07-12-2012, 10:37 AM
Saw what looked like a Kiowa attack copter slowly circling Hilo this morning. It wasn't a tour copter, they generally are in steady flight to get to the lava. RIMPAC is going to last until August.
It's going to get worse. Microsoft Flight, which replaces their MS Flight Simulator game, is their venture in free-to-play, start with a free map and then have to buy every single piece of real estate and equipment from there. Their free map to start out with is the BI and the starter plane is an ultralight floatplane. This is the opening screen map:
http://h9.abload.de/img/flight2012-02-2219-48fklj5.png
Each of those dots are airfields and names when zoomed in. Didn't know there was an airstrip in Pepeekeo so went to the one. The little ultralight floatplane is actually pretty awesome:
http://www8.pcmag.com/media/images/32992...pg?thumb=y
Probably the only saving grace is the sim is pretty horrible, the clouds have less detail than FlightsimX and flying over areas, pitifully inaccurate, so it isn't that popular. They detailed waterfront Hilo pretty well with the opening air slalom around hot air balloons floating above the hotels (a great idea for another festival.
It's going to get worse. Microsoft Flight, which replaces their MS Flight Simulator game, is their venture in free-to-play, start with a free map and then have to buy every single piece of real estate and equipment from there. Their free map to start out with is the BI and the starter plane is an ultralight floatplane. This is the opening screen map:
http://h9.abload.de/img/flight2012-02-2219-48fklj5.png
Each of those dots are airfields and names when zoomed in. Didn't know there was an airstrip in Pepeekeo so went to the one. The little ultralight floatplane is actually pretty awesome:
http://www8.pcmag.com/media/images/32992...pg?thumb=y
Probably the only saving grace is the sim is pretty horrible, the clouds have less detail than FlightsimX and flying over areas, pitifully inaccurate, so it isn't that popular. They detailed waterfront Hilo pretty well with the opening air slalom around hot air balloons floating above the hotels (a great idea for another festival.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*