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Ware Island, Alabama

Release of Ware Island..

I'm just about done with Ware Island. I hope to get it uploaded by Friday if not tomorrow. A big thank you:salute: to Dimus for his help on the project.

RD
 
Nice work guys!!:applause:

Orion, being a photoreal fan myself, I went and grabbed your file, thanks. I really like that whole area for photoreal, will have to see what megascenery Alabama looks like now.

After checking out RDs posts and visiting the area, I really like it and did some flying in the area. I figured you would need a bigger spot to land at before and after heading out to Ware Island and really liked the look of Gragg Wade field, Chilton County Airport, which is just 1 mile from Clanton, so bascially a hop, skip and jump from Ware Island. so I did a quick imagery layout since the data was so good (30cm p/pixel). I like how close it is, the feel of the airport and the highway in front matchs the FS one, so traffic use it, kinda neat to watch. Plus I like the stream/river that runs by.

RD if you or anyone is interested, I can finish it up and post it.

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I uploaded my version of Clanton, Alabama, today. It's in the download section under what's new. Chilton County Airport is named Gragg-Wade.
Of course there is no photoreal scenery background as I don't know doodlie squat about photoreal.

RD
 
rdaniell said:
I uploaded my version of Clanton, Alabama, today. It's in the download section under what's new. Chilton County Airport is named Gragg-Wade.
Of course there is no photoreal scenery background as I don't know doodlie squat about photoreal.

RD
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Thanks RD, didn't realize they were one in the same, off to install and check it out. Thanks!!
 
MCDesigns said:
Thanks RD, didn't realize they were one in the same, off to install and check it out. Thanks!!
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You are welcome. I don't know what all is involved in "matching" a photoreal ground texture to a scenery but, I think it would be a great enhancement for the scenery if you can do that. I made some changes to the default tarmac. I took my private pilot's check ride at Clanton, Alabama, way back in 1976. Mr. Charlie Wade who is the Wade in Gragg-Wade was my instructor. He was a wonderful ole character.

I have a lot of wonderful memories from those days of flying around in Central Alabama.

RD
 
rdaniell said:
I have a lot of wonderful memories from those days of flying around in Central Alabama.

RD
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I can imagine RD, I have some fond memories of a small airport where I grew up also. When I saw this airport in the sim i wondered if you knew it well, guess I was right.

I started doing scenery back during CFS2 so to be able to fly over high res sat imagery is something I REALLY love (main reason i could never go back to FS9, poor resolution) and is usually the basis for any scenery I do. I have 330 gigs of photoreal airports all over the world like the one posted above with the intent that one day I will work on one, since the initial process like you see above is the really easy part, LOL. It does get much easier the more times you do it.
 
Another warrant officer candidate and I....

...deviated our flight plan from Fort Rucker just a little bit. We decided to drop in at Ware Island to see how "Doc" was doing. Man! I am really enjoying this new purchase. Well actually it's a repurchase as I had it on my computer that crashed with yep..:pop4:..no backup. It's backed up now. I paid around $ 30.00 for it when I bought it the first time. I got it this time for a little less than $17.00.

I really find it hard to believe that I kept waiting hoping it would be on sale someday. And the waiting paid off.:applause:

RD
 
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