• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

Screenshots (FS2024)

I've just posted updates for these three guys to FS.to - very, very minor stuff for the most part, probably never noticeable to anyone but me, but I can now live and sleep more comfortably knowing they've been addressed. The most significant changes are to the Planes of Fame example (the dark green one), with which the headrest/rollover structure is now accurately painted black (as I had also done for my three subsequent Zero repaints), and the paint is now a bit more glossy, to be more accurate (which also makes the paint appear accurately a bit darker in the sim).



 
This is the freeware DC-4/C-54 in FS2024. It's work in progress, but it flys really well, very stable. I added the PMDG DC-6 sounds which compliment this model very well. For anyone who wants to try it, what I did was run the layout.json file through the MSFSLayoutGenerator.exe and it loaded up to my surprise.C-54.jpg
 
Screenshots taken while flying over/around Willow Run Airport, rekindling some of the days of old when both the Collings Foundation and Commemorative Air Force's B-24s flew together at Willow Run for the 2008 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow. Unfortunately, since Collings stopped touring, their B-24 'Witchcraft' has been in indefinite storage in Florida. According to Collings themselves, once the expansion to their American Heritage Museum is completed, the B-24 will be flown to Massachusetts one last time and then be placed on permanent static display at the museum.









 
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Some more B-24, this time flying around New Smyrna Beach, FL, where the company American Aero Services is located, which always did the annuals on the Collings Foundation's bombers (as well as a number of fantastic restorations). The Collings B-24 'Witchcraft' has been in storage at American Aero ever since they stopped touring following the 2019 'Nine-O-Nine' tragedy.








 
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I like to setup some Custom Views to look around different positions in flight or on the ground. Here is one from the nose of the B-24D. Custom views are fun to work with on different airplanes. It looks like MP have done a great job on their interior modeling of their upcoming B-17G release. I am looking forward to moving or crawling around the interior of their B-17G when it is released, only a few more days to go, October 9th. I highly recommend Voice Attack to use voice commands to change views among a host of other simulator commands. It is an amazing piece of software and $10 dollars well spent.
 

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