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#3508254 - 01/31/12 04:59 PM Airships
Sauron Successor to Bill the Cat! Hotshot Registered: 11/09/09 Posts: 5872 Loc: Quantum Superstate	I've been flying LZ-127, the Graf Zeppelin, this morning. I thought you might enjoy some pictures. Taking off from Moffet Field. Climbing out, a slow process. Up to cruise altitude. The view from the bridge. Cruising south along the California coast. The old airships are pretty challenging to fly what with ballasting, charging and venting and all. It took me awhile to get the hang of it. There were a few airship disasters until I got it right. Yesterday I was flying the modern Zeppelin NT. It has modern avionics, much better controls, and is way easier to manage. Here's a look at that. It's nowhere near as big as the old timers, but it's a great airship! The U. S. Navy is now flying airships again, a modified version of the American Blimp Corporation A-170 designated the MZ-3A by the Navy. It's operated by VXS-1, the first airship since 1961. Trust them to bring back airships after I retired. Man, that would have been good duty! Cheers! Rick... _________________________ "We are extending ourselves in Space and Time not because of capitalism or socialism but in spite of them. The Right/Left Capitalist/Socialist establishments are psychologically unprepared for our emerging situation in Time and Space." - F. M. Esfandiary, Upwingers
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#3508259 - 01/31/12 05:09 PM Re: Airships [Re: Sauron]
wheelsup_cavu Lifer Registered: 12/03/08 Posts: 20388 Loc: Corona, California	Very cool Sauron. Wheels _________________________ Cheers Wheelsup_cavu Mission4Today \| Get RoF Templates @ Combat-Asylum Planes of Fame Air Museum \| March Field Air Museum \| Palm Springs Air Museum
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#3508273 - 01/31/12 05:20 PM Re: Airships [Re: Sauron]
malibu43 Member Registered: 02/28/07 Posts: 1385 Loc: Belmont, CA	Is that the stock Moffett Field? Also, what scenery add-ons are you using for the rest of the bay area landscape there? I fly out of KSQL and am constantly looking to upgrade the appearance of the Bay Area in FSX. Stock is absolutely horrible. Right now I’m using MegaScenery Nor Cal (for FS9). Can’t wait for ORBX NorCal… _________________________ HP Pavillion Dv6t Quad Edition, Win7 (64), i7 2.0ghz, 1GB Radeon HD6770M, 6GB RAM, 640GB HD, TrackIR 4, Saitek AV8R Currently Installed: Rise of Flight IL-2 DBW 3.0 FSX Acceleration DCS / Flaming Cliffs 3 Mechwarrior Online
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#3508280 - 01/31/12 05:31 PM Re: Airships [Re: malibu43]
Sauron Successor to Bill the Cat! Hotshot Registered: 11/09/09 Posts: 5872 Loc: Quantum Superstate	Originally Posted By: malibu43 Is that the stock Moffett Field? Also, what scenery add-ons are you using for the rest of the bay area landscape there? I fly out of KSQL and am constantly looking to upgrade the appearance of the Bay Area in FSX. Stock is absolutely horrible. Right now I’m using MegaScenery Nor Cal (for FS9). Can’t wait for ORBX NorCal… That's all stock FSX scenery. There are new, more detailed blimp hangars for Moffet Field out there, I have to hunt them up and install them. Also, I'm planning to install "San Francisco Bay Living World", a freeware offering from Striking Software: http://www.strikingsoftware.com/other.shtml And I like FS Water Configurator from that same site, and the new water normals they also offer. I'll probably grab their Carribean stuff too. You can get the Graf Zeppelin, if you're interested, here: http://theoldhangar.adventureasylum.com/ It was made for FS2004 but works fine in FSX, except for four gauges you'll have to comment out or replace. The modern Zeppelin NT is available in the FSX miscellaneous section at Simviation or at http://www.flightport.de if you want that. It's very nice. Cheers! Rick... _________________________ "We are extending ourselves in Space and Time not because of capitalism or socialism but in spite of them. The Right/Left Capitalist/Socialist establishments are psychologically unprepared for our emerging situation in Time and Space." - F. M. Esfandiary, Upwingers
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#3508285 - 01/31/12 05:40 PM Re: Airships [Re: Sauron]
