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FlightGear Newsletter

2012-05-08T22:27:48Z

Crashpilot: fix

[[File:magagazine.png|right]]

The '''FlightGear Newsletter''' is intended to provide a collection of the latest developments from around the worldwide [[FlightGear]] community. With so much development ongoing, it's almost impossible for anyone to keep up. The newsletter was started in July of 2009 and is presented on a monthly basis.

=== Archive ===
{| class="vatop" valign="top"
! align="left" | 2009
! align="left" | 2010
! align="left" | 2011
! align="left" | 2012
|-
|valign="bottom"|
* [[FlightGear Newsletter July 2009|July]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter August 2009|August]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter September 2009|September]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter October 2009|October]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter November 2009|November]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter December 2009|December]]
|valign="top"|
* [[FlightGear Newsletter January 2010|January]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter February 2010|February]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter March 2010|March]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter April 2010|April]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter May 2010|May]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter June 2010|June]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter July 2010|July]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter August 2010|August]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter September 2010|September]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter October 2010|October]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter November 2010|November]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter December 2010|December]]
|valign="top"|
* [[FlightGear Newsletter January 2011|January]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter February 2011|February]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter March 2011|March]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter April 2011|April]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter May 2011|May]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter June 2011|June]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter July 2011|July]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter August 2011|August]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter September 2011|September]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter October 2011|October]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter November 2011|November]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter December 2011|December]]
|valign="top"|
* [[FlightGear Newsletter January 2012|January]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter February 2012|February]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter March 2012|March]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter April 2012|April]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter May 2012|May]] ''- currently being written''
|}

Some newsletter editions have been translated in other languages:
* [[file:Es.gif|16px|url=:es:FlightGear Newsletter]] [[:es:FlightGear Newsletter|Español]]
* [[file:Fr.gif|16px|url=:fr:FlightGear Newsletter]] [[:fr:FlightGear Newsletter|Français]]

=== You are invited to contribute! ===
We would like to emphasize that the monthly newsletter can not live without the contributions of FlightGear users and developers. The FlightGear newsletter is a community-driven newsletter, which means that it is created and edited by people like **you**. You don't need to be a long-time FlightGear user (or even developer) to contribute to the newsletter.

In fact, helping write the monthly FlightGear newsletter is an excellent way for getting started contributing to the FlightGear community very quickly and very easily.

Even if you don't have to add anything yourself, just reviewing and improving additions by others is also highly appreciated, as are efforts to help translate newsletters or add screen shots (e.g. taken from the forum or mailing lists) to the newsletter. Screen shots can be uploaded at [[Special:Upload]].

Everyone with a wiki account (free to [[Special:UserLogin|register]]) can edit the newsletter and every contribution is welcome. So if you know about any FlightGear related projects such as for example updated scenery or aircraft, please do feel invited to add such news to the newsletter.

If you need help using the wiki, please feel free to get in touch with us using [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=50 the forum-section].

A simple template providing a basic structure for each upcoming newsletter can be taken from [[Talk:Next newsletter]]. This template can be copied/pasted into each new newsletter to help users getting started providing contents.

The draft for the upcoming newsletter can always be found at [[Next newsletter]].

If English is not your native language, please don't be concerned about contributing to the newsletter, you can always easily ask fellow FlightGear users to review or proof-read your changes. Also, one of the easiest ways to get started is simply copying/pasting text from forum or mailing list discussions, such as announcements (new aircraft, new scenery etc).

Another neat option to get started is adding links to FlightGear related YouTube videos. For this, we have a dedicated section in each newsletter - just see: "FlightGear on YouTube": [[Next newsletter#Community news]]

To directly embed YouTube videos, just use the following syntax:
<nowiki>{{#ev:youtube|VBWZ6JZe_Mw|400|winter video by planetacancun2 showing FlightGear's snow.}}</nowiki>

If you are looking for other ways to get involved, please see [[volunteer]].

[[Category:FlightGear Newsletter]]
[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:List]]

[[es:FlightGear Newsletter]]
[[fr:FlightGear Newsletter]]

FlightGear Newsletter

2012-05-08T22:26:57Z

Crashpilot: april -> may

[[File:magagazine.png|right]]

The '''FlightGear Newsletter''' is intended to provide a collection of the latest developments from around the worldwide [[FlightGear]] community. With so much development ongoing, it's almost impossible for anyone to keep up. The newsletter was started in July of 2009 and is presented on a monthly basis.

