RE: [Flightgear-devel] Spitfire & Hurricane manuals

2004-03-09 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 02:35, Jon Stockill wrote: > On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Vivian Meazza wrote: > > > delightful to fly, and forgiving in combat manoeuvre. Unlike the Typhoon and > > the Tempest the engine didn't stop or the tail fall off, although if you > > really went mad you could break the wings.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [BUG] Hunter noise & UV face singularity

2004-03-04 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 00:57, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * Vivian Meazza -- Thursday 04 March 2004 09:44: > > Vivian, Vyvyan = male > > Bah ... you were kidding, weren't you? > http://images.google.com/images?q=vivian > > m. :-P Watch the BBC's 80's comedy, "the Young Ones", the punk was called Vi

[Flightgear-devel] OT: Linux Simulations website.

2004-02-22 Thread Matthew Johnson
Sorry for the OT message: Just got http://www.linuxsimulations.org up and running again, seriously lacking in much at the moment. Hopefully will be better this time! Especially as I live in a house, much less likely to be moving soon :). Many thanks, Matt PS Also now back with broadband means

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Baby

2004-02-19 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 11:55, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Hi, quick announcement ... baby! Amelia Esther, 8lbs 1oz, born 6:12am this > morning, less than 1 hour from first contraction to delivery. 12 minutes > from arrival at the hospital to delivery. Everyone is doing good. I'll be > pretty muc

re: [Flightgear-devel] Combat anti-flame

2003-11-10 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 16:17, David Megginson wrote: > Andy Ross writes: > > > In an attempt to depoliticize the combat flame war as much as > > possible, it's worth pointing out that, irrespective of people's > > opinions on the matter, there are not a lot of "combat" features we > > can reall

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Making a 3D Sea Harrier FRS.1

2003-10-16 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 13:15, Lee Elliott wrote: > On Thursday 16 October 2003 20:59, Matthew Johnson wrote: > > > > > > Eeep, was working late > > > > http://pwp.netzon.net/~stargoat/Shar/sharskel.ac > > > > > > > > I'm afraid

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Making a 3D Sea Harrier FRS.1

2003-10-16 Thread Matthew Johnson
Eeep, was working late http://pwp.netzon.net/~stargoat/Shar/sharskel.ac > > I'm afraid that link doesn't work for me:( > > LeeE > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightg

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Making a 3D Sea Harrier FRS.1

2003-10-15 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 22:19, Lee Elliott wrote: > On Thursday 16 October 2003 01:21, Andy Ross wrote: > > Matthew Johnson wrote: > > >Thought I'd take a stab at this, decided to try and make a 3D > > > rendition of the Sea Harrier, especially since we ha

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Making a 3D Sea Harrier FRS.1

2003-10-15 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 17:21, Andy Ross wrote: > Matthew Johnson wrote: > >Thought I'd take a stab at this, decided to try and make a 3D > > rendition of the Sea Harrier, especially since we have the Harrier in > > FG, but without a 3D model (I think it needs one!

[Flightgear-devel] Making a 3D Sea Harrier FRS.1

2003-10-14 Thread Matthew Johnson
Good day, Thought I'd take a stab at this, decided to try and make a 3D rendition of the Sea Harrier, especially since we have the Harrier in FG, but without a 3D model (I think it needs one!). So far I have started by looking for a plan that I can follow, but have only found a 3 view plan for

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: AN225

2003-10-01 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 18:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > * Jon S Berndt -- Wednesday 01 October 2003 22:41: > > > Could anyone provide a screen dump image of this aircraft flying in > > > FlightGear? > > > > Not exactly flying, but ... > > > > http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a8603365/fgfs10.jpeg (

RE: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-28 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 16:54, Norman Vine wrote: > To all concerned > > May we please put this thread to rest and allow FGFS > to return to "soaring above petty OS bigotry" > Yes! No one cares about which OS you're using (I really do not!). Or applications, please take David's contention based o

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-27 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:23, Mally wrote: > Matt > > > The main swipes aren't so much at end users, as most just run what the > > computer came with, "I am running Outlook Express because thats what > > came with the computer", this is the most common scenario, oh and it > > doesn't matter how muc

