Vandenberg AFB KVBG
Located at Lompoc CA ( a nice 15 minute flight from KVBG}
NOTE: NO dependencies required. Scenery is built entirely from Asobo objects, BUT you MUST have all Asobo & Microsoft native airports installed for this scenery to work properly.
I have included the Shuttle and 747 because of the historical significance. The Shuttle landed here on a number of occasions.
IMPORTANT: This scenery was built from a few pix and observations from Google Earth. I take absolutely no responsibility for inaccuracies. Please don't request changes or additions. This scenery is what it is. If you don't like it, delete it.
Easter eggs: For those who enjoy my sceneries, look for our old friend "bucket head" busy on his workplace safety duty. Also look for "Jack". The clue is "launch pad". Let me know if you find them.
Thanks again for all your kind comments.Makes it worth the time and effort taken to build this stuff!
Best regards to all (G'day Tom!)
Cheers
Captain_Yodie
Mountainair author
7 months ago
Bombardierr
Hey, awesome scenery. I have been to Vandenberg myself and you have done a great job at replicating it. Quick question: Would it be possible to model the launch pads at Vandenberg as it is now a "Space Force Base"? Thanks.
Mountainair author
Thanks. I had a look at the launch pads but I'm only a novice at Blender and my attempts so far to build gantries etc have failed to launch!. In other words a disaster.
Some day I might get it!
Cheers
1 years ago
Bushman1
I was just looking for Vandenberg scenery a week ago and couldn't find any. Thank you! Looking forward to checking it out.
For a great flight, try San Luis Obispo (KSBP) to Santa Barbara (KSBA) with a stop at the very small Oceano (L52) and Vandenberg. Now, all four locations have add-on scenery!
If you ever need ideas for what to model next, the Point Conception Lighthouse could be a neat addition: https://goo.gl/maps/Gd1GBav3WTywWFUJA
Mountainair author
Thanks Bushman1. Have a good look through "scenery", there are a couple of guys who have made lighthouses and they would be better at it than I would.
Safe flying
Cheers
1 years ago
55tom55
I was pleasantly surprised that you decided to do this AFB! You have included some very interesting content. Great work as always Derek. Man, you do crank them out!
And it looks like Jack will have the ride of his life.
zorg
Really cool work on a very interesting location.
Note: the space shuttle never landed or indeed launched from Vandenburg. It was planned to and the pad was built and fit checks were performed using Enterprise (hence the photos of the shuttle at Vandy). Sadly however, following the Challenger disaster, Shuttle ops at Vandenburg were cancelled and the shuttle was never launched from there. The planned landings at Vandenburg were for the polar orbit launches from there.
The SLC-6 pad originally built for the shuttle ended up being used by Titan IV and for a while Athena. More recently it was used by the Delta IV rocket until it made its last west coast flight in Sep 2022.
Mountainair author
Hi Zorg. Thanks for the info. I guess my limited info was incorrect but at least the shuttle looks cool parked where it would have been. Filled an otherwise empty space!
Cheers
1 years ago
hawaiianstyle78
awesome work much appreciated. if you have time, would u be able to make KSMX (Santa Maria)? thanks again