Posted: Monday, December 15, 2003 - 16:23
The Mid Atlantic Air Museum Simulations Group (MAAM-SIM) is pleased to announce a little gift for the flightsim community. On December 25th, they will release our much anticipated freeware scenery of MAAM and KRDG (Reading Regional Airport) for FS2004. With this release you'll have a place for your copy of our B-25J "Briefing Time" to call home. And soon, you'll be able to add our all-new Gmax version of MAAM's Douglas R4D to your virtual ramp!

This scenery is based on extensive photo documentation by the MAAM-SIM team and covers all major buildings at KRDG and quite a number of small details as well. Scenery features include:

All-Gmax construction for optimized frame rates
Photo realistic building textures
Full night lighting
Frequency-controlled door animations (hangar doors open and close on demand) for the MAAM hangar and a nearby T-hangar
A new AFCAD 2 file repositioning taxiways and refining aprons
New GA and airline traffic file that mimics real-world airport operations
Modeling of the Reading Pagoda, an important VFR local landmark

This is a classic American mid-sized airfield and we think you'll enjoy it enough that you might just want to make it your new base of operations! This airport also had the distinction of being the host for the 2003 Avsim conference and exhibition. For those of you who were fortunate enough to attend, this will bring back a lot of memories. If you weren't able to make it, here's your chance to pay the conference a virtual visit! You can check out some screenshots here.

If you do not yet own the award-winning B-25J Mitchell 'Briefing Time', you can get your copy at www.maam.org and support the museum's restoration programs at the same time. Take a look at this press release about the new FS2004 CD for all the details here.

Happy Holidays from the MAAM SIM team!
Bill Rambow, Jan Visser, Rob Young, Mike Hambly, Fred Banting and Bill Womack