Lighthouses for AK by RTMM

UPDATE LOG - Updates below are "latest" at the top:


Lighthouses for AK by JDL - V1.6 ============================================================

.....Cape Decision - no changes made, this is part of our Tongas Fjords Docks TF01 (Primarily a fictional layout).

.....Cape Hutchenbrook - no changes made, this already has a customized lighthouse object.

.....Cape Sarichef - Latest update from Lighthouse Friends, this now is only a skeleton tower placed upon the concrete remains of the torn-down lighthouse. With no pictures available, I used the "Holland Rock" lighthouse object for this location. All other buildings have also been torn down. The geographical area (Google Earth) is tree-free, a grassy, barren place. The updated RTMM location now depicts this.

.....Cape Spencer - No Changes - done earlier, this has the original lighthouse object and structures

.....Cape St Elias - No changes - this has an original lighthouse object and "Pinnacle Rock" is depicted as seen at the actual location.

.....Eldred Rock - New Lighthouse object created. Changed out buildings to the RTMM red/white buildings, put green lights onto the helipad. Adjusted the lighting.

.....Fairway Island - No Changes Made - this is only a modern light, the old lighthouse has been torn down.

.....Five Finger Light (TF05) - Major changes. A new lighthouse object created, rocks on shoreline replaced (some were missing textures).

.....Guard Island - No Changes Made - lighthouse previously rebuilt

.....Lincoln Rock - Was located on the wrong island. Fixed the location and totally redid the scenery. Added a new "ruins" structure that the tower was built upon. Added a new red/white diamond sign for the navigation tower.

.....Mary Island - Redid the whole location. New lighthouse object. Matched terrain with the surrounding terrain.

.....Minor Light - (Also known as Odiak Light of Cordova, AK). New lighthouse object created. This lighthouse is privately owned by the Rose Lodge (just behind it). It is only about 20 feet tall.

.....Point Retreat - New Lighthouse Object created. Changed out all of the "saba" buildings for RTMM Red/White ones. Changed out wooden helipad for grounded helipad with circle. Redid the vegetation for the point.

.....Point Sherman - No changes made. This is a simple flasher/buoy that replaced the original lighthouse.

.....Scotch Cap -  A tsunami wiped out the original lighthouse. The 1950s replacement was taken down and replaced with a "skeleton tower flashing light" in the 1970s. We moved the Skeleton Tower to higher ground, put in a helipad and dock, and connected these to the tower with a path. There is a large building above the tower, we do not know what it is. It shows up in Google Earth, so we left it in.

.....Sentinal Island -  No Changes Made - a new lighthouse object was already created for this location.

.....Tree Point - Redone from Scratch. Using Mousa Rocks as a foundation. New Lighthouse Object and a new helipad object.

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03.03.2023RTMM Lighthouses for AK - V1.5

.....Mary Island Lighthouse MALH ... moved trees and windsock away from the helipad for better access.

.....Tree Point Lighthouse (TPLH) ... fixed "bumps" at the shoreline .. moved the windsock away from the helipad

.....Guard Island Lighthouse GUAR - Made (SketchUp) a new lighthouse that better depicted the real one and added it to the location. New helicopter parking is placed on the hill near the lighthouse, circular dirt helipad was created, it has green helipad light in a cross pattern for night ops. (A good place to practice flying from the lower pad to the upper one and back). Added a new wooden helipad on the lower shoreline, that is Gate H1.

.....Point Retreat LH ... added red/green lighted buoys onto the dock area. Changed out the concrete helipad for the new wooden helipad. Lighted it with 50w green lights.

.....Sentinel Island Lighthouse - Added new Heli Logo (yellow) to the landing area. Made a new lighthouse object for Sentinal Island, lighted windows.

.....Eldrid Rock Light Station - Removed snow from helipad all else ok

.....Cape Sarichef Lighthouse - moved trees away from the lighthouse. Added "no snow" to the helipad. Added green landing lights to the helipad.

.....Scotch Cap Lighthouse - fixed helicopter pad, now a ground apron with a yellow H logo, put in a wooden dock for SPB use. Lighted helipad with green lights. No snow on heli logo. Moved windsock toward the shore between the dock and the helipad.

.....Cape Hitchenbrook Lighthouse - added wooden helipad with no snow, added beacon for the top of the lighthouse, created lighthouse object for Cape Hitchenbrook, redid terrain polygon (raised it).

.....Cape Spencer Lighthouse - Was totally re-done from the ground up. The terrain from Asobo was a low vegetative-laden island ... it is actually a rather terrifying rocky cliff-like structure just off the coast from Icy Point. It was a very dangerous shipping area. I made a new Lighthouse Object that matches the original lighthouse and an outbuilding house was also created to match the location. There are wood plank walkways from the upper area to the helipad and down to the "lift" area. there is an old crane there that pulled the materials up 150 feet to the top so the 1923 lighthouse could be built. I added a tiny dock below the crane for the SPB pilots among us.

.....Cape St. Elias Lighthouse - Created and added the Lighthouse Object that is like the real one. Changed texture at Pinnacle Rock to mud/sand. Added beacon to the lighthouse (green/white). Redid helipad, added green lights for nighttime and yellow H logo instead of a commercial pad. A new white/red 11x22 building was added. This object is fully decorated inside, ready for you to move in!