=== Archive ===
{| class="vatop" valign="top"
! align="left" | 2009
! align="left" | 2010
! align="left" | 2011
! align="left" | 2012
|-
|valign="bottom"|
* [[FlightGear Newsletter July 2009|July]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter August 2009|August]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter September 2009|September]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter October 2009|October]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter November 2009|November]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter December 2009|December]]
|valign="top"|
* [[FlightGear Newsletter January 2010|January]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter February 2010|February]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter March 2010|March]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter April 2010|April]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter May 2010|May]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter June 2010|June]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter July 2010|July]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter August 2010|August]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter September 2010|September]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter October 2010|October]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter November 2010|November]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter December 2010|December]]
|valign="top"|
* [[FlightGear Newsletter January 2011|January]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter February 2011|February]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter March 2011|March]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter April 2011|April]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter May 2011|May]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter June 2011|June]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter July 2011|July]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter August 2011|August]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter September 2011|September]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter October 2011|October]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter November 2011|November]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter December 2011|December]]
|valign="top"|
* [[FlightGear Newsletter January 2012|January]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter February 2012|February]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter March 2012|March]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter April 2012|April]]
* [[FlightGear Newsletter April 2012|May]] ''- currently being written''
|}

Some newsletter editions have been translated in other languages:
* [[file:Es.gif|16px|url=:es:FlightGear Newsletter]] [[:es:FlightGear Newsletter|Español]]
* [[file:Fr.gif|16px|url=:fr:FlightGear Newsletter]] [[:fr:FlightGear Newsletter|Français]]

=== You are invited to contribute! ===
We would like to emphasize that the monthly newsletter can not live without the contributions of FlightGear users and developers. The FlightGear newsletter is a community-driven newsletter, which means that it is created and edited by people like **you**. You don't need to be a long-time FlightGear user (or even developer) to contribute to the newsletter.

In fact, helping write the monthly FlightGear newsletter is an excellent way for getting started contributing to the FlightGear community very quickly and very easily.

Even if you don't have to add anything yourself, just reviewing and improving additions by others is also highly appreciated, as are efforts to help translate newsletters or add screen shots (e.g. taken from the forum or mailing lists) to the newsletter. Screen shots can be uploaded at [[Special:Upload]].

Everyone with a wiki account (free to [[Special:UserLogin|register]]) can edit the newsletter and every contribution is welcome. So if you know about any FlightGear related projects such as for example updated scenery or aircraft, please do feel invited to add such news to the newsletter.

If you need help using the wiki, please feel free to get in touch with us using [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=50 the forum-section].

A simple template providing a basic structure for each upcoming newsletter can be taken from [[Talk:Next newsletter]]. This template can be copied/pasted into each new newsletter to help users getting started providing contents.

The draft for the upcoming newsletter can always be found at [[Next newsletter]].

If English is not your native language, please don't be concerned about contributing to the newsletter, you can always easily ask fellow FlightGear users to review or proof-read your changes. Also, one of the easiest ways to get started is simply copying/pasting text from forum or mailing list discussions, such as announcements (new aircraft, new scenery etc).

Another neat option to get started is adding links to FlightGear related YouTube videos. For this, we have a dedicated section in each newsletter - just see: "FlightGear on YouTube": [[Next newsletter#Community news]]

To directly embed YouTube videos, just use the following syntax:
<nowiki>{{#ev:youtube|VBWZ6JZe_Mw|400|winter video by planetacancun2 showing FlightGear's snow.}}</nowiki>

If you are looking for other ways to get involved, please see [[volunteer]].

[[Category:FlightGear Newsletter]]
[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:List]]

[[es:FlightGear Newsletter]]
[[fr:FlightGear Newsletter]]

Colonius

2011-12-04T22:24:54Z

Crashpilot:

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonius Colonius] is a telecommunications tower in Cologne, Germany. With 266m it is the tallest building of the city and thus major part of the skyline.
[[File:Colonius_comparison.jpg|320px|thumb|right|Old and new Colonius in comparison]]
Actually it is represented in the Scenery since years, but since it was placed several hundred meters to low, only the tip of it was visible. This was noticed after a replacement was created. The new model is much more precise in its geometry, but still untextured.

Colonius

2011-12-04T22:24:36Z

Crashpilot: Created page with "The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonius Colonius] is a telecommunications tower in Cologne, Germany. With 266m it is the tallest building of the city and thus major part of th..."

