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Pilot Area => The Chat Room => Topic started by: Chas_Smash on October 08, 2013, 18:48:31
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Hello guys,
just to inform you on this event. FS Weekend in Lelystad (Netherlands) (http://fsweekend.com/index.php)
I will visit this one and will inform in the forums on interesting things...
Cheers
Chas
(http://fsweekend.com/img/downloads/fsw-banner2013.jpg) (http://fsweekend.com/index.php)
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Hello all,
as promised some information on this event.
Weekend started Friday with a "real" surprise. Had hotel-room 747 at the airport hotel. ;D
The event took place at EHLE an airport 50 km west of Amsterdam Schiphol. They have some really nice planes there including a B747-200 and the very detailed 1:1 scale model of Amsterdam airport back in 1928. Really fascinating!!! No jetways nor metal detectors or luggage belts.....
Will post some pictures later as well but you can get a real good impression of the museum here: (https://maps.google.ch/maps?q=Lelystad,+The+Netherlands&hl=en&ll=52.457866,5.530061&spn=0.002399,0.007038&sll=46.813187,8.22421&sspn=3.045273,3.603516&oq=lelystad&t=h&hnear=Lelystad,+Flevoland,+The+Netherlands&z=17&layer=c&cbll=52.457868,5.530059&panoid=sO7C30v0MlWSgtjXR1wvNQ&cbp=11,121.07,,0,0) including a walkaround in- and ouside the museum. (Make sure to click the photos as well).
The exhibition took place benath and around the exposed aircraft which really made a good atmosphere.
Besides lots of VATSIM/IVAO pilots flying the main impression I had was that cockpit builders were everyhwere. Ranging from static cockpits up to motion platforms covering the whole pricerange as well.
...tbc...
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Maybe not everybody's interest but FS Classics is working on a complete scenery covering D-Days operation overlord. (http://fsclassics.com/ww2-theatres/normandy/additional-modules/)
They showed some footage of the scenery and it is really amazing. Unfortunately the footage is not yet available on the internet.
I was told a good part of it will be available as freeware.... so this is something to follow in the future.
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VRInsight builds semi-scale (http://www.vrinsightshop.com/shop/step_submain.php?b_code=B20111209013725) overhead and other controls. Of course they don't look like the real thing but still give a good haptic feeling... (and are somewhat "cheaper")
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Chas FranceVFR have already made a package called Normandy 1944 http://secure.simmarket.com/francevfr-normandy-1944.phtml and the SSF outing sounded good just a bit too far for me to travel.
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One guy showed his home built 3DOF motion platform.... Material cost approx. 1000 €.
Follow his project here (http://www.simprojects.nl/)
This is last years video footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpV8G3OklAo
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That looks like it was a lot of fun! Very interesting new items & changes, I see.
Looking forward to seeing more of them! :)