> Thanks to Jim Wilson, we have a working tower view in CVS: the 'v' key
> cycles among pilot view, chase view, and tower view, rather than just
> pilot and chase.  In the future, Jim (or someone else) will probably
> add the ability to specify a tower position; for now, the code just
> makes one up for the initial airport.
>
> You'll probably want to use the 'x' key to zoom in a bit, since the
> tower can be pretty far away at a large airport.

Another interesting application of the tower view is to set it up like the
plat camera aboard a carrier - set your aircraft up on ILS final and set the
tower view to look up the glideslope from the glideslope/runway intercept
point.

Regards,

Paul

Paul R. Deppe
Veridian Engineering (formerly Calspan)
Flight & Aerospace Research Group
150 North Airport Drive
Buffalo, NY  14225
(716) 631-6898
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