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Wasn't ATP limited to US Airports? I'm trying figure out how to use ATP with the SD-Eur scenery disk! :pilot: I buy a lot of software at Half-Price Books! Christoper Tarana

Nothing on Flightsim.com or SimViation! :pilot: If I find one I'll post link! Possibly SimOuthouse or here... http://ftp.sunet.se/mirror/archive/ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/flight-sim/uploads99/ Christopher Tarana

Both Fs3.0 and Fs4.0 came from the Flight Simulator Vault website! I still have the Original Manual and 3.5" disks! :pilot: And Sierra released the scenery disks also! Christopher Tarana

This was the scenery released by SubLogic for Fs4.0! :pilot: Christopher Tarana

I have 90% of EL ALs fleet installed as well as IAF aircraft! What Air Force Did The U.S. Air Force say was the best in the world! :pilot: Christopher Tarana

A Nice Supermarine in IAF colors! :pilot: Christopher Tarana

When Using Fs98's Go To Airport option with installed scenery's you may have to look here! :pilot: Christopher Tarana

The Dunkerque off the US coast!:pilot: The author had a GeoCities website! Christopher Tarana

The Old Hangar Jonesing with Indy - Pyramids in Mexico. Chapter 2: Our next stops are the Pyramids of Mexico. Most people who think of pyramids also think of the vast Egpytian deserts. But there are also pyramids located in the lush tropical jungles of Central and Southern America. Whereas Giza was a picture of accuracy, FS98's Mexico scenery is a little fuzzier! Located near the city of Mexico City is an area rich in ancient history. Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán Mexico. 19' 39.65" North 98' 56.21" West There is one Pyramid in the FS98 scenery NE of Mexico City about 15.2 nautical miles (17.49 statute miles) from Mexico City Airport (IMEX) at a heading of 22 degrees. This pyramid is most likely the "Pyramid of the Sun" at Teotihuacán. Though the actual location of Teotihuacán is 30 miles NE of the airport, I don't think the error is that bad when compared to the 24,901 mile circumferance of Earth. The FS98 coordinates of the airport (IMEX) are nearly identical to the real world location. The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacán and one of the largest in Mesoamerica. Found along the Avenue of the Dead, in between the Pyramid of the Moon and the Ciudadela, and in the shadow of the massive mountain Cerro Gordo, the pyramid is part of a large complex in the heart of the city. The name Pyramid of the Sun comes from the Aztecs, who visited the city of Teotihuacán centuries after it was abandoned; the name given to the pyramid by the Teotihuacanos is unknown. It was constructed in two phases. The first construction stage, around 100 A.D., brought the pyramid to nearly the size it is today. The second round of construction resulted in its completed size of 733 feet (225 meters) across and 246 feet (75 meters) high, making it the third largest pyramid in the world, being slightly smaller than Great Pyramid of Giza (230 meters), but much smaller than the Great Pyramid of Cholula (450 meters). The second phase also saw the construction of an altar atop of the pyramid, which has not survived into modern times. The Adosada platform was added to the pyramid in the early third century, at around the same time that the Ciudadela and Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent were constructed. Only a few caches of artifacts have been found in and around the pyramid. Obsidian arrowheads and human figurines have been discovered inside the pyramid and similar objects have been found at the nearby Pyramid of the Moon and Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent in the Ciudadela. These objects may have represented sacrificial victims. In addition, burial sites of children have been found in excavations at the corners of the pyramid. It is believed that these burials were part of a sacrificial ritual dedicating the building of the pyramid. The Old Hangar Jonesing with Indy - Stonehenge. Chapter 3: Stonehenge, in the southern part of Great Britain reached by air. Stonehenge- 51` 10' 43.84" North 1` 49' 34.28" West Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England. Archaeologists had believed that the iconic stone monument was erected around 2500 BC. One recent theory however, has suggested that the first stones were not erected until 2400-2200 BC, whilst another suggests that bluestones may have been erected at the site as early as 3000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. WHAT WAS STONEHENGE? The Megalithic Stone structures, which exist not only in this country but also throughout the Continent of Europe, are a special feature of that period known as the Neolithic Age. As has already been shown, Stonehenge represents a very late type, erected at a time when the bronze culture had begun to overlap that of polished stone (Neolithic). These stone structures can be roughly divided into three classes. 