The arrows are the directions to the previous and next beacons and the number is the beacon number (obviously). That’s Antelope Island just to the north-west of Salt Lake City airport. There’s a lot of info on them but what you’re looking for are these bad boys: There’s a couple of strip maps for Seattle down to Portland but for whatever reason they don’t actually show the beacons so sod 'em.Īnyway the maps are long strips, thus the name, and as such aren’t orientated north but orientated along the path of travel. NOTE: there might be some differences between what we’ve modelled and what appears on maps as things changed a lot over the years like beacons being moved or new ones being installed and old ones closed, landing fields closing when planes could fly farther more safely etc, and the maps themselves are all over the place when it comes to years as you might’ve noticed. Route 32 Portland to Spokane (via Pasco) (P-S)ġ933 Portland to Spokane 137 - Portland OR to Spokane WA - 1933.02.pdf - Google Driveġ933 Columbia River Gorge 137A - The Columbia River Gorge - 1933.03.pdf - Google Drive Here’s some direct links to some actually relevant strip maps:ġ936 strip map for Salt Lake City to Boise: 135 - Salt Lake City UT to Boise ID - 1936.pdf - Google Driveġ930 one for Boise to Pasco 136 - Boise ID to Pasco WA - 1930.pdf - Google Drive It’s a lot of stuff you won’t need though but I just fancied making it. tiff files that’s a few hundred megs big. Most of them are for routes we don’t cover (yet) but I converted them all anyway because why not? I also made this very crude map with lines for each route and you can click on the line and get a link to a spreadsheet row where the PDFs are linked, also links to the actual Library of Congress map images if you fancy downloading some full sized. We would love to hear your feedback and see screenshots of your air mail runs.Īnyway, I converted hundreds of old strip maps from the Library of Congress website to PDF files. You can download the update from our flightsim.to page - Arrows Across America: fly the US Air Mail routes 1926 » Microsoft Flight SimulatorĪnd don’t forget that we also have Varney Air Lines liveries (operator of our CAM routes) for the DC Designs Stearman available at Stearman PT-17 Varney Air Mail » Microsoft Flight Simulator a 32 page illustrated manual with information about the CAM system and the air mail pilots, the different elements of the addon, suggestions of what to fly, links to the original sectional and strip maps and the 1931 weather overviews for the states we coverĪll three routes are provided as a single file so you can fly uninterrupted along the three airways airways between Salt Lake City, Portland, Seattle and Spokane.KMZ reference files for each of the routes.a CSV file for building your own flight plans.terraforming and tree felling to ensure that arrows and beacons are visible in the modern landscape.Hangars with internal parking spaces and animated, controllable doors on four of the ILFs.eleven Intermediate Landing Fields (ILFs) along the airways located, laid out and lit according to their descriptions in the official Airway Bulletins, making it possible to fly shorter sections of the CAMs (or land in an emergency).the northernmost section of CAM8 from Portland, OR to Seattle, WA, using the new models (17 beacons). the additional lighting for CAM32’s 25 mile stretch through the Columbia River Gorge, east of Portland, with beacons positioned to allow air mail pilots to fly under the low cloud and fog that frequently blankets the gorge.the CAM32 route from Portland, OR to Spokane, WA using the new models and lighting (33 beacons).our original Contract Air Mail 5 (CAM5) route from Salt Lake City, UT to Pasco, WA** but with new and improved models and lighting (59 beacons). Arrows Across America v2 update is now available
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