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  • GREAT 48! Grand tour of US states. Week #44: Nevada - AIRSHIPS!


    Our last Great 48! airship tour, this time past the Vegas Strip and the Hoover Dam.



    Week 44: Nevada
    KHND>61B>0L9>67L
    Not GPS Direct
    Full flight plan: KHND>DEALR>HUSOL>FEXEN>MINEY>61B>UTARE>0L9>U08>67L

    FLIGHT PLAN
    • Do follow the waypoints on the flight plan.
    • Runways unnecessary. Park, take-off and land where you can.
    Download the PLN flight plan file here.
    Flight plan in tabular form, flight map and airport diagrams here.

    CRUISE
    Speed: 60 knots
    Altitude: 3,000 ft

    AIRCRAFT
    Airships only. Zeppelins, blimps and semi-rigid dirigibles are all OK.
    Recommended: Zeppelin NT. This is the one that used to be available from my OneDrive. If you don't have it yet and are downloading it from rikoooo, be aware that (i) their download page is currently corrupt and that (ii) you will need to change the panel.cfg as follows:
    Code:
    As supplied:
    gauge05=FSMapDevice!Device,  48,538,635,414,0|MM|14472
    change to:
    gauge05=fs9gps!gps_500,  48,538,635,414
    All Zeppelin NT pilots should follow the procedure on the right after loading in and before first departure. Click on the thumbnail for full-size.
    I will be flying the Zeppelin NT in the red "Holden" livery from Novawing24's OneDrive.

    RESTRICTIONS
    Airships only.


    WHICH VERSION, CLASSIC OR STEAM?
    We will be using Classic. You are welcome to follow along in Steam at your own risk!

    WEATHER
    To be decided. Forecast 72 hours before flight suggests our using live weather (therefore Active Sky Next will be OK).

    SCENERY
    Highly recommended: FSgenesis US landclass (inexpensive payware).
    FTX Global 1.30 and Vector 1.20 good but optional (expensive payware).
    Vector users please see recommendations here.

    RECOMMENDED SCENERY ADDITIONS FOR FTX GLOBAL USERS
    You can download the whole series of freeware FTX global airport packs here.
    KHND and 67L are OrbX freeware airports. :eagerness:

  • #2
    Flight plan, flight map and airport diagrams.

    Download the PLN flight plan file here.


    Flight plan in tabular form:




    Flight map:




    Airport diagrams:

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    • #3
      Just discovered that I saved the Bicentennial 50 State Flag stamp sheet back in 1976. I scanned the entire sheet, and here is the Nevada state flag stamp. Stamps were 13 cents back in 1976!


      -Coast
      "Having fun with friends! "

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      • #4
        Google Maps Easter egg.
        1. Open Google Maps on your PC browser.
        2. Find the area we'll be starting our group flight tonight.
        3. Scroll to the desert area 70 miles or so northwest of there.
        4. Attempt to drag the yellow Street View 'Pegman' onto the desert.
        5. See?

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        • #5
          Reminder: Join us in your airship at KHND for our 9pm departure tonight.
          Trivia:
          1. What do a Bavarian and the Liberty Bell have to do with our flight tonight?
          2. If you never played the game Civilization II, ignore this question. If you did play it, what is this?
          3. "Fugitive," "celebrity," "slacker," "joker." Who, from an eponymous 2011 movie, is this describing?
          Answers and guesses during the flight itself please. :eagerness:

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          • #6
            Just one screenshot (my FSX ended up crashing early on):

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            • #7
              Greetings from Dale
              Sound 4-U! - A Tulsa based sound company that provides sound reinforcement and mobile recording services.

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              • #8
                My pictures (now in chronological order) http://imgur.com/a/2g69D
                Last edited by Travis; July 30, 2015, 04:16 AM. Reason: Thanks to Storms help, I put these pictures in the right order with a few easy clicks!

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