1. Single upright stones, or menhirs (Celtic = "high stone"), which may be commemorative of some great event or personage. 2. Dolmens (Celtic = "table stone"), in which a stone slab is set table-wise on three or four uprights. 3. Cromlechs (Celtic = "stone circle"). Circles enclosing barrows or dolmens. Stonehenge is a highly specialised example of this last class. Round these cromlechs popular myth and superstition have crystallised themselves into tales of the devil and his works (as in the case of Stonehenge), ogres, giants, dwarfs, Sabbath breakers, and infidels, turned to stone. In nearly every case there is some story of the supernatural, which cannot be accidental, but which must have its root in past religious observance. It is a recognised fact that the worship of stones is more widely distributed than any other primitive cult. Its almost universal distribution can be referred to the tendency of the half savage mind to confuse persons and things, and from seeming likeness of the inanimate to the animate, to endue the lifeless object with the virtue and power of the living object. This mental outlook is better understood in practice than in theory. A Melanesian native may come across a large stone, lying upon the top of a number of smaller stones. It suggests to him a sow with her litter of pigs, and he at once makes an offering to it, in the hope that he will secure pigs. In determining the function of Stonehenge, therefore, it will be useful to compare it with similar existing stone circles. The largest of these in this country is Avebury, not many miles distant from Stonehenge. Unluckily, to-day it is so ruined that its former greatness is hardly to be distinguished by the unskilled observer. Formerly comprising some hundreds of unhewn Sarsen stones, barely a score remain in position at the present day. In Avebury, as it was, can be found the early typic model of which Stonehenge is the final product. The use of the circle as a basic form is common to both. In Avebury the Sarsen is a rough unhewn monolith; in Stonehenge it is squared, dressed, and crowned with its lintel. All evidences of a slow evolution from Neolithic to Bronze culture. But whereas the circle alone is used at Avebury, Stonehenge has in addition the horseshoe series of Trilithons and foreign uprights, and in this particular differs from all other Cromlechs in this country. It is the climax of the Megalithic monument, and its use very certainly must have been connected with the religion of the race which set it up. It was, in short, a religious structure, probably used for the observation of the sun, and possibly connected with "nature worship." The fact that the sun rises over the Hele Stone on the Summer Solstice, and that it can be observed in direct alignment with the centre of the Great Trilithon, can hardly be due to accident. Chance might bring two stones into such a position on the Solstice, but, in this case, the entire monument is so arranged as to place the rising sun in a due line with its axis on this particular day. It will be well to consider the facts which must have been within the knowledge of the builders of Stonehenge, and to trace as far as may be their reasoning in the building of it. To begin with, it is almost certain that at the time of building, there existed some primitive form of priesthood, or body of "wise men." This is quite compatible with the culture of the period. The existence of the Neolithic Long Barrows is sufficient evidence that man had, by this time, arrived at that particular culture which grasps the existence of a "spirit." Death only terminated the existence of the body, and not that of the spirit. It was even able to return and enter another body, say that of a new-born infant, an animal, or tree. And being after the manner of human beings, spirits could understand human language and become accessible to human petitions. Thus a spirit might even prove a powerful friend or enemy. And the dwellings of these spirits would be those great powers which meant so much to a primitive people; the sun, moon, stars, rivers, forests, and clouds; from which arose the two great classes of spirit, the "ancestral" and the "spirit of nature." From this general body was developed a regular hierarchy of good and evil spirits, gradually ascending to the conception of one great creative spirit, or superior deity. Christopher Tarana

