Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flying in the UK

2003-03-18 Thread Darren Hammond
On Tuesday 18 March 2003 21:48, David Megginson wrote: > Can any of the UK members on this list recommend a good flying club or > FBO in the Southeast were I could rent a plane and instructor for a > short day trip? I'd especially like to overfly Hastings, where my > wife and I spent six weeks of

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Speaking of helicopters...

2003-03-18 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Melchior FRANZ -- Tuesday 18 March 2003 10:52: > * David Megginson -- Tuesday 18 March 2003 00:52: > > http://www.me.psu.edu/me415/fall01/boeing2/ [...] > Who's going to ask for it?:-) I did, and here is the answer. In short, Dr. Horn planned to contribute the helicopter code (if there are

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Teaser

2003-03-18 Thread Jon Berndt
> I'd like to nominate Jim for Employee Of The Month. :-) That's looks > awesome, Jim. Can't wait to see this and Jon's FDM model in action. Jon smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Teaser

2003-03-18 Thread Cameron Moore
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Wilson) [2003.03.18 22:35]: > Here's a shot of the p51d as is so far. > > http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/p51dshot7.png > > Just finished (most of) the exterior texturing. I'd like to nominate Jim for Employee Of The Month. :-) That's looks awesome, Jim. Can't wait to

[Flightgear-devel] Teaser

2003-03-18 Thread Jim Wilson
Here's a shot of the p51d as is so far. http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/p51dshot7.png Just finished (most of) the exterior texturing. Best, Jim ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-

[Flightgear-devel] screen-shot for fun and question?

2003-03-18 Thread paul mccann
Hi I enjoy flying the seahawk so much just wanted to post few screen shots!, plus I had started working on a panel for it back when lee first added it. I took so long that I see some one has already done a good panel for it. So a does any want to use any of the panel I did or should I just p

[Flightgear-devel] current bugs (hsi-fix)

2003-03-18 Thread paul mccann
Major A [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:44:05 + Hi, here are a couple bugs that make flying FlightGear rather difficult but must be rather easy to fix: - the main nav display is clamped incorrectly. That is, the yellow indicators rotate nicely with the compass rose when heading is be

[Flightgear-devel] Flying in the UK

2003-03-18 Thread David Megginson
I will be in London during the week of 5 May -- some of that time will be devoted to business, but I'll also have a lot of free time to wander around one of my favourite cities. This time, in addition to my usual passtime of walking up and down the streets yelling at the locals for thinking I have

Re: [Flightgear-devel] La Paz

2003-03-18 Thread Jim Wilson
"Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > In the US, if you stub your toe on a rock, you can sue for a couple > 100 million $$$. Well yes, but most comparible locations are owned by state and federal government. You can sue. And even get awarded $100 million. But except for certain situat

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Speaking of helicopters...

2003-03-18 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Melchior FRANZ -- Tuesday 18 March 2003 18:05: > OK, I'll ask Justin [...] The PSU nameserver claims it cannot find Justin's account, nor any of the other project members'. I didn't try the sponsors or the "Penn State Contacts". m. :-( ___ Flightgea

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Speaking of helicopters...

2003-03-18 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jim Wilson -- Tuesday 18 March 2003 17:17: > Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Who's going to ask for it?:-) > > You? :-) Maybe Justin would be the one to contact first. OK, I'll ask Justin (who's still subscribed to flightgear-devel, btw). But if Boeing or PSU is to be asked,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Shadows

2003-03-18 Thread Jim Wilson
Michael Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Very good idea. The shadow could be added to the model file as an extra > object (w/ a transparent dark texture in the shape of the aircraft top > view) which is then animated so that's always positioned on the ground > relative to the aircraft. Th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] La Paz

2003-03-18 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Jim Wilson writes: > Sure is. This is probably the most popular tourist spot: > http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail/images/MachuPicchu01.jpg > > A friend told me once about being at Machu Picchu on the day that a > photographer tourist had stepped backwards one

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Shadows

2003-03-18 Thread Michael Selig
At 3/17/03, Jim Wilson wrote: Jon Berndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Has anyone ever considered implementing aircraft shadows projected on the > ground? > > Jon > How about cheating? Add a rectangle under the aircraft, map a fuzzy silhouette texture onto it and animate it down to ground level (t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Speaking of helicopters...

2003-03-18 Thread Jim Wilson
Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * David Megginson -- Tuesday 18 March 2003 00:52: > > http://www.me.psu.edu/me415/fall01/boeing2/ > > > > It's a little old -- apologies if the link has already been posted. > > Very interesting. AFAIK it hasn't been posted yet. Here's a slightly > ne

Re: [Flightgear-devel] La Paz

2003-03-18 Thread Jim Wilson
"Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > There are lots of other nice pictures on the web if you search. Peru > is the most beautiful country on the face of this planet for those > that weren't aware of that fact. ;-) > Sure is. This is probably the most popular tourist spot: http://www.ra

Re: [Flightgear-devel] La Paz

2003-03-18 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Erik Hofman writes: > Server Error > This server has encountered an internal error which prevents it from > fulfilling your request. The most likely cause is a misconfiguration. > Please ask the administrator to look for messages in the server's error log. > > FlightGear effect? Maybe they're r

Re: [Flightgear-devel] La Paz

2003-03-18 Thread Erik Hofman
Curtis L. Olson wrote: David Megginson writes: Curtis L. Olson writes: > I remember exactly 0% of the flight or the airport, ... because you were unconscious due to hypoxia? ... The really nasty one is the train from Lima to Huancayo. It starts at sea level and runs up to nearly 16,000' ASL.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] La Paz

2003-03-18 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Megginson writes: > Curtis L. Olson writes: > > > I remember exactly 0% of the flight or the airport, > > ... because you were unconscious due to hypoxia? ... The really nasty one is the train from Lima to Huancayo. It starts at sea level and runs up to nearly 16,000' ASL. Here's a pict

Re: [Flightgear-devel] La Paz

2003-03-18 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: > I remember exactly 0% of the flight or the airport, ... because you were unconscious due to hypoxia? ... > but my family flew into La Paz when I was 5. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Speaking of helicopters...

2003-03-18 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Melchior FRANZ -- Tuesday 18 March 2003 10:52: > * David Megginson -- Tuesday 18 March 2003 00:52: > > http://www.me.psu.edu/me415/fall01/boeing2/ > > > > It's a little old -- apologies if the link has already been posted. ... but the project was mentioned: http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt/l

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Speaking of helicopters...

2003-03-18 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* David Megginson -- Tuesday 18 March 2003 00:52: > http://www.me.psu.edu/me415/fall01/boeing2/ > > It's a little old -- apologies if the link has already been posted. Very interesting. AFAIK it hasn't been posted yet. Here's a slightly newer link: http://www.me.psu.edu/me415/SPRING02/Boeing2/