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Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce Base (KLCK)

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:20 am
by IAHM-COL
Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce Base, Columbus, OH

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Hi All, our ultimate for the leg 42nd is KLCK, Rickenbacker Airforce base.

This base has a very large and amenable heliport for the USAF
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Now, in addition to that nice feature, courtesy of D-LASER and his Project3000, it also contains nice and well located shared objects.

But,

The layout in terrasync is outdated
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Interestingly, the location and 3D structure of this airport was obtained from a recently updated layout in the gateway, which D-LASER smart scripts convert to a shared objects list in FG. I just needed to reconstruct the airport layout in FG and now the whole thing falls nicely into place

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KUDOS @ Laserman!

Re: Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce base (KLCK)

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:26 pm
by legoboyvdlp
Lovely work! Where do we land? Assuming we can land for J, I, and L!

Re: Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce base (KLCK)

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:27 pm
by IAHM-COL
see the SATT view. That's the heliport here.

Re: Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce base (KLCK)

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:33 pm
by jwocky
Somewhere around the heliport then ...

Re: Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce base (KLCK)

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:38 pm
by IAHM-COL
Well.. yes, we will do our best. But the heliport here in KLCK is rather large. It may have 3 times the are of the tarmac in KEBD... so there in KEBD we may be in trouble!

Re: Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce base (KLCK)

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:55 pm
by LesterBoffo
They're helicopters they have a remarkably small landing footprint. We should be able to squeeze everyone into a small airport.

Re: Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce base (KLCK)

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:58 pm
by IAHM-COL
true fact. Under assumption of good pilotage. That's one of the main things we are afraid it will be missing. :(
I now can land, but my landing accuracy is rather low.
On the other hand, the small tarmac at KEBD should be able to handle about 8 helies.

Re: Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce base (KLCK)

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:56 pm
by LesterBoffo
You know it's a shame there aren't airports in France named after the American Aces of WWI. For all intents Luxeuil les Banes should be named after Raul Lufberry, and The Hat in the Ring Squadron, the 103 which is what became of the Escadrille Lafayette before Eddie Rickenbacker signed up, could be better remembered at Bar-le-Duc Cree.

At least the French did make a nice Memorial to the Escadrille Lafayette at Marnes-la-Coquette.

http://www.americancenterfrance.org/front/index.php?&lvlid=23&artid=101&pos=1&lang=en

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Re: Rickenbacker Intl. Airport and Airforce Base (KLCK)

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 1:12 am
by IAHM-COL
oh la la ... c'est très beau! :D
from this view Rickenbacker's name not visible