The Old Hangar Jonesing with Indy - Virtual Archaeology in FS98 Introduction. Are you getting bored of running the NY-Chicago Mail in zero visibility? Is chasing the Port Columbus Express out of the station getting stale? Have you walked so many wings, you've worn out the cloth? Then Jonesing with Indy may be right up your alley! Jonesing with Indy is the place where you can explore real life archaeological sites in Golden Wings and Flight Simulator 98. Our first stops are the Pyramids of Egypt. Located near the city of Giza is an area rich in ancient history. The Old Hangar Jonesing with Indy: The Pyramids of Egypt. Chapter 1. The Pyramids of Egypt: Preflighting at Giza Airport, Pyramids in the background. The Pyramids of Giza are often called one of the seven wonders of the world. In Flight Simulator 98 there are several pyramids visible from the airport at Giza (Embaba) (HEEM) but little or no mention is made of them. A single situation file allows us to tour the area from the air. We know from the desciption in the situation file that these are the "famous" Pyramids of Giza. What most people probably don't realize is these aren't the only pyramids that are found in FS98, more can be seen further south. We are going to examine all the pyramids and explain which pyramids they are, who built them, and when. We're also going to look over the famous "Sphinx" that faces the rising sun over the Nile. I'm going to take this time to point out that the pyramids that were placed in the Flight Simulator 98 scenery were done with excellent accuracy. I used actual GPS coordinates to infer which pyramid was being represented in the scenery. Flying over the Pyramids of Giza. The pyramids are located in areas called "Necropolises" (Cities of the dead), also known as Pyramid Complexes due to the large amount of supporting structures surrounding them. These include temples, tombs for nobles and workers, food production, canals (yes, in the desert) and other miscellaneous buildings. There really is no "oldest or newest" necropolis because many times later administrations would build their temples over older ruins, or even mine older tombs for thier stones. This is what happened to the brilliant white casing stones that were placed on the Great Pyramid, they were used to build buildings in Cairo. Saqqara was the first necropolis, then the pharaohs built their monuments at Dashur, the last really major monuments were built at Giza. Giza is the furthest north of the three, and Dashur is the furthers south. We'll begin our trip at the Giza necropolis and work our way south from there. During the time of the Old Kingdom, Egyptian religious tenets generally held that the God RA took his daily trip through the provinces of Egypt and from life to death. One legend states that each day, Ra was born and began a journey across the sky. Ra was believed to travel in the Manjet-boat. or the 'Barque of Millions of Years'. He was joined on this daily journey by a crew of many gods . The Manjet-boat would sail through the twelve provinces, representing the twelve hours of daylight. At the end of each day Ra was thought to die and embarked on his night voyage. For this journey he was called Auf, which means 'corpse'. Ra sailed in a boat called the Mesektet-boat or night-barque on his journey through the twelve hours of darkness. This is one reason why cities for the living were generally built on the eastern side of the Nile and cities for the dead were built on the western side. One of the titles of Imhotep, who was generally considered to not only be the architect of the first pyramid but to the whole idea of building monuments out of cut stone as opposed to mud bricks, was High Priest of Heliopolis, a city in northern Egypt that was the cult center for the worship of RA. