You should go on your virtual hols Nigel and create some tiles for exotic places.
The only exotic places I go to now is Devon otherwise known as 'The British Riviera'
Might just have to extend Ortho for that region!!
I downloaded X-Europe 2 and wasn't sure what to make of it at first but having flown around various parts of Europe now, it's a keeper. The effect it has with the night lighting is excellent.
It really is isn't it? I just love flying at night because of the lighting and moreover when I used to fly FSX it never seemed very dark but in X Plane it is pitch black.............just pray you don't have instrument failure!!
Regarding your earlier query about what to do with masks once your tile had been built - you can safely delete any masks and photo scenery and also any height files associated with your tiles once the tile has been created.
Many thanks for that Chris, was wondering what to do with the blighters!!
Screenshots of your touring please, Nigel.
Funny you should say that...................as it so happens!!
Some of the airfields below there are added buildings and this is due to X Europe 2 however, the airfields as you see them are as if you actually flew over them. Click on pictures for larger view. I was flying with visibility set at 14 miles just to make my VFR navigation slightly more interesting.
Just love the fact that by pressing Shift and Space Bar X Plane takes the screen shots and saves them in the Output Folder ready for you.
RAF Metheringham situated south east of Lincoln, can be challenging to navigate to as I was flying VFR. This airfield opened in 1943 and was home to 106 Sqdn and by the end of the war the Squadron had flown 5,834 sorties and lost 59 Lancasters. The airfield was closed in 1946.
METHERINGHAM AIRFIELD
Bardney Airfield opened in April 1943 flying Lancasters on 7 July 1945 the airfield is closed and was used by the British Army for vehicles storage until 1959 until 1963 when 109 Squadron operated Thor Missile Unit. Eventually Bardney closed down but was used as a gliding club, the CFI there in the 1970's was Jack Nicolls and many a great party and hangovers I had with him and his wife when I was at the Gliding Club at Swinderby. Nowadays it has a number of industrial units on site but you can see the dispersal's near the wood and that is where some dilapidated RAF buildings can be found
BARDNEY AIRFIELD
RAF Elsham Wold was first used during World War 1 in December 1916 when the airfield was part of the Fighter Defence Chain and home to C Flight of 33 Squadron.
During WW11 103 and 576 operated from Elsham Wolds as well as 100 Squadron which came at the end of the war. In 1946 No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit of Transport Command was based at Elsham Wold until the RAF closed the airfield in 1947. The airfield was then turned back into agricultural use. Part of the site also holds industrial units.
ELSHAM WOLD AIRFIELD
Dunholme Lodge opened in 1941 to disperse Hampden Aircraft from RAF Scampton, in may 1943 it opened under 5 Group with 44 Squadron who operated Lancasters, on 29 November the airfield was closed to operational flying. It was then used General Aircraft Limited for the modification of assault gliders, principally the Hamilcar. The airfield was closed after the war although the military still retained it. Between 1959 - 1964 it housed Bloodhound anti-aircraft missiles. Little remains of the airfield today, the eastern end of the east-west runway is the largest surviving part. The former technical site is now a private farm and some original buildings still exist on the site.
DUNHOLME LODGE AIRFIELD
EricT