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-27 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 23:48, Mally wrote: > > Oh well, it's fun to pick on MS, and they do deserve most of it, if > > for no other reason to pressure them to do better. But you will have > > security problems and issues no matter what software and OS you run. > > It may be fun, but when it extend

Re: ..OT: blue paint bucket toss, was: [Flightgear-devel] [OT]Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-27 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 04:19, Tony Peden wrote: > On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 14:08, David Megginson wrote: > > Matthew Johnson writes: > > > > > Good point, something goes wrong on a commercial airliner very few, > > > if anyone ever gets out alive... > &g

Re: ..OT: blue paint bucket toss, was: [Flightgear-devel][OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-27 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 01:25, Matevz Jekovec wrote: > >Not at all. Things go wrong in airliners flown by scheduled carriers > >all the time, and usually no one suffers anything more than stress > >from a delay or rerouting. Injuries and fatalities are very rare in > >scheduled airline incidents or

Re: ..OT: blue paint bucket toss, was: [Flightgear-devel] [OT]Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-26 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 11:11, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Arnt Karlsen writes: > > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:09:51 -0500, > > "Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > ..to put it short: picture yourself on your single seat bike going > > full bore on the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] next volunteer

2003-06-16 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 20:24, David Culp wrote: > > Matthew Johnson wrote: > > Animal could be a Swallow... > > African or European? > Errr..I don't know... Matt ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://m

Re: [Flightgear-devel] next volunteer

2003-06-16 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 09:25, Martin Spott wrote: > > p.s. Why isn't there an O'Reilly FlightGear book yet? What mascot > > should they use? > > Do we have a FlightGear icon for Windows-/KDE-/Gnome-Desktops ? ;-) > FlightGear icon...What would that look like, if I had the money a competition w

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A320 progress

2003-06-16 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 07:31, Frederic BOUVIER wrote: > Martin Spott wrote: > > > Just an update on the A320 model : > > > > > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/frbouvi/flightsim/a320-fgfs-02.png > > > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/frbouvi/flightsim/a320-fgfs-03.png > > > > Hmmm, I _like_ your patriotism ;-) >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Screen went white, then black aftermessing with clouds

2003-06-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 23:46, Matthew Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > Just flying the B52 with all engines running, manually took her up to > 10,000 feet, engaged autopilot to take her down to 1000 feet and to plot > a course back to KSF0. > > Of course, minds do wander, so I

[Flightgear-devel] Screen went white, then black after messing with clouds

2003-06-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
Hi, Just flying the B52 with all engines running, manually took her up to 10,000 feet, engaged autopilot to take her down to 1000 feet and to plot a course back to KSF0. Of course, minds do wander, so I messed with the cloud settings and tried to make everything clear. Unfortunately I ended up

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C-GPTR ornithopter

2003-06-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
> We should also point out that the p51d is no slouch either. Jim has > done a *lot* of work on the 3d interior as well. > Very very true, trying to build a plane with ac3D and its a *lot* of work. The p51D exudes power and performance in FlightGear and that is not easy to accomplish. You're r

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C-GPTR ornithopter

2003-06-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 19:59, Jim Wilson wrote: > Michael Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I think Lee did an amazing job w/ the model. > > He sure did. It is excellent work. > Always amazing work from Lee. Wonder how quick it is for him to throw a plane together? > > I think he used sev

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First Flight

2003-04-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Matthew Law wrote: > On Thursday 03 April 2003 22:01, David Megginson wrote: > > I've simulated soft-field takeoffs on long, paved runways many times, > > and used the technique for real a few times this winter to get up > > before snow, ice, and slushy puddles in the middle of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] P-51D

2003-03-11 Thread Matthew Johnson
Not so much of a technical issue, but I found Andy to be very responsive and even got me started on my "pirate" and answered probably quite basic questions. Something to consider too imho :). Matt. On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Jon S Berndt wrote: > In my quick viewing of the AC3D documents this morning

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Unable to access base package via CVS

2003-02-04 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, James Turner wrote: > Since the base cvs was brought back up, I haven't been able to update > it: > > I get: > cvs server: Updating . > cvs [server aborted]: cannot stat /tmpcvslck: No such file or directory > cvs [server aborted]: cannot stat /tmpcvslck: No such file or direct

