July 22, 201213 yr Jucasim, great! And nice pics! Thanks! I did a bit exploring yesterday and cleared some fields around Willows after getting the AOTD. Now I have about 264 in my "collection" ;-) I think, that must be approx. the half amount of all (without the waterbases).. (?). I remember, that there should be about 540 airfields and 200 Waterbases? In that case, there is a bit more to explore... ;-) I didn´t do much of the Waterbases, because I´m not sure, where to land in many cases. A bit boring. May I ask, what you are doing with the informations of all the airports, you´ve cleared? Do you collect them? In my case, the exploring takes always time, because I collect the informations about fields I landed, in a xls file. Btw, did you know, that you can check the fields you landed at in the first spb.-file in your career folder? Just copy it and open the copy with an editor. When you scroll down a bit, you have all the fields you landed at, listed . Keep on exploring, always happy landings and I´m curious about to know, how much there are exactly... ;-) Cheers, Stephan i7 4790K @4,6Ghz (102x45), ASUS Maximus VII Hero, 16GB Corsair Venegance 1866, Corsair WC H100i, Gigabyte GTX 780 OC, 3x SSD (Win7, FSX, P3D), Dell UHD 27'", Saitek Homecockpit
July 22, 201213 yr Author Hi Mr_Duessel! Thanks for the tip about the spb.-file! I really had no idea where that information was stored! Every time i land in a airfield i check my "pilot stats" to see if the landing counted in the "unique airport" count. This spb file will be a great tool for me, because before i began "the journey" i had flown jobs, free exploring flights, all sort of things, and because of this, sometimes, when i land at an airport, it actually doesn't count as "unique". That always makes me wonder if i had already landed there before the journey. For now, i landed at 345 unique airports (308 - Alaska, and 37 - Hawaii). In other cases, if i´m landing at an airstrip that i really never landed before, and i mess up my landing and end up a little outside the runway (end or sides), the landing counts in your "general landing" stats, but not at your "unique airport" stats, as the first counts every time you stop at the ground or water (anywhere without crashing), and the second counts the exact point that the plain stops (or reaches 10kts or below...sometimes a 30 kts head wind can make the system not register the landing). So, when it doesn't count, i just takeoff and try one more approach. I think, that must be approx. the half amount of all (without the waterbases).. (?). I remember, that there should be about 540 airfields and 200 Waterbases? In that case, there is a bit more to explore... ;-) I didn´t do much of the Waterbases, because I´m not sure, where to land in many cases. A bit boring. Yes, i think that should be around 740 airports. I never seen anybody confirm that information, but sounds about right. I have been using the G-map iPad software, the Plan-G that is a great free app (check this thread), and the MS FLIGHT map to plan my flights. We have been noticing that a lot of airports that are in the real chart, are not in MS Flight (sometimes with different ID codes), and sometimes they are in MSFlight but not in the chart! So due to the problem that in MS Flight, some airstrips only shows up if you zoom all the way in, it´s really hard nobody (that i know) have the exact number. As you pointed, i had the same problems with the water landings, but i found a 80% accuracy method. First you have to have that head display on (shows compass, fuel, throttle, etc). The second thing is that the only way to be sure that you landed at the water runway, as far as i know, is when you stop the aircraft and the little FUEL icon shows up at the top right corner. And the third and most important thing is to check the airport map for the runway heading. So, head to the seaport and check the map...land anywhere on the seaport spot but heading the same direction as the runway...just think of the runway as a circle, and all you have to do is land from the correct heading. When the airplane stops, look for the fuel icon to confirm...it works most of the time! Oh, during the winter a lot of the lakes freeze, so you can try with other airplanes! May I ask, what you are doing with the informations of all the airports, you´ve cleared? Do you collect them? In my case, the exploring takes always time, because I collect the informations about fields I landed, in a xls file. I really, really wanted to keep track of them, but the journey alone has been quite overwhelming. The only thing i do is, when i notice a difference between the Plan-G chart and the MS Flight map, i take notes and post them at the Plan-G thread to help RoboRay change the database. Besides that, i only write down all the airport IDs that i plan to land in the day, and cross them out after landing! ---- Again, thank you so much for the "spd" file tip! ---- Keep on Flying!
July 22, 201213 yr Author OMG! I just did it folks! The main cluster in Anchorage is cleared! :dance: I´ll never, ever, ever do a cluster of 128 airfields, with less than 02 nm close to each other, again! And i really hope to not have missed 1 or two! Well, the good side is after clearing the worst part (not in beauty), things can only go uphill from here! I got tons of pictures, but for today i´ll just post the area covered (photo 1), the north main cluster (photo 2), the south cluster (photo 3)...those "zoom in" pictures don´t show all of the airports (quite a few are isolated) and a picture of the last landing in Seward (PAWD): ANCHORAGE ZOOM CLUSTER 1 ZOOM CLUSTER 2 LAST LANDING ---------- Keep on flying!
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