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau. Five thousand years ago Giza, situated on the Nile's west bank, became the royal necropolis, or burial place, for Memphis, the pharaoh's capital city. Giza's three pyramids and the Sphinx were constructed in the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old kingdom, arguably the first great civilization on earth. Today, Giza is a suburb of rapidly growing Cairo, the largest city in Africa. About 2,550 B.C., Pharaoh Khufu, the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty, commissioned the building of his tomb at Giza. Some Egyptologists believe it took 10 years just to build the ramp that leads from the Nile valley floor to the pyramid, and 20 years to construct the pyramid itself. On average, the over two million blocks of stone used to build Khufu's pyramid weigh 2.5 tons, and the heaviest blocks, used as the ceiling of Khufu's burial chamber, weigh in at an estimated 40 to 60 tons. Pharaoh Khufu (2609 - 2584 BC) N029*58'37.2351" E031*08'11.5891" Also known by his Greek name, Cheops, the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu was the second pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty. His full name was Khnum-Khufwy, which means '[the god] Khnum protect me'. He was the son of Sneferu and Queen Hetepheres I, and it is believed that he had three wives. Khufu is famous for building the Great Pyramid at Giza, one of the seven wonders of the world. Apart from this, we know very little about him. His only surviving statue is, ironically, the smallest piece of Egyptian royal sculpture ever discovered: a 7.5 cm- (3 inch-)high ivory statue found at Abydos. Khufu came to the throne, probably during his twenties, and at once began work on his pyramid. The entire project took about 23 years to complete, during which time 2,300,000 building blocks, weighing an average of 2.5 tons each, were moved. His nephew Hemiunu was appointed head of construction for the Great Pyramid. Khufu was the first pharaoh to build a pyramid at Giza. The sheer scale of this monument stands as testament to his skills in commanding the material and human resources of his country. Experts now believe the pyramids were built using conscripted labour rather than slaves. Recent excavations at the Giza site have uncovered elements of the infrastructure put in place to support this workforce, including a fish-processing plant. Pharaoh Khafre (2520 - 2494 BC) N029*58'25.2991" E031*07'45.5817" Khafre, who was the son of Khufu, was also known as Rakhaef or Chephren. He ruled from 2520 - 2494 B.C. and is responsible for the second largest pyramid complex at Giza, which includes the Sphinx, a Mortuary Temple, and a Valley Temple. The most distinctive feature of Khafre's Pyramid is the topmost layer of smooth stones that are the only remaining casing stones on a Giza Pyramid. Dates Built: c. 2558-2532 B.C. Base: 704 feet (214.5 m) on each side covering a total area of 11 acres. Total Weight: undetermined. Average Weight of Individual Blocks of Stone: 2.5 tons, some of the outer casing blocks of stone weigh in at 7 tons. Height: Originally 471 feet (143.5 m) tall, now 446 feet (136 m) tall. Angle of Incline: 53 degrees 7' 48". Construction Material: Limestone and red granite. Khafre may be best known for his statues, and most famous among them is, of course, the Sphinx. Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass write of Khafre: "He was, after all, perhaps the greatest maker of statues of the Pyramid Age. There are emplacements in his pyramid temples for 58 statues, including four colossal sphinxes, each more than 26 feet long, two flanking each door of his Valley Temple; two colossal statues, possibly of baboons, in tall niches inside the entrances of the Valley Temple; 23 life-size statues of the pharaoh in the Valley Temple (fragments of several have been found with his name inscribed on them); at least seven large statues of him in the inner chambers of his Mortuary Temple; 12 colossal Khafre statues around the courtyard of his Mortuary Temple; and ten more huge statues in the Sphinx Temple. Pharaoh Menkaure N029*58'17.7976" E031*07'33.6129" Menkaure, also known as Mycerinus, ruled from 2490 - 2472 B.C.. He was pharaoh of the smallest of the three pyramids at Giza, and is believed to be Khufu's grandson. Dates Built: undetermined. Total Blocks of Stone: unknown. Base: 344 feet (105 m) on each side. Total Weight: unknown. Average Weight of Individual Blocks of Stone: undetermined. Height: originally 215 feet (65.5 