Airstrip of Chamois (AO02) – Valle d’Aosta v1.0
This little grass airstrip didn’t exist in the sim. It is also a nice place to takeoff and move towards the north of the valley, where Matterhorn is located.
Info: I did some terraforming around the area, made the airstrip inclination as close to real life as possible and I saw many real life videos of the airport, to get an idea of how the place looks and feels like, to eventually make the scenery fairly realistic with the available default objects the SDK provides us with.
Also the surrounding area is one of the few in the valley without Bing’s satellite coverage. I tried fixing some of the ground cover textures that looked off ,the terrain on the mountain and the forests around the airstrip, so as to get a resemblance of the real topology and vegetation of the area.
Installation: Move the “nikprist-AO02” folder from the .zip and place it into your “Community” folder. Enjoy!
https://www.allflightmods.com/how-to-install-microsoft-flight-simulator-2020-mods/
For a complete experience,you can also install my other addon for an extremely detailed Matterhorn mountain. Link: https://www.allflightmods.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2020/matterhorn-mountain-switzerland-scenery/
Caution: Matterhorn add on may kill performance in some instances.
TRIVIA: Italy’s very first high-altitude airport (altiport) was built in Chamois in 1967 and is located along the path that leads to the village of Suis. Made only for ultra-light and touring aircraft, it has a grass runway going in the direction of the valley floor with a gradient of between 12% and 20%: taking off is downhill and landing is uphill. Scenic flights of the Matterhorn are available, as well as the opportunity to take flying lessons.
