Supercar Area 51 Challenge Shane Pickering 12-May-2000 _____________________________________________________________________ Nearest airport to Black Rock Lab is Soldier Meadow NR2(NV05) located 9.27 miles from Black Rock on a heading of 236* to 306*. Black Rock Lab is on a return heading of 115*-124* from Soldier Meadow NR2 (NV05). In IFR conditions, climb to 8,000 ft to avoid terrain collision. To fly to Area 51 etc from Black Rock: Download and install the required "Nevada Test Range" scenery (filename: "nts2000.zip" by Michael Alvarado michaelj@tyler.net - Copyright 2000) from www.flightsim.com if you want most of the "secret" airports to be visible. Otherwise, these will show up as salt lakes in the standard FS2000 scenery. This scenery includes the famous Area 51 "secret" base, (not to mention some interesting dynamic scenery such as a couple of patrolling A10's and a Blackbird parked in the "big Hangar" at Area 51), which the US government has denied its existence for some time. The base is site for testing of classified/secret U.S. stealth aircraft, and also has attracted a cult of UFO enthusiasts which believe the U.S. recovered a UFO at Roswell in the '40's and is being reverse engineered at this and the nearby "S4"site. The package includes other detailed scenery of the Nellis Air Force Range and Nuclear Testing site, the largest government owned piece of real estate, roughly the size of Connecticut. This area is of great historical importance in both aircraft and weapons development. It is both real and currently very active. Whether UFO's exist there or not, that's another story. For "real" information on these infamous bases, various text, maps and photographic information can be obtained from www.artbell.com and associated links. Area 51: N37 16.74 W115 49.94 via Black Rock-NV05-NV01-Area 51 S4: N37 24.03 W115 54.18 via Black Rock-NV05-NV01-Area S4 (no additional FS2000 scenery included for S4) First, fly to Soldier Meadow from Black Rock Lab on a heading of 306*. Once you are directly over the airport, switch to hover mode and reset autopilot or land and create a Flightplan FROM Soldier Meadow NR2 (NV05) TO Civa (NV01), the nearest airport to Area 51. Distance is approximately 242 nm. Fly at least 12,000 ft altitiude to avoid collision with mountain terrain, on a heading of 120*. Once over Civa (NV01), either land or hover, and reset course to 185*. Area 51 lies approx 46.8 mls from Civa NV01. Fly at an altitude of 9-10,000 ft. Alternatively, set a course from Civa NV01 toward L74 which will carry you virtually straight over Area 51 enroute. Papoose S4 is easily visible from Area 51 at this altitude, although only as a salt lake, and lies on a heading of 195* and 39.2 nm from Civa NV01. Alternatively, fly to S4 then turn to 129* to head for Area 51. OTHER TOP SECRET BASE LOCATIONS AIRPORT FACILITY LISTING Provided by David Pinero (who also provides similar Area 51 scenery for FS98 at flightsim.com) dpinero@prodigy.net http://pages.prodigy.net/dpinero Area 19, Nevada - Area 19 ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 4412.99' N37Á 16.1' W115Á 58.7' Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 4 8000' x 149' dirt 22 8000' x 149' dirt 110.00 (cat) Area 51, Nevada - Area 51 ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 4412.99' N37Á 14.6' W115Á 49.7' 127.10 Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 14R 26895' x 177' concrete 111.70 (bat) 32L 26895' x 177' concrete 108.00 (fox) 14L 13141' x 215' concrete 32R 13141' x 215' concrete Area 51, Nevada - Target Airstrip ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 4412.99' N37Á 17.4' W115Á 46.4' Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 11 4241' x 168' asphalt 29 4241' x 168' asphalt 17 2983' x 145' asphalt 35 2983' x 145' asphalt 12 3113' x 120' dirt 30 3113' x 120' dirt Base Camp, Nevada - Base Camp ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS AEC 5514.99' N38Á 18.7' W116Á 17.6' 136.95 Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 3 7284' x 129' asphalt 21 7284' x 129' asphalt Groom Ranch, Nevada - Groom Ranch ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 4412.73' N37Á 24.3' W115Á 32.3' Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 11 6429' x 149' concrete 29 6429' x 149' concrete Halligan Mesa, Nevada - Halligan Mesa helipad ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 5514.99' N38Á 27.2' W116Á 12.2' Korean Airfield, Nevada - Korean Mock Airfield ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 4439.99' N37Á 32.1' W116Á 47.1' Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 7 8893' x 120' concrete 25 8893' x 120' concrete Mercury, Nevada - Desert Rock ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS DRA 3144.00' N36Á 37.6' W116Á 01.8' 122.80 Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 20 7514' x 100' concrete 2 7514' x 100' concrete Mesa, Nevada - Mesa Helipad ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 5069.16' N37Á 31.1' W115Á 40.9' Pahute Mesa, Nevada - Pahute Mesa ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS L23 4412.99' N37Á 06.2' W116Á 18.8' Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 18 5800' x 100' asphalt 36 5800' x 100' asphalt Papoose Lake, Nevada - Papoose Lake helipad ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 4412.73' N37Á 04.5' W115Á 51.3' Site 4, Nevada - Site 4 helipad ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 5514.99' N37Á 56.9' W116Á 28.6' Tolicha peak, Nevada - Tolicha peak facility (helipad) ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS TPECR 4439.99' N37Á 18.4' W116Á 44.4' Tonopah test range, Nevada - Tonopah Test Range ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS TTR 5514.99' N37Á 59.8' W116Á 37.8' 123.00 Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 14 12000' x 200' concrete 111.00 (TRG) 32 12000' x 200' concrete 111.10 (TTR) Yucca, Nevada - Yucca ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS 4412.99' N36Á 55.5' W116Á 02.8' 118.00 Rwy Dimensions Surface ILS 13 7051' x 187' asphalt 31 7051' x 187' asphalt OTHER SITES (NON-AIRPORTS) Black Mailbox, Nevada - Black Mailbox Elevation Latitude Longitude 4412.73' N37Á 26.7' W115Á 27.5' Rachel, Nevada - Rachel Elevation Latitude Longitude 4412.73' N37Á 38.8' W115Á 43.2 Tonopah, Nevada - Target site Elevation Latitude Longitude 4683.99' N37Á 42.4' W116Á 40.7' NAVAIDS: Groom Lake VOR(GRM) 37Á 15' 52.1291" N 115Á 48' 52.2647" W 117.50 Groom lake NDB(GRL) 37Á 13' 46.5558" N 115Á 49' 19.8627" W 280.00 Mercury NDB(DRA) 36Á 37' 36.0060" N 116Á 01' 41.9806" W 326.00 Tonopah Test Range VOR (TTR) 38Á 00' 13.9539" N 116Á 37' 38.7133" W 113.30 Tonopah VOR (TPH) 38Á 01' 48.0315" N 117Á 02' 00.0274" W 117.20 Base Camp VOR (AEC) 38Á 18' 38.7800" N 116Á 17' 59.2000" W 113.90