May 29, 201214 yr No, there is just water that has a bit different colour. Same for Midway Island. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/367506-pushing-back-the-boundaries/
May 29, 201214 yr Is the Johnston Atoll in MS Flight? I found a small island south of Niihau that wasn't on the map, I was wondering if there were any more islands out there that aren't listed on the map It sort of exists, but only as an untextured super-low-resolution mesh. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/367506-pushing-back-the-boundaries/
May 29, 201214 yr Am i the only one who thinks they pulled the plug on Alaska, i remember a long time ago they said spring. Not one word mentioned about it since then, very weird.
May 29, 201214 yr Like the old software development adage: Designing the first 90% of the program takes 90% of the time. Developing the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time. There's no place like this place, so this must be the place.
May 29, 201214 yr Am i the only one who thinks they pulled the plug on Alaska, i remember a long time ago they said spring. Not one word mentioned about it since then, very weird. Well, in that case they must have scrapped whatever they demoed at PAX East, which is less than two months ago. https://news.microsoftflight.com/blogs/news/archive/2012/04/06/get-a-first-look-at-alaska.aspx
May 29, 201214 yr Am i the only one who thinks they pulled the plug on Alaska, i remember a long time ago they said spring. Not one word mentioned about it since then, very weird. It is still Spring in the northern hemisphere. :) Aaron
May 29, 201214 yr Well, in that case they must have scrapped whatever they demoed at PAX East, which is less than two months ago. https://news.microso...-at-alaska.aspx There's some tiny bit of footage from that event on Youtube. First some guy talks, then at 60 seconds we see him fly over Alaskan scenery for about half a minute. Some commenter says it's a Cessna, but to me it looks like the Maule? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-6HyHLQIn8
May 30, 201214 yr Well in the JH interview, he stated I believe they " hope' to be able to release DLC scenery every 3 months or so. Not a definitive, yes every 90 days there will be a scenery release. I am sure they already had it in the pipeline being worked on probably well before the initial release of Flight. Flight came out on Feb 28th. Around end of March we had a dlc plane. Around end of May we are having a dlc plane. It has been said, this will be the last of the warbird series for Hawaii. I would guess, we "may" see the Alaska DLC , and hopefully a new plane or two with cockpits, around end of June or so. All just guesswork on my part or course. Don B
May 30, 201214 yr In the interview with Tom he talked about 3-4 packages per year, which also buys them another month. :-) Mike Dryden
May 30, 201214 yr <<Can a flight be made between Alaska and the Hawaii...>> jcomm, I wonder if it would be possible to go from Hawaii to Alaska by glider? I remember watching a documentary on gliders not that long ago and was absolutely shocked by how far they can go with a skilled operator especially with one of the newer gliders that have impressive glide ratios! I doubt it could be done for very long over the ocean as I would think it would be difficult finding good thermals over the ocean to keep going... Since you're the glider expert, do you know if gliders have ever attempted relatively long distance over-water flight?
May 30, 201214 yr I was wondering why we'd seen no footage from the PAX East thing, and that clip is short, but it does look like the Maule, certainly a tail dragger. Initial excitement at mention of a "jet-based fighter plane" somewhat flattened when I replayed it and found he actually said "Japanese fighter plane". Ah well.
May 30, 201214 yr Author jcomm, I wonder if it would be possible to go from Hawaii to Alaska by glider? I remember watching a documentary on gliders not that long ago and was absolutely shocked by how far they can go with a skilled operator especially with one of the newer gliders that have impressive glide ratios! I doubt it could be done for very long over the ocean as I would think it would be difficult finding good thermals over the ocean to keep going... Since you're the glider expert, do you know if gliders have ever attempted relatively long distance over-water flight? I'll try to find out with my colleagues, but I don't believe it has been done particularly because, as you say, there are no thermals of sufficient power over the Ocean... There is sometimes huge convection, associated with frontal systems etc... but that's not certainly the type of weather a glider pilot should fly accross/in... Lee Waves could possibly be used, but it would have to be a really big wave system, giving you enough altitude in between to ensure the glide between upstream zones... I'll try to find more on this subject :-) There's an interesting paper article here Meanwhile look here for a nice video of a NASA probe glider being flown near a thunderstorm :-) [media=] [/media] Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
May 30, 201214 yr I took a look at the Corsair's stats on the Market page and saw this: Maximum Range: 1300 nm Assuming that leaning out at high altitude yields a range doubling like with the Maule, you can make it all the way to Alaska in one hop. Have fun with that.
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