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonius Colonius] is a telecommunications tower in Cologne, Germany. With 266m it is the tallest building of the city and thus major part of the skyline.
[[File:Colonius_comparison.jpg|480px|thumb|right|Old and new Colonius in comparison]]
Actually it is represented in the Scenery since years, but since it was placed several hundred meters to low, only the tip of it was visible. This was noticed after a replacement was created. The new model is much more precise in its geometry, but still untextured.

File:Colonius comparison.jpg

2011-12-04T22:18:30Z

Crashpilot: Screenshot of old and new Colonius

Screenshot of old and new Colonius

Scenery Project Kölner Bucht

2011-12-04T20:09:58Z

Crashpilot: Typo, removed obsolted entry

The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6lner_Bucht Kölner Bucht] (Cologne Bay) is a small region in Germany with a long aviational history. It is named after the city [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ln Köln] (Cologne), which lies in its centre. The biggest airport is [[Konrad Adenauer Airport]] (EDDK), which is one of the 19 non-american Space Shuttle abort landing sites. But there also are smaller ones like [[Bonn-Hangelar Airport]] and historical ones like [http://www.butzweilerhof.com/ Butzweiler Hof].

Cologne City is the home of [http://www.dlr.de German Space Agency (DLR)] among with the [http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAJIE0VMOC_astronauts_0.html European Astronaut Centre] of ESA, the [http://easa.europa.eu/home.php EASA], the Headquarter of [http://www.lufthansa.com Lufthansa], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_brothers Horten Brothers] developed there their planes - but in FlightGear Scenery, it has no more to offer than the standard generic scenery. This has to change!

==Why this page?==

The intention of this page is to organize, coordinate and document the progress of the scenery creation in that area and to encourage others to join in. This is a huge project, but hopefully it will procede with a steady pace. The goal is to see the same skyline as in reality!

==Approach==

Every item listed below will get its own wiki page. Any relevant information will be stored there. For some of them there already exist some untextured models (aka 'w.i.p.'). If interested, everybody can become a maintainer of items or help other maintainers. The progress shall be documented in this wiki.

==Points of interest==

The following tables list the points of interests in that region, among with a maintainer and a progress indication (for now: not started, wip, done).
Roads, Tracks and Rivers aren't covered, they are expected to be included by next-genenration generic scenery (Source: OpenStreetMap).

'''Airports'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Konrad_Adenauer_Airport EDDK] || ? || ?
|-
| [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Bonn-Hangelar_Airport EDKB] || EDKBadmin || ?
|-

|}

'''Infrastructur'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Kölner Hauptbahnhof]] || ||
|-
| [[Bahnhof Köln-Deutz]] || ||
|-
| [[Bonner Hauptbahnhof]] || ||
|-
| [[Niehler Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Rheinaufhafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Godorfer Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Deutzer Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Marina Zündorf]] || ||
|-
| [[Marina Sürth]] || ||
|-
|}

'''Tall, big or Buildings in Cologne City'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Colonius]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[DW-DLF]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Herkulesturm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Coloniahaus]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Pollonius]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Ringturm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[TUEV Rheinland]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Unicenter]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Uniklinik]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[KölnTurm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[CologneTriangle]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Kölnarena]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Seilbahn Zoo]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Lufthansahochhaus]] || || not started
|-
| [[Hansaturm]] || || not started
|-
| [[Deutsche Telekom Altstadt]] || || not started
|-
| [[Kölner Messe]] || || not started
|-
| [[Kranhäuser]] || || not started
|-
| [[Philharmonie]] || || not started
|-
| [[Musical Dome]] || || not started
|-
| [[Altstadtzeile]] || || not started
|-
| [[Müngersdorfer Stadion]] || || not started
|}

'''Bridges'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Severinsbrücke]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Deutzer Brücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Hohenzollernbrücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zoobrücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Mühlheimer Brücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Autobahnbrücke Köln]] || || not started
|-
| [[Eisenbahnbrücke Köln]] || || not started
|-
| Bonn, Leverkusen missing || ||
|-
|}

'''Industrial'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Raffinerie Wesseling]] || || not started
|-
| [[Fordwerke Niehl]] || || not started
|-
| Windkraft Kölner Bucht || || not started
|-
| [[Rheinisches Braunkohlerevier]] || || not started
|-
|}

'''Churchs in Cologne City'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Kölner Dom]] || || not started
|-
| [[Groß St. Martin]] || || not started
|-
| ... and dozens more to go || || not started
|}

