Welcome to Takhin River Airstrip!
This airstrip is an old half abandoned and partially overgrown airstrip on the right bank of the Takhin River in the Takhinsha Mountains.
Half way between Haines and the Tsirku Glacier, it presumably once served as entry and drop off point for hunters, researchers and others who needed to access the wilderness.
It has seen some recent interest and activity by some local bush pilots and hunters and has been cleared of the worst, however, this is a non-maintained and rarely used airstrip, so be cautious.
This is a real place: 59.254334, -135.998106
NOTAMS:
Runway extremely narrow. Possible debris on runway. Obstacles close to runway hidden in high grass. No windsock available. Recommended landing to the SE
Takhin River Airstrip
Altitude: 450 feet
Runway: 700 feet NW/SE
Surface: Soil/Grass/Gravel
No windsock
No service
No maintenance
This airstrip is much more of a challenge than it looks at first.
Only 700 feet of extremely narrow runway, which for the most past merely consists of tracks by other aircraft, to get you down and out.
In the tall grass and shrubs directly adjacent to the runway you'll find logs and other debris.
Depending on your aircraft, the obstacle, your speed and direction you will crash your aircraft hitting them
Keep in the tracks at all costs.
Let me know if the challenge is right or needs adjustment.
You need the Bush & Backcountry Libary for this scenery to work: https://flightsim.to/file/43061/bush-backcountry-library
Compatible with Orbx Alaska Mesh
Not-compatible with Bijan's Season Mod
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Enjoy!
Captain Moonlight from Warstein in Germany
4 months ago
CaptainMoonlight
I'm getting trees and vegetation that aren't in your pictures on several of your airstrips. I enjoy a difficult takeoff and landing, but these trees make it impossible. I'm not talking about the obstacles on or near the runway that you intentionally put there (I like those). I'm talking about the AI generated trees with collision mesh. Since they aren't in your pictures, I assume you don't want them there.
10 months ago
Have you any tree, vegetation or season mods installed? That's the most likely culprit of diverging vegetation placement/vegetation overrides in my experience.
10 months ago
Wookie042
ChalkYeager
Great scenery, but don't you think some of logs laying around are too close to runway? Here and on 4AA3 as well
1 years ago
Thanks for the review!
Regarding the logs: In the end it's a matter of taste. I'm in the camp that prefers consequences if you do things wrong e.g. hitting a log at an unmaintained landing site, so I put this challenge in. Nonetheless, I will write it down and check it when it's time to revise the sceneries.
1 years ago
Wookie042
Wojciu
Update on the issue some people experience:
It seems that for SU10 there may be an addon/mod that messes with the tree/vegetation placement, however, that specific addon/mod has not been identified yet.
It also seems that SU11 Beta may pose a problem with tree/vegetation placement for another user. I will have a look at the scenery once SU11 drops in two days.
So give it a go, most people seem to not have any problems at all 😊
1 years ago
Wookie042
I am seeing the same issue. Not an open area as in your screenshots. Lots of trees with no mods that alter anything except the ORBX Alaska mesh and your bush and backcountry library.
1 years ago
Do you by any chance run SU11 beta? I've got some screenshots from 55tom55 and there are much more trees and vegetation than on my copy of the sim. That's gonna be interesting to try to fix something I don't see.
1 years ago
Wookie042
dvj
Please can you stop to mark your screenshots with the title in the middle of the shot? I want to see what I am going to download.I want to get a feeling for the scenery, but that's not possible with your title on top of the scenery.Thank you for all your efforts with your sceneries and libraries.
Scott
1 years ago
I will think about something. The reason I do it is because I've found my sceneries on anothere website ripping flightsim.to sceneries, claiming them as their work, cropping out any overlays, logos etc. which have been put at the screenshot edge or corner. Thanks for the feedback!
1 years ago
Wookie042
Scotty
Thanks for another enjoyable bush strip in beautiful SE Alaska. I did manage a successful takeoff and landing in my Monster Cub. (kind of) The SE approach seems more overgrown than your preview pics show. Perhaps you could lower that clump of trees next to the creek just a bit?
1 years ago
Could you upload a screenshot of the tree group to this scenery's user gallery or send it to me via PM. I'm not sure if I know which one you mean and if we see the same trees. Just to be sure: are you using any mods that alter the vegetation, trees, water or the area in general?
1 years ago
Wookie042
55tom55