I meant to reply to this yesterday... On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, JOSHUA WILSON wrote:
>I have made some more changes to the 787 model. Your timing is excellent, as Boeing rolled out the 787 Sunday (7/8/'7): http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003780379_787main09.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003780816_787rollout09.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003780812_787qwest09.html (note, in the last article, that difficulties with streaming audio aren't limited to FG) Part of the celebrations included landing a vintage 707 at 7:07 PM PDT (I think...) Saturday evening, 7/7/07: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003779594_boeing08.html As part of the 787 project, Boeing modified some 747s as "Dreamlifters". Would it be worthwhile to add one to the FG fleet? If so, can the model emulate the opening tail section? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/business/links/dreamlifter.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/businesstechnology1407 Speaking of models, is anyone interested in modelling a lawn chair with balloons: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003781771_weblawnchair09.html We could us Ogel as a chase plane... About me: I've been lurking on the Flightgear-devel for a while. I'd like to contribute but haven't picked a subject. I am a software engineer and have a Private Pilot License with about 300 hours, most of it in Cessna 172s. Although not actively flying these days, I have landed at Paine Field (KPAE), the site of Sunday's roll out, as well as other major airports in the region (Sea-Tac, KSEA; Portland Oregon, KPDX; Victoria, CYYJ), as far north as Prince George, British Columbia (CYXS) and as far south as Sacramento Executive (KSAC) and Concord/Buchanan (KCCR) in the Bay Area. Yet, however far I roamed, Boeing Field (KBFI) remained my favorite airport - all kinds of traffic from general aviation, medical air lift helicopters, air cargo, private charters (e.g., local sports teams), Boeing pre-delivery work, and military craft (including Blue Angels in August). Summer weekends, BFI is busier than SEA - BFI has two local traffic radio frequencies, SEA has just one. Areas within FG that interest me include ATC. A few days ago, someone mentioned a museum (?) using FG as part of a "camp" for school students, setting up a collaborative flight scenario. Could this be expanded to include several virtual airports, complete with control towers and approach/departure controls (complete with hand off capability)? Perhaps even transport flight dispatch and planning... We'd need the ability to communicate orally, but I think it'd be a great teaching tool - not only the technical aspects (how to fly a plane) but also the cooperation needed to make such a multifaceted set up work. To a large degree, this problem has been solved by the VATSIM folks, but I don't think VATSIM is adaptable to a classroom environment. Enough for now. Dinner time. -- Mike Schuh - Seattle, Washington USA http://www.farmdale.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
