With the default version of FS2002, the FS design group at Microsoft did a pretty good job at rendering Western Canada and Alaska (default), but this most likely is because several of the fellows on the FS design team are avid bush flyers and at least two FS design team members own Maules. Being as FS2002 also included a Cessna Caravan Amphibian, it was only natural that they (MSFS design team) would improve the scenery for North America. Even with these improvements, there are a number of available add-on (freeware) scenery and scenery enhancements for you to improve your experience at flying in the backwoods of either the Pacific Northwest, Canada, or Alaska!
As compared to the bush sceneries available for prior versions of Flight Simulator, the sceneries are simply getting better and better. There are very realistic buildings, boats, weathered appearing wood docks, dynamic smoke from campfires and chimineys. Combine these enhanced sceneries with the improved mesh, ground textures, auto-gen trees, and weather utilities and the experience is just wonderful.
You need look no further than the AVSIM library for all the files available to fill your wishes at improving the look and feel of flying the North American bush with your favorite bush plane or helicopter. (Two of the files that may be of interest to some of you are located at sites other than AVSIM as noted below)
In addition to North America, I have found some bush-like sceneries for locations other than North America as well, including Europe, Asia, Africa, and Antarctica.
Mesh Scenery Alaska 38m high detail mesh scenery by Eddie Denney is a must have, if flying in Alaska is your preferred flying area.
Alaska Terrain Mesh (1 of 16) ak2k21.zip Ground Textures Lennart Arvidsson has been designing new ground textures for Flight Simulator since the early days of FS2000. Of all those files, I believe that Lennart's latest mountain-snow-rock textures for FS2002 are simply some of the best I have ever seen—they are a far cry better than the default textures (FS2002), which were pretty good in my opinion. The best part of Lennart's textures are that they're freeware—wonderful work Lennart, absolutely outstanding!
Lennarts Texture Package 1 lennarts_texturer.zip
Alaska Bush Scenery There have been a large number of very good add-on bush sceneries for FS2002 and unlike earlier sceneries (FS98 & FS2000), these latest files take advantage of many of the new effects available in FS2002, like dynamic campfire smoke!
Sceneries listed by author's name:
Portage Fishing Camp portage.zip by Dale Baker Air Angel Heliport-Ketchikan airangelheliport.zip by Frank Betts Hank's Trading Post hanks.zip by Michael Carr
AVSIM Base-Alaska avsimb.zip by Naji Chehabeddine Alaska Commutor #9 akcm9.zip by Dave Erickson (a full scenery pack including enhancements at 50 Alaska airports) Alaskan Wilderness Camps camps.zip by Tom Fica Twin Lakes Cabin twinlakescabin.zip by Jim Jackson
Alaska Lighthouses aklights02.zip by Bob Langendorfer-Ed Neuhauser
Brown Beaver Lake-Alaska brnbvr.zip by Don Moser Don Moser (Alaska by Don) FS2000 files that will work with above update (abdupt1.zip). JD's Lodge jd2.zip by B. Stockwell
Amook Bay Float base amookbfb.zip by Ron Vorak Kodiak Island Airport ver 4 (PADQ) padq_r4a.zip by Dennis Waggoner (for FS2000 but appears to work quite well with FS2002).
Lake Hood AK lhood.zip by L. Woodward
Canadian Bush Scenery Blizzard Run, BC Canada blzrunv2.zip by Michael Carr Bush Flyers Unlimited B.C. Base bfubc.zip by Naji Chehabeddine British Columbia Bush Scenery bc2002.zip by Paul Jensen (requires updates listed below) Northwest Yukon Territory final version nwtsp2k2_b.zip by Bill Freeborn Peggy's Cove Lighthouse peggys_cove.zip by Bill Freeborn Lost Cove Float Base lost_cove_float_base.zip by Ron Vorak
Lower 48 Scenery Bush Airstrips of California (6 total) castrips.zip by James Belk
Mid 20th Century scenery of 2 Montana airports montana.zip by Frank Betts
Sanger Oregon sanger.zip by Michael Carr
Bush Flyers Unlimited FBO in Washington State bfu.zip by Jure Dolanec
Missoula airport and smoke jumpers center (Montana), mtff3.zip by Dave Erickson
Spotted Bear USFS airstrip spotbear.zip by Richard Goldstein
Landclass Files Pacific Northwest Landclass files pnw_landclass_remake_a.zip by Neil Hill
Landclass for Ketchikan, Alaska ketchikan_landclass.zip by Tom Murray
Alaskan Cities (41 total) akcities.zip by Joe Watson
Auto-Gen Improvements Replacement Auto-Gen Trees mstrees2.zip by Gerrish Gray
Conifer replacement Auto-Gen Trees conifers.zip by Ed Truthan
Weather If you want to add the best for providing a wide variety of cloud and weather in a almost infinite level of variations, then I highly suggest you download the FS Skyworld SE (Special Edition) set from the FSW Group:
Fs Sky World SE (File 1 of 5) fskysea.zip by Chris Willis/FSW Group Fs Sky World SE (Alternative Replacement) fskysea2.zip is an alternative installer file for those that are having problems with the orignal set.
Other 3rd Edition listing of available sceneries for the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territories sl3rdded.zip by Heather "Bad Weather" Sherman
...Africa Detailed Mesh of South Africa (File 1 of 7) samesh1.zip by Johan van Wyk ...French Alps ...Antarctica Marambio's Argentine Air Force Base-Antarctica vr015-04.zip by VisionReal Freeware Group (this is a FS2000 scenery file, but it works perfect in FS2002)
...Himalaya-Nepal Click here to return to the main Bush Flying in FS2002 page.
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