Screenshots
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ryanbatc
Charter Member
That is one ugly jet lol! But your screenshots are very lovely!
RichardLouis
Members +
Thanks John, this kind of little note is a pleasure to read.
Your screenshots are also greatly appreciated.
Like you, I have a lot of fun reading this section.
It is a great source of inspiration that allows us to improve ourselves every day.
Richard
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2023
K5083
SOH-CM-2024
A Visit to Old Wright Field
There are a number of deactivated airports that you can't select as a departure or arrival point in FS2020, but they still exist on the map, so you can fly over to them, land and take off. One such is the old Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, formerly called Wright Field, home of the National Museum of the USAF. A new, northern section of the base ("Area A") was built in the 1950s and is still active, and can be selected as an airport. To get to the old, closed-down base ("Area B"), you can take off from KFFO, fly over Huffman Prairie, where the Wright Brothers did their flying after they developed airplanes that didn't require the special conditions of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to get airborne and worked out many of the important problems of making practical airplanes, and then you are over Wright Field.
This is a photogrammetry area, so the NMUSAF buildings are represented, but a bit crudely, not as if they were done by hand or autogen. The large aircraft displayed outdoors are rendered as if they were buildings, with the T-tails of the large transports having "walls" that cascade to the ground. Still, it doesn't look too bad. The scenery was captured when the fourth NMUSAF museum building, the R&D/Space/Presidential display hall, was being built, so the sim shows a construction site where there has been a new building since 2015.
I lined up on the largest of the decommissioned runways. It was reasonably smooth and flat but I think the sim treats it as unimproved ground, so I'd be cautious about landing a delicate jet fighter on it. Maybe later I'll give that a try. As I landed, I noticed some stuff on the ground to the right of the runway, and wondered, what's that?
I took off again and flew over it, and it turned out that the scenery used in MSFS was captured during one of the museum's Dawn Patrol Rendezvous events, where they invite replica World War I aircraft to fly from the field. There was crude photogrammetry of tents, cars and trailers, and you can sort of make out the replica airplanes on the ground. Also, there was a clearly chalked temporary runway marked out on the turf infield.
The temporary turf runway isn't very long, but you can easily plop a Stearman or a WWI scout down on it. They should have trimmed the grass a little better though!
Sadly, this scenery with the Dawn Patrol event is likely to be erased in some future scenery update to the sim. I plan to enjoy it while it lasts!
August
There are a number of deactivated airports that you can't select as a departure or arrival point in FS2020, but they still exist on the map, so you can fly over to them, land and take off. One such is the old Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, formerly called Wright Field, home of the National Museum of the USAF. A new, northern section of the base ("Area A") was built in the 1950s and is still active, and can be selected as an airport. To get to the old, closed-down base ("Area B"), you can take off from KFFO, fly over Huffman Prairie, where the Wright Brothers did their flying after they developed airplanes that didn't require the special conditions of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to get airborne and worked out many of the important problems of making practical airplanes, and then you are over Wright Field.
This is a photogrammetry area, so the NMUSAF buildings are represented, but a bit crudely, not as if they were done by hand or autogen. The large aircraft displayed outdoors are rendered as if they were buildings, with the T-tails of the large transports having "walls" that cascade to the ground. Still, it doesn't look too bad. The scenery was captured when the fourth NMUSAF museum building, the R&D/Space/Presidential display hall, was being built, so the sim shows a construction site where there has been a new building since 2015.
I lined up on the largest of the decommissioned runways. It was reasonably smooth and flat but I think the sim treats it as unimproved ground, so I'd be cautious about landing a delicate jet fighter on it. Maybe later I'll give that a try. As I landed, I noticed some stuff on the ground to the right of the runway, and wondered, what's that?
I took off again and flew over it, and it turned out that the scenery used in MSFS was captured during one of the museum's Dawn Patrol Rendezvous events, where they invite replica World War I aircraft to fly from the field. There was crude photogrammetry of tents, cars and trailers, and you can sort of make out the replica airplanes on the ground. Also, there was a clearly chalked temporary runway marked out on the turf infield.
The temporary turf runway isn't very long, but you can easily plop a Stearman or a WWI scout down on it. They should have trimmed the grass a little better though!
Sadly, this scenery with the Dawn Patrol event is likely to be erased in some future scenery update to the sim. I plan to enjoy it while it lasts!
August
Navy Chief
Senior Member
There are a number of deactivated airports that you can't select as a departure or arrival point in FS2020, but they still exist on the map, so you can fly over to them, land and take off. One such is the old Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, formerly called Wright Field, home of the National Museum of the USAF. A new, northern section of the base ("Area A") was built in the 1950s and is still active, and can be selected as an airport. To get to the old, closed-down base ("Area B"), you can take off from KFFO, fly over Huffman Prairie, where the Wright Brothers did their flying after they developed airplanes that didn't require the special conditions of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to get airborne and worked out many of the important problems of making practical airplanes, and then you are over Wright Field.
This is a photogrammetry area, so the NMUSAF buildings are represented, but a bit crudely, not as if they were done by hand or autogen. The large aircraft displayed outdoors are rendered as if they were buildings, with the T-tails of the large transports having "walls" that cascade to the ground. Still, it doesn't look too bad. The scenery was captured when the fourth NMUSAF museum building, the R&D/Space/Presidential display hall, was being built, so the sim shows a construction site where there has been a new building since 2015.
I lined up on the largest of the decommissioned runways. It was reasonably smooth and flat but I think the sim treats it as unimproved ground, so I'd be cautious about landing a delicate jet fighter on it. Maybe later I'll give that a try. As I landed, I noticed some stuff on the ground to the right of the runway, and wondered, what's that?
I took off again and flew over it, and it turned out that the scenery used in MSFS was captured during one of the museum's Dawn Patrol Rendezvous events, where they invite replica World War I aircraft to fly from the field. There was crude photogrammetry of tents, cars and trailers, and you can sort of make out the replica airplanes on the ground. Also, there was a clearly chalked temporary runway marked out on the turf infield.
The temporary turf runway isn't very long, but you can easily plop a Stearman or a WWI scout down on it. They should have trimmed the grass a little better though!
Sadly, this scenery with the Dawn Patrol event is likely to be erased in some future scenery update to the sim. I plan to enjoy it while it lasts!
August
I just flew over that, after seeing your post. That is cool! NC
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2023
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2023
Thank you Noddy! I forgot to mention that the scenery in my screenshots is from within the default Huntsville, Alabama photogrammetry coverage.
Priller
SOH-CM-2024
noddy
SOH-CM-2024
An Ozzie Gina!! Magnificent!
But... Would that Gina then be a Sheila??
Priller
