June 16, 200322 yr 6 months ago, I was simming around Greenland and Iceland and I saw fantastic Northern Lights in the a/c I was flying. I saw them repeatedly over a period of hours. I cannot seem to replicate the conditions to see them again!I am now over Sweden on Xmas Day at 1 am in the AFG YS-11 at FL120, and the sky is black, black, black. Where is the Aurora Borealis?!If anybody knows how to find these magical lights, can you please post?Thanks!JS Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
June 16, 200322 yr Author Holy S#$%!!!I just saw them!I literally had clicked on POST for the question above and returned to FS2002 as I noticed city lights below and then BLAM!, Northern Lights overhead. Deep fluorescing colors! It's a trip!Man, I cannot BELIEVE this! I'd been flying for ages (an hour or more) looking for them, and was getting desperate!How'd this happen?!?!?!?!?@#$??JS Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
June 16, 200322 yr These are a strange one, when I first bought FS2002 I flyed around in the more northern latitudes and saw them, but they didn't always display in the Virtual Cockpit view, usually only in the 2D. But now I can see them in 2D, VC and outside 3D view. Not sure what I changed but they do look good. Just make sure you have no clouds, I have even seen them whilst flying my Lago Tornado around the scottish highlands. Wish they had some more colours though.
June 16, 200322 yr Author In this a/c and panel (YS-11 by AFG), I had to be in SPOT view to see them. In 2D and VC, no lights at all!Just glad to see them at all !JS Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
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