July 14, 20169 yr Fascinating! Seems that the Cape Cod canal was dredged out a bit looking at Google Maps - looks like it's silted over just inland of the two jetties in your screenshot. Also the dirt track which looks a little like a perimeter track (same screenie). Is that for powerlines for the phased array radar near the ANG base? Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
July 14, 20169 yr Very nice to see this classic plane over the East Coast. Beautiful coastal view in the last picture. Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
July 14, 20169 yr Also the dirt track which looks a little like a perimeter track (same screenie). Is that for powerlines for the phased array radar near the ANG base? The PAVE PAWS installation is smallish, light clearing roughly located at the 10 o'clock position off the aircraft, fully surrounded by woods. It's about a wingspan away from the tip of the starboard wing. There is a small access road leading to the radar on its right side.While the radar does get its feed from one or two of the larger transmission lines in the area, the actual feed is too small to be seen in the screenshot. There are multiple high voltage transmission line clearings visible in the screenshot servicing the south coast, central Cape, and connecting the canal power station (located just ahead of the aircraft on the other side of the canal) with the grid.I spent some time working on this area in OpenStreetMap, adding in the transmission lines and some gas pipelines in the region, hence the familiarity!
July 15, 20169 yr Author Fascinating! Seems that the Cape Cod canal was dredged out a bit looking at Google Maps - looks like it's silted over just inland of the two jetties in your screenshot. Also the dirt track which looks a little like a perimeter track (same screenie). Is that for powerlines for the phased array radar near the ANG base? Thanks for commenting.....the photoscenery is made from aerial photography! Very nice to see this classic plane over the East Coast. Beautiful coastal view in the last picture. Appreciate the comment! The PAVE PAWS installation is smallish, light clearing roughly located at the 10 o'clock position off the aircraft, fully surrounded by woods. It's about a wingspan away from the tip of the starboard wing. There is a small access road leading to the radar on its right side. While the radar does get its feed from one or two of the larger transmission lines in the area, the actual feed is too small to be seen in the screenshot. There are multiple high voltage transmission line clearings visible in the screenshot servicing the south coast, central Cape, and connecting the canal power station (located just ahead of the aircraft on the other side of the canal) with the grid. I spent some time working on this area in OpenStreetMap, adding in the transmission lines and some gas pipelines in the region, hence the familiarity! Thanks very much for your experienced observation....the photoscenery captures everything that is there including the color! Wow...looking REALLY good, HL! Big thanks for commenting! Nice shots! Many thanks for comments! HLJAMES
July 15, 20169 yr Excellent screenshots, HL Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
July 15, 20169 yr Very nice indeed! Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
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