Curtis L. Olson writes: > One that I have enjoyed is following the Columbia river. If you start > from Portland, OR (KPDX) the airport is right next to the river. Just > start following it east. You quickly get into interesting terrain. > Using various combinations of autopilot/terrain following and time > acceleration can make your exploration go faster and reduce the risk > of flying into the ground. The columbia river route would be really > sweet in a wrap around immersive display system ... :-)
Here are a few flatlander examples. One nice one, closer to Curtis's home, is the Mississipi -- start in Minneapolis and fly south, following the river (and the roads and railroads beside it). Make sure you have a map with you -- it's about ten times as much fun when you can identify every little town and road. Another nice one is the Hudson River north to Albany then the Mohawk River westwards most of the way to Syracuse, following the New York Central Railroad. You'll want William Riley's scenery for this one to get the roads, (smaller) rivers, railroads, and small towns; otherwise, things get boring pretty fast. Both are great at night, with the lights from the towns and on the highways. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