'''Various POI'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Windmühle Godorf]] || || not started
|-
| [[Rheinlieger Köln]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zwischenwerke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Bayer Logo]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zons]] || || not started
|-
| various Monuments || || not started
|-
|}

'''Landmarks'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Siebengebirge]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zwischenwerke]] || || not started
|-
|}

Scenery Project Kölner Bucht

2011-12-04T20:08:46Z

Crashpilot: Added Link to new Subpage

The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6lner_Bucht Kölner Bucht] (Cologne Bay) is a small region in Germany with a long aviational history. It is named after the city [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ln Köln] (Cologne), which lies in its centre. The biggest airport is [[Konrad Adenauer Airport]] (EDDK), which is one of the 19 non-american Space Shuttle abort landing sites. But there also are smaller ones like [[Bonn-Hangelar Airport]] and historical ones like [http://www.butzweilerhof.com/ Butzweiler Hof].

Cologne City is the home of [http://www.dlr.de German Space Agency (DLR)] among with the [http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAJIE0VMOC_astronauts_0.html European Astronaut Centre] of ESA, the [http://easa.europa.eu/home.php EASA], the Headquarter of [http://www.lufthansa.com Lufthansa], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_brothers Horten Brothers] developed there their planes - but in FlightGear Scenery, it has no more to offer than the standard generic scenery. This has to change!

==Why this page?==

The intention of this page is to organize, coordinate and document the progress of the scenery creation in that area and to encourage others to join in. This is a huge project, but hopefully it will procede with a steady pace. The goal is to see the same skyline as in reality!

==Approach==

Every item listed below will get its own wiki page. Any relevant information will be stored there. For some of them there already exist some untextured models (aka 'w.i.p.'). If interested, everybody can become a maintainer of items or help other maintainers. The progress shall be documented in this wiki.

==Points of interest==

The following tables list the points of interests in that region, among with a maintainer and a progress indication (for now: not started, wip, done).
Roads, Tracks and Rivers aren't covered, they are expected to be included by next-genenration generic scenery (Source: OpenStreetMap).

'''Airports'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Konrad_Adenauer_Airport EDDK] || ? || ?
|-
| [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Bonn-Hangelar_Airport EDKB] || EDKBadmin || ?
|-

|}

'''Infrastructur'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Kölner Hauptbahnhof]] || ||
|-
| [[Bahnhof Köln-Deutz]] || ||
|-
| [[Bonner Hauptbahnhof]] || ||
|-
| [[Niehler Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Rheinaufhafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Godorfer Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Deutzer Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Marina Zündorf]] || ||
|-
| [[Marina Sürth]] || ||
|-
|}

'''Tall, big or Buildings in Cologne City'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Colonius]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[DW-DLF]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Herkulesturm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Coloniahaus]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Pollonius]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Ringturm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[TUEV Rheinland]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Unicenter]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Uniklinik]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[KölnTurm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[CologneTriangle]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Kölnarena]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Seilbahn Zoo]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Lufthansahochhaus]] || || not started
|-
| [[Hansaturm]] || || not started
|-
| [[Deutsche Telekom Altstadt]] || || not started
|-
| [[Kölner Messe]] || || not started
|-
| [[Kranhäuser]] || || not started
|-
| [[Philharmonie]] || || not started
|-
| [[Musical Dome]] || || not started
|-
| [[Altstadtzeile]] || || not started
|-
| [[Müngersdorfer Stadion]] || || not started
|}

'''Bridges'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Severinsbrücke]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Deutzer Brücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Hohenzollernbrücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zoobrücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Mühlheimer Brücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Autobahnbrücke Köln]] || || not started
|-
| [[Eisenbahnbrücke Köln]] || || not started
|-
| Bonn, Leverkusen missing || ||
|-
|}

'''Industrial'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Raffinerie Wesseling]] || || not started
|-
| [[Fordwerke Niehl]] || || not started
|-
| Windkraft Kölner Bucht || || not started
|-
| [[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Rheinisches_Braunkohlerevier]] || || not started
|-
|}

'''Churchs in Cologne City'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Kölner Dom]] || || not started
|-
| [[Groß St. Martin]] || || not started
|-
| ... and dozens more to go || || not started
|}

'''Various POI'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Windmühle Godorf]] || || not started
|-
| [[Rheinlieger Köln]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zwischenwerke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Bayer Logo]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zons]] || || not started
|-
| various Monuments || || not started
|-
|}

'''Landmarks'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Siebengebirge]] || || not started
|-
| [[Hambacher Loch]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zwischenwerke]] || || not started
|-
|}

Rheinisches Braunkohlerevier

2011-12-04T20:06:13Z

Crashpilot: Created page with "Current state: farmland at -670 ft sea level The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinisches_Braunkohlerevier Rheinische Braunk..."

