On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:24:34 +0100, Vivian wrote in message 
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> bernhard wrote
> 
> > 
> > Hi everybody,
> > 
> > today, I tried to land on the aircraft carrier uss nimmitz from the
> > "nimitz_demo", which can be enabled in the file "preferences.xml".
> > The first
> > thing I noticed was that it's very difficult to be on target for
> > that tiny looking ship (I'm navigating with my mouse). After a few
> > test approaches I got the right course to land the a/c on the uss
> > nimitz, but I fall through the ship. Is it actually possible to land
> > on the aircraft carrier or is it just an moving picture?
> > 
> 
> Yes, it's fully functional, but depends on which version of fgfs and
> which fdm you are using. It works with 0.9.8 with YASim models. (with
> a hook, of course.)

..without a hook, you should still be able to do touch-n-go's, and for
some planes that can do short enough landings, you should be able 
to do a full stop landing before dropping into that wet drink where you 
get run over by some ship. 

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o)
...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.



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