• 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

  • Special Server Maintenance

    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.

Sextant Tutorial Video Part 2 - Following along on a flight

Hi all,


This is the sequel to that first video tutorial on navigating with the sextant gauge. I don't know if it's needed since folks seem to be doing just fine with the gauge now, but I've had it recorded for a while and finally got the time to publish it. It's a flight from Christmas Island to Bora Bora, using only dead reckoning and the sextant. The video consists of an intro / explanation of the setup, then cuts away and picks back up for the various checkpoints, finding land, and the arrival. It's still pretty long, but I put the timestamps of each section in the description, so you can just watch one section until you understand, then skim on to the next etc... so if you don't have almost 2 hours to watch the whole thing (which I don't expect most people do) you can hopefully still find some value to it.


I made some dumb mistakes and did some rambling - it was late and I was tired, but I knew it'd be my only available chunk of time to record it for a while, so I pressed on. Bear with me ;-).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M-IJ7h0vQM&t=5456s
 
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