HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
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HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
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Just having a fly around in Rick's JP, and after an aborted landing at EGQL I randonly headed to the south Neuk of Fife, where on approach I thought I had installed some sort of 'mystical lines' - but no it is apparentlt M$ representation on Crail, IE several runways laid out as a star, giving virtually a clockface appearance. Anyone noticed this before? Where on earth did MS get the data for that? Anyone know of real-life airfields like this?
*Posted this in CBFS as I was flying a JP, and technically Crail is a CB airfield
Just having a fly around in Rick's JP, and after an aborted landing at EGQL I randonly headed to the south Neuk of Fife, where on approach I thought I had installed some sort of 'mystical lines' - but no it is apparentlt M$ representation on Crail, IE several runways laid out as a star, giving virtually a clockface appearance. Anyone noticed this before? Where on earth did MS get the data for that? Anyone know of real-life airfields like this?
*Posted this in CBFS as I was flying a JP, and technically Crail is a CB airfield
Jim
Re: HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
Hi Jim,
Don't know what you found, but I started the sim - go to Crail (EGOA) and got this: -
No afcad found for it though
Graham
Don't know what you found, but I started the sim - go to Crail (EGOA) and got this: -
No afcad found for it though
Graham
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Re: HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
Nice caravan site there Graham Will go and have a look as it must have got there somehow
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Re: HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
Here it is....
I've not installed anything by the name 'Crail' or any Scotflight stuff
I've not installed anything by the name 'Crail' or any Scotflight stuff
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Ah.. EG0A (as in zero). I wondered what the heck had happened when I couldn't find one Jim.. M$ do that sort of thing every now and again. If you pop down to Cornwall.. look just south of Culdrose and you'll find a very similar rendition of ex RNAS Predannack :roll: They're dotted all over the place ;-)
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Re: HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
Cheers Dave xsmile
Must admit, new to me - can't imagine (given the time I fly around the area) why I didn't see it before
Graham, I would be careful about parking up at the real Crail airfield with the amount of Boy Racers that congregate there of an evening - you may find the Cessna with a larg wind slammer, blacked out windows, low profile tyres and some old bean cans on the exhaust pipe xwink
Must admit, new to me - can't imagine (given the time I fly around the area) why I didn't see it before
Graham, I would be careful about parking up at the real Crail airfield with the amount of Boy Racers that congregate there of an evening - you may find the Cessna with a larg wind slammer, blacked out windows, low profile tyres and some old bean cans on the exhaust pipe xwink
Jim
Re: HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
Did a search on Google Earth and came up with this.
Is this the one Jim?
Gaham
Is this the one Jim?
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Re: HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
Hi Graham
Yip, that's it xwink
There's a much better aerial pic on local live :flying:
Yip, that's it xwink
There's a much better aerial pic on local live :flying:
Jim
Re: HMS Jackdaw AKA Crail Airfield
Don't some US airfields have that layout? I tried landing at the MS Crail once but found that the runways were narrower than the Sea Fury's wingspan. HELP
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Steve P
Best wishes
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That's probably where they've got it from Steve
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