Loose lips sink ships! j/k :)  fascinating dialog here - David Lee

6 hours ago, downscc said:

I've seen pictures of it.

Dan

A B-52 on a wooden structure hundreds of feet high beside a cliff.

I remember in the 80s' there was sense of urgency to harden 3c. I haven't heard anything about in 20-30 years. Do you know what the status is? Several well placed nuclear warheads detonated 200-300  mile above  the central U. S. would put this country out of business and eventually lead to the death of about 90% of the population. Is the electrical grid hardened?

I believe EMP first became widely apparent after a 1962 high altitude test in the Pacific. In 1963 the Test Ban Treaty went into effect which eliminated above ground testing. So the EMP testing done on the side of cliffs and where ever else had to been done without the benefit of nuclear warheads to cause the EMP. What was used to create the pulse?

 

On 3/8/2017 at 4:24 AM, Captain Kevin said:

Considering the real Air Force One was based off of the Boeing 747-200B rather than the Boeing 747-400....

There are many of the PMDG 777 and PMDG 747 repaints that indicate the repaint is "fictional".  That's what I want.  The "fictional" one with the PMDG 747-400 v3 (drool forming at corners of mouth...). 

21 hours ago, w6kd said:

For the OP--there are at least two AF-1 repaints for the PMDG B744 v3 in the AVSIM library already.

@Bob:  I'm not the OP but do you know where in the AVSIM Library these "two AF-1, PMDG B744 v3" repaints are located.  I have used every search term and only see like the VC25 and the PMDG744 to find those repaints.  I suspect I need more training on the AVSIM Library...  Thanks for any assistance.

2 hours ago, Jim Young said:

@Bob:  I'm not the OP but do you know where in the AVSIM Library these "two AF-1, PMDG B744 v3" repaints are located.  I have used every search term and only see like the VC25 and the PMDG744 to find those repaints.  I suspect I need more training on the AVSIM Library...  Thanks for any assistance.

Here's the one I've been using.  There's another one in there somewhere--a repaint of the 747-400M that I had downloaded a while back and have since deleted.

https://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=198600

Cheers

Thanks Bob for the link.  Even though I now know the file name, I still cannot find it in the Library.  I found the E4B through a search but not the AF1.  Not a big deal except I won't sleep tonight.  Good thing I have friends like you to help out old people like me!

Jim

Years ago, I ran the simulator for Air Force 1 pilots who were evaluating the 747-400 as a replacement, this was maybe in like 1996 or 1997. There main issue at the time was the 2 pilot vs 3 man crew. They came several times over several weeks, but eventually ruled it out. You can bet with the -8, it will not be a run of the mill airliner. 

I agree with Bob, his third paragraph was also their concern and they suggested it would be highly modified...

On 3/8/2017 at 3:16 PM, w6kd said:

For the OP--there are at least two AF-1 repaints for the PMDG B744 v3 in the AVSIM library already.

As to the real current VC-25, the flight deck is mostly round-dial analog fare, but not your standard 747-200 layout.  Some of the analog instruments have been substituted with electronic equivalents, like an EADI/EHSI, for example, but it's not an integrated digital flight deck like on the B744 or B777.

The next AF-1 is going to be a 747-8 airframe, and I'd guess it'll be a hybrid digital-analog flight deck.  Digital is harder to shield from nuclear EMP effects, so I'd be surprised to see a heavily-computerized flight deck unless it has a lot of analog redundancy.

Regards

 

I have a feeling they'll include a paint with the release of the 747-8 expansion, as the next AF1 will be based on it. Maybe they'll go the extra mile and all the unique features like refueling port and anti-attack devices.

5 minutes ago, NEXTGENERIC said:

anti-attack devices

Hi,

Highly doubt it. PMDG didn't implement the cockpit lock system for security reasons. I don't see them implementing highly controlled military systems in the cockpit.
And anyway, I don't think they would be granted access to the data of the system to reproduce it in public simulator! 

1 hour ago, Budbud said:

Hi,

Highly doubt it. PMDG didn't implement the cockpit lock system for security reasons. I don't see them implementing highly controlled military systems in the cockpit.
And anyway, I don't think they would be granted access to the data of the system to reproduce it in public simulator! 

Sorry, I didn't mean the actual systems. I meant the sensors on the exterior, etc. Purely aesthetic.

I bet if you use the freighter version of the -400 as a base for the paint, you could make it pretty close even if we dont have a -200

56 minutes ago, canders2 said:

I bet if you use the freighter version of the -400 as a base for the paint, you could make it pretty close even if we dont have a -200

Only if you were perfectly fine with the side cargo door sticking out.