[[File:FGFS-HambacherLoch001.png|324px|thumb|right|Current state: farmland at -670 ft sea level]]
The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinisches_Braunkohlerevier Rheinische Braunkohlerevier] (german for 'lignite region in Rhineland') is an region near Cologne, Germany. A lot of lignite is extracted here and converted to electricity. There are several opencast mines with powerplants next to them.

Since the region is visible from LEO, it is important to represent it properly in FlightGear Scenery. Though some pits were captured by SRTM radar mapping, they aren't to distinguish from usual landscape.

Actually the area is defined by giant pits, artifical hills, lakes as well as huge powerplants with cooling towers and ascent channels.

==POI of the region==

The industries of that region brought up several world records, some of them are relevant to scenery. For example, the Hambacher Loch is the biggest artifical hole of the world, while the Sophienhoehe is the tallest artifical hill. The biggest excavators of the world are used there, and the tallest cooling tower as well. These things are easily visible from air, so they should become included to FlightGear.
File:FGFS-HambacherLoch001.png

[[File:1024px-Surface Mining Hambach 200800806.jpg|324px|thumb|right|Opencast pit Hambach, 293 m below sea level]]
===Opencast Pits===

The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Hambach Hambacher Loch] (50° 54′ 39″ N, 6° 30′ 10″ O) is the biggest opencast pit in the Rheinische Braunkohlerevier. It has a size of more than 40 km² and a max. depth of 370 m. This means its bottom lies 293 m below sea level. 
Not far from that is [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Garzweiler Tagebau Garzweiler], 23 km² sized and 160 m deep and [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Inden Tagebau Inden] with 13 km². They are much smaller in comparison, but still have a diameter of some kilometers.

Inside all of them are several Excavators, its appearance is mostly dark, due to the lignite (and its dust). This is not represented by the textures yet, which represent agriculture.

===Excavators===
[[File:Absetzer im Tagebau Hambach.jpg|324px|thumb|right|An Excavator respectve a Deployer]]

There are at least nine major Excavators in service in the opencast pits. The biggest ones have a mass 14,000 tons, a length of 225 m and a height of 95 m - easy to spot. They excavate up to 240,000 m³ per day.

TASK: Create the models, place them in their pits. Animate them.

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Identifier
! style="background:#efefef" | Pit
! style="background:#efefef" | Mass
! style="background:#efefef" | Length
! style="background:#efefef" | Height
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| Bagger 255 || Inden || 5,900 t || 210 m || 66 m ||
|-
| Bagger 259 || Garzweiler || 7,800 t || 210 m || 70 m || ||
|-
| Bagger 260 || Hambach || 7,800 t || 195 m || 67 m || ||
|-
| Bagger 261 || Garzweiler || 7,386 t || 220 m || 60 m || ||
|-
| Bagger 262 || Garzweiler || ? t || 195 m || 67 m || ||
|-
| Bagger 285 || Garzweiler || 13,500 t || 210 m || 92 m || ||
|-
| Bagger 287 || Hambach || 14,000 t || 225 m || 95 m || ||
|-
| Bagger 288 || Garzweiler || 12,840 t || 220 m || 96 m || ||
|-
| Bagger 293 || Hambach || 14,200 t || 225 m || 96 m || ||
|}

===Powerplants===

Due to their Ascent and Cooling Towers, powerplants are important landmarks. They huge cooler steam cloud is typically visible from far away.

Task: Create Table for plants (?)
Tasks: Model and place the plants among with its periphery

'''Niederaußem''', 3,627 MW 
Ascent Channels: 2 x 160 m, 3 x 130 m, 2 x 100 m 
Cooler Towers: 1 x 200 m, 2 x 128 m, 3 x 106 m, 6 x 40 m 

'''Neurath''', 2,200 MW 
Ascent Channels: 2 x 170 m, 3 x 160 m 
Cooler Towers: 2 x 128 m, 3 x 103 m 

'''Frimmersdorf''', 2,136 MW 
Ascent Channels: 1 x 200m, 3 x 160m 
Cooler Towers: ? 