m), now 203 feet (62 m). Angle of Incline: 51 degrees 20' 25". Construction Material: Limestone and red granite, sarcophagus made of basalt. THE SPHINX: The Sphinx is one of the best known monuments on Earth and dates back to the Old kingdom and the time of pharaoh Khafre - builder of the second largest pyramid on the Giza plateau. The head of the Sphinx probably depicts Khafre, while the body is that of a recumbent lion. The paws are 50 feet long while the entire length is 150 feet. The head is 30 feet long and 14 feet wide. It is 200 feet long and 65 feet high. The Sphinx has a tail which wraps around the right hind paw. The paw has been restored in recent years. The Sphinx has a breast plate between its front paws. In the New kingdom, the Sphinx became a symbol of kingship and many pharaohs of this period built temples and stelae (upright stone tablets bearing inscriptions) in the area surrounding the statue. Amenhotep II built a mud-brick temple to the north-east of the Sphinx, and Rameses II, one of the ancient kingdom's most prolific builders, constructed an altar of granite between its paws. Ancient tablets also show images of worshippers presenting burnt offerings to the Sphinx. The Saqarra Necropolis: Throughout its almost 3.000 year long history, Saqqara expanded to cover an area of 6 kilometers from north to south by 1,5 kilometers from east to west. As such, it is one of the largest and most important areas of the Memphite necropolis. Its northern most monuments, the so-called Archaic Tombs, are located slightly to the south of the 5th Dynasty necropolis of Abusir. It is believed by some that the oldest remains of Memphis are to be found underneath the modern-day village of Abusir, immediately to the east of the Archaic Tombs. To the south, Saqqara borders on Dashur, which some Egyptologists consider only to have been an extension of Saqqara. Against this view, however, it must be noted that when the first pyramids were built at Dashur, in the beginning of the 4th Dynasty there was a large area of unexploited desert between the two sites. The southern-most royal monument at Saqqara was built by Shepseskaf, the last pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty. The Step Pyramid at Saqqara - A Mastaba. N029*51'32.9262" E031*59'29.7705" The first tombs of the pharaohs were large, unimpressive, bunker affairs called mastabas. They were made from sun dried mud brick and most have long since crumbled to dust. This all changed around 2630 BC with the erection of the step pyramid. It was made for the pharaoh Djoser and began as a normal mastaba, but was subsequently enlarged by adding one mastaba on top of another until it consisted of six terraces some 200ft (60 meters) high. The surface was originally encased in smooth white limestone which must have caught the sun light and reflected its rays. Across the Great Court of the Pyramid Complex of Djoser (2667 - 2648 BC), the second pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty, stands the Step Pyramid. It is believed to have been created by one man, Imhotep. He has been called Doctor, Sage, Architect, Astronomer and High Priest. The Greeks worshipped Imhotep as Aesclepius, the God of Healing. Imhotep is also credited as a founder of the Egyptian, and Masonic, mystery traditions. The Pyramid of Pepi I at South Saqqara N029*50'40.9161" E031*59'29.7705" Pepi I was the second ruler of ancient Egypt's 6th Dynasty, and his pyramid at South Saqqara, though no more then a twelve meter high ruin today, has actually had a significant effect on Egyptology. From the fragments of Khamuaset's restoration text, we do know that the pyramid was in good shape during the 19th Dynasty, with few improvements. This pyramid was first investigated by Perring in the 1830s, but in 1881, Maspero entered the subterranean section of the pyramid and there for the first time discovered pyramid texts. This pyramid continues to be scrutinized by the French archaeological mission in Saqqara, originally lead by Lauer and Sainte Fare Garnot, but since 1963 by Leclant and Labrousse. Among other finds, they have discovered the small pyramid complexes of Pepi's consorts. There was apparently a valley temple and causeway, though we have no information on these structures. The mortuary complex is almost a duplicate of that in Teti's complex. It is fairly symmetrical and as usual, consisted of inner and outer sections. The causeway leads in