.....Fairway Island Light ... there is no lighthouse, only a simple light (now with a beacon). Added a rudimentary helipad and a wooden dock for Sea Planes. The island was about 300 feet in altitude, it is actually at sea level. I flattened it to what it should be. Added a small fishing boat (lighted) at the pier.

.....Lincoln Rock Light ... this is only a light tower with a beacon. I added a place for a helicopter to land on the nearby shoreline.

11.19.22    All airports now located at the lighthouse for SmartCam

07.25.22    Mary Island Lighthouse, sunken pier raised . V is 1.10


12.06.21 	Lighthouses for AK by RTMM is now V1.00 on the Scenery Page, ready for download.

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Below are the Historical Updates made during Lighthouses for AK by RTMM 

11.30.21 
	b1.01a- Cape Decision - TF01
		This one is skipped, it is already in our scenery data as TF01, Cape Decision Lighthouse

	b1.02a - Cape Hichinbrook - CHLI
		Finished, has helipad and unstructured dock.

	b1.03a - Cape Sarichef - CSLH
		There is a PACS Sarichef Airport nearby with a 3600 foot runway. I fixed that up for wheel-based 			aircraft. The lighthouse has a helipad and a small structured dock.

12.01.21
	b1.04a - Cape Spencer - CPSL
		Added Cape Spencer, a lot of terraforming done on this one.
	
	b1.05a - Cape St Elias - CPEL
		Added St Elias, an easy one. This one I also had to build Pinnacle Rock, an icon for the area.
	
	b1.05b - Fixed flashing light at Cape Sarichef ... now works white/green
		
12.02.21
	b1.06a - Eldred Rock - ERLS
		Added Eldred Rock

	b1.07a - Fairway Island - FILH
		Added Fairway Island. A helipad, no structured dock. This is a "minor light", automated flasher.

	b1.08a - Five Finger Light - TF05
		This one is skipped, it is already in our scenery data as TF05 Five Finger Light.

	b1.09a - Guard island - GUAR
		Added Guard Island

	b1.10a - Lightship Umatilla - V196
		Skipped it ... no lightship object available

	b1.11a - Lincoln Rock - LRLH
		Added Lincoln Rock Light, but no helipad, no structured dock
12.03.21
	
	b1.11b - Lincoln Rock - LRLH
		Scenery was placed at the wrong location, redone in the correct location.
	
	b1.12a -Mary Island - MALH
		Added Mary Island Lighthouse
12.04.21

	b1.13a - Minor Light - ODIA
		Added Minor Light of Alaska. Object-wise, not our best, but the best we could do with 
		what we have. Perhaps later we can replace objects.

	b1.14a - Point Sherman - PTSH
		A simple buoy is all that remains, the original was torn down some time ago.

	b1.15a - Point Retreat - PTRL
		Added Point Sherman

	b1.16b - Scotch Cap - SIL3
		Added Scotch Cap (had problem with the flasher, fixed it)
12.05.21

	b1.17a - Sentinel Island - SIL2
		Added Sentinel Island

	b1.18a - Tree Point - TPLH
		Added Tree Point Lighthouse
	







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Notes for creating group - to be deleted when group is finished:


NOTAMS"
03. Lightship Umatilla WLV-196 LH is actually a sun ship with a light on each end. (very neat actually). This is right in Ketchikan Harbour just north of PAKT airport.

06. Cape Decision Lighthouse: This one is located at Location TF01 (TF Dock). You already have a LH there at TF01.. so not sure what to do here.. add an ICAO for this LH location as part of the LH package? (I did build one) or leave it as TF01.

07. Five Finger Islands Lighthouse: This one is right in the vicinity of TF05 Dock- You already have a LH there at TF05.. so again not sure what to do here.. add an ICAO for this LH location or leave it as TF05.

If left as TF01 and TF05 we would need some cross reference between the TF Package to the LH package to indicate that there is Alaska LH at TF01 as well as TF05. (But most don't read all the content). (If you set up separate ICAO's in the scenery for Cape Decision Lighthouse at TF01 and for the Five Finger Islands Lighthouse at TF05- I guess would have to watch for any conflicts between the LH pieces vs the TF Dock scenery pieces.



OBJECTS

rtmm_RoteerSand-light House   -  Red White
rtmm_cape-elizabeth-light - black and white
rtmm_brandywine  - red/white
rtmm-LightHseReplace000 - Small white/brown
Out_Skerries_Lighthouse - large white with gray
Alkatraz_Lighthouse - steel frame 
FRA_POI_La_Caravelle - small stocky/square reddish
Pointeaux Canons - red white with stationary beacon
Cordouan Lighthouse - large, white
CapeBrettLightouse (sp ok) - small gray/white
RTMM_Light Marker Red Generic (the red/white buoy you can enlarge)
RTMM Tower1 - can be placed inside a WU object.
Ogdon Point - small squarish R/W RTMM lighthouse
Dallas Control Tower - all white
RotatingBeacon_Tower - tall but sunk will work all white
Paro_Tower - all white
Cape Elizabeth (RTMM) - black and white
Stackable round cylinder - boarding ramp white 4