'''Weisweiler''', 2,100 MW 
Ascent Channels: 2 x 168 m 
Cooler Towers: ? 

===Sophienhöhe===
[[File:324px-Sophienhöhe l.JPG|324px|thumb|right|Sophienhöhe, an artifical hill of 200 m height]]

[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophienh%C3%B6he Sophienhöhe] (50° 55′ 55″ N, 6° 26′ 56″ O) is a hill made of excavated material, it reaches a hight of 200 m, still growing. As the region is relatively flat, it is very noticeable.

File:FGFS-HambacherLoch001.png

2011-12-04T19:58:47Z

Crashpilot: Taken inside of the opencast pit 'Tagebau Hambach' Screenshot by Crashpilot

Taken inside of the opencast pit 'Tagebau Hambach'

Screenshot by Crashpilot

File:Absetzer im Tagebau Hambach.jpg

2011-12-04T19:53:07Z

Crashpilot: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Absetzer_im_Tagebau_Hambach.jpg&filetimestamp=20080404111123

http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Absetzer_im_Tagebau_Hambach.jpg&filetimestamp=20080404111123

File:1024px-Surface Mining Hambach 200800806.jpg

2011-12-04T19:44:26Z

Crashpilot: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Surface_Mining_Hambach_200800806.jpg&filetimestamp=20060814091949

http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Surface_Mining_Hambach_200800806.jpg&filetimestamp=20060814091949

File:324px-Sophienhöhe l.JPG

2011-12-04T19:41:13Z

Crashpilot: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Sophienh%C3%B6he_l.JPG&filetimestamp=20061029140950

http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Sophienh%C3%B6he_l.JPG&filetimestamp=20061029140950

EDDK

2011-12-04T15:13:47Z

Crashpilot: Redirected page to Konrad Adenauer Airport

#REDIRECT [[Konrad Adenauer Airport]]

Category:Airports in Germany

2011-12-04T15:09:40Z

Crashpilot: activated link to airport

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | ICAO-Code !! style="background:#efefef" | Name of Airfield/Town !! style="background:#efefef" | Status (published) !! style="background:#efefef" | Status (development) !! class="unsortable" style="background:#efefef" | Comment
|-
| EDAH || Heringsdorf, Usedom || Taxidraw || unknown || nice coastal site
|-
| EDDB || Berlin-Schönefeld || Taxidraw || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDDF]] || Frankfurt am Main || many models, Taxidraw || Custom Scenery, refinements || many models, interactive traffic, moving Skytrain ||
|-
| [[EDDK]] || Köln-Bonn || Taxidraw || unknown
|-
| [[EDDC]] || Dresden || 1 model || 1 model ||
|-
| [[EDDH]] || Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel || some models || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDDI]] || Berlin-Tempelhof || some models || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDDL]] || Düsseldorf || some models || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDDP]] || Leipzig/Halle || many models || Models || DHL hub, taxiway bridges over highway, taxiway signs, modelled villages
|-
| [[EDDT]] || Berlin-Tegel || some models || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDDV]] || Hannover || Taxidraw || Tower || Terminals and other models from Heliflyer have yet to be brought into proper shape.
|-
| EDDW || Bremen Airport || generic || many models
|-
| [[EDFM]] || Mannheim || some models || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDHL]] || Lübeck Blankensee || models (excl. Tile) || models (incl. Tile) ||
|-
| [[EDKB]] || Bonn-Hangelar || some models || not yet published
|-
| [[EDLA]] || Arnsberg-Menden || generic || unknown || nice wavy pasture
|-
| [[EDLE]] || Essen-Mühlheim || Taxidraw || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDLN]] || Mönchengladbach || Taxidraw || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDVE]] || Braunschweig || many models || unknown ||
|-
| EDVI || Höxter-Holzminden || generic || unknown || nice wavy pasture
|-
| (none) || Verden-Scharnhorst || unknown || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDWM]] || Weser-Wümme airfield || unknown || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDWQ]] || Ganderkesee-Atlas airfield || generic || unknown ||
|-
| [[EDWL]] || Langeoog || nothing || unknown || small island airfield
|-
| EDXH || Helgoland || Custom Scenery || Taxidraw || would need a way to model hight levels
|-
|(none) || Menden-Barge || unknown || unknown || glider field
|}

[[Category:Airports in Europe|Germany]]

Flughafen Köln/Bonn

2011-12-04T15:05:28Z

Crashpilot: Created page with "{{infobox Airport |name = Konrad-Adenauer-Airport |image = |iata = CGN |icao = EDDK |type = Public, Deutsche Luftwaffe restricted area |city = Köln-Wahn |scenerytile = |runway..."

