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We just watched Salvation, a TV show from 2017. I think it was episode 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6684314/?ref_=ttep_ep2 The show is about diverting a meteor from hitting Earth. And guess what: they need an EM drive to accomplish that, and that drive uses the Casimir effect. Just what Buhler is promoting 😄

And the Blackbird Cessna 310R.

Thanks for this post, Terry. I was considering to buy my first CS model for MSFS, but not with a KingAir flight model. That's really a bummer. Peter

I understood Dave that P2ATC will use Voice Access in the future, but using its own instance of it. If that is correct, there would be a significant internal change in how P2ATC recognizes voice, but nothing will change on the outside. Maybe Dave can clarify that point.

[1] Yes, they do. But generally forces need some source of energy to be created, and Buhler claims a new type of force that does not require an energy source. [2] The commonly accepted view in the physics community is that gravity is distortion of space. It corresponds to a measurable effect of space-time curvature, not the cause. The cause of curvature is energy (there is a bit more to it, but energy is the dominating source). Since electromagnetic fields contain energy, they do indeed distort space. However, the effect of is generally tiny compared to that of the rest energy E = m c2 of an object of mass m.

I just saw that it works on another site: https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/135009-Hercules-fans-you-ain-t-gonna-believe-this?p=1334064&viewfull=1#post1334064

Bought it today and love it 🙂

I scanned through his presentation at the APEC conference (which is not a major scientific conference). He starts with solid physics, but becomes sketchy when he talks about the interesting parts. I am always a bit cautious when people found companies around an idea that has not passed peer review, and they promise big breakthroughs. There is now an entire industry around start-up companies that appeal to high-risk high-gain investors. I would count the Boom supersonic jet as one example, and that one is on much firmer ground than this propulsion idea. I personally will not invest into Buhler's company 🙂 Peter

Ah, most informative. I will then wait until Voice Access will be used in P2ATC. Can't wait for this to happen, I really miss using P2ATC 🙂

Thanks for chiming in Dave. I have tried speech training excessively, both within and outside of P2ATC, to no avail. However, I might have turned on Windows speech recognition while using P2ATC. I will try it again without speech recognition. Peter

Ah, good. That speech recognition never understood me (even when I spoke very clearly, and very simple sentences) and is the single reason why I don't use P2ATC anymore. My hope would be that P2ATC will use something else soon.

Yep, that's very much personal preference. I personally would say that MSFS Premium is good enough for most purposes. Add a few freeware airports, the free FBW A320, and perhaps some payware airports that you really like, and you're good to go. If you want good ATC, you should look into Vatsim, PilotEdge, SayIntentions, or BeyondATC (not available yet). I you want good charts, you should get a Navigraph subscription. And if you want outstanding aircraft, you should get payware airplanes from A2A, Fenix, PMDG, Milviz/Blackbird, and some other companies. But, unlike P3D, you do not have to invest first in weather, scenery, and payware aircraft to make the sim pretty and interesting. Peter

We had almost perfect weather in New Brunswick. Only a single cloud, and guess where that cloud moved only seconds after totality started. Luckily, the cloud was not very thick, so we could still see corona and flares. Plus, we could see rainbow colours in that cloud shortly before and after totality. We couldn't see any stars near the Sun, though. It was a great experience. Peter

We will go to New Brunswick, forecast is perfect: clear and warm (+11C). We will bring a wide-view telescope with an attached camera to take high-precision photos. Plus binoculars and glasses. Peter

Amazing. Great job, Ray. And what a cool story, I didn't know about the Concorde chasing an eclipse. For everyone who is as word not allowed of it as I was, here is a web page on this flight: https://airwaysmag.com/concorde-chased-solar-eclipse/