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier Data

2003-02-03 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 08:47, Jon Stockill wrote: > I had a trip to the South Yorkshire Air Museum this weekend - and now have > silly amounts of data. > > I currently have in my grubby little mitts a Harrier GR3 aircrew manual, > and a cd with a boat load of cockpit photos. > > I also have the of

RE: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Shuttle breaks up

2003-02-01 Thread Matthew Johnson
On 1 Feb 2003, Tony Peden wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 14:56, Jon Berndt wrote: > > > No doubt now that the focus will be on the left wing. But I'm > > wondering, is > > > there anything that could have been done had the assessment gone the > > other way? > > > > > > ..heavy sigh... > > > > I d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Shuttle breaks up

2003-02-01 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 06:42, Jon Berndt wrote: > For those of you who may not have heard, the Space Shuttle Columbia > appears to have broken up on entry as it passed south of Dallas while at a > speed of mach 10+. Oh my God :(. No other words I am afraid... Any thoughts on what may have happene

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problems with compiling 'clouds3d'

2003-01-26 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 14:19, David Donohue wrote: > As a little old New Zealander I am having trouble getting FlightGear > to compile on Mandrake 9.0. > The problem lies with SimGear-0.3.1 where I get the following message: > > SkyContext.cpp > In constructor 'SkyContext::SkyContext() > invalid c

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Current CVS still not compile

2003-01-26 Thread Matthew Johnson
> 1. Your joystick is not calibrated. > I have tried it with jscalibrator. I have calibrated it and started > FlightGear. Then I cannot control the plane. :( I have to rmmod analog and > modprobe analog again. > jscalibrator doesn't seem to like FG...jscalibrator is a GUI calibration program w

[Flightgear-devel] Sound files, from the CAA in the UK

2003-01-20 Thread Matthew Johnson
In case anyone wants to play with sound files: http://www.caa.co.uk/dap/environment/environment_noise/default.asp?page=321 Not sure about copyright to be honest. Matt ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mail

Re: [Flightgear-devel] AC3D models

2003-01-20 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 10:12, Matthew Law wrote: > Hi, > > I have some 3DS Max aircraft and scenery models that I'd like to try in > flightgear. I understand PPE can convert .3ds to AC3D? Has anyone had any > success with this before? > > Cheers, > > Matt. PPE never installed for me, so I ga

Re: [Flightgear-devel] CVS Confusion

2003-01-11 Thread Matthew Johnson
Do the instructions on http://linuxsimulations.org help even a bit? Wrote it myself, let me know if it makes sense :). Tried to break the process down as much as possible. Matt On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 07:56, Mike Bonar wrote: > Please help a newbie out. I am a little confused about how to stay up

[Flightgear-devel] Info on the TSR2

2003-01-09 Thread Matthew Johnson
Duxford if you get the chance too. -- Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Off-Topic] Aircraft updates in CVS

2003-01-09 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 16:36, Major A wrote: > > Quoted from www.auntymonkey.com, "An Interview with the [Hot Air Balloon] > > World Chamion David Bareford":: > > > > 8. Why is England so good at ballooning but fairly average at every other sport? > > > > England has always been very good at aviat

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 747 segfault

2003-01-06 Thread Matthew Johnson
ECTED]:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9" and > ":pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvsroot", respectively), no > modifications. I haven't updated plib and SimGear in a while though. > > Hope this helps, > > Andras > > =======

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Modification Project

2003-01-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
Actually they made no point of its beta status. Its been left with one positive slide and one negative, should have ended with an errata. Personal thoughts: Where is that Hurricane? Looks like a potentially good model. Perhaps they should have waited until version 1.0 of Flight Gear came out

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 747 segfault

2003-01-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
42 token = OBJECT_BASE name = 942042.btg Segmentation fault Hope that helps someone :). > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Matthew Johnson Public Key 9560 AE15 A443 7FE5 E927 84D2 CD17 CF25 405C B240 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] main.cxx: glXGetProcAddressARB undeclared,and warnings

2003-01-03 Thread Matthew Johnson
ably be needed in > > other files eventually > > This isn't needed for my X environment ... debian/testing, nvidia > drivers. > > Regards, > > Curt. Had this issue on SuSE 8.1 with the Nvidia drivers. Not the latest ones from Nvidia, the previous ones (without the 2D