[Flightgear-users] Re: Looking for an entertaining airport at which to practice landings?

2004-10-07 Thread Matthew Law
* 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

[Flightgear-users] Re: Looking for an entertaining airport at which to practice landings?

2004-10-07 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* 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,

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Looking for an entertaining airport at which to practice landings?

2004-10-07 Thread David Megginson
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:32:33 -0400, Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

[Flightgear-users] modified CH pro-yoke-usb

2004-10-07 Thread haim geron
I had some problems with CH flight sim yoke usb. After some experiments, I modified the xml file and now it works fine. Attached is the modified file - don't forget to change the "joysticks.xml" file to include the mod' file instead of the original file. Haim GERON Do you Yahoo!?vote.yahoo.com

[Flightgear-users] Info: Pics of Cockpit Interiors

2004-10-07 Thread Nick Coleman
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation has had a stream of posts this last few days of cockpit interiors, mainly on historical planes. May interest some modellers here, Nick ___ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-users] Info: Pics of Cockpit Interiors

2004-10-07 Thread Ampere K. Hardraade
How do I check them out? Thanks in advance, Ampere On October 7, 2004 20:48, Nick Coleman wrote: alt.binaries.pictures.aviation has had a stream of posts this last few days of cockpit interiors, mainly on historical planes. May interest some modellers here, Nick

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Looking for an entertaining airport at which to practice landings?

2004-10-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:57:04 -0400 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not terrain alone that makes an airport like that challenging -- you also want to look at how the terrain combines with visibility, winds, and ceiling. One interesting airport to try is Lake Placid, NY (in