malibu43 Member Registered: 02/28/07 Posts: 1385 Loc: Belmont, CA	Originally Posted By: Sauron Originally Posted By: malibu43 Is that the stock Moffett Field? Also, what scenery add-ons are you using for the rest of the bay area landscape there? I fly out of KSQL and am constantly looking to upgrade the appearance of the Bay Area in FSX. Stock is absolutely horrible. Right now I’m using MegaScenery Nor Cal (for FS9). Can’t wait for ORBX NorCal… That's all stock FSX scenery. There are new, more detailed blimp hangars for Moffet Field out there, I have to hunt them up and install them. Also, I'm planning to install "San Francisco Bay Living World", a freeware offering from Striking Software: http://www.strikingsoftware.com/other.shtml And I like FS Water Configurator from that same site, and the new water normals they also offer. I'll probably grab their Carribean stuff too. You can get the Graf Zeppelin, if you're interested, here: http://theoldhangar.adventureasylum.com/ It was made for FS2004 but works fine in FSX, except for four gauges you'll have to comment out or replace. The modern Zeppelin NT is available in the FSX miscellaneous section at Simviation or at http://www.flightport.de if you want that. It's very nice. Cheers! Rick... Hmmm... I'll have to investigate. I'd swear my stock SF Bay doesn't look that good. Funny, I just posted about Striking Software in the GA Forum! _________________________ HP Pavillion Dv6t Quad Edition, Win7 (64), i7 2.0ghz, 1GB Radeon HD6770M, 6GB RAM, 640GB HD, TrackIR 4, Saitek AV8R Currently Installed: Rise of Flight IL-2 DBW 3.0 FSX Acceleration DCS / Flaming Cliffs 3 Mechwarrior Online
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#3508322 - 01/31/12 07:05 PM Re: Airships [Re: Sauron]
Scoobe Member Registered: 12/23/08 Posts: 2287	Nice pics! Rob _________________________ Intel Core i7-3770K GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti
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#3508363 - 01/31/12 08:02 PM Re: Airships [Re: malibu43]
Sauron Successor to Bill the Cat! Hotshot Registered: 11/09/09 Posts: 5872 Loc: Quantum Superstate	Originally Posted By: malibu43 Hmmm... I'll have to investigate. I'd swear my stock SF Bay doesn't look that good. Funny, I just posted about Striking Software in the GA Forum! Argh! Wait a minute, I forgot one thing. I'm running FSGenesis USA Landclass. That's the difference. And I have everything turned up to full blast on the eye candy settings. Sorry about that, I forgot the landclass. Cheers! Rick... _________________________ "We are extending ourselves in Space and Time not because of capitalism or socialism but in spite of them. The Right/Left Capitalist/Socialist establishments are psychologically unprepared for our emerging situation in Time and Space." - F. M. Esfandiary, Upwingers
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#3508368 - 01/31/12 08:10 PM Re: Airships [Re: Sauron]
MaceUK33 Everything is true Veteran Registered: 01/10/05 Posts: 12191 Loc: Darlington, UK.	What monster PC have you got Sauron? I still can't max out FSX. The airships look great BTW, never thought about flying them. _________________________ Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz D0 OC'd to 3.40GHz \| MSI GeForce GTX 660 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 \| Samsung F3 1TB \| Corsair 6GB DDR3 \| Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 \| LG DVD±RW SATA DL RW \| Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 PSU \| Antec 902 \| Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler \| W7 HP 64 bit \| 27" iiyama monitor \| TM HOTAS Warthog #05225 \| TM Cougar MFDs \| Saitek Pro-flight combat pedals \| Track IR 5 Falcon BMS \| DCS A-10C \| Flaming Cliffs 3 \| RoF \| BoB 2 2.12 \| EECH 1.15 \| ArmA 3 "A nugget of purest green!"
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#3508376 - 01/31/12 08:17 PM Re: Airships [Re: MaceUK33]
Sauron Successor to Bill the Cat! Hotshot Registered: 11/09/09 Posts: 5872 Loc: Quantum Superstate	Originally Posted By: MaceUK33 What monster PC have you got Sauron? I still can't max out FSX. The airships look great BTW, never thought about flying them. LOL! I'm running a six core AMD Cyberpower gamer at 4.0 GHz with eight gigs of DDR3 RAM and a Radeon card that guod helped me spec out. The man knows his stuff. This thing is an unstoppable beast, at least with the titles I play! Cheers! Rick... _________________________ "We are extending ourselves in Space and Time not because of capitalism or socialism but in spite of them. The Right/Left Capitalist/Socialist establishments are psychologically unprepared for our emerging situation in Time and Space." - F. M. Esfandiary, Upwingers
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#3508383 - 01/31/12 08:24 PM Re: Airships [Re: Sauron]
MaceUK33 Everything is true Veteran Registered: 01/10/05 Posts: 12191 Loc: Darlington, UK.	Didn't even know there were 6 core CPU's now! lol _________________________ Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz D0 OC'd to 3.40GHz \| MSI GeForce GTX 660 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 \| Samsung F3 1TB \| Corsair 6GB DDR3 \| Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 \| LG DVD±RW SATA DL RW \| Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 PSU \| Antec 902 \| Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler \| W7 HP 64 bit \| 27" iiyama monitor \| TM HOTAS Warthog #05225 \| TM Cougar MFDs \| Saitek Pro-flight combat pedals \| Track IR 5 Falcon BMS \| DCS A-10C \| Flaming Cliffs 3 \| RoF \| BoB 2 2.12 \| EECH 1.15 \| ArmA 3 "A nugget of purest green!"
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