Archive for July, 2007
My first YouTube video – Eddie Izzard on Robin Hood.
Posted by indigohjones on July 20, 2007
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The right place at the right time.
Posted by indigohjones on July 20, 2007
On the 29th of April, this year, a flight climbing out of Manchester airport encountered a birdstrike. A planespotter called Simon Lowe wascasually videoing as this happened, and tracked the plane as it circled the airport and came in safely to land. What makes the video especially interesting is the overdub of the communication between the plane and control tower.
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More videos from Lukla Airport.
Posted by indigohjones on July 20, 2007
Here’s a landing from inside the cockpit, and another spectacular take-off.
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Mount Everest and Lukla Airport scenery for Flight Simulator.
Posted by indigohjones on July 12, 2007
Here are some freeware add-on scenery files which will add a more realistic Lukla Airport and area around Everest to your flight sim experience. All files are hosted at www.avsim.net. You will need to register to download content from the site, but it’s free, painless, and you get life-long access to their add-ons, which run from scenery files to airplanes.
Himalayan Peaks LOD10 Mesh, Volume 1 – Mt. Everest and Kula Kangri by Holger Sandmann and Jonathan de Ferranti
Himalayan Peaks Volume 2 – Mt. Everest photoreal textures by Holger Sandmann
Airports of Nepal, version 2.0 by Einar Aarvik
Airports of Nepal 2.1 (requires v. 2.0) by Einar Aarvik and Halfdan Abrahamsen
Enjoy.
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Links to 10 blogosphere reviews of Michael Moore’s new movie: “Sicko”.
Posted by indigohjones on July 1, 2007
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