On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 15:55:39 -0400, Ima Sudonim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Arnt wrote: > > > > On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 13:27:43 -0400, > > Ima Sudonim < ima.sudonim at verizon.net > wrote in message > > < 96D4E014-E158-11D7-A2A4-00039398B344 at verizon.net >: > > > > > I was flying with the fokker50 around dc. I attempted to land when > > > suddenly I was underground and still flying. (The buildings where > > > visible above me, the hud altitude info between -600 and -200 > > > depending). I have a ppm file showing a screenshot, but it's 1.4 > > > mb. .. > > > mail it to me off-list. Curiosity. ;-) > > Done, btw the screenshot doesn't show long/lat or altitude from the > hud. Not sure why... Mac os x.2, plib/flightgear/simgear from 3PM GMT > today (Sunday 9/7/2003). > > Thanks! ..in return you get 39 kB fgfs-under-KDCA.jpg to put online. ;-) > the more I think about it, the more I like this new feature. I know > it's non-realistic, but it's fun! Why not fly underneath the ground. ..simulates features of a few RL gas planets out there. ;-) > Sometimes the shortest path is thru a mountain (euclidean geometry 2D > vs. reimanian (sp?)spherical? Maybe as an option for those of us > (ahem) who are still getting the landing thing worked out? ..could also make it a religious flight sim; "On landing too hard, you of course die in RL, but that's no reason to stop a cool sim.". ;-) ..FlightGear Bug # 666; "The Fire Underneath is Missing!!!". ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