from the northeast, leading into first an entrance corridor which in turn leads to a columned courtyard. A transverse corridor splits the outer and inner sections. An doorway in the middle of the back wall of this corridor leads into a five niche chapel, which then leads to the offering hall with its false door on the wall adjacent to the pyramid. While stone thieves seriously damaged the complex, important discovered were nevertheless made. These included limestone statues of kneeling enemies of Egypt with their hands tied behind their backs. They once stood in the open courtyard, and may also adorned the entrance corridor. These types of statues have been found in several pyramids and perhaps had the function of frightening away anyone who might wish to damage the structure. They symbolized conquered evil. On the foundation of the pyramid was also found a small cult pyramid. Pepi I's pyramid has a core of six steps and was constructed in much the same way as Djedkare's pyramid, which used small blocks of limestone bound with a clay mortar. Interestingly, blocks from Teti's mother, queen Sesheshet, were discovered within the core of this pyramid. This was Pepi's grandmother, and may have been removed from a destroyed building. The pyramid was, as usual, cased with fine white limestone, though it remains intact only at the lowest levels. The pyramid's entrance is in its courtyard pavement next to its north face. There was probably a chapel here, but nothing of it remains today. The subterranean levels are similar to earlier pyramids of the 5th and 6th Dynasties, beginning with a descending limestone corridor that that leads to a vestibule. After the vestibule, the next corridor is level but is reinforced at three places with pink granite. Located about in the middle of this second corridor is the barrier made of three portcullis blocks also of pink granite. This corridor leads to an antechamber on the pyramid's vertical axis. West of the antechamber is the burial chamber, and to its east is a serdab with three niches. Some burial equipment was found within the pyramid. fragments of a sarcophagus that stood on the west wall of the burial chamber suggest that it was probably a substitute, the original having broken in transportation or perhaps developed flaws. A fragment of a mummy was found that could have been that of Pepi I, but is uncertain, along with some fine linen wrappings. Fourteen shards of yellow alabaster canopic vessels were discovered, together with a small flint knife, a piece of pleated linen and a left sandal of reddish wood, possibly made of sycamore. Pyramid text not only cover the walls of the antechamber and burial chamber, but also the corridors. Some of these texts remain in place, while others parts are in fragments (about three thousand fragments). In piecing this all together, the French team has discovered that about two thirds of the inscriptions were altered by reducing the size of the glyphs. Dashur Necropolis: The history of Dashur is a somewhat shorter than the history of its northern neighbour, Saqqara. The oldest traces of building activity are dated to the start of the 4th Dynasty, when Snefru, for unknown reasons, moved away from Meidum to start a new royal necropolis just South of Saqqara. This is all the more surprising since Snefru also appears to have founded the royal necropolis in Meidum. After Snefru, there was considerably less activity at Dashur, as Khufu moved the royal necropolis even more to the North, to Giza. Royal attention returned to Dashur during the Middle kingdom , with the pyramid of 12th Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat II. Amenemhat's immediate predecessors had preferred el-Lisht, near Meidum, as a burial ground. It is not clear why Amenemhat II moved back north again. His example was followed by Sesostris III and Amenemhat III , but the latter pharaoh chose to be buried in another pyramid, at Hawara. After the Middle kingdom, Dashur seems to have lost its appeal as a royal necropolis. Amenemhat III's pyramid was the last royal funerary monument that was built there. Recent archaeological research, however, has revealed a private necropolis dated to the New kingdom at North Dashur. Bent Pyramid at Dhashur N029*45'27.8730" E031*10'50.2568" Located in southern Saqqara stand the pyramids of Dhashur. Among them stands the Bent Pyramid, the Bent Pyramid is about 2 km south of the Mastaba Faraoun. The