Month: January 2017
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Regular readers probably know that most recent Saturday mornings (US time) I join a group of other simmers on PilotEdge to do pattern work and practice radio skills together. The group is called “ACT,” for After-hours Closed Traffic (as the PE air traffic controllers are offline when we begin), and it’s been a lot of fun.…
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It’s been on my list for some time to increase the font size when you’re typing in comments. It’s now fixed, and the font is larger.
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The weather in my neck of the woods has been consistently bad, or at least bad enough, that night take offs and landings (which is my next real-world lesson) have been off the books from a safety perspective whenever we’ve tried to go up. It’s been about three weeks since my last flight, and I…
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If you’re looking for a good resource of the airports available for X-Plane, one of the best I’ve found is APXP.info. It lists the default and user-generated airports for the entire world, organized by country and on a map. And it’s very current – my sceneries were added within a few hours of my posting…
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My third scenery design, this is 1K1, Lloyd Stearman Field in Benton, Kansas (formerly known as Benton Park). Named in honor of aviation pioneer Lloyd Stearman and home base to seven Stearman WWII biplanes and various other warbirds. I made this as a request, and hope it’s of interest to those simming in the Wichita…
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I updated my post on getting started with X-Plane to include something I missed: the excellent Airport Environment HD package from MisterX. It’s a bit like REX Direct runway / taxiway / ramp textures, but it’s free.
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