WestWind's Brown Boot Recreation Center
Texas
WestWind's Brown Boot Recreation Center
Texas
Last Updated May 13, 2007
WestWind's Brown Boot Field
Brown Boot Field (KGE1), Medina,
Texas
WestWind Airlines Vacation Resort and Meeting Center
This package contains a fictional location in the Hill Country of Texas about 25
NM east of San Antonio. It is located on Lake Medina, nestled up against a short
bluff to the east to block those cold Gulf winds in the winter and bordered on
the west by the lake itself.
Brown Boot Field (KGE1), elev. 1028 ft., located 23 NM west of San Antonio
(close enough to fly into town for dinner on the Riverwalk) and 80 NM from
Austin (close enough to catch some great live music, maybe Willie, on Sixth
Street after dinner) in the Texas Hill Country. This 50 acre plot of lakefront
property was built by the ATX board as a company vacation retreat as well as a
meeting facility for planning, paid for on the backs of the hard working pilots
of ATX.
The runway is 1280 x 80 ft and it with the taxiways and ramp are all gravel with
excellent drainage. There are three T Hangars; Garen's is the one on the right
with the tool box in it. There is also hand pumped 100LL in drums on the East
side of the ramp, but don't overfill it before you get used to this runway. To
the West is flat (the lake) and an easy approach and take off; to the East is a
short bluff and trees you must clear, so make sure you've got your slow flight
and short field take off/landing technique down pat. There is also a seaplane
ramp leading to the beach so you don't have to leave your float plane in the
water all night. Runway and taxiway is lighted at night and there is a compass
locator (short range NDB) on the field for nav, and there is a textual approach
procedure of sorts for those who insist on flying in that crappy weather. There
is a helipad to the west of the ramp.
There are suites for staff and pilots (families welcome when we're not using it
for meetings) north of the hangars; staff suites is the building closest to the
water. Also to the North and West is a livestock barn with horses for riding and
milk cows for fresh milk and cheese, made in the kitchen on the South side of
the runway. I'm sure we also have chickens for fresh eggs but I don't have a
chicken macro. Near the barn and livestock pens is the BBQ area with a pit,
picnic tables, and volley ball courts and horseshoe pits. And nearby is a
camping area for the kids with pup tents and a campfire that lights up after
dusk. Also on the South side of the runway is the conference rooms (that
converts to a small bar with a juke box at night) and a warehouse for storage.
Now don't shoot the deer outside the cabins; they are 'pet' deer and stay local,
so we just gaze at them. Plenty of hunting just a few miles to the North. Take
one of the Land Rovers or Lincoln Navigators we keep there to get out to the
deer pasture; there's a map to it inside the conference building entrance on the
bulletin board along with the code to the gate lock and a choice of a .240
Magnum Weatherby or a .270 Remington, both with 10x scopes, or a couple of open
sight Winchester Model 66 Centennial Gold Plated Edition rifles for those who
like to get close, and a selection of Bear bows and arrow equipment for the
Sharp Stick hunters, when in season. Be sure to take one of the .44 revolvers
and holster in case you run into a bunch of Javlina; what to do with the pistol
will become very obvious after first seeking high ground, usually a tree. There
are also several 12 gauge shotguns for dove, quail, and varmit hunting in the
gun locker of the storage shed and also use the deer pastures for this hunting.
If you look in the back of the gun rack you'll find two .22 cal bolt action
rifles and two 4-10 shotguns for the kids to use. Our insurance does require
they have a Texas Hunting Licence, which means they have attended a hunter
safety course.
If you want to go fishing, grab one of the power boats at either dock; there is
fishing equipment in the storage building and a worm bed behind the storage
building; you'll see it, grab the spade and a small bucket and pick as many as
you need. The approach end of Rwy 11 has a nice beach for swimming and canoes
are also available; watch out for those old pilings; they have rusty nails in
them. If sailing is your passion then get the sails and other gear out of the
warehouse and have fun. Do watch out for landing aircraft, wheeled and float.
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the folder to download the installer.
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Installation:
The installer will correctly identify FS9 and place the files in the correct
paths. Then go into FS9, from the main menu select SETTINGS, then SCENERY
LIBRARY, then ADD. Browse to the Brown Boot Field folder and load it, then exit
FS9 for the scenery to be visible.
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The scenery is located under the FS9 directory Scenery/Brown Boot Field/ folder. Full readme is also included.
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