{{infobox Airport
|name = Konrad-Adenauer-Airport
|image =
|iata = CGN
|icao = EDDK
|type = Public, Deutsche Luftwaffe restricted area
|city = Köln-Wahn
|scenerytile =
|runway= 06/24
|length= 2459 m
|material= Beton
|runway2= 14R/32L
|length2= 1863 m
|material2= Asphalt
|runway3= 14L/32R
|length3= 3815 m
|material3= Asphalt
|website = http://www.airport-cgn.de/
}}
'''Konrad Adenauer Airport''' is also known as Köln Bonn Airport. It is mostly public, but also has a military part.

=== Runway 06/24 ===

Runway 06/24 is 2459 m (8,068 ft) long and has a width of 45 m.

=== Runway 14R/32L ===

Runway 14R/32L is 1863 (6,112 ft) long and has a width of 45 m.

=== Runway 14L/32R ===

Runway 14L/32R is 3815 (12,516 ft) long and has a width of 60 m.

=== External link ===
* [http://www.airport-cgn.de Airport Homepage]

[[Category:Airports in Germany]]

Germany

2011-12-03T03:11:34Z

Crashpilot: Updated and sorted List of major cities

[[File:EDDI-generic1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Berlin Tempelhof Airport]]]]
Germany, formally ''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', is a nation in western Europe of about 81 million people out of roughly 6.7 billion (6700 million) people on the Earth in [http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:DEU&dl=en&hl=en&q=population+of+germany 2009]. In its south lies Bavaria, predominantly catholic, bordering the snow-capped Alps and home to Oktoberfest and a motor works.

In clockwise motion, starting from the North, Germany is bordered by a jut of land currently occupied by Denmark, the [[Baltic Sea]], Poland & Czech Republic to the East, Austria & Switzerland to the South, France & Belgium & [[the Netherlands]] to the west, and the North Sea to the North in 2010.

However just a few decades ago the nations and borders were somewhat different, for example the Czech Republic used to be Czechoslovakia. Even farther back, parts of eastern Germany and Western Poland were part of of one nation called Prussia, bordered by the now long defunct Russian Empire. Other nuances include smaller territorial exchanges, such as the Rheinland or [[Ernst Thälmann Island]].

=== Five major cites ===
* Berlin
* Hamburg
* Munich
* Cologne
* Frankfurt

=== German airports ===
For a list of [[Airport]]s in Germany see [[:Category:Airports in Germany]]

=== Aircraft ===
[[File:Hansajet-Schiphol.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hansajet landing at Schiphol]]
Many aircraft are related to Germany, with components produced or engineered at this location. Most of the designs were from the 20th century, and lately its aerospace industry has been reduced mainly to producing a few components for the international [[Airbus]] corporation.

Some examples of German related aircraft in [[FlightGear]] by 2010 include:

* [[Der Kleine Uhu]]
* [[Junkers Ju 52]]
* [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]]
* [[Messerschmitt Me 262]]
* [[Dornier Do 335]]
* [[Dornier Do X]]
* [[Fieseler Fi 156|Fieseler Fi-156 Storch]]
* [[Focke-Wulf Fw 44|Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz]]
* [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]]
* [[Focke-Wulf Fw 200|Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor]]
* [[Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320 Hansa Jet‎]]
* [[Zeppelin NT]]

== Aircraft museums & displays ==
An example of aerospace museum in Germany is [[Luftwaffe Museum Berlin-Gatow]].

== External links ==
* [http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?germany Modern Germany Map & Stats]

[[Category:Places]]

User:Crashpilot

2011-12-02T21:34:40Z

Crashpilot: typo

I am currently primarily involved in [[Scenery Project Kölner Bucht]].

If interested, you are welcome to join in.

You can contact me via IRC, forums or this Wiki.

Scenery Project Kölner Bucht

2011-12-02T21:33:28Z

Crashpilot: Created page with "The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6lner_Bucht Kölner Bucht] (Cologne Bay) is a small region in Germany with a long aviational history. It is named after the city [http://e..."

The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6lner_Bucht Kölner Bucht] (Cologne Bay) is a small region in Germany with a long aviational history. It is named after the city [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ln Köln] (Cologne), which lies in its centre. The biggest airport is [[Konrad Adenauer Airport]] (EDDK), which is one of the 19 non-american Space Shuttle abort landing sites. But there also are smaller ones like [[Bonn-Hangelar Airport]] and historical ones like [http://www.butzweilerhof.com/ Butzweiler Hof].

