1961 Heathrow scenery

Kevin Farnell · Post by **Kevin Farnell** » 16 Jan 2007, 16:10

Just found this 1961 Heathrow scenery available at Avsim

egll_1961_london_heathrow.zip

Thought it might be of interest.

Regards

Kevin

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 16 Jan 2007, 17:05

Yes indeed! And check out those screenshots of AI traffic from Tom Gibson of California Classics and Dee Waldron of HJG. BOAC prop and jetliners and BEA Red Square of course. Lovely stuff. :dance:

Ian

Post by **DaveB** » 16 Jan 2007, 17:20

Well cock my bow!!! Excellent Kevin.. just the ticket

ATB

DaveB :tab:

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 16 Jan 2007, 18:26

Time to strip my PC from PAI, and fill 'er up with CalClassic, St.Paddy, RetroAI and the like.... "Good Ol'e Days, 'ere we come..."

Btw, he has also produced quite a good Entebbe ... and others.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 16 Jan 2007, 18:58

I think it was them that did a Frankfurt.....well someone did for about that time.

Garry

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 16 Jan 2007, 19:07

Correct.

Do a search on Wolfgang Gersch

Post by **DaveB** » 16 Jan 2007, 20:55

You boys you!!

I've loaded it up and there are a few oddities when used with UKVFR due to the crosswind runways different location. Likewise, you need to have a number of EZScenery libraries.. some of which I don't have so there are a couple of non-textured buildings :roll: The BEA logo you see on the jpg's looks a treat until you get up close when it appears to be suspended in mid air :shock:
That said.. it's a keeper for me and as you'd imagine, framerates are phenominal

The very small filesize belies exactly how much you get but I reckon this is down to the use of these 'outside' libraries :think:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 16 Jan 2007, 22:09

DaveB wrote:..... and as you'd imagine, framerates are phenominal.....

Is that as in good or bad Dave? Will I have to wait for my new PC?

California Classics has squillions of other AI sets of that era. Props, jets and GA. I don't understand how to use it myself but it all looks jolly clever

http://www.calclassic.com/static.htm

Ian

Post by **DaveB** » 16 Jan 2007, 22:39

Is one pulling my tiddler?? :think: Phenominal = Great.. Diabolical = Sh1te

Nothing.. absolutely nothing I fly fits into either the default LHR or the UK2000 version. This one could be considered perhaps a bit too early for some of the aircraft I fly but it sure as hell works for me

I'd love to add all those classic airliners as AI but this side of flightsim still remains very much a black art for me. I had a bit of a dabble with PeterM's MCL Field but that only amounted to changing a few aircraft (and only a few) :roll:

TBH.. the UK2000 LHR runs ok on the system I use all the time (XP2400.. 1gig DDR400.. ATI9700pro.. ATA133) until I turn off the runways then it st.. st.. st.. stutters BIG TIME

The new scenery runs like a feret down a hole.. even on this old dog

I'll have to look hard and seek out the libraries I don't have to give me the bits I'm missing but other than that.. and the fact that one of the runways is surrounded by water at one end (only because I use UKVFRPhoto scenery).. a small price to pay, I'll be using it and only it from now on

ATB

DaveB :tab:

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 16 Jan 2007, 23:24

DaveB wrote: The new scenery runs like a feret down a hole..

Is that a similar velocity to a rat up a drainpipe or a shi-ite off a shovel?

If so it sounds phenomenally good! Yummy

Ian