The Islands of Malta
Developed by: Simwings/Cornel Grigoriu
Guest designer: Rainer Duda (landclass and the corrected
coastline of the islands)
Manual: Cornel Grigoriu /Annika Grigoriu
Installation: Andreas Muegge
Beta testers: Rainer Duda
Mala Alnestrand
Copyright: 2006 / Aerosoft GmbH
Flughafen Paderborn/Lippstadt
D-33142 Büren, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-10
Fax: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-33
E-Mail: info@aerosoft.de
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The Islands
of Malta
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Add-on for:
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................. 5
System requirements ................................................................5
Recommended configuration ..................................................
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Installation ................................................................................6
Removing Islands of Malta ......................................................7
Selection of Airports ................................................................7
Performance .................................................................. 8
Extra Features ...........................................................................8
Navaids ......................................................................................9
Malta ............................................................................ 10
Facts about the Islands of Malta .....................................10
Some history ..................................................................11
Facts about the airport – Malta international Airport ......
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Introduction
Thank you for buying the scenery Islands of Malta for FS2004. The Islands
have been visited to ensure the most realistic reproduction as possible.
When visiting Malta for the first time in November 2005 despite some
rain, I came to the conclusion that these islands were so beautiful that I
wanted more people to able to discover them. Even if it is only virtually,
start you visit here and maybe it will lead to a real visit to Malta.
The islands are very small and we had to make a decision on what to
concentrate on. What did we want to show in this scenery? Of course it
was neccessary to have the city of Valetta and the Airport. Another must
was the Heliport of Gozo, the citadell of Victoria and Mdina with the
Roman villa. These in combination with some other landmarks was what we
saw as an important representation of the islands.
I also want to dedicate this scenery to the Maltese people and their
wonderfull islands.
Happy Landings on Malta.
Cornel Grigoriu
System requirements
In order to run Islands of Malta without any problems your system will
have to meet the following minimum requirements:
Minimum:
Pentium 1.5 Ghz or faster
138 MB free space on your hard disk
256 MB RAM
CD-ROM drive
3D video card with at least 64 MB
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.
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Recommended configuration
Pentium4 2.2 GHZ
512 MB RAM
3D Videocard with 128 MB
Contact Support
Aerosoft forums: http://forum.aerosoft-shop.com
Installation
When using Windows 98/ME, NT4.0/2000 or Windows XP, the setup
routine for Islands of Malta will start automatically.
After you have chosen your prefered installation language, the welcome
screen appears and you will be presented with some important information.
The installation of this product includes an online check to see if the serial
number you insert is correct. For this check a short internet connection
will be made.
For the registration we need this data:
Your E-Mail-Adress from the Aerosoft Download-Shop Account
Your Passwort from the Aerosoft Download-Shop Account
The serial number of the product
in case of a third or fourth installation, you will also be asked to give the
last 4 digits of the credit card number used to order this product.
For more information on this online process read the FAQ section at the
Aerosoft Online shop (http://aerosoft-shop.com/) where you bought this
product.
The installation program will attempt to locate the correct path of
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. If this path cannot be successfully
located, or you wish to install to another location, then you will have to
enter the correct path to your installation of the flight simulator manually.
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In order to do this, click on “Browse“ and navigate to the correct path.
Now it is time to select the grass textures. Please choose defauft grass
texture or green grass texture.
Before the installation program starts to copy the files onto your hard
disc, you will be presented with the all installation details.
The installation programme will now copy all of the Islands of Malta files
onto your hard disc and subsequently register the scenery in the scenery
library. A backup copy of the original Scenery.cfg will also be made (Scenery_
CFG_Before_Islands of Malta_was_installed.cfg).
Removing Islands of Malta
Islands of Malta can be removed at any time if you have one of the
following operating systems - Windows 98/ME or NT 4.0/2000 or XP.
In order now to fully remove Islands of Malta click on the “Start” Button
on the Windows task bar, choose “Settings” and then “Control Panel”.
Here you will see an icon named “Software”. Double click on this icon to
open it and you will see a list of all installed programmes. Locate
“aerosoft’s - Islands of Malta - FS2004”, click once with the left mouse
button and then click on the “add-remove” button. The deinstallation
program will now begin to remove the Islands of Malta files from you
hard disc. Entries in the FS scenery library will also be removed.
Selection of Airports
If you want to start a flight directly from one of the airports, just fill in the
4-Letter-Code under Select Airport:
Malta LMML
Heliport of Gozo GZO
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Performance
To achieve a framerate as high as possible within Microsoft Flight Simulator
2004, please note the following: Your maximum visibility should be 10-20
miles (see weather settings). This accelerates the framerate and it is more
realistic.
If the framerate is still too low, you can also switch off the ground
scenery cast shadows in the settings display. You can even turn down the
scenery complexity from dense to normal and to very sparse to accelerate
the simulator some more. This may result in some scenery elements not
appearing on the screen.
