I am preparing a web site and need your comments. Contained within the site will be a collection of flights, adventures, races and more. Each will contain real world weather. Where possible the flights will be based on "real world" events such as the MacRobertson Race (1934)which was provided by MS. I have a real time weather file of that race (2003 weather of course) ready as well as quite a few others. Another example is a tour of Europe set on either 29/30th Dec 2003 or late April 2004 which could be chosen depending on how challenging you would like the flight to be (Dec 2003 is as close I can find to "impossible" weather for Europe). Times, experiences etc could be shared on the site if you wanted to send them in. Non stop RTW race under prep which I will fly non stop in a week or so with copilot so I can get the real world weather just right.I finished the MacRobertson race in a decent time but I would like to know if you can beat my time with the same weather.The question for you is am i wasting my time putting those flights onto the web to share? If not then are there any particular flights you can think of (real world) which might be good to add? If I upload the site would anyone want to share there experiences of flying the"adventures" etc?I must add that this isn't some kind of commercial thing just me wanting to share flights and experiences.Andrew"If it can go wrong it probably will. If it doesn't then turn it off"

Andrew-This sounds very interesting to me. I always use RW weather, so I like that, and some day I hope to carve out the time for a RTW journey.What about a section where conditions causing RW disasters are duplicated, and sim pilots can attempt to recreate the flight and avoid the disaster? I hope this doesn't come across as macabre... I'd just be interested in something like that for the challenge it presents.I'm not sure if there is anything I could contribute to the site at this point. Have to put my mind to it.Hope you get more encouraging feedback.Regards.Alex M.

Any contribution to the hobby is a good one and certainly not a waste of your time. Your efforts and interests might provide the impetus to some young person who visits your site to explore their interest in flight. Who knows? Your effort could spawn a dozen pilots. Good luck!

Let me suggest something I personally would be interested in.#1A recreation of an accident flight using MS 2004 flight sim files. Re-create conditions that were known at the time. AC, departure airport, Runway, time of day, weather, AC weight and balance etc. The flight could be a ride along demo in pilot / co-pilot position. I suppose the flight could then be modified by the user to achieve different out comes.#2Historic flights ? How about Earhart's last round the world attempt with the weather and airports researched. I thought I saw a group working on an authentic 10E.

"A recreation of an accident"Bad idea. That's why MS will not be able to get airlines to allow their logos to be used in the base package, and why we could see airlines come down on freeware add-on's if something like this were implemented. Don't go there.

"A recreation of an accidentBad idea."Agreed.Andrew has a great idea for his site. Of course, the ultimate challenge would be Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. In real time. And ya can't sleep the night before departing! :-) Greg

At least I have enough accidents in fs without any special accident flights! :-)rgrdsfredrik granfors

I happen to believe that recreation of an accident is a good idea. While an airline may not want their airline to be the subject of such a study, there is NO better way to LEARN how to AVOID an accident than SIMULATING the conditions that led to a real event in the first place. This is exactly why airlines train their pilots in simulators - because you can SIMULATE conditions that you would never want to see in a real aircraft.This is particularly true of weather - and part of why the weather in my weather adventures series is "less than optimal" - simulation teaches principles by experience that you could not duplicate safely in a real aircraft.I for one would to love see it!Best,sg

Thanks for your comments. Site will go ahead. I won't be ready for a while cos I want to have some more flights of a decent quality for its opening. Maybe a month.As for accidents perhaps a few challenges including engine failure, decompression etc but i don't think that it would be a good idea to simulate real world accidents with respect to any that may have been hurt etc.I'll let you all know when site is uploaded.Andrew"If it can go wrong it probably will. If it doesn't then turn it off"

I have found the finished 10E. If anyone has any sources of info regarding the planed route, weather etc please post here or email me at [email protected]

We need more people like you to continue this hobby.

Andrew, what 10E are you talking about? I briefly ran across a group working on a 10E that was being passed around. It had AE's tank configuration. If a top notch AE configured 10E with a good air file is around all the info you need can be had from the AES or TIGHAR. Write me;Daryll [email protected]

I tend to agree with those AGAINST recreating RW accidents - It would be a VERY BAD move for all sorts of reasons including respect for those that lost their livesThis is supposed to be a hobby (obsession, whatever) and not everyone feels inclined to actually try and be a RW pilot - some of us just use it for sightseeing - that is we download the best available scenery for our particular tastes and then "fly" over it for whatever "thrill" that gives usSome of us dont even bother with the so-called Real Weather and just create weather that WE are interested in to "test" our own abilities or otherwiseMy personal opinion is that it is a good concept BUT please do not get "carried away" because in the end result it could do a lot of "damage" to the flightsim community if for the sake of argument some "NUTCASE" came up with a recreation of 9/11Just my opinion

>"A recreation of an accident">>Bad idea. That's why MS will not be able to get airlines to

Just for argument sake Ozzie and I know you are only expressing an opinion. Every flight simmer can enjoy flight sim from any aspect they care to choose or download. Who are you calling a "NUTCASE", me for suggesting it in the first place? Are you calling the FAA a "NUTCASE" also? From my understanding they can download the black box into a computer and a flight sim is created depicting the aircraft's last movements and configuration in 3D. You don't see bodies spilling out on the runway. The FAA tries to learn from it and why shouldn't we? Why not John F. Kennedy jr's flight plan that fateful day, with weather, vis and time of day etc? It's the flight sim pilot who would choose the out come of the flight.Why not setting up Patsy Cline's flight? What about Buddy Holly getting into that Bonanza(?)with a snowstorm going on. My facts might not be right but that would be nice to have a source where the facts were straight.I hope you aren't comparing the crashing aspect "visual_damage=1" in flight sim in the same catagory with the other violent computer games where you set out to kill people with a gun?You are right though, it's only your opinion.