trevorbee

No, I am not using UT - but the good news is I flew down to the Hollywood Hills from Burbank just now and spotted the sign on top of the first hill. And so the mystery is solved. Many thanks for your help. Cheers Trevor

Hi Sascha Thank you for that tip. I downloaded and installed the flatten bgl per the instructions but still no luck in spotting the sign so far. I have searched the area using the coordinates included in the read me file and so should be in the right location. I am using the default mesh for this area. But thanks anyway. I will keep looking and report back if there is a breakthrough. Cheers Trevor

Hi All I seem to remember spotting the famous Hollywood sign a long time ago while flying low and slow around the Hollywood Hills. Just recently I have been trying to find it again (after checking it's location via Google Maps) but no luck so far. Does it actually exist in the default FS9 or was it my imagination? Trevor

Well, we now know who will be doing it and we also know what tools they have in their toolbox. But what will it look like? Will it be FS11 or something completely different? Should we just wait until 2015 to find out or start speculating now? I suggest we just wait………… Trevor

I am with those who think that the next flight sim will be based on a re-branded MS Flight. Perhaps, rather than whole world, it might be developed along the same lines as the train simulator i.e. by adding route packages for commercial airliners. Whereas GA could be catered for by developing additional detailed areas for adventure flights and missions. Lots of potential for lucrative DLC. Trevor

Nobody mentioned it is possible to have two Christmases in the Southern hemisphere. Here in New Zealand, many restaurants offer a mid winter Christmas meal in June as well as the traditional Christmas fare in December.

Whoever has bought this, I think that the big question is why have they bought it? If we knew the answer to that then we might have some idea of what we can look forward to. In the meantime, it seems to me that FLIGHT currently offers the most potential for an advanced flight simulation experience if someone is prepared to fill in all of the gaps (lots of them) at an acceptable price.

Could this perhaps be an alaborate subterfuge on behalf of MS to sponsor the development of FLIGHT/FSX into a mind boggling FS11 without losing face? Hmmmmm

Actually, I suspect that the two airports I mentioned in my orginal post (Revelstoke BC and St Stephan Switzerland) are not as challenging as they seem. It is just that their elevations are not represented correctly in FS9. Lots of interesting responses though - thanks.

Revelstoke airport (CYRV) in British Columbia is apparently located at the bottom of a chasm in the Columbia River - which makes for tricky landings. Likewise, St Stephan airport (LSTS) situated at the bottom of a canyon in the Swiss Alps. These are just two which I came across by chance. No doubt there are others. Any suggestions?

Revelstoke airport (CYRV) in British Columbia is apparently located at the bottom of a chasm in the Columbia River - which makes for tricky landings. Likewise, St Stephan airport (LSTS) situated at the bottom of a canyon in the Swiss Alps. These are just two which I came across by chance. No doubt there are others. Any suggestions? My apologies for this double post. Would our mod please delete this second one. Thanks.

Agree, this all sounds quite encouraging - but it could take a while as you say.

Let's hope. My gut feeling is that this is not the end of the road.

Jeroen, thank you for your tutorials - especially the VOR. I had tried to get my head around this subject a number of times, via the FS9 flying lessons, but never could get it. Well, now I do and I have printed off your documentation in case I ever need a refresher.

I agree, all of the above made Flight a huge improvement on what has gone before. I just hope that any future new sim will encompass these enhancements.