David Megginson writes:
> Paul Surgeon wrote:
> 
> > Is the "Select airport from list" menu item supposed to work?
> > I get a segmentation fault everytime I try using it.
> 
> The list works, but warping to a different airport doesn't.  I usually end 
> up with a plane flipped upside-down.

Strange, I have this working quite well from an external script.  I do
something like the following via the telnet interface to go to a new
airport (in this case KANE):

  set /sim/presets/latitude-deg -9999.0
  set /sim/presets/longitude-deg -9999.0
  set /sim/presets/altitude-ft -9999

  set /sim/presets/airport-id KANE

  set /sim/presets/ndb-freq ""
  set /sim/presets/vor-id ""
  set /sim/presets/airspeed-kt ""
  set /sim/presets/offset-distance ""
  set /sim/presets/offset-azimuth ""
  set /sim/presets/glideslope-deg ""
  set /sim/presets/runway ""
  set /sim/presets/fix ""
  set /sim/presets/ndb-id ""
  set /sim/presets/heading-deg ""
  set /sim/presets/vor-freq ""

  run presets-commit

To start on a 5 mile final to runway KBUR, runway 08 at 90 kts (3
degree glide slope) you could do something like:

  set /sim/presets/longitude-ft -9999.0
  set /sim/presets/latitude-deg -9999.0
  set /sim/presets/altitude-ft -9999

  set /sim/presets/airport-id KBUR
  set /sim/presets/runway 08
  set /sim/presets/offset-distance 5
  set /sim/presets/glideslope-deg 3
  set /sim/presets/airspeed-kt 90

  set /sim/presets/ndb-freq ""
  set /sim/presets/vor-id ""
  set /sim/presets/offset-azimuth ""
  set /sim/presets/fix ""
  set /sim/presets/ndb-id ""
  set /sim/presets/heading-deg ""
  set /sim/presets/vor-freq ""

  run presets-commit

Regards,

Curt.
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Curtis Olson   HumanFIRST Program               FlightGear Project
Twin Cities    curt 'at' me.umn.edu             curt 'at' flightgear.org
Minnesota      http://www.flightgear.org/~curt  http://www.flightgear.org

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