************ 1958/1962 Stapleton Airport and Rocky Mountain Airports Installation **************

by Randy Cain, Mike Stevens, Dan French, and Tom Gibson

Version 4, 11/21, for FS2004 only.

Support available at the CalClassic Forum:  http://calclassic.proboards.com/

NOTE: This file, AI traffic, and lots of classic airliners can be downloaded free from Tom Gibson's California Classics at - http://www.calclassic.com/ 

This scenery includes Stapleton as it was in 1958 and 1962; refer to the stapleton_readme.txt and stapleton_62_readme.txt files for comments and credits.  It also includes 34 Rocky Mountain airports backdated by Tom Gibson, using a generic classic terminal (since I had no period photos).  They now include classic hangars, ramp equipment, people sprites, and oilspots.

Version 4 adds a 1962 version of Stapleton airport by Mike Stevens with the new tower by Dan French, a backdated Sioux Falls, South Dakota by Mike Stevens, and the Ideal Cement hangar to the Stapleton airport by Mike Stevens.  This hangar is unique in the world, and is used by the Ideal Cement F-27 in the 1962 classic AI traffic:  https://www.historycolorado.org/location/ideal-basic-cement-company-corporate-hangar

If you would like a later version of Stapleton airport and use FSX, Dan French has done a very nice version for 1980:

https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=1980_stapleton_international_fsx.zip&Author=&CatID=root


                         **** Airports served by airlines in 1960 ******
City, airport name, the airlines serving it, then the largest aircraft used (Interchange airlines in parentheses):

Colorado:

Alamosa San Luis Valley/Bergman KALS:  Frontier  DC-3
Colorado Springs Muni KCOS:   Braniff, Central, Continental, Frontier  DC-7C
Cortez Muni KCEZ:  Frontier CV-340
Denver Stapleton XDEN:  Braniff, Central, Continental, Frontier, TWA, United, Western  DC-7C
Durango La Plata Co KDRO:  Frontier CV-340
Grand Junction Walker Field KGJT:  Frontier  CV-340
Gunnison Co KGUC:  Frontier CV-340
Montrose Muni KMTJ:  Frontier CV-340
Pueblo Meml KPUB:  Central, Continental, Frontier  V810 Viscount

Wyoming:

Casper Natrona Co KCPR:  Frontier, Western  DC-6B
Cheyenne KCYS:  Frontier, Western  DC-6B
Cody Muni KCOD: Frontier CV-340
Jackson Hole KJAC:  Frontier, Western  CV-340
Laramie Muni KLAR:  Frontier CV-340
Powell Muni KPOY:  Frontier CV-340
Rawlins Muni KRWL:  Frontier  DC-3
Riverton Muni KRIW:  Frontier CV-340
Rock Springs Sweetwater KRKS:  Frontier CV-340
Sheridan Co KSHR: Western  DC-6B
Worland Muni KWRL:  Frontier CV-340

Montana:

Billings Logan Field KBIL:  Frontier, Northwest, Western L-188
Bozeman Gallatin Field KBZN:  Northwest  DC-3
Butte Mooney Field KBTM:  Northwest, Western  CV-240
Cut Bank Muni KCTB:  West Coast, Western  CV-240
Glasgow Wokal KGGW:  Frontier  DC-3
Glendive Dawson Field KGDV:  Frontier  DC-3
Great Falls KGTF: Frontier, Northwest, Western  DC-6B
Havre City-Co KHVR:  Frontier  DC-3
Helena Muni KHLN:  Northwest, Western  CV-240
Kalispell Flathead Co KFCA:  Northwest, West Coast  DC-3
Lewistown Muni KLWT:  Frontier, Western  DC-6B
Miles City Wiley Field KMLS:  Frontier  DC-3
Missoula Muni KMSO:  Northwest DC-4
Sidney-Richland Muni KSDY: Frontier  DC-3
Wolf Point Clayton Field KOLF:  Frontier  DC-3

South Dakota:

Sioux Falls KFSD:  Braniff, North Central, Western  DC-6B


        *****   IMPORTANT NOTICE TO AI TRAFFIC USERS   *****   

Denver International airport (KDEN) has been eliminated because it did not exist in the timeframe of this scenery.  All CalClassic AI traffic uses Stapleton airport.

If you have created or downloaded any AI traffic that uses KDEN then it should be moved from this airport to Stapleton (XDEN.  If not, you will find none of your AI traffic at Stapleton airport.  Worse yet,  they will try to land at the default DIA, only to land on the prairie!   The following airport is closed, and will appear that way in the FS map: 

Denver International (KDEN) is replaced with Stapleton (XDEN)

We suggest you use AI Traffic Mover (AITM) or AIFP to move your traffic to Stapleton, to get the full flavor of the scenery.


*** PLEASE TURN OFF THE DENVER AERIAL PHOTO LAYER LOCATED IN THE SCENERY LIBRARY ***


Suggested Additions:

If you do not have another airport texture addon, I suggest that you download and install airland1.zip from AVSIM or elsewhere.  It increases frame rates while adding detail to the concrete and asphalt aprons, taxiways, and runways.