Cologne City is the home of [http://www.dlr.de German Space Agency (DLR)] among with the [http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAJIE0VMOC_astronauts_0.html European Astronaut Centre] of ESA, the [http://easa.europa.eu/home.php EASA], the Headquarter of [http://www.lufthansa.com Lufthansa], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_brothers Horten Brothers] developed there their planes - but in FlightGear Scenery, it has no more to offer than the standard generic scenery. This has to change!

==Why this page?==

The intention of this page is to organize, coordinate and document the progress of the scenery creation in that area and to encourage others to join in. This is a huge project, but hopefully it will procede with a steady pace. The goal is to see the same skyline as in reality!

==Approach==

Every item listed below will get its own wiki page. Any relevant information will be stored there. For some of them there already exist some untextured models (aka 'w.i.p.'). If interested, everybody can become a maintainer of items or help other maintainers. The progress shall be documented in this wiki.

==Points of interest==

The following tables list the points of interests in that region, among with a maintainer and a progress indication (for now: not started, wip, done).
Roads, Tracks and Rivers aren't covered, they are expected to be included by next-genenration generic scenery (Source: OpenStreetMap).

'''Airports'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Konrad_Adenauer_Airport EDDK] || ? || ?
|-
| [http://wiki.flightgear.org/Bonn-Hangelar_Airport EDKB] || EDKBadmin || ?
|-

|}

'''Infrastructur'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Kölner Hauptbahnhof]] || ||
|-
| [[Bahnhof Köln-Deutz]] || ||
|-
| [[Bonner Hauptbahnhof]] || ||
|-
| [[Niehler Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Rheinaufhafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Godorfer Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Deutzer Hafen]] || ||
|-
| [[Marina Zündorf]] || ||
|-
| [[Marina Sürth]] || ||
|-
|}

'''Tall, big or Buildings in Cologne City'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Colonius]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[DW-DLF]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Herkulesturm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Coloniahaus]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Pollonius]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Ringturm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[TUEV Rheinland]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Unicenter]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Uniklinik]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[KölnTurm]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[CologneTriangle]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Kölnarena]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Seilbahn Zoo]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Lufthansahochhaus]] || || not started
|-
| [[Hansaturm]] || || not started
|-
| [[Deutsche Telekom Altstadt]] || || not started
|-
| [[Kölner Messe]] || || not started
|-
| [[Kranhäuser]] || || not started
|-
| [[Philharmonie]] || || not started
|-
| [[Musical Dome]] || || not started
|-
| [[Altstadtzeile]] || || not started
|-
| [[Müngersdorfer Stadion]] || || not started
|}

'''Bridges'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Severinsbrücke]] || [[User:Crashpilot|Crashpilot]] || w.i.p.
|-
| [[Deutzer Brücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Hohenzollernbrücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zoobrücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Mühlheimer Brücke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Autobahnbrücke Köln]] || || not started
|-
| [[Eisenbahnbrücke Köln]] || || not started
|-
| Bonn, Leverkusen missing || ||
|-
|}

'''Industrial'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Raffinerie Wesseling]] || || not started
|-
| [[Fordwerke Niehl]] || || not started
|-
| Windkraft Kölner Bucht || || not started
|-
| Kohlekraftwerke Kölner Bucht || || not started
|-
| Braunkohlebagger || || not started
|-
|}

'''Churchs in Cologne City'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Kölner Dom]] || || not started
|-
| [[Groß St. Martin]] || || not started
|-
| ... and dozens more to go || || not started
|}

'''Various POI'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Windmühle Godorf]] || || not started
|-
| [[Rheinlieger Köln]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zwischenwerke]] || || not started
|-
| [[Bayer Logo]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zons]] || || not started
|-
| various Monuments || || not started
|-
|}

'''Landmarks'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef" | Name
! style="background:#efefef" | Maintainer
! style="background:#efefef" | Progress
|-
| [[Siebengebirge]] || || not started
|-
| [[Hambacher Loch]] || || not started
|-
| [[Zwischenwerke]] || || not started
|-
|}

User:Crashpilot

2011-12-02T21:31:54Z

Crashpilot: Created my userpage

I am currently primarilly involved in [[Scenery Project Kölner Bucht]].

If interested, you are welcome to join in.

You can contact me via IRC, forums or this Wiki.