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Add-on for MANUAL Airport Amsterdam Developed by: Michel van de Mheen, Oscar Fernald Manual: Michel van de Mheen, Raphael Jakob Installation: Andreas Mügge Photography: Michel van de Mheen Translation: Eddie Tao Copyright: © 2013/ Aerosoft GmbH Flughafen Paderborn/Lippstadt D-33142 Bueren, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-10 Fax: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-33 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.aerosoft.de www.aerosoft.com All trademarks and brand names are trademarks or registered of their respective owners. All rights reserved. / Alle Warenzeichen und Marken- namen sind Warenzeichen oder eingetragene Warenzeichen ihrer jeweiligen Eigentümer. Alle Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrechte vorbehalten. 2 3 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 Airport Amsterdam Manual Add-on for X-Plane 10 2 3 Airport Amsterdam Content Foreword ....................................................................5 A brief history ............................................................5 The future .................................................................11 The Scenery ..............................................................12 The scenery objects .................................................14 How do I modify the appearance of the airport? ....................................14 Fokker F-100 .........................................................................................14 The Main Tower ....................................................................................15 Hangar 14 ............................................................................................16 Gate D ..................................................................................................18 Hangar 32 ............................................................................................19 Fire Training Centre ...............................................................................20 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Today .......................20 The scenery installation ..........................................22 Airport Information.................................................22 Weblinks ...................................................................23 4 5 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 Foreword Thank you for purchasing Airport Amsterdam for X-Plane. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is one of the main airports of Europe. The airport is located in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and is located approximately 15 kilometers southwest of Amsterdam. It is home to the following Dutch airlines: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Martinair, Transavia and ArkeFly. Furthermore, it is also the European hub of Delta Air Lines, and, as of April 2011, the third hub of Vueling. The airport is located a few meters below sea level and has six runways. We have devoted considerable amount of effort to create such an attractive piece of scenery for X-Plane as add-on. Be it for you to use it as a departure or destination, or just to fly or to drive around with a car. The buildings are highly detailed and almost each have unique textures. Even at night when thousands of lights are turned on many windows are lit and company names are readable. The runway is modeled with the utmost precision and represents the layout in 2012. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol will offer you hours of fun in discovering this beautiful airport. We wish you lots of fun with this purchase. A brief history Land Reclamation - Inpoldering The draining of the lake Haarlemmermeer began in 1848 and has finished in 1852. In the northeast corner of the new polder a fort has been built to defend the new polder, which was named Fort Schiphol. The fort is located within the ring of forts that formed the Defence Line of Amsterdam. 4 5 Airport Amsterdam In 1916 the Minister of Defence approved purchase of land near Fort Schiphol to establish a military airport. In August of that year the site of 16.5 hectares (0.165 square kilometers) was made suitable to serve as an airfield and there were four wooden hangars build. On Septem- ber 19 three planes of the LVA (NL: Luchtvaartafdeeling, EN: Army Aviation Group) landed at Schiphol. The field soon proved too small and during the World War I adjacent land was acquired. At the end of the World War I the area of Schiphol has increased to 76 hectares (0.76 square kilometer). The original plan presented by Jan Dellaert shows a tangential Schiphol with a central terminal building. When the World War I had ended they quickly switched to transport of mail, freight and passengers using old war planes. Mr. Albert Plesman founded the Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij voor Nederland en Koloniën N.V. (later: KLM) on October 1919. On May 17, 1920 KLM opened its first scheduled service from Amsterdam to London. 6 7 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 In 1921 the accommodation for passengers at Schiphol was improved further. The number of scheduled flights increased and larger and heavier aircraft appeared. While Schiphol lost its significance as a military airport, for civil aviation the airport became increasingly important. On April 1, 1926 Schiphol was bought by the municipality of Amsterdam. The terminal building was opened in 1928; in time for the Olympics that year in Amsterdam. And in May 1940 the terminal was destroyed by an air raid. A replica of the terminal is now located at the aviation museum Aviodrome in Lelystad. In 1935 the airport was enlarged to three times the existing area. A night landing system was installed and four asphalt concrete runways were built. During May 1940 Schiphol was bombed by the Germans. German troops occupied the airport runways and extended the runways. Schiphol was bombed several times by the Allies throughout the World War II. After World War II the flight activity at the airport increased so rapidly that it soon became clear that Schiphol was facing a lack of space. Mr. Jan Dellaert presented his plan for a tangentially Schiphol with a centrally located terminal building. In 1949 the Dutch government decided that Schiphol would remain the main Dutch airport. In that same year, the tangential system was approved by the municipality of Amsterdam. In 1961 the new design of the airport was presented to the Board of Schiphol. In 1963 the construction of the terminal building commenced. The new terminal buildings opened in April 1967. These lay to the west of the old airport. The station building was later amed Schiphol- Centrum, and is the centre of the airport. Around 1977 growth at Schiphol-Centrum was very visible. To the South of the terminal the first offices and cargo buildings were built. The terminal size was already doubled in 1975. In 1970 the A-Pier was fitted with a new head to connect to Jumbo Jets. D-Pier entered service. 6 7 Airport Amsterdam During the next 20 years Schiphol grew further. The former Schiphol area, now named Schiphol-East, became the cargo area. The D-Pier was extended and was given an additional floor. Around 1990 a new plan was drawn up for Schiphol. In the 90‘s this has resulted to a doubling of the terminal area with the construction of Terminal 3. Underneath Schiphol-Centrum a railway station was constructed. Offices and hotels were built at the Schiphol-Centrum area. The old control tower in operation until 1992. A new control tower was necessary because the air traffic controllers could not see the taxiing aircraft due to the new buildings and terminals. In 1991 the new tower was ready. With a height of 101 meter it was at that time the highest one in the world. The base of the tower is 5 meter below sea level. In 2005 the H-Pier opened for low cost airlines. To keep costs down this pier has no shops and just a few restaurants or toilets. 8 9 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 The old control tower on the left and the new control tower right. In the foreground a Fokker 70 of KLM arriving. As with any airport Schiphol has its own fire brigade. The brigade has three barracks. To drill as realistically as possible Schiphol has a “training aircraft” a full size replica aircraft where real fires internal and external can be started. During its existence Schiphol has won more than 120 awards. In 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990 and 2003 it was voted best airport in the world. It is awarded the ‘Best Airport in Europe’ in 16 consecutive years (1988-2003). There are also awards for ‘Best business travel airport’. Currently, Schiphol, together with two other airports, has earned four stars by Skytrax’ Airport Review. 8 9 Airport Amsterdam In the summer of 1986 the Concorde visited Schiphol. The KLM is one of the most famous airline companies in the world. KLM was founded on 7 October 1919 making it the oldest carrier in the world still opera- ting under its original name. KLM’s main hub is Schiphol. 10 11 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 A Boeing 747 of KLM takes off of the G pier on runway 06 - 24 to a distant destination. The future In the next few years Schiphol would like to expand its capacity to to 65 million passengers and between 600,000 and 650,000 flights per year. To be able to compete with Frankfurt and London Heathrow a seventh runway would be necessary. To achieve this goal there is a need for a new terminal on the northwest side of Schiphol-Centrum. However, this plan has been cancelled in 2009. Instead in 2010 the execution has started of a new Master Plan 2020-2025.This plan includes expansion of the piers south of the existing B-Pier, and the construction of a new departure/arrival terminal in this area. Schiphol will continue to focus on the hub function for KLM and the SkyTeam airlines, but also will continue to grow in the low-cost airline