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FlightGear Newsletter September 2010 (view source)
Revision as of 09:19, 17 September 2010
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The associated 942050.stg file has been changed slightly and it may also be downloaded for replacement in /Scenery/Objects/w130n30/w123n37/. | The associated 942050.stg file has been changed slightly and it may also be downloaded for replacement in /Scenery/Objects/w130n30/w123n37/. | ||
===Power Plants=== | |||
Power Plants, with their red & white striped tall stacks, are outstanding visual aids for VFR. | |||
scighera has modeled in Blender two Italian Power Plants: | |||
- "'''ENEL Piombino 4x330 MW Power Plant'''", located in Piombino, right in front of the Isola d'Elba (Tuscany, Italy). It represent the standard italian heavy fuel oil fired 330 MW unit of the early 70ies, with 220 m high stacks provided with red obstruction lights. The model includes a Fuel oil unloading pear, with a mooring tankership | |||
- "'''a2a 1000 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant'''" located in Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy, Italy, 30 km away from LIME Milano Linate). The plant is provided with 3 Turbogas, 3 Heat Recovery Steam Generators feeding the pre-existing steam turbines. There is a 220 m high red & white stiped stack and a lower 80 m stack. | |||
The models have been submitted to the models repository (Piombino is already available on terrasync), and available for download at [http://digilander.libero.it/scighera_fg/index.html] | |||
scighera is also working on the '''Poolbeg Power Plant''', on the Dublin peninsula, very close to the EIDW Dublin airport; the plant has two outstanding 208 m high stacks ... | |||
== Aircraft of the month == | == Aircraft of the month == | ||