On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:03:10 -0800, Andy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Mike Kopack wrote: > > It's not so much an issue of San Fran being BAD, it's just that KSFO > > is pretty far from downtown. We're talking about small slow-flying > > UAV's in my project (I'm using the Piper as a surrogate), so having > > to take off that far away means my demo is like 45 minutes long. > > As a left-field suggestion: how about defining the runways of the old > NAS Alameda, which is just south of downtown Oakland and immediately > across the bay from San Francisco. The base was closed in the mid > 90's, I believe, and is now being converted into industrial loft > space. But the runways are still there clear as day: > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.786114,-122.318387&spn=0.027226,0.028824&t=k&hl=en > > The folks who like to play with the carrier aircraft probably wouldn't > mind having this active, either. ..if it's modelled correctly historically, setting the date back a decade or so should make it active. -- ..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. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
