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

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

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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.
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    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.

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Screenshots

Here some screenshots of Duggy. I'll upload them to Flightsim.to this evening. :wiggle:

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Yes, it is a WIP. A Canadian CF-104 from Silver Fox squadron seen at Tiger meet 1979 in Cambrai (France).
Pardon my ignorance, I'm making the move to this flt sim platform from FSX. Is this a texture you have created and may upload for others to enjoy at some point ? Regards
 
Evening decent into La Nubia Airport (SKMZ), Columbia.


Foggy AM departure from La Nubia.


Heading south over Rio Morona, Peru.


Warming up for interesting departure from Chagual Airport (SPGL), Peru. Looking towards the easy end.



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Thank you for your comments.
Take off from Phoenix airport, Arizona and go South West.

Thanks, Richard! Wow! :icon_eek:

Amazing! Looks like incredible huge vacation/holiday resorts. Called Sun Lakes. What strikes me most is that it looks almost deserted ! Walking around some of the streets i only saw two people.. Also remarkable that in your shots there's just about no water to see around there. Sun Lakes ??... In Google Maps that has changed a lot. Bodies of water everywhere.

Never been to the ol' US of A myself but i'm getting the picture more and more now. Long live Google/Bing Maps and our electrifying Microsobo FS !

BTW, I like the penguins comments !

Hehe, your screenies are always very inspiring ! :encouragement:
 
My favorite part of the 40th anniversary addon. Using laser scans of the original at the Smithsonian, modeled with milometer-accuracy.



Note the authentic graffiti on the fuel tank.













 
My favorite part of the 40th anniversary addon. Using laser scans of the original at the Smithsonian, modeled with milometer-accuracy.

It's an example of where a video game merges into being a piece of historical documentation. Not the first or only example; I'm reminded of the model of Notre Dame in Assassin's Creed Unity, which, although it proved useless in repairing the fire damage because of both resolution limitations (cathedrals are big! and hard to scan at 1mm resolution) and inaccuracies introduced for the sake of gameplay, was still a great educational tool and awareness raiser.

This is one of the vectors by which we approach the metaverse, assuming we want one. The MSFS universe already is the closest thing to an interactable world-sized realistic environment at a macro level, and through projects like the NYP, it can also be built up from the micro level. I do talks and participate in panels on this subject, and have started using a screen shot from MSFS as one of my powerpoint slides. This is only partly so that I can sneak my P-51 into a presentation that is supposedly about cyber legal and regulatory issues.

Of course, our little sim still has a long way to go before it can compete with this awesome fidelity:

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But we can dare to dream.

August
 
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