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Fix a broken X-Plane link
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=== Airport layout === | === Airport layout === | ||
The very first step before creating a new airport layout is to check if the airport already exists in the airport database | The very first step before creating a new airport layout is to check if the airport already exists in the airport database in the [https://gateway.x-plane.com/airports/page X-Plane Airports Database]. If we find our airport there, we can improve it, if not, we start a new layout. This is all done in [[WorldEditor]]. | ||
If we find our airport there, we can improve it, if not, we start a new layout. This is all done in [[WorldEditor]]. | |||
So if we have done the airport in WED, we save it as "ICAO.dat" (replacing ICAO with the ICAO code of your airport). That's the X-Plane fileformat, which is used by FlightGear too. | So if we have done the airport in WED, we save it as "ICAO.dat" (replacing ICAO with the ICAO code of your airport). That's the X-Plane fileformat, which is used by FlightGear too. | ||