builder of the Bent Pyramid is thought to have been the Pharaoh Snefru 2680-2565 BC), who was the first ruler of the 4th Dynasty. The Bent Pyramid, is one of three (or maybe even four) pyramids built by the great Pharaoh Snefru in Egypt's Old kingdom. His sons were also pyramid builders who helped create these projects. Khufu was one of his sons. Sneferu had the Bend pyramid built as a safe place to rest after he passed to the other side. Egyptians spent years preparing to go to their deaths. The Bent Pyramid is rhomboidal shaped. It unique for two reasons - the first is the angle change. There are two theories for this change. The first is that the builders may have gotten tired and wanted to reduce the volume and to finish faster. Another is that when the pyramid at Maidoun collapsed, the architect lost his nerve and changed the angle. The angle at Maidoun was 52 degrees as is the base of the Bent Pyramid. At the bend, the angle is changed to 43.5 degrees up to the peak. The second reason is that it has two entrances. The first is in the middle of the northern side and is about 12m above the ground. It leads to the upper chamber. The second entrance is on the western side and is just above the ground. It leads to the lower chamber. The floors of both chambers were built 4m deep with small stone blocks. It is thought that the bent shape of the pyramid was not architecturally what Sneferu's son set out to built. But due to the weight of the pyramid the original was altered. The pyramid was finally abandoned after 20 years of construction as if was not safe. The greatest builder of the Pyramid Age was Pharaoh Snefru, the first pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, during whose reign the biennial tax levy may have become a more frequent event. As a result, it is difficult to assess the true intensity of Snefru's creative power. He is accorded a reign of twenty-four or twenty-nine years in the ancient king-lists,yet the recent discovery of an inscription mentioning the twenty-fourth occasion of the census suggests he may have reigned as long as forty-eight years, if the taxes were still collected every other year. But regardless of his total years, his reign is distinguished by the number and sheer magnitude of the works he carried out. The owner of three full-sized pyramids and probably two smaller ones, he shifted one-third more stone - some 3,600,000 cubic meters (4,708,800 cubic yards) of it - than his son and successor Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid. Snefru's reign represents an important period in Egyptian history, a period of transition in art and architecture. It was a time when developments in the rendering of the human form and major advances in the working of stone were crystallized and perfected. To him belongs the credit for the first geometrically true pyramids ever attempted in Egypt, as well as major and long-lasting changes in how the resurrection machine functioned. It was his experiments with its conception and form that set the stage for the remarkable achievements at Giza. Red Pyramid at Dashur N029*46'29.3026" E029*10'59.6487" The Red Pyramid at Dashur also known as the Shining Pyramid, is one of three (or maybe even four) pyramids built by the great Pharaoh Snefru the first pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, father of Khufu (supposed builder of the Great Pyramid), who reigned from 2575-2551 BC - in Egypt's Old kingdom. It is the first true pyramid still remaining. The Red Pyramid gets its name from the reddish or pinkish limestone, used in its casing stones. The total area of the structure is only slightly less than the Great Pyramid, but as the angle of inclination of its sides is much shallower (43 degrees 22''), it only reaches a height of 341 feet (104m ). The interior of the pyramid is quite interesting. The entrance is in its Northern face, as is common with nearly all pyramids in Egypt. A descending passage takes you along about 80 metres before levelling out and opening out into two seperate underground chambers, connected by another short tunnel. Both of these chambers have magnificent corbelled roofs, a photo of which can be seen below. A further passageway, at a considerable height above the level of the floor, leads to a third chamber, with a corbelled roof that rises 50 feet into the body of the pyramid. No trace of a burial has ever been found in this pyramid, the inside