Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce Base (KLCK)

[IAHM-COL]

Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce Base, Columbus, OH

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Hi All, our ultimate for the leg 42nd is KLCK, Rickenbacker Airforce base.

This base has a very large and amenable heliport for the USAF
SATT VIEW

Now, in addition to that nice feature, courtesy of D-LASER and his Project3000, it also contains nice and well located shared objects.

But,

The layout in terrasync is outdated



Interestingly, the location and 3D structure of this airport was obtained from a recently updated layout in the gateway, which D-LASER smart scripts convert to a shared objects list in FG. I just needed to reconstruct the airport layout in FG and now the whole thing falls nicely into place





KUDOS @ Laserman!

[legoboyvdlp]

Lovely work! Where do we land? Assuming we can land for J, I, and L!

[IAHM-COL]

see the SATT view. That's the heliport here.

[jwocky]

Somewhere around the heliport then ...

[IAHM-COL]

Well.. yes, we will do our best. But the heliport here in KLCK is rather large. It may have 3 times the are of the tarmac in KEBD... so there in KEBD we may be in trouble!

[LesterBoffo]

They're helicopters they have a remarkably small landing footprint. We should be able to squeeze everyone into a small airport.

[IAHM-COL]

true fact. Under assumption of good pilotage. That's one of the main things we are afraid it will be missing.
I now can land, but my landing accuracy is rather low.
On the other hand, the small tarmac at KEBD should be able to handle about 8 helies.

[LesterBoffo]

You know it's a shame there aren't airports in France named after the American Aces of WWI. For all intents Luxeuil les Banes should be named after Raul Lufberry, and The Hat in the Ring Squadron, the 103 which is what became of the Escadrille Lafayette before Eddie Rickenbacker signed up, could be better remembered at Bar-le-Duc Cree.

At least the French did make a nice Memorial to the Escadrille Lafayette at Marnes-la-Coquette.

http://www.americancenterfrance.org/front/index.php?&lvlid=23&artid=101&pos=1&lang=en

[IAHM-COL]

oh la la ... c'est très beau!
from this view Rickenbacker's name not visible