User manual

Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond
Aerosoft GmbH 2021
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English
The Airport
Rothera is without a doubt the station in Antarctica with the most
picturesque location! Located on a rocky outcrop overlooked by a
massive glacier dotted with mountains to the west - it is surrounded
by sea to all other directions with a line of the truly majestic moun-
tains of the Antarctic Peninsula visible to the east on clear days.
The runway is squeezed between base and hangar buildings to the
left and right and sea water at both ends. In essence it’s a smaller
version of Gibraltar (which is – surprise! – British, too): A stunning
approach, a runway that’s crossed by a road with traffic lights and
surrounded by water.
To complete this addon, we have added the very remote bases of
Fossil Bluff and Sky Blu even further south. Together they make a
perfect playground for the Aerosoft Twin Otter!
A showcase scenery created by developers with more than 20 years of
experience in MSFS development!
Features:
• THE Antarctic base with the most stunning location and best
vistas!
• Lots and lots of animation including animals, vehicle, boats
and people, including likely the first animated penguins and
chain vehicles in flight simulator (trying to find all of them is
probably what makes this scenery so much fun - so we‘re not
revealing further details here.)
• Lots of custom created sounds of animals and vehicles
(probably the first scenery in MSFS with sounds attached)
• Coverage beyond the base with stunning glacier cliffs
dropping into the sea
• Hundreds of thousands of animated icebergs in a larger area
around the base (at times it can be possible that the approach
is blocked by a huge iceberg passing through!)
• Offsite locations of automated monitoring stations (marked as
POIs so you can fly there for regular checks performing rough
landings out in the field)
• Offsite landing strips of two British field locations with custom
models and improved terrain imagery/elevation data: Sky Blu
and Fossil Bluff
• Emergency airstrip location on the glacier above Rothera
(alternative landing strip that MUST be used by local aircraft if
there are incoming overseas aircraft)
• Carefully crafted landscape to merge with surround landscape
- including updated waterbodies.
• Special technique used to add wind shear details to the vast
white lands on the glacier.
• State of the art manual with dozens of pages of inside
knowledge on flying in Antarctica, plus flightplans and simple
charts!