There goes the time where we were seeing the UK skies completely under airspace control.
IVAO UK even splitted the TMA sectors like in real life, and I even joined a "Heathrow 100 years birthday" where I contacted dozens of Controllers to get my airplane safely on ground at Heathrow.
Now, I don't see this scenario for quite sometime. The IVAO UK ATC is going down the drain, while Gareth is getting very away from it. Gareth belongs to IVAO-HQ and he also plays Call of Duty (yes, believe it or not but he invited some members on a IVAO forum to play for it)!
IVAO-UK is silent. No events, no ATC control, no pilots flying there. But, I think this situation will be solved, and I am confident and optimist that one day, the skies of UK will be filled again with great events and a lot of airspace controlled by them.
Regarding to Call of Duty, it sucks. Try Far Cry 2 or Crysis!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
ATA Virtual goes down the hole
Yesterday I was doing my VA surfing on the net and got on one of the best american VA that I saw: The ATA virtual.
ATA simulates (or better, was simulating) the operations of the real ATA airline. Unfortunately, on March 2008, the real airline ceased their operations.
On November 2008 the ATA Virtual also ceased their operations due to lack of free time.
Now, when I saw that, I thought "Wow, I can save them, and acquire that VA for the EuroHarmony group!", so I wrote an email to ATA VA CEO explaining my idea, thinking that it could bring back his dream os seeing ATA operating again!
Well, today they answered me saying that they aren't interested, and somehow they thought that I was just trying to get their PHP code and use it on another VA. The fact is that they saw my EuroHarmony and they confirmed that it wasn't my interest that dirty intentions.
The fact is ATA VA will go down the hole, even with guys like me that wants to save it... The proud can be harmfull sometimes.
ATA simulates (or better, was simulating) the operations of the real ATA airline. Unfortunately, on March 2008, the real airline ceased their operations.
On November 2008 the ATA Virtual also ceased their operations due to lack of free time.
Now, when I saw that, I thought "Wow, I can save them, and acquire that VA for the EuroHarmony group!", so I wrote an email to ATA VA CEO explaining my idea, thinking that it could bring back his dream os seeing ATA operating again!
Well, today they answered me saying that they aren't interested, and somehow they thought that I was just trying to get their PHP code and use it on another VA. The fact is that they saw my EuroHarmony and they confirmed that it wasn't my interest that dirty intentions.
The fact is ATA VA will go down the hole, even with guys like me that wants to save it... The proud can be harmfull sometimes.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
PMDG MD-11 released!
You know that PMDG 747 and 737-800 were my best airplanes ever, but now with PMDG MD-11 a new king have born!
The new MD-11 from PMDG is a hell of an airplane. It simulates the MD-11 in a way that I never saw on any airplane that I have flown with.
On of the things that I like most is the climb performance behavior. It's just great how the PFD shows all the information regarding to the speed range for the current flap setting, the V2 climb that is maintained by the thrust mode, and even the way you configure the step climbs on a long haul flight.
But, be aware that this airplane is not for newbies. It's hard, complex and you need to read something before flying it. Even the tutorial that is given by PMDG is very weak compared with the tutorials that PMDG made for the 747 (btw, they stopped at middle of them!).
Well, if you are thinking about a Christmas gift, then go ahead :) It surely worth all the cents spent!
The new MD-11 from PMDG is a hell of an airplane. It simulates the MD-11 in a way that I never saw on any airplane that I have flown with.
On of the things that I like most is the climb performance behavior. It's just great how the PFD shows all the information regarding to the speed range for the current flap setting, the V2 climb that is maintained by the thrust mode, and even the way you configure the step climbs on a long haul flight.
But, be aware that this airplane is not for newbies. It's hard, complex and you need to read something before flying it. Even the tutorial that is given by PMDG is very weak compared with the tutorials that PMDG made for the 747 (btw, they stopped at middle of them!).
Well, if you are thinking about a Christmas gift, then go ahead :) It surely worth all the cents spent!
Monday, December 1, 2008
New IVAO BoG has been approved
Today the new Board of Governors (BoG) assumes positions.
Gosh, IVAO is starting to be like a real enterprise company. IVAO is starting to loose their past identity. IVAO is not foccused on giving fun to their members.
I think that after the IVAO split that happened, things improved a bit, but, it was like an unstable peace. Now, VATSIM has much more pilots flying than IVAO.
I really hope that this new BoG can actually do something innovative, because we don't see anything happen there for quite some time.
All that happens is ... more of the same!
Gosh, IVAO is starting to be like a real enterprise company. IVAO is starting to loose their past identity. IVAO is not foccused on giving fun to their members.
I think that after the IVAO split that happened, things improved a bit, but, it was like an unstable peace. Now, VATSIM has much more pilots flying than IVAO.
I really hope that this new BoG can actually do something innovative, because we don't see anything happen there for quite some time.
All that happens is ... more of the same!
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