AI propliner and GA traffic matching this scenery is available separately from www.calclassic.com (AI Aircraft page).

Credits:

Most airport surfaces created with AFCAD2, by Lee Swordy - thanks Lee!  We also used ADE, by Jon Masterson - thanks!

This scenery uses Classic Libraries v4 or later (both files) and EZ-Scenery Object Libraries.  These will need to be downloaded and installed (see below).

Airstairs object originally by John MacKay, simplified for AI use by Tom Gibson. Thanks again!

Produced using SceneGenX by Tom Hiscox, GMAX by Discreet, ExcBuilder by Paavo Pihelgas, Ground2K4, AND Instant Scenery by Konstantin Kukushkin.  Thanks to all!

PLEASE NOTE:  

A.  The CalClassic Core, CalClassic Landclass, and Static Objects Library scenery layers should be active if flying in 1958 or 1962.  The Stapleton 1958 scenery layer should be active if flying between 1955 through 1960.  The Stapleton 1962 scenery layer should be active if flying between 1961 and 1963.  You never need to disable the Static Objects Library layer in any case.

B.  You may want to print out these instructions and check off each step as you finish it.

INSTALLATION

This EXE installer will NOT create a Start Menu entry, registry entry, uninstall program
or anything else, other than copying the relevant files to the proper folders.  You may
install to a temporary folder by pressing the ... button and copying things by hand if you wish.

1.  Quit FS2004 if running.

2.  Download and install version 4 or later of File 1 and version 2 or later of File 2 of the FS2004 Custom Scenery Libraries from:  http://www.calclassic.com/scenery.htm

3. Download and install the EZ-Scenery Libraries, available from: http://www.calclassic.com/scenery.htm

4.  Double click this Stapleton58_62.zip file archive.  You will find 
this installation_readme text file and a file called SetupXDEN58_62.exe.  The stapleton_readme.txt file contains information and credits from Randy Cain about the 1958 Stapleton airport.  The stapleton_62_readme.txt file contains information about the 1962 Stapleton airport.

5.  Double click the SetupXDEN58_62.exe file to start the installation.  Press the Run button 
at the warning screen.  If it doesn't find your FS2004 folder automatically, press the ... 
button and browse to the MAIN FS2004 folder. Follow the instructions to install.

NOTE FOR NEXT STEPS:  If you have already installed the previous version of this scenery or 
some of the CalClassic scenery packages, you may have at least some of the required scenery 
layers installed.  If so, skip that step below.

6. Start FS2004, and go to the Settings/Scenery Library choice on the 
opening screen.  If you are currently flying, press Escape (Esc) and then End 
Flight to get to this screen. Look at the top portion of the list.  If there is no 
CalClassic Landclass area listed there, click on the Add Area button.  Double click the 
ADDON SCENERY folder.  Click the CalClassic Landclass folder once.  Click OK.

7.  If there is no Stapleton 1962 area listed there, click on the Add Area button.  
Double click the ADDON SCENERY folder.  Click the Stapleton 1962 folder once.  
Click OK.

8.  If there is no Stapleton 1958 area listed there, click on the Add Area button.  
Double click the ADDON SCENERY folder.  Click the Stapleton 1958 folder once.  
Click OK.

9.  Click the Enabled box to uncheck and thus inactivate the Stapleton 1958 OR Stapleton 1962
 scenery layer.  ONLY ONE layer should be checked as active.

10.  If you have any addon scenery for Denver, jetways, etc. uncheck that scenery's 
Active box to inactivate it.

11.  Uncheck the Denver Aerial Photo Scenery layer.

12.  Click OK.  Quit and restart FS.

13.  If at the main screen, choose Create Flight at the left, select desired items, and
press Fly Now.  Choose Options/Settings/Display.  Under Scenery Objects set the
Scenery Density to Dense or less (setting to Very or Extremely Dense will display modern
jetways at default airports).  Also, set the Autogen Density to Dense or less 
(any higher may display telephone poles in odd places at the airports); this will also 
simulate the less dense cities found in the era.  Click OK.

14.  If you later want to fly in the modern era, just go into the Scenery Library 
(Settings/Scenery Library) and click on the Enabled box next to the 
Stapleton 1958, Stapleton 1962 and CalClassic Landclass entries until the red check 
marks are removed to deactivate the 1958 and 1962 scenery (do not deactivate the Static
Objects Library layer).  If you have white taxiways, revert to yellow by renaming the 
current taxiway_marks.bmp file in the FS2004 TEXTURE folder to taxiway_marks.bmp.white, 
and rename the taxiway_marks.bmp.yellow file to taxiway_marks.bmp.  Check the Denver Aerial
Photo layer and any inactivated addon scenery areas for Denver.  You must restart 
FS after you do all of this.

Reverse this process again to go back to 1958 or 1962.

NOTE: This file, AI Traffic for this scenery (and the world), and lots of classic 
airliners can be downloaded free from Tom Gibson's Classic Airliner web site at - 
http://www.calclassic.com
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