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I uploaded Styria North-East (D011166 G00). More to comehappy new 2005Harald

I started in the flightsim hobby way back with the Sublogic simulator on the TRS-80 model 1, flying around that little grid with 128x48 monochrome character mapped graphics, and moved though the years up to modern sims such as FU3, FlyII and FS2002 (haven't upgraded to later ones in the MS series yet).It seems like for a while, there was some healthy competition in civilian sims. You had the Flight Unlimited series, Fly and Fly2, Microsoft, and to a smaller extent X-plane and some others. Before that you had various sims on the Amiga, the Atari ST, and Mac.These days it seems more and more like it's a one-dog show outside of military sims. The FU1/2/3 series is no long…

Hello friends, Herewith my Best Christmas Wishes to you all , partners ,children and friends. Leen "Flybike" de Jager

Hi, my next projects:Antillas elevationsSidney area elevationsHappy Marry Crhitsmas for all forum Fonchy

Can somebody from ROTW please explain how to install the GAPv2 scenery and where to install the STRM file and should I delete ALL three D004163 pod file and also keep the franceNv1.pod in the shared folder.I can't seem to install this vesrion but I was successful in Version 1.should searchpodfile=0 in fly.ini?THANKSchris_CA

I just upload "Sicilia SRTM"http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101544.gifI hope you enjoy Regards Fonchy

Hi, the elevations for Sicilia are ready.I have a problem with a pod archive, I hope tomorrow is ready for upload.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101141.gifhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101143.gifhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101144.gifhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101145.gif Regards Fonchy

Hi All,There seems to be a lot of discussion lately regarding elevation meshes.I've been working on a program for a while now that should help :-)I guess this might be a good time to announce it.The program is called Fly!Mesh and will be available soon.There are still features that I want to add but it is quite usable now.Here's a link to a Word document about it if anyone is interested.In the document, which isn't very detailed, I mention other tutorials.The most useful one that I've found on terrain topics is by Nick Curcio.I had his permission some time back to put it on my site.Here's the link. [link:www.avsim.com/hangar/fly/colins2/tutorials/TrnTut.zip]Terrain Tutori…

Hello everyone and happy holidays! Well it is that time of year, friends, family, love, peace and joy, as well as being thankful for what we have. This time of year I can not help but think about a great man and the gifts that he gave us, Richard Harvey. For me Fly! is really the smallest gift he gave as there were so many words of wisdom, the way he treated people, just knowing someone like him was a gift. To think of the joy that he brought to how many people and I am sure that many people learned much from him. So during this season I think that maybe we should give a thought to him and his family, maybe share a thought about what he meant to you. A person that gives o…

I guess I have to post this question again, can somebody please explain in english how to install the beautiful gap tallard scenery version 2 found at simvol. The scenery seem to show from a far distance bu as you get closer the default fly2 scenery shows up I don't have a problen with the version 1. Your help is appreciated.chris_CA

Hi all,on my site I have published some images.http://www.danieletona.bravehost.com/i04_000005.htmlThe work continues..........Dan

G'day all,I've just uploaded 5 Sydney bridges to the Fly! IImiscellaneous files section in the Avsim library. Allow time for them to be processed by the Library.These bridges were my very first attempt at 3D modelling so they are pretty basic but at anything over a few hundred feet all detail would be lost anyway. There are only about three textures per bridge, and they aren't mapped, so altering the textures in the tif's is an absolute breeze if you don't like the dark textures in the uploaded models. Any paint program that can handle a *.tif image is all you need.If you want to scale a particular bridge to fit a spot in a bit of scenery of yours then email me and I'll …

Dont be shocked if I end up living here :-lol Got a Heli ride in the front of a Bell 206 Jet Ranger. The pilot told me all the 407s are being recalled because of servicing problems?Anyway, here is the far south...http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100969.jpg SteveMy Websitehttp://www.wrexhamspace.orgF2FDesign Websitehttp://www.f2fdesign.com/ My Fileshttp://library.avsim.net/search.php?CatID=...&Go=Change+View http://www.wrexhamspace.org/sig.jpg

I haven't been able to fly for some time, due to a difficult work schedule, but I finally got the chance and decided to download some of Wayne's new terrific airport add-ons to add to the experience. My word, Wayne, you have been prolific! :-)One of the first I downloaded was his scenery for Houghton County Memorial Airport in the far north of Michigan. The metar showed limited visibility, high winds, and snow flurries so I planned to shoot the ILS Rwy 31 approach. Guess what...the approach is missing from Fly!II! So, I made the approach and have just uploaded it to the Avsim library - it should be available soon. This should also allow you to shoot the LOC/DME Rwy 13 Bac…