The reason it has been done is because most PC systems will be able to
achieve an optimum speed. I do recommend you to use this function. If
you upgrade to a faster processor you can change the scenery complexity
accordingly. We recomend to have the autogen setting to Normal since it
in our opinion looks moore natural on these islands and offcourse allso it
will help with the performace.
The AI traffic is recomended with a settings to betwin 0-50%.
Extra Features
Opening Hangardoors: When approaching the two of the active hangardoors use NAV 2.
Lufthansa Technic NAV2 112.00 Airmalta hangar NAV2 111.00 (see pictures).
Lufthansa Technic Airmalta Hangar
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When using the chopper you can land on two pads. The first one is in
Valettea and the second one is on Gozo at the citadell (see pictures).
Navaids
LMML (ICAO)
VOR (MLA) 110.50
NDB (MLT) 395.0
NDB (LQA) 416.0
ILS 32 (LM) 110.50
ILS 14 (LQ) 109.70
Gozo
Heliport (GZO)
VOR (GZO) 115.70
NDB (MLT) 320.0
You can find some situation files under Aerosoft flight files!
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Malta
Facts about the Islands of Malta
The Maltese Islands are situated in the centre of the Mediterranean – 93
km south of Italy and 290 km north of North Africa and consist of seven
Islands, of which only Malta and Gozo are inhabited. Comino lies
between its two inhabited neighbours, has a four-star hotel and some
agricultural activities, including a pig breeding farm.
The minor islands, such as Cominett and St. Paul’s Islands, are mainly of
recreational interest although Filfla is a natural reserve and Manoel Island,
which lies next to the Valetta harbour has a yacht marina.
The official language is Maltese. The language has Semitic origins and
Romance influences, while the English language stands as the second
official language. The climate is typically Mediterranean. The religion is
predominantly Roman Catholic. The population is 380.000 inhabitants.
The main-island is called Malta. Valletta is the capital of Malta. It was built
by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem after the great siege of 1565. It is
27 kms long and 14,5 kms wide.
This ancient city Mdina/Rabat, the first capital of Malta,” The Silent City”,
stands on elevated ground in the western region of Malta.
Gozo, the second largest island of the Maltese Archipelago is also
commonly called The Island of Calypso, in Maltese is called Ghawdex
(pronounced: „Awdesh“).
Gozo lies about 5 km in the North West of Malta and is 14 km long and
7 km wide. The islands main attraction is “the Citadel” in the capital
Victoria. The population of Gozo stands at about 28,000.
The Heliport on Gozo, Helicopteros del Sureste S.A., is a spanish company
on Gozo. From here you can enjoy the Maltese Islands from a helicopter´s
perspective.
The third island is Comino which is very small. It is the perfect hideaway.
Romantically named after the cumin herb once grown here. The Island’s
main attraction is the Blue Lagoon.
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One of the constant factors in human occupation of Malta is the scarcity
of fresh water. Malta lacks a river and, until recently, it obtained its
drinking water from storing winter rainfalls in cisterns. Rooftop cisterns
are still common on the islands today, although Malta now has a modern
de-salinization plant.
Some history
The oldest megaliths in the world are located on the islands of Malta and
Gozo.
The first settlers arrived on Malta and Gozo around 5000 B.C.E. from Sicily.
Throughout the years the islands have been vastly influenced by the
cultures of the Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans,
Swabians, Spanish, the Knights of St. John, the French and the British,
who all left their mark on the general characteristics of the population.
The Knights of the Order of St. John governed Malta between (1530-
1798). The work of the Knights had made Valletta‘s Grand Harbour one
of the most extensively fortified ports in Europe. The island‘s central
location in the Mediterranean made it an essential naval base for both sail
and steam ships.
Malta was British between 1814-1964. During World War II, Malta was
the target of German and Italian bomb raids. The island endured the
heaviest conventional bombardment of the entire war. To honor the valor
of the Maltese people, King George VI awarded the George Cross to the
„Island Fortress of Malta“ in 1942. The cross today appears on the
Maltese flag.
In these times Malta is a parliamentary democracy. Malta voted to join
the European Union in 2003.
The currency is Maltese Lira (ML).
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Facts about the airport – Malta international Airport
Malta International Airport is situated 10 kilometres from the capital
Valletta. The closest town is Luqa.
Malta International Airport has been open for commercial traffic for over
50 years. The present air terminal building was constructed during the
period 1989/91 and was officially opened on the 7th February 1992.
Malta International airport was registered as a company on the 16th May
1991 and before 1992 these activities had been undertaken by the
Government‘s Air Terminal.
In 2005, the airport handled 2.78 million passengers and 29,160 aircraft
movements. Tourism remains the most significant factor.
The first civil airfield was constructed at Ta’ Qali, followed by others at Hal
Far and Luqa. During the Second World War, the airfields at Ta’ Qali and
Hal Far were severely battered and civil operations centred on Luqa
airport.
The foundation stone of the present air terminal was laid in September
1989 and inaugurated in record time 29 months later in February 1992.
Malta International Airport became fully operational on March 25, 1992,
effectively closing down the old Luqa airport after 35 years.
Sources: maltairport.com, malta.com, malta.biz, maltaculture.com
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