User manual

Venice X 1.00
The Airports
There are two airports in this scenery. Both have been designed so they look great
yet are kind on framerates. The center of this scenery is Venice, the two airports are
more or less needed because otherwise there would be no airport in the product.
San Nicolo (LIPV) is a small airfield on a small island just south of Venice. It has a
small grass strip, a few hangars and an old terminal building. On the same small
island there is a major hospital and some old fortress like buildings.
Tessera (LIPZ) is the main airport of the region. It seems there is a major conflict
about the name as the airport has different names in different documents. Expect to
see Venice Marco Polo Airport, Venezia Tessera, Venice Airport and Aeroporto di
Venezia Marco Polo to be used. It’s all the same airport though. About as confusing is
the number of runways. The main runway is 04R but 04L is indicated as
taxiway/runway, however feel free to use it as taxiway only. There is a very exiting
short approach to 22L that starts from the ILS to runway 04R!
The city
Venice is built on 117 small islands in salt water Venetian Lagoon. Many of these
islands are artificial, but all of them slowly sink (while the water level rises) and Italy
faces a major struggle to keep this world famous city above the water in the next
decades to come. It is one of the most famous cities in the world, mainly because it
so well preserved the original water based infrastructure. Most travel in Venice is
done by boat, small distances are walked. Cars simply have no room on the islands.
The main buildings are all in the center or along the “Canal Grande”. On the map
below you see the location of the main buildings. All can be found in the scenery.
There is no approved landing location in Venice, though you could land a helicopter
in many locations. Landing a seaplane on the lagoon you can taxi around the islands
and if you are careful even some way on the Canal Grande. The water busses called
Vaporetto’s always have right of way and are notorious for going fast and being
aggressive.
Exploring the city
Our favorite way of exploring the city is to fly into Tessera airport from France or
Germany (lovely routing over the Alps), then jump in a Cessna and fly directly over
Venice to San Nicolo. This will give you a great idea of the full layout of the scenery.
At San Nicolo we suggest either a small helicopter, an ultra light or even a boat.
There are many boats for FSX available, using Google with this search;
http://www.google.fr/search?q=FSX+ships
you will find many you could use. Pick a
small fast craft.
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