On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 15:01, wrote:

On Jueves, 24 de noviembre de 2011 11:58:47 C escribió:

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Just a heads-up, X-Plane 10 was just announced today.  See http://www.x-plane.com/  They release Windows, OSX, and Linux at the same time.  If you are into flight sims, it's one of the best out there (yes, I know, Flightgear... but X-Plane is more detailed, more accurate etc)

C.

Thank you. I was looking for a good Flight Simulator alternative for Linux. Flight Gear was not all I was expecting. So I will give a try to X-Plane 10

There is a demo of X-Plane10 you can try (on their website)... gives you a good feel for what it is, what it can do etc. I've been playing flight sims since... the mid 80s on Atari computers, and X-Plane has long been my favorite.... and it works perfect in openSUSE :-) Keep in mind that it is not a cheap application... it is pay-for software... but I find it to be well worth the price if you are a serious flight sim fan. There is a huge modding community behind X-Plane - take a look at http://x-plane.org/ for example and especially the commercial scenery add-ons from Tom Curtis (featured on the community website). Much of what's there is X-Plane 9 stuff, so it doesn't take advantage of all the shiny new features that 10 brings... but the big name developers in the community will be updating their aircraft and scenery soon - if they haven't already done so. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 13:41, David C. Rankin wrote:

Nope, even better, just go rent a Turbo Arrow or Cardinal (or if you can find one a twin-Comanche) -- then you will get all the realism you could ever hope for.... especially climbing out at "blue-line" after an engine fail at 300 ft.

:)

If your are new to this type of super-realism flight sim, then a 152 or Warrior is more than enough excitement to leave you with your hands shaking after your first successful landing (by the way, there is no reset, so EVERY landing has to be successful...)

If things get boring after a while, then bump it up a notch, do it "under the hood."

Then when you are ready for the *ultimate "white-lightning adrenaline rush"* shoot an ILS to bare minimums at a barely lit untowered airport with blinding flashes of lightning popping through the inky blackness of night punctuated by the bright flashes of gray fog created by the wingtip strobes.

That is by far the best out there :)

Haha, good call... reminds me of that fateful day when I discovered that for a small fee almost anyone can go for a test flight at any of the many flight schools at various airports... that feeling you get when the instructor says, here, you take the yoke is hard to match. Terrifying and exhilarating all at the same time. I did most of my flying in a Cessca 152 and 172, a couple times in a Beachcraft Twin... and once in a DeHaviland Beaver that was refurbished/rebuilt by some crazy guys at the flight school I was attending. Ahhh I miss flight school... C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org