2020 LTS airport announcement and Iceland intro draft: Difference between revisions

→‎Welcome to Keflavik and Iceland: add some suitable craft, BIKF art installation names, cleanup
(Start page for a potential (!) tours post on FG homepage focusing LTS, default airport, Iceland improvements)
 
(→‎Welcome to Keflavik and Iceland: add some suitable craft, BIKF art installation names, cleanup)
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[Screenshot of shuttle landing here, preferably with current keep]
[Screenshot of shuttle landing here, preferably with current keep]


Keflavik Airport is modeled in detail, including the art installations at the airport [names?]. For Iceland there are also buildings, roads, and objects like pylons for the whole country generated by the OSM2City project. These are available as a [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery separate download] [which will be added to TerraSync a later date?]. OSM2City buildings compatible with 2020 LTS have improved visuals and render faster.  
Keflavik Airport is modeled in detail, including 'The Jet Nest' (“Þotuhreiður”) and Rainbow (“Regnbogi”) art installations at the airport. For Iceland there are also buildings, roads, and objects like pylons for the whole country generated by the OSM2City project. These are available as a [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery separate download] [which will be added to TerraSync a later date?]. OSM2City buildings compatible with 2020 LTS have improved visuals and render faster.  


[Kelfavik art installation screenshot, Iceland OSM2City pictures]
[Kelfavik art installation screenshot, Iceland OSM2City pictures]
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[Screenshots: [http://www.science-and-fiction.org/FG/pics/iceland03.jpg this] one of Iceland terrain, maybe screenshot of overlays with transparency AA turned up high like [http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:Bell_412_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2019.x).jpg this] ]
[Screenshots: [http://www.science-and-fiction.org/FG/pics/iceland03.jpg this] one of Iceland terrain, maybe screenshot of overlays with transparency AA turned up high like [http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:Bell_412_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2019.x).jpg this] ]


A place needs 4 dimensions to describe it, 3 in space and 1 in time. Any default setting can only be a moment in time, and in FG the ever-changing cycles of nature is simulated from the Environment > Environment Settings menu. In FG's environment sliders, Iceland is often suited being towards the autumn season with wet ground and moss.  
A place needs 4 dimensions to describe it, 3 in space and 1 in time. Any default setting can only be a moment in time, and in FG the ever-changing cycles of nature is simulated from the Environment > Environment Settings menu. In FG's environment sliders, Iceland is often suited being towards the autumn season with wet ground and moss. The more northern seas away from the south coast ice up, so remember the sea ice control.


[Screenshots of varying environment sliders]
[Screenshots of varying environment sliders]
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[at least one screenshot of weather in Iceland: red ice crystal halo at sunset like [http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:Aurora_Borealis_and_Sun_halo_in_Northern_Norway_in_Autumn_(Flightgear_2019.x).jpg this]]
[at least one screenshot of weather in Iceland: red ice crystal halo at sunset like [http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:Aurora_Borealis_and_Sun_halo_in_Northern_Norway_in_Autumn_(Flightgear_2019.x).jpg this]]


[Mention some nice airports? BIIS? BIAR?]
You can use craft such as the Cessna 172P/182S/182T-FG1000, Piper J-3 Cub (FG1000 option), and the rugged de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter in your adventures exploring Iceland. Variants among these include support for floats for hopping between the dramatic fjords of the north/east (e.g. Ísafjörður - BIIS), or skis and winter kits to explore the glaciers and icecaps. Some have bush tires to try your luck in the desert areas of the interior highlands or the moss covered lava-fields of the south-west. Helicopters such as the Eurocopter EC 135, Alouette III (AI co-pilot support), Eurocopter EC 130, and Robinson R-44 will let you reach a variety of places - some have floats too.
[Mention C172p float, ski, bush tire variants? J3Cub improvements? Twin Otter is also suitable]
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