SSF on the road - FS Weekend in Lelystad

[Chas_Smash]

Hello guys,

just to inform you on this event. FS Weekend in Lelystad (Netherlands)

I will visit this one and will inform in the forums on interesting things...

Cheers
Chas

[Chas_Smash]

Hello all,

as promised some information on this event.
Weekend started Friday with a "real" surprise. Had hotel-room 747 at the airport hotel. 

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: 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...

[Chas_Smash]

Maybe not everybody's interest but FS Classics is working on a complete scenery covering D-Days operation overlord.

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.

[Chas_Smash]

VRInsight builds semi-scale   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")

[Chewbacca84]

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.

[Chas_Smash]

One guy showed his home built 3DOF motion platform....   Material cost approx. 1000 €.

Follow his project here

This is last years video footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpV8G3OklAo

[KC135]

That looks like it was a lot of fun! Very interesting new items & changes, I see.
  Looking forward to seeing more of them!