FlightGear Newsletter May 2011: Difference between revisions

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When more experienced visitors were flying at our booth, we used our netbooks to secretly telnet into the sim - and cause trouble by triggering specific failures. Flights were hampered by failing instruments, stalled engines or stuck gear (or any combination for really hard cases). Eventually, everyone was properly challenged! ;-) Kudos go to Martin Spott for safely landing a combined single-engine, stuck-gear and full instrument failure emergency in dense fog. He found his way back to the airport anyway. How did he manage? Unfortunately we forgot to fail the DME - and displayed distance obviously was enough information for his navigation...
When more experienced visitors were flying at our booth, we used our netbooks to secretly telnet into the sim - and cause trouble by triggering specific failures. Flights were hampered by failing instruments, stalled engines or stuck gear (or any combination for really hard cases). Eventually, everyone was properly challenged! ;-) Kudos go to Martin Spott for safely landing a combined single-engine, stuck-gear and full instrument failure emergency in dense fog. He found his way back to the airport anyway. How did he manage? Unfortunately we forgot to fail the DME - and displayed distance obviously was enough information for his navigation...


During LinuxTag [http://www.radiotux.de RadioTux] also asked us to present FlightGear live at their booth. The recording of the interview is available as a [http://archiv.radiotux.de/interviews/2011-05-14.RadioTux.Torsten.Dreyer.Thorsten.Brehm.Flightgear.LinuxTag2011.mp3 podcast] (German).
During LinuxTag [http://www.radiotux.de RadioTux] also asked us to present FlightGear live at their booth. The recording of the interview is available [http://blog.radiotux.de/2011/05/24/linuxtag-interview-mit-torsten-dreyer-und-thorsten-brehm-von-flightgear/ here] as a [http://archiv.radiotux.de/interviews/2011-05-14.RadioTux.Torsten.Dreyer.Thorsten.Brehm.Flightgear.LinuxTag2011.mp3 podcast] (German).


Finally, we'd like to express a warm "thank you" to those private and commercial sponsors who made this year's booth setup possible by donating money and/or equipment and giving trust into our promise to do "the right thing" with these donations:
Finally, we'd like to express a warm "thank you" to those private and commercial sponsors who made this year's booth setup possible by donating money and/or equipment and giving trust into our promise to do "the right thing" with these donations: