Shelter Cove is a community located on the Lost Coast of California.
I casually hovered over this place in the World Map and some memories kicked in. Was it Flight Unlimited 2? Or some old FS2k4 scenery? I don't remember exactly but I'm happy I found this place again.
The scenery is wonderful, the default airport rendition is more than passable and, to be honest, there is not much more about the airport besides the runway and a couple of aprons. Less passable were the missing details in the surroundings, namely many missing parts of vegetation, some local shops and the marina and usually that's what these scenarios are about.
I also added a small construction site that I spotted using street view.
Sutter County is a nice destination from here as it will take you over the Mendocino National Forest and some other interesting spots like Round Valley Airport, a nice interesting airport surrounded by hills all around that makes for some interesting approaches.
Be careful the downdrafts while approaching (similar to 2WA1 in WA) and take note of the sectional chart and airport restrictions.
Reference:
Shelter Cove (https://www.airnav.com/airport/0q5)
Round Valley (https://www.airnav.com/airport/O09)
NOTE
US POI Update must be installed to render the lighthouse
I'm going to try this for SU8, seems like such a great spot ! Would you recompile it in newer SDK if possible? Seems to work fine in SU8 ..( at least bushflying, I dont know about technical IFR stuff though )
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Shelter Cove has been a favorite for me going back years through many FS platforms. I lived over the hill to the east in Garberville for many years and visited Shelter Cove often. Having those near-field tree lines filled out and the extra ramp parking and marina storage details in place really helps the scenery. I was surprised you didn't add a lighthouse on the Bing footprint for it. It's such a prominent landmark when approaching from the south. It's a rather small one at that, but I assume there might be something close in the scenery libraries? Either way, Thanks so much!
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