Hi Wayne, I would like to say a great big Thankyou for populating our FLY!! world in the USA & now Canada. I would like to request that if you can populate the prairies of Canada, in particular CYYC. Also on my wish list is CYEG, CYXE, CYQR & CYWG, also as a stepping stone to the UK, St Johns Int. Newfoundland CYYT.I have got the Airport layout maps from Adacel Inc. & I have been trying to get some pictures of Calgary, CYYC but have not come up with anything as yet. I can send you the layout maps if it would help. I know this is a tall order but if you could fit them in to your future plans I would be most grateful.If I can do anything to help my email address…

Hello! How can I get a copy of this great add-on? The people of PMDG have removed it from their web.Thank you.Anastasi Martin

Dear fellow Fly!ers,(I posted this again and separately to make sure that you don't miss it)I see that 107 people have read this message. Let's suppose that there are duplicates, do you like 50%? That leaves us with roughly 53 or 54 people, our of which only 9 took the time to respond to the survey. How much of your time does it take? Maybe a minute? After all the time and dedication that Wayne has put into the hundreds of airports that he has created, doesn't he deserve a minute of your time to give him some input or to just say "Thanks Wayne"? We all talk about keeping Fly! alive but it's this kind of reactions (or lack thereof) that really makes me wonder if this is po…

Hi, I think, for this weekend you can download SICILIA STRM (Real elevations for Sicilia- ITALY)This the area:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100747.gifThis is the result:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100748.gifRegards Fonchy

Hi, I just upload "SOUTH NORWAY SRTM", elevations for South Norwayhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100610.gifhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100612.gifYou can fly over this area with real elevationshttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100613.gif I hope you enjoy Regards: Fonchy [email protected]

I have an available DEM for the surrounding area of the airport I'm rendering in terrascene, can somebody tell me how to use the DEM so I can have an atleast accurate elevation of the area.chris_CA

Hi Colin,after converting the Jeeps "C" code to "Delphi" Pascal I failed to get the exact results when trying to get the UTM NE numbers from WGS84 Lat-Lon.My test usedREFERENCE_DATUM = "WGS84" REFERENCE_ELLIPSOID = "WGS84"Lat +52.4995609Lon +7.0821584and THE RESULTS SHOULD BEUTM N 5818332.000UTM E 369816.000Zone 32 Terrashape does this conversion very exactly using the Jeeps routines.But MY RESULTS ARE VERY BAD:UTM N 5820605.5254UTM E 301948.09647Zone 32 UTM_zc "U"There are 3 possibilities what happens wrong1. I use the wrong routines or I oversee anything - YOU MAY HELP ME WITH A HINT :-)2. My Delphi code is wrong although I debugged it several times - my problem, d…

Uploaded today, in file library will be available the last fantastic scenery by Daniele Tona, Italy 2004 Trasimeno.Many many thanks Daniele for this new work: Italy is always more complete!!! Luciano - LIMEhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100113.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100114.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100115.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100116.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/100117.jpg

I will be gone for several weeks until the first week of January 2005. My family and I will be flying to Tanzania to visit our son and do some safari adventures. I was hoping to have the Electra out, but the emb120 diverted me from that goal. It's tiring working on the same aircraft, so the emb got me working on 3d modeling and other fun stuff. Enjoy the holidays and may FLY be with you.;-)tony

Can someone tell me if it is just my machine or is it the way Fly! II happens to be ..... when I make gradual pitch changes the movement of the instrument panel against the horizon is very smooth and precise. However, my attitude indicator moves in small jerky increments of about 2-3 degrees. For flying a precise glide path it would be nice if the indicator movement was just a smooth as the horizon. Mostly I fly the Sahara or the Navajo. Does anyone else have the same problem ... can anything be done to correct this?

I would just like to say See ya! to all of you, and my friends at F2FDesign, and all those that keep in touch with me.Take care and keep up the good work.Going on one of these two, but not sure until tonight. Both are used by the same company. Flying to Orlando Sanford from Manchester EGCC.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/99387.jpg http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/99388.jpg Heading down to the Florida keys, Miami... Up to the Everglades and the last few days in Orlando. First few days I will be at my favorite place, Kennedy space Center ;-) Hope to get a Helicopter ride or two while in the States, the prices are a quarter of what we put up with here in Europe :-) http…