On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:06:49 +0200 Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >*Matthew Law -- Thursday 07 October 2004 17:03: >>* Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-07 14:40]: >>> KPTG. >>> >>> I landed once at this airport (in the passenger seat) at twilight. >>> I can definitely say it was one of the scariest things I've ever >>> done. Doing it in fgfs isn't quite as scary, but it sure seems >>> pretty challenging. Even if you do land. >> >> Why do you find it so scary? I would love that much asphalt at my >> disposal ;-) > > That's easy to explain: Chris does apparently not use the most recent > scenery. Older ones let the runway run up and down a hill with a side > slope of around 30 degree. This is fixed in the current scenery.
Hehe.
Both in fgfs and real life, there is/was a sensation of being really,
really close to the terrain when coming in on 25. We had to make a
second attempt because of the need to stick the threshhold to be
sure of stopping in time And there was plenty of time to build up
lots of nervousness about it, as we flew around nearby waiting for
the Sheriff's Office to bring someone up there who could turn the
lights on (they were supposed to be on, but weren't).
The TerraGear artifact of creating an artifical plateau not much larger
than the airport when placing an airport in hilly/mountainous terrain
actually applies here -- it really is like that IRL.
-c
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