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1. Best freeware scenery for Fsw95 contest, 1997

Norway6, (the 0.5 beta version) top vote getter and winner of the best-freeware-scenery contest at Flightsim.com, March 1997. Flightsimmers from all over the world gave their vote in the contestwhich included hundreds of scenery-files made by fellow simmers.

2. The best 20 freeware scenery files, voted in the 2nd Annual  World Wide Scenery Survey.

Norway61 (the full 1.0 version) winner of the Second Annual World Wide Scenery Survey at World Wide Guide to Scenery Design.

The Second Annual World Wide Scenery Survey was conducted in early May 1997 via several Internet flight-sim mailing lists and forums.

Casting votes were flight-sim enthusiasts from 18 countries. More than 90 different freeware scenery packs were nominated. The top 20, in order of voter preference, were:

1. Norway61 - Arne Sundsbo, Bengt Larsson and Svein Holbo
2. Italy Central - Paolo Morini and Angelo Moneta
3. Pennsylvania - Justin Tyme
4. Balearic Islands - Juan Cabeza
5. Scotland - Robert Wittick et al
6. Sardinia - Pietro Mauri.
7. Ohio - Brian Lavelle et al
8. Corsica - Didier Bur
9. Quebec - Virtual Pilots
10. Southern Italy - Alessandro Antonini
11. New South Wales (Australia) - Tom Monnone and Ozpack
12. Canaries - Francisco Urquia
13. Chicago - Gary Carlson et al
14. Canada Central - Alfred Grech et al
15. Italy NE - Nicola Marangon
16. Spain - Alfred Grech
17. Budapest - Andras Kozma
18. Victoria (Australia) - Ozpack
19. Central Wisconsin - John Voznak
20. Michigan - Robert Wittick

The  following are exerpts from the presentation of the survey results at the World Wide Guide Site:

"1. Norway

The clear favourite of the voters in the Second Annual World Wide Scenery Survey was the Norway scenery by Arne Sundsbo, Bengt Larsson and Svein Holbo.

Here are some of the reasons voters rated this scenery so highly:

"Has fjords Slartibartfast would be proud of. Great mountain textures and fine airports. Winter effects are excellent."

"It is very complete and accurate apart from that it looks great!"

"Lots of great scenery, detail, and I like the addition of all the little islands around the coast."

"Very complex scenery, well done!"

"Most detailed non-commercial scenery I know."

"Great winter scenery, very good airports."

"It has very accurate airports,with buildings and more,accurate coastline and mountains."

"Trailblazing winter scenery and mountains."

"Beautiful winter sceneries, and detailed layout."

"Excellent wintertime effects."

"The winter mountain scenery is absolutely breathtaking! Although I'm in steamy Florida, a cold chill goes thru me when I look down at that icy terrain! Brrrrrr!!"

"Great views, detailed coast lines, beautiful winter scenery."

"Great airports, great textures, EXCELLENT."

"Excellent detail, smooth lines, looks great with snow texture (winter option)."

"Very, very detailed and maximum realism."

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