or drop off point the building inside is empty and thus nothing inside is simulated however this is not true for the two extended boarding ramps These two ramps are actually made of virtual dark glass and allow you when boarding via one of the gates to look through the glass and see the passenger terminal building or the airplane you re boarding See this nice feature in the three screenshots below Well done France VFR picture picture Il picture III Picture his is one of the two boarding ramps from the outside Picture II and III his are two examples of the inside look of a boarding ramp Picture II shows you the main passenger terminal with offices suppose while picture III show the gate to the airplane What do you miss Suppose
26. rt of the review It doesn t offer anything more than what I ve just described Once installed you ll find some dedicated LFQQ and Nord Pas de Calais folders accessible via the Start All Programs France VFR Let s first start with the Nord Pas de Calais folder t offers Cartes SIA DIRCAM or SIA DIRCAM Charts Manuel utilisateur or User s Manual Uninstall Nord Pas de Calais VFR FSX The Lille Lesquin International Airport LFQQ sub folder offers Carte SIA APT Charts from the French Service de l Information Aeronautique with Airport information Carte SIA ARR DEP Arrival and Departure charts Carte SIA IAC Airport and runway charts Carte SIA VAC Visual Approach charts Manuel utilisateur or User s Manual Uninstall LFQQ Lille Lesquin Although each package offers its own charts basically they offer the same setup For the uninstallers there s no need to add anything about these They do their work when activated That s it Intel Core Extreme 17 965 3 2Ghz 12GB Tri Channel DDR3 1600Mhz EVGA GTX 285 For the Winner Triple WD VelociRaptor 300GB HDD Single WD 1TB HDD Windows 7 Ultimate X64 Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10 6 7 Flight Simulator FSX SP2 Laminar X Plane 9 x Saitek Pro Flight System TrackerlR Pro 4 TrackerClip Pro Flying Time 38 hours The English and French manuals offer not only detailed information about the region or LFQQ including its features but also recommendatio
27. s The ground textures from the apron taxiways grass and runway look good and not too blurry Blurry ground textures are in general found outside the fences The only control tower for the airport looks nice as well as does the building around it including the adjacent GA building During evening hours the whole airport becomes a little Alice in Wonderland Nice balanced illumination is added to the buildings control tower taxiways runway lighting system apron etc http www avsim com pages 05 1 1 FranceVFR1 PasDeCalais html 12 of 17 21 05 2011 10 53 02 AM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Screenshots speak for themselves It looks good and gives you the passenger a warm feeling You could get the feeling that there s not much apron lighting but that s the reality The simulated green and blue ground lights are just the right intensity Remember it s a small airport and although an Airbus A380 can land here it s not big and before you know it the apron and parking places are occupied But this is not all In the beginning mentioned that the actual airport LFQQ comes with a large surrounding area By itself not spectacular and many competitors offer the same concept In combination with Nord Pas de Calais the France VFR airport border is gone with the wind Suddenly France VFR LFQQ extends downtown Lille and even beyond Before closing this LFQQ section let s see some more detailed screensho
28. s especially in Greater Lille consist of attached 2 3 story houses aligned in a row with narrow gardens in the back These architectural attributes uncommon in France help make Lille a transition from France to neighboring Belgium as well as nearby Netherlands and England where the presence of brick as well as row houses or the Terraced house is much more prominent Points of interest include Jardin botanique de la Facult de Pharmacie Jardin botanique Nicolas Boulay Jardin des Plantes de Lille Citadel of Lille Lille Lesquin International Airport LFQQ is 15 minutes from the city center of Lille It is the 12th busiest French airport in number of passengers around 970 000 passengers in 2001 and 1 147 924 passengers in 2009 In terms of cargo it ranks fourth with almost 38 000 tons of freight which pass through each year Lille Airport stands on over 450 hectares of land containing 5 hectares of buildings Although its normal activity is carried out between 5am and 11pm the airport is open to international traffic 24 hours a day It is equipped for VFR night IFR and is classified Category A international Category 7 SSLIA Services de Sauvetage et de Lutte contre l incendie des A ronefs which means free translated Service of Safeguard and Fight against Airplane Fire Lille Airport can accommodate all types of aircraft from a Single engine private aircraft to the large commercial carriers A380 or Cargo aircraft
29. ted linking 87 communes with Lille Throughout the 1960s and 70s the region was faced with some problems after the decline of the coal mining and textile industries From the start of the 1980s the city began to turn itself more towards the service sector In 1983 the VAL the world s first automated rapid transit underground network was opened In 1993 a high speed TGV Train a Grande Vitesse train line was opened connecting Paris with Lille in one hour This with the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and the arrival of the Eurostar train put Lille at the center of a triangle connecting Paris London and Brussels Work on Euralille an urban remodeling project began in 1991 The Euralille Centre was opened in 1994 and the remodeled district is now full of parks and modern buildings containing offices shops and apartments In 1994 the Grand Palais was also opened Lille was elected European Capital of Culture in 2004 along with the Italian city of Genoa A former major mechanical food industry and textile manufacturing centre as well as a retail and finance center Lille forms the heart of a larger conurbation regrouping Lille Roubaix Tourcoing and Villeneuve d Ascq which is France s 4th largest urban conglomeration with a 1999 population of over 1 1 million Lille features an array of architectural styles with various amounts of Flemish influence including the use of brown and red brick In addition many residential neighborhood
30. the beaches are well blended into the FSX sea and many other objects pop up along the route As far as can see the inland ground textures are totally different than the default ones which makes sense As you probably know photo real sceneries lie as a blanket over the FSX ground textures tiles or modified tiles in add on programs such as Ground Environment X Via Grand Fort Philippe we reach the city of Calais It s nice from the air and an ordinary beach resort You could think about the train chunnel to England but that s not in the scenery Ok it s close by and one of the screenshots shows you the train terminal This terminal is located southwest of Calais and the tunnel itself enters the Channel at Sangatte made a screenshot of this but it seems Sangatte is just a few houses so it s difficult to find make a small detour via Cap Griz Nez It seems there s a lighthouse but above all the ground textures look gorgeous I ve also the idea that this area isn t completely flat This is to a certain extent clearly visible along the coast Climbing out to 4000 feet gives a good overview of the landscape and not trivial frame rates are perfect I m aware that frame rates aren t really influenced by photo real scenery or textures It just replaces the default ground texture tiles Having said that about the landscape it feels good Roads are clearly visible and easy to follow For this VFR flight there s not yet a need to use
31. ts Together with this I ve added some screenshots Not really my intention to show you more images then needed but these are including their additional information worth the effort While hovering over LFQQ got a good impression of the ground textures which are of an average to good quality Hopefully feature France VFR airport packages will have higher quality ground textures sharper within the airport fences At certain spots on the airport it seems the ground textures are a little too blurry know this could be sharper looking as in Orbx FTX products also miss not a problem to me Simulated grass along the taxiways or at other places around the airport You see this more and more with other vendors As just said it s not a problem that it s not implemented in this France VFR product but it adds something to it Furthermore I ve added some other hot spots which can be found around the airport of the screenshot gallery These look good although the word Regional on the hangar isn t really sharp This could be of a better quality or the developer should design it her him self The trucks found on the airport including the high loaders look nice but these are only static objects and sometimes are hidden at places you re not always looking mentioned the airport fences before This time there s a need to show you the missed alignment between the lower and upper part of the fence at a specific s
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