On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 05:02 +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:03:10 -0800, Andy wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Mike Kopack wrote: > > > It's not so much an issue of San Fran being BAD, it's just that KSFO > > > is pretty far from downtown. We're talking about small slow-flying > > > UAV's in my project (I'm using the Piper as a surrogate), so having > > > to take off that far away means my demo is like 45 minutes long. > > > > As a left-field suggestion: how about defining the runways of the old > > NAS Alameda, which is just south of downtown Oakland and immediately > > across the bay from San Francisco. The base was closed in the mid > > 90's, I believe, and is now being converted into industrial loft > > space. But the runways are still there clear as day: > > > > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.786114,-122.318387&spn=0.027226,0.028824&t=k&hl=en > > > > The folks who like to play with the carrier aircraft probably wouldn't > > mind having this active, either. > > ..if it's modelled correctly historically, setting the date back a > decade or so should make it active.
Hmm, interesting idea.. Can you get the METAR data from a decade or so back in time? George _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
