Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:00:06 -0500, "Jon Berndt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > When Grand Slam was dropped the fuselage 'jumped' upwards quite > > radically. > > What's "Grand Slam"? ..a WWII fly swat. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt

RE: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Jon Berndt
> When Grand Slam was dropped the fuselage 'jumped' upwards quite > radically. What's "Grand Slam"? ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Rick Ansell
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:19:52 +0100 (BST), Jon Stockill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Makes you wonder if there's any pictures of the hole that sucker made when >> it went off. :) > >Well, according to google: > >http://www.dambusters.org.uk/bielefeld.htm

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Jon Stockill
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Gene Buckle wrote: > Makes you wonder if there's any pictures of the hole that sucker made when > it went off. :) Well, according to google: http://www.dambusters.org.uk/bielefeld.htm 100ft deep crater is fairly impressive. -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Gene Buckle
> > > And then you hang 22,000lbs of bomb under one and it gets... > > > > > > ...interesting. > > > > > > http://www.johnmullen.org.uk/aerospce/pics/bombs.htm > > > > > Oh. My. God. > > > > I take it one like it got dropped at least once during WWII? > > "The first time the Grand Slam bomb was u

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Jon Stockill
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Gene Buckle wrote: > > And then you hang 22,000lbs of bomb under one and it gets... > > > > ...interesting. > > > > http://www.johnmullen.org.uk/aerospce/pics/bombs.htm > > > Oh. My. God. > > I take it one like it got dropped at least once during WWII? "The first time the G

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Gene Buckle
> And then you hang 22,000lbs of bomb under one and it gets... > > ...interesting. > > http://www.johnmullen.org.uk/aerospce/pics/bombs.htm > Oh. My. God. I take it one like it got dropped at least once during WWII? g. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Rick Ansell
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:56:46 -0500, "Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >David Megginson writes: >> When we were climbing out from Toronto/City Centre (CYTZ) on Sunday, a >> WWII Lancaster bomber passed 500 feet above us. I just discovered >> today that my ten-year-old daughter snapped t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Megginson writes: > When we were climbing out from Toronto/City Centre (CYTZ) on Sunday, a > WWII Lancaster bomber passed 500 feet above us. I just discovered > today that my ten-year-old daughter snapped two pictures of it passing > over us, without telephoto (to give an idea of distances):

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread Lee Elliott
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 18:15, David Megginson wrote: > When we were climbing out from Toronto/City Centre (CYTZ) on Sunday, a > WWII Lancaster bomber passed 500 feet above us. I just discovered > today that my ten-year-old daughter snapped two pictures of it passing > over us, without telephoto

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Glut

2003-08-19 Thread Lee Elliott
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 10:35, Matevz Jekovec wrote: > Lee Elliott wrote: > > >On Monday 18 August 2003 09:41, Matevz Jekovec wrote: > > > > > >>Lee Elliott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello All, > >>> > >>>while this isn't directly linked to the Glut/SDL issue, it occurred to me > >>>

[Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread David Megginson
When we were climbing out from Toronto/City Centre (CYTZ) on Sunday, a WWII Lancaster bomber passed 500 feet above us. I just discovered today that my ten-year-old daughter snapped two pictures of it passing over us, without telephoto (to give an idea of distances): http://www.megginson.com/pri

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: animation "timed" with just one object

2003-08-19 Thread Matevz Jekovec
[...] Then, FlightGear should strengthen this object iluminosity or even scale it to match the strength of this light on current view. Yes, these fake lights should be scaled up with the view distance. The fade out much too soon otherwise. But there's no "view distance" p

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Glut

2003-08-19 Thread Matevz Jekovec
Lee Elliott wrote: On Monday 18 August 2003 09:41, Matevz Jekovec wrote: Lee Elliott wrote: Hello All, while this isn't directly linked to the Glut/SDL issue, it occurred to me that if we ever consider moving to a different or i

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Build Problem for MacOS X

2003-08-19 Thread Erik Hofman
Jonathan Polley wrote: I have been remiss in my duties of keeping FlightGear up to date under MacOS X (something to do with work). I finally had a chance to build everything again and hit a problem with the 3D cloud code. After much gnashing of teeth, I was able to get simgear/scene/sky/cloud

[Flightgear-devel] Re: animation "timed" with just one object

2003-08-19 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Matevz Jekovec -- Monday 18 August 2003 22:26: > Is this at the top a rotating object (like a lighthouse) or a blinking > light (like aircraft lights)? It's just a strong, blinking light. Neither rotating nor really flashing (despite the object name). > [...] Then, FlightGear should strength