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CLEAR LAKE, CALIFORNIA
About 70 miles north of San Francisco, on the southern edge of
the Mendocino National Forest, is Clear Lake, California. Like many
lakes along the Pacific Coast, this one was created many million years
ago by a volcano and is all that remains of the crater. In fact, the
lake today is warmed by a submarine hot spring. Unfortunately, that
often leads to high algae levels, which make the lake anything but
clear. Nonetheless, this is a beautiful resort area, and the algae
feed a bountiful fish population which produces record breaking prize
catches every year.
CLEARLAK.SC1 depicts the Clear Lake area, surrounded by mountains
and ridges which closely approximate the actual terrain of the locale.
The lake, itself, has been "repainted" and a number of towns and real
life airfields and navaids added. In addition, in an area north of
the lake called High Valley, a fantasy getaway area with a grass strip
has been created.
CESCLAKE.MOD sets you on the veranda of the Knocti Resort, on the
shore of the Southeast arm of the lake, looking at your Cessna 182
Floatplane tied up at the Knocti Marina. Start the engine, let it
warm up and take a tour of the lake.
182HIVAL.MOD starts with you on the ramp of the fantasy airstrip
at High Valley. Flying out of this valley can be challenging. In
real life this probably would be classified as a "one way" airfield,
meaning it should be approached from the east and departed from to the
east, regardless of wind. In FSLand you can to make it in or out in
either direction, but landing from the west is a challenge. Taking
off to the west is easy if you don't stall and spin due to losing your
orientation.
Remember, when flying in valleys you may not be able to see the
real horizon or pick up other visual clues to roll and pitch. And, in
FS you do not have the audible or seat of the pants clues available to
a real world pilot. Getting into unusual attitudes as a result of
contact flying in such areas can be a real hazard. In this FS area,
unlike the real world, altitude is not a factor, since the FS surface
is under 150 feet. The lake level in real life is 1,326 feet MSL, and
mountain peaks are as high as 4,800 feet.
In addition to the High Valley strip (it has an NDB on 002),
Lampson Field at Lakeport with its NDB (217) and Ukiah Municipal with
all its navaids have been added. Ukiah, which has published IAPs, has
an ILS (109.1) to runway 15 with an NDB (371) at the outer marker. By
the way, the VOR on 112.3 is Mendocino (ENI), not Ukiah as identified
on FS charts.
Enjoy flying in this beautiful and unusual area.
Ken Fugate
70012,476