This is all great.
I have started a wishlist topic:
Cheers all.
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DeHavilland Heron
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It would require a completely new navigation database. No VORs etc.. However, it would not need monthly updates.
Given the taste for vintage aircraft in the Legends of Flight, a vintage nav database would seem an obvious next step.
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If you want some old time navigation there’s this mod https://flightsim.to/file/21201/radio-range-navigation which is actually being built into the upcoming Boeing 247D by Wing42: [Released] Wing42 Boeing 247D and here’s a wiki link about the system Low-frequency radio range - Wikipedia
And by the same modder there’s also this https://flightsim.to/file/17738/celnav-for-msfs-celestial-navigation-sextant and also a driftmeter https://flightsim.to/file/19402/simple-driftmeter-for-msfs
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Yep, I came across it walking up there myself which prompted me to look for it in sim. And as you say the fort is well worth a visit. Mrs Priller drew the line at going to look at the launch rails though! Will have to go back… Not too far away there are also a lot of elements of the Mendip Starfish decoy site.
As far as adding the scenery is concerned I think there are a few of us needing to learn how to do it - it is on a list for when real life does not get in the way!
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Excellent, thanks - voted.
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I’ve read about those decoy sites before but never visited. I’ll have to do so at some point!
Over the past year or so I’ve occasionally thought about learning how to make custom sceneries and also 3d modelling so I could do something like recreate an old abandoned WW2 airfield but I never get around to it. Procrastination is a hell of a drug.
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@treborillusion - the specs are in the FAQs here
For ref, I can run it at high settings, 30fps locked and no stutters on an i5 4690k, GTX 1060 6Gb and 32gb RAM, running in 1080p.
However, the sim is installed on a dedicated NVME SSD shared only with Windows. All of my addons are managed using Addons Linker and stored on a separate drive to minimise the risk of conflicts.
My personal view is that success with the sim is as much to do with good housekeeping as it has sheer grunt in the system.
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Not really. Just don’t use ‘em. I guess you would have to add NDBs or whatever they did use in those days though.
Old Time airport. ..what an awsome Idea 
I always dreamed of a simulator where you could set a date and the world around (airports, navaids, ai traffic, buildings etc.) would change according to the era. So you could experience the adventurous beginnings, the jet age etc. I know this will never happen but it would be really cool 
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Hi all
Following on from @WaldoP3pper 's info about the US Airmail beacons, I decided to see if any of the surviving sites are visible in the sim, using the info at Arrows Across America and Sometimes Interesting sites.
Sure enough I found the first three I picked at random…
South of Boise, Idaho
South of Las Vegas ( this one is less clear in the sim)
And west of Salt Lake City, halfway up a hillside
If anyone else wants a challenge, then for scale, this is what you are looking for…
Having established that at least some of them are there, I am going to use @DEAN01973 's Stearman as a more appropriate mount to hunt out the rest…
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That’s really amazing!
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I think so too - I guess this where flying low and slow wins out over the Tubeliners barrelling along at 39,000’ with all their screens and gizmos!
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Charles Lindberg buys his Curtis Jenny (his first aircraft) for $440 + his old Harley-Davidson, then flies his first solo flight
Lindy flies his leaking crate into the army air field to report as a cadet,
(real footage) Lindy flies the St. Louis to Chicago route carrying letters.
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That’s super cool. I have to find out what the delta type in your Salt Lake City shot was for.
Interesting to see that some of the markers in the ground textures remain useful to a certain extent.
Looks very good! I haven’t invested in the WACO - I guess the Stearman is not quite so accurate!
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As I understand it, they were used where two routes joined, in this case presumably ending at Salt Lake City but I think there is a lot more to learn.
I have just found a third marker south of Boise and constructed a simple flight plan from Mountain Home (U76) to Boise (KBOI) via the three of them and they defintely work for VFR once get your eye in.
I’m not a real world pilot, but I do enjoy the WACO on occasion. 'Specially if you’ve got a subwoofer - that big 'ole radial has a nice rumble! Highly recommended.