![]() ![]() We proceeded south toward the Santa Monica Mountains, and could see the Century City towers miles ahead before we turned east under an increasing cloud cover.Īlthough Dan had filed VFR with flight following, intending to head east at 3,500 feet, it became apparent pretty quickly that the cloud cover-which was now solid-was at only about 3,000 feet. After checking the constant speed prop and magnetos, and waiting for tower clearance, Dan lined up with the runway and, at 11:00 a.m., lifted off at 80 miles per hour, and climbed 700 feet per minute at 125 mph using 27-inches of manifold pressure at a prop speed of 2,500 revolutions per minute. The temperature was mild, the blue sky was dotted with low puffy clouds, and the visibility was about six miles in haze.ĭan cranked up the Continental IO-520 285-hp engine, waited for some gauges to settle down, and taxied out to the run-up area for takeoff from Runway 16L at Van Nuys Airport. Dan was in the pilot’s seat, with me in the copilot’s seat, and Slim stretched out in the back. Dan carefully pre-flighted the aircraft, after which my friend, Lee “Slim” Auger, and I “saddled up” at 10:45 a.m. ![]() On a recent Saturday morning, after several rainy days, Dan Katz, president and co-owner of Hollywood Aviators, agreed that the predicted partly-cloudy weather would be no problem for a flight in his four-place 1957 BE-35A V-tail Beech Bonanza. On site are also FAA-certified single and multi-engine flight simulators. Hollywood Aviators has brought together a premier group of professional certified flight instructors, expert at most every level of aeronautical education, from basic ground instruction, to flying the most complex multi-engine airplane, to preparing you for the captain’s seat of a national airline. The unspeakable joy of seeing mountains, lakes, highways and familiar landmarks pass under your wings. The thrill of rolling down the runway, and in seconds, leaving the earth under your own control. Learning to fly is one of life’s greatest accomplishments. As its name implies, Hollywood Aviators is committed to treating every aviator, student and veteran alike, like celebrities, in its level of customer service, the professionalism of its instruction and staff, and in the quality care of its fleet of planes. The various new and clean training and flight planning rooms look like they came from a Hollywood set. Hollywood Aviators is dedicated to the thrill and the romance of flight, an experience that begins at the front door, with large photos of Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Katherine Hepburn, Clark Gable, Gregory Peck and others in flight gear. Simply put, with more details to follow, Hollywood Aviators is a new upscale flight training facility at Van Nuys Airport, and the $100 hamburger is used frequently by aviators to jokingly describe the total cost (gas, insurance, etc., etc.) of flying from one airport to another just for a hamburger! Trust me it can cost a lot more than $100.īefore we go flying, let me tell you a little about Hollywood Aviators, the “new kid on the block” at Van Nuys Airport. But before I proceed, I’d better explain those two terms. It looked like the weather would be relatively clear for a flight with “Hollywood Aviators” for a “$100 hamburger” from Van Nuys Airport to Flabob Airport. The download link for the scenery file is wrong.Dan Katz, co-owner of Hollywood Aviators, flew us to Flabob Airport for a “$100 hamburger” in his Beech Bonanza. There are also problems with unversioned files if the user wants to merge the contents downloaded from terrasync (automatically) and the torrented files. Hi: I have downloaded it, and i think it should be mentioned that its tree structure has not 4 directories as terrasync, not 3 directories as in, but just 2: objects and terrain, as it was compiled in 2006. Oh, and please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~), so we know who said what ) Gijs 10:27, 15 November 2009 (UTC) about the torrented 4dvd link: I am sure people will improve it where (and if) possible later on. You should see the city of Boston in the background. Pick an airport in the area you downloaded and enter it's ICAO code. Use the Location menu item "Position Aircraft" (on Ground) Restart your computer and restart FlightGear Now we need to tell linux where we put all those files. Ls -lah ~/Desktop/**.tgzįor f in `ls ~/Desktop/**.tgz` I download things to my Desktop, so the commands below reflect that.Ĭheck to be sure this listing includes only the downloaded Scenery files. tgz files for North 40 covering the US from West to east.īecause my home directory is the only thing that survives a reinstall, as root, I created directories there. When you first install flightgear, you get a limited set of scenery and airports. this still needs to go into detail as to how install scenery in a custom, non-FG_ROOT location. ![]()
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