       Preface:

This is a pre-release version of my  “China-Burma-India 1941-45 WWII airfields” scenery. It attempts to duplicate most, 
if not all, of the Allied airfields in that region, particularly the USAAF "Hump" and 14th AF China operations.

It is for FS9/FSGW3 only. 

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       Installation:

The download consists of 3 files,  "CBI East.zip", "CBI West.zip" and this file.

1. Extract each Zip to a temporary folder. In these you will find two folders  "CBI East"  and  "CBI West". 
   Each of which has three subfolders  "docs",  "scenery"  and  "texture".
  "CBI West" contains the Indian and Burmese fields. "CBI East" contains the Chinese airfields and some others. 
   Each "docs" folder contains a text listing of the included airfield data for that area.

2. Should you have a copy of my old "CBI" scenery, deactivate it in FS Scenery Library and then delete its "Addon Scenery" folder.

3. Copy the "CBI East" and "CBI West" folders into your "Addon scenery" folder(s).

4. Activate both sceneries in the "Scenery Library" as usual.

5. Run FsNavdb to update these airfields and Ndb's into FsNav's database.


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 	Comments:

USAAF pilots flew recommended headings to the destination Homer (Ndb), maintained recommended MEA's when able, were provided with the approximate distance and did their own drift Corrections.
CNAC crews flew point-to-point independently. RAF aircraft carried Navigators, as did USAAF B-24's and B-29's. Weather was a constant problem, due to unpredictable extreme turbelence, heavy icing 
and fierce winds. The terrain is unforgiving. Early Japanese occupation of Myitkyina airfield forced routes North even further into the Himalayan hinterland.

Radio Navigation was solely Ndb until later in the War when Radio Ranges and some ATC and DF assistance became available.  Being mainly LF it was also much hampered by the high static levels.
Tower VHF eventually appeared to alleviate some of this. All facilities were initially minimal and only mushroomed with large-scale USAAF involvement. 

The Chengtu area Radio Ranges – serving the B-29 fields “Hsinching A-1” and “Kwanghan A-3”, plus the one at “Jorhat” are not currently operational. 
Fs9 shows the Ndb's in Map view but not the airfields themselves. No ATC is available.

Scenery accuracy varies with the availability of data. The majority of the "Hump" airfields are accurate in placement and runway orientation, as are the NDB Callsigns and Frequencies. 
The Chinese fields East of a line Chungking to LoPing slightly less so. Airfield layout detailing is restricted to the few for which I do have diagrams or overheads on. 
The buildings are only representative and to provide some depth perception during an approach. Many old airfield traces are, surprisingly, still visible in Google Earth. 

For any problems, error reports, or questions, I can be contacted by email as shown below. 

Tom Easterday's feedback and efforts in checking many of these fields is really greatly appreciated...the errors however are all my own work...


Alex D Nicolson
gpvl@shaw.ca

2008/04/19





