SW Missouri anamoly

[SSI01]

Didn't know we had a problem like this in SW Missouri. Does the New Madrid fault go this far south and west?

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I left the coordinates in the picture for anyone interested. That's a lake under the F-104's nose - that wall of water you see is worthy of "The Ten Commandments"! That chasm holds one long arm of the lake, there's water at the bottom. I plan on visiting this thing in a sport floatplane soon!

[aeromed202]

I want to say that is part of a famous FS9 anomaly cluster around there. Stockton or something like that? Various meshes will all but take care of it but I still miss them. There are even fictitious sceneries to make full use of the weirdness.

[johnh_049]

It's fun to take a Helicopter down to the bottom of that hole...
and then fly it back out.
It's really deep.

[SSI01]

I just finished installing Obio's complete scenery overhaul for FS9 into this iteration of FS9 - it is FSSW (Silver Wings) 60 for the 60s. Even after the install of all the meshes it's still there. Since that's the case - aeromed, where are those special sceneries located? Maybe we could start something down there to give Branson a little competition?:mixedsmi:

[aeromed202]

I just checked and I still have the gorge as well, but it's not as complex as it was. The sceneries are by Doug Kibbey, I think under the title Anomaly Airways. If you search for the Secret Lair, Secret Base, Area 52 you should find them. As they were meant to work with default stuff I only found one or two that remained more or less usable after the addition of better meshes. They're just fun goofy sceneries to play around with.

[Astoroth]

Yup, that's the infamous Stockton Lake anomaly. In RL, Stockton Lake is 39 miles from my house, and looks much better, lol.

[Hurricane91]

There is a fix for Lake Stockton at Flightsim but I have not tried it yet. It consists of
a flatten to add to the scenery cfg...

http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=78014

Another has an installer that is supposed to fix Stockton and several other default
scenery issues...

http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=99725

Or, search the flightsim library files for "Lake Stockton" to take a look.

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[SSI01]

Got 'em downloaded but don't want to install just yet, I've got to "drop in" via helo and check this out. :mixedsmi:

[Hurricane91]

Same here SSI. I want to check out the other locations mentioned and see what they look like. :o)

[magoo]

There was a rumour that when Moses retired from Hollywood, he bought property in Missouri. Discoveries like this can only heighten speculation.

[SSI01]

Well, here's a little Cook's Tour of the Big Hole:

63249Cranking at Stockton;

63250Enroute;

63251Descending;

63252Waterfall in side of hole;

63253Coming back up;

63254Back on top!

63255Back at home plate.

There is a bridge at the bottom of the hole, on one end, that goes from one side of the hole to the other. Is this the "Bridge to Nowhere?"

Too bad the waterfall couldn't be seen in all its glory; the wave effects were making it shimmer. Reminded me of a waterfall I saw on the front of a building in downtown Waikiki some years ago.

Looked for the wild-looking guy with the white hair & beard, long stick and robe at the bottom, but didn't see him!:mix-smi:

[KellyB]

When I go the coordinates shown in the first screenie, I'm pretty far away from any water as shown on the map and the first shot.

Even closer to the water I don't see the marvelous waterfall.

I haven't installed any patches that I'm aware of to correct or flatten anything but carriers.

I'm mystified.
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[SSI01]

Well - I installed everything Obio has in his "FS9 upgrade for free" file, so that may have something to do with it - although what's in there should actually be taking care of things like this, I would think, since they're upgrades to the basic mesh files that come with the sim, and have these anomalies inherently in them.

"Johnh_049" is right on the money about "deep" - the altimeter read in reverse going down into the hole - over 1,200 feet.:icon_eek:

Funny you should mention carriers - here's another shot I got in a second iteration of the sim. This is from FS Golden Wings 3:

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The wakes that should be behind and around the ship are both above the ship.

Forgot to include a couple of photos from the trip into The Hole:

63310On the bottom, at last!

63311Pilot's eye view, cruising above bottom.

EDIT: Upon closer examination, USS LANGLEY (CV-1) appears to be running at "full astern!"

[altu727]

This file (sixdeffx.zip) by Joshua Robertson is available at FlightSim.com and fixes Stockton and 5 additional terrain anomalies in FS9.

[edmoore235]

FS2004 (ACOF) - FS2004 SceneryFS2004 Scenery--Six Default Fixes
[ Download (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/kdl.php?fid=99725) | View (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/zview.php?cm=list&fid=99725) ]
Name: sixdeffx.zip (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/kdl.php?fid=99725) Size: 4,190,785 Date: 05-01-2006 Downloads: 2,351
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/images/fscfiles/l/sixdeffx.gif FS2004 Scenery--Six Default Fixes. Fixes two massive holes and four other errors in the default scenery. Fixes Millwood Lake, Arkansas (AR) which has half the surface at 15,000 feet below sea level; Stockton Lake, Missouri (MO) which is 11,500 feet below sea level; an area near Memphis, Tennessee (TN) with an incorrect cliff; Girdwood Airport, Alaska (AK), where the adjacent river is placed too high making cliffs; Davis Airport, Oklahoma (OK) with runways over large sinkholes; Guiana, South America, where a 100,000 foot chasm and 60,000 foot spire exist along a river. By Joshua Robertson.

Yep, this is the one I have used in all my FS installs. Good luck.

Ed

[SSI01]

Thank you, sir!

I'd sure like to see that 60,000 ft spire before I fix it!:mixedsmi:

[Hurricane91]

The "readme" in Josh Robertson's fix gives the location of the nearest airport, heading
and distance to each anomaly. Very helpful for visitors. There is an airport on top of
the "mesa" near Memphis, but it does not show up in the FS map.