Jurassic Park Adventure (AP111)

Welcome to Jurassic Park!

Yes, you're the pilot enlisted to fly the board of directors to the newly-constructed Jurassic Park. They have arrived at Juan Santamaria Intl Airport, Costa Rica (MROC). You will fly them to Puerto Jimenez - Puntarenas (MRPJ), that last small airstrip before venturing out across the Pacific Ocean to Isla Nublar. Ok, it's actually Isla Coiba National Park, Panama - but Isla Nublar doesn't really exist.

While MROC Intl airport can handle most any aircraft, and MRPJ is a respectable 2716 ft. long runway, the dirt strip at Isla Nublar can't handle much above the Cessna Grand Caravan. I find the Kodiak works very nice for all legs of this flight. Fast enough to not make the flights too tedious, yet nimble enough to get in and out of Isla Nublar.

This adventure works best with P3d -v4 and with FTX Global/Vector, but will work also with default FSX/P3d sims. Higher-end systems will work better at handling the concentrated scenery at the park.

***UPDATE***

Jurassic Park has become so popular that it has had some improvements done. The airport has been updated, and will now show in your sim's airport listing as airport Jurassic Park (ISNU). You can now set a gps track to is as part of a normal flight plan, or if you wish, set your ADF radio to the Jurassic Park's NDB frequency of 312.0 and find your way there the old fashioned way. Note that there's a 75-mile limit to the NDB so you may need to dead-reckon from your origin airport until you pick up the frequency.

The airport and the park has now been equipped with night lighting so you can safely make night landings there, and the park is lit up at night now so it's equally fun to explore it during the day, dusk and night. You'll note that a couple of the dinosaurs are more active this time (one might say 'animated'), as is the worker helping get the cage out of the plane parked on the ramp. Additionally, there's now water access to the park - with a pier and large shipping vessel dropping off supplies.





Youtube Video of Jurassic Park Adventure





Youtube Video of Jurassic Park Night Tour with enhanced scenery





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