Christopher Low

http://www.prepar3d.com/news/2015/09/113061/

There is a section of their website dedicated to the central issues facing a return to flight. It is written by a former B2 certified Concorde engineer (Ricky Bastin).... http://www.saveconcordegroup.co.uk/

I understand that there are massive obstacles to overcome, but the Save Concorde Group isn't a bunch of enthusiastic pensioners that meet in the village hall at the end of every month. This group has actual Concorde pilots as part of its membership! I am pretty sure that they know the challenges that they face. The funding is extremely impressive, and that suggests to me that there are some very interested, very rich customers and backers lined up behind the scenes. The scepticism is sensible, but......wouldn't it be amazing if they could pull it off?

Optimism costs nothing.

The ACG version also has AI planes that taxi out and fly around, including a B17, Spitfires, a Hurricane, B25 Mitchell, Sea Vixen, De Havilland Dragon Rapide and more. I even have a couple of Gloster Meteors that fly in from elsewhere The airfield is superbly detailed, with realistic representations of the static aircraft on display, and tons of other stuff!

Alan, Are you aware that there is an excellent freeware Duxford scenery addon from ACG?

Looks like there could be a decent gathering around Mutley's stand. I hope the tea and cakes are on standby

Am I correct in thinking that you will be very close to that Rolls Royce RB 211 engine?

Based on my experience last year, it's meeting and chatting with other flightsim enthusiasts that I am looking forward to most of all. Top of the list for me would be an unexpected visit by Darren and Vicky Vincent (formerly of Earth Simulations). I would love to meet them.

Good heavens....That is one unbelievably detailed airport scenery package!

Absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to see an AI A350 at one of the UK airports in P3D. In fact, one of those test aircraft would be great as a starter...

It's a shame that the ORBx guys gave up on the UK region airfields. It would have been nice to have an FTX version of EGSC Cambridge (which was apparently in development when JV altered his plans), and a collection of additional airfields across the UK.

That is very sad news

Just a note to say that you will not see that Air Berlin static aircraft in the release package. Someone informed Gary that Air Berlin no longer fly to Stansted, so it has been replaced with something else

Looking forward to meeting you all in only 45 days!

Look, I am not trying to be awkward here. I posted a comment about how I prefer to do things, and it was not meant as any kind of criticism of the way anyone else does it. I don't want to offend anyone, so please accept my apologies if any offence has been taken. It was certainly not intended. EDIT: Apologies to Michael for sidetracking your topic.

If the "hypothetical scenario" described by Rob Ainscough over at AVSIM is accurate, then P3D v3 may be worth a punt after all. Vastly improved VAS management is of great interest to me.

You are being very pedantic, John. Michael had already explained how to create an airfield in his initial instructions. I was simply explaining how I would take it from that point forward. Kevin is correct that I use photoscenery, but you don't need existing photoscenery to install a base photo image via FS Earth Tiles. Maybe this is where the confusion is arising? I was under the impression that these instructions were for adding new airfields with photoscenery base images. If that is not the case, then I apologise, and I will get the hell out of this thread.

You only have to fill out the Airport Properties box in ADE to get a new airfield added. You will then be able to select it in FSX/P3D, and any photo base image of the airfield that you have installed (using FS Earth Tiles as described) should already be there. That can then be used as your template for the positioning of runways, taxiways and scenery objects. This is an alternative (and in my opinion easier) way of getting the correct alignment and location of all scenery elements at your new airfield.

I mean that once you have created the location of your airfield (and included a flatten), you can add a photo image directly to the simulator using Michael's procedure described above. You don't specifically need to add a background image in ADE itself.

I don't even bother adding background images in ADE. I simply load P3D, take my aircraft to the airfield in question, and then click on "Connect" in the upper right corner of the ADE window. I can then position my aircraft and add objects/runways/taxiways etc. accurately. I have never built a new airfield from scratch myself (although I have everything in place for a version of EGLP Brimpton, but that uses UK2000 scenery elements), but I do not have any models of the airfield buildings. I tried to import ones from another package, but they appear to be invisible in P3D! I guess I need to learn

What annoyed me most about this announcement was news channels broadcasting it as "Concorde Comeback?" Talk about misleading

UT2 is awesome when set up properly. However, it took me a long time to update the models, textures, airlines and flight schedules for the UK and Ireland. Since I first installed it, I have effectively overhauled the entire database for flights to and from the UK and Ireland.

It's a shame that Eris wasn't also on the flight path of the New Horizons spacecraft, but that would have been unbelievably lucky! Eris is a lot further from the Sun than Pluto, and a member of what is called the "Scattered Disk" (which is essentially the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt). It is almost the same size as Pluto, and has at least one moon (Dysnomia). Recent measurements of Pluto's diameter by New Horizons indicate that Eris is very slightly smaller, although it is 27% more massive (based on calculations of the respective orbital periods of the moons of both worlds). Eris is currently

I use PlayHorizon VFR GenX photoscenery of England/Wales/Scotland/Republic of Ireland. If he is interested in the Republic of Ireland aswell, let him know that this is also well worth having!