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by RJP
05 May 2014, 16:23
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: Airport Randomiser...is there one?
Replies: 21
Views: 5062

Re: Airport Randomiser...is there one?

I've just written most of the background stuff for the menu to select the start location. Initially I've set it up so that selecting the start location is done by selecting Country, then State, then City. There will be the facility to select an airport at random for your start location. Also for you...
by RJP
04 May 2014, 10:06
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: Airport Randomiser...is there one?
Replies: 21
Views: 5062

Re: Airport Randomiser...is there one?

I'm fairly sure I've got the data here to create what you want in Excel..... Giving the facility to select a start location by ICAO / IATA / Name is no problem, likewise with limiting the results to a specific country / continent. Presume you need to be able to select max distance (which would be gr...
by RJP
30 Dec 2013, 16:35
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: BBC Video: Yvonne Pope Sintes
Replies: 1
Views: 703

BBC Video: Yvonne Pope Sintes

Not sure if this has been posted before or not......

Just spotted a short BBC video titled "Yvonne Pope Sintes: Britain's first female airline pilot"

RJP
by RJP
30 Dec 2013, 15:49
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Am I getting old or...
Replies: 10
Views: 1774

Re: Am I getting old or...

Haha :) When I was in Pakistan we, erm, acquired a regular supply of beer from Dushanbe, a 'weak' one and a strong one. I preferred the stronger one which it turned out was 12% 8) I don't think I could even look at a can of the stuff now without being ill :doh:
by RJP
03 Dec 2013, 20:46
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Probable Scam
Replies: 12
Views: 2319

Re: Probable Scam

I've had several emails recently from an elderly childless widowed lady. She's a born again Christian and was married to the Ivory Coast's ambassador to Saudi Arabia. She doesn't want the millions her husband accumulated to go to her godless relatives and wants me to arrange for the money to go to ...
by RJP
22 Nov 2013, 14:18
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: 10 Years Ago Today
Replies: 0
Views: 595

10 Years Ago Today

It's 10 years since these guys:

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became famous for managing to land this:

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by RJP
21 Nov 2013, 18:51
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Get out of that one...
Replies: 30
Views: 3714

Re: Get out of that one...

Shamelessly 'borrowed' from PPRuNe: ATC recording: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F121174731&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&origin=twitter Map of the 3 airports in the area: https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=ziifwbpJGXbM.kJkZGuB...
by RJP
12 Nov 2013, 22:00
Forum: Developers Corner
Topic: FSX Database
Replies: 5
Views: 2260

Re: FSX Database

As a test of what I'd got out of FSXDB I put the data into a map, whilst there's a few gaps (I've got 740 ICAO codes with no Lat / Lon at present) it's not looking too bad for a first go:

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by RJP
11 Nov 2013, 21:23
Forum: Developers Corner
Topic: FSX Database
Replies: 5
Views: 2260

Re: FSX Database

Effoh wrote:Rich,

This help? http://fsxdb.com/
That's working out perfectly, thanks :thumbsup:

Cheers
Rich
by RJP
11 Nov 2013, 17:53
Forum: Developers Corner
Topic: FSX Database
Replies: 5
Views: 2260

Re: FSX Database

Effoh wrote:Rich,

This help? http://fsxdb.com/

Hi Colin,

Thankyou! It might well do the trick, on my phone atm but will try later to see if I can get tables of data off the per-country pages on there.

Cheers
Rich