is completely uninscribed and therefore it is, to all intents and purposes, anonymous. Two and a half miles to the north of the bent Pyramid lies Snefru's third pyramid. Called the 'Red Pyramid' after the rusty tinge of the local limestone of its core, it would become Snefru's final resting place. Quick to learn from their mistakes, this time the pharaoh's architects laid a foundation platform of several courses of fine white limestone to prevent the problem of subsidence from recurring. The lesson of the Bent Pyramid also encouraged them to construct the pyramid with stones laid in level, rather than inclined, courses at the similarly modest angle of 43 degrees to a not insubstantial height of 104 m (341 ft), making it the fourth highest pyramid ever built. Christopher Tarana

There will be two volumes of landmarks for Bill Lyon's Golden Wings Addon for Fs98! :pilot: This is Volume One! Christopher Tarana Fs98 Golden Wings Landmarks Vol 1.0 Christopher Tarana Mercury Glider Club Scenery-Installed! 2. Ford Trimotor At South Pole - South Pole, Antartica. = S86* 01.80' x W70* 18.00' 3237 Feet MSL. 3. Good Year Blimp Pilgrim At NAS Lakehurst - Lakehurst, New Jersey. = N40* 01.00' x W74* 20.00' 303 Feet MSL. 4. RMS Aquitania In New York Harbour. = N40* 42' x W74* 00.00' 1409 Feet MSL. 5. Ford Trimotor At North Pole - North Pole, Earth = N86* -15' x W157* 02.00' 5 Feet MSL. 6. Good Year Blimp Pilgrim At The Pyramids Of Giza - Giza, Egypt = N29* 57' x E031* 39.00' 3500 Feet MSL. 7. Freighters in Thame's Dock - London, England = N51* 27' x E000* 13.00' 1207 Feet MSL. 8. The Thames Flood Barrier in Thame's River - London, England = N51* 29' x E000* 03.00' 0940 Feet MSL. 9. Parliment on the Thame's River - London, England = N51* 29' x W000* 06.00' 0639 Feet MSL. 10. Castle Near Reading - Reading, England = N51* 23' x W000* 36.00' 0485 Feet MSL. 11. Stone Henge - Somerset, England = N51* 11' x W001* 51.00' 0347 Feet MSL 12. Pirate Skeleton On Beach=SimTakeOff.com=N20* 22.25' E136* 4.85' Alt 337 Feet MSL 13. Mexican Temple N19* 39.03' W98* 56.55' Alt 7342 MSL. Teotihuacan Mexico Pyramid of the Sun Teotihuacano 223.5 71.2 32.494 2 A.D. There are also dozens of platforms 4 stories high lining the Avenue of the Dead at Teotihuacan. These each step in each story and they have a stairway to the top in front of the platforms. 14. AeroStat (TARS) Balloon Near Cudjoe Key, Florida=N24* 41.80' x W81* 30.94' 14,000 Feet MSL. 15. Arecibo Antenna=N18* 23.15' W66* 46.53' Alt 2070 Feet MSL 16. Fort San Juan - San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA=N18* 28.39' W66* 7.43' Alt 685 Feet MSL 14. AeroStat (TARS) Balloon 2 Near Lajas, Puerto Rico=N17* 00.00' x W67* 00.00' 14,000 Feet MSL. 15. Spanish Fort Havana Cuba=N23* 6.37' W82* 12.77 Alt 1338 Feet MSL 16. Vaca Key Lighthouse - Marathon Key, Florida=N17* 00.00' x W67* 00.00' 4,000 Feet MSL. 17.Cape Florida Lighthouse - Miami, Florida=N25* 00.00' x W80* 00.00' 646 Feet MSL. 18. Passenger Ship Leaving Miami=N25* 33.00' x W80* 00.00' 1052 Feet MSL. 19. Shuttle Launch Pad=N28* 35.39' W80* 37.69' Alt 1003 Feet MSL 20. Walt Disney World=N28* 26.21' W81* 33.17' Alt 2238 Feet MSL 21. Steamboat, New Orleans=N29* 56.54' W90* 3.00' Alt 538 22 Warship At Midway Dock=Oliver Hazard Perry Class (FFG-7)=N28* 12.06' W177* 21.70' Alt 659 Feet MSL 23 3 Yachts Near Hawaii=N19* 35.48' W155* 59.37' Alt 452 Feet MSL 24 Sailboat Near Hawaii=N20* 38.44' W156* 29.92' Alt 183 Feet MSL 25 Freighter=N20* 55.59 W156* 54.75' Alt 318 Feet MSL 26 Lighthouse Hawaii=N20* 43.93' W156* 58.62 Alt 190 Feet MSL 27 Telescopes In Hawaii=Mauna Kea Observatories=N21* 34.11'W158* 17.53 Alt 1653 Feet MSL 28 Freighter Docked Near Hilo=N19* 43.76' W155* 2.90' Alt 423 Feet MSL 29 Hilo Lighthouse=N19* 44.67' W155* 4.58' Alt 295 Feet MSL 30 Hilo Lighthouse 2=N19* 50.61' W155* 4.97' Alt 295 Feet MSL 31 Lighthouse 3=N20* 7.45' W155* 33.82' Alt 295 Feet MSL 32 Lighthouse 4=Upolu Pt=N20* 12.46' W155* 43.78 Alt 295 Feet MSL 33 Lighthouse 5=Upolu Pt=N20* 10.97' W155* 54.55' Alt 295 Feet MSL 34 Lighthouse 6=N19* 42.71' W156* 3.47 Alt 295 Feet MSL 35 Lighthouse 7=N19* 28.93' W155* 57.00' Alt 295 Feet MSL 36 Lighthouse 8=N20* 46.59' W156* 33.08' Alt 295 Feet MSL 37 Lighthouse 9=N20* 35.59' W156* 25.19' Alt 295 Feet MSL 38 Lighthouse 10=N21* 17.00' W158* 7.24' Alt 291 Feet MSL 39 Lighthouse 11=N21* 18.40' W157* 39.30' Alt 738 Feet MSL 30 Radio Telescopes In Hawaii=N21* 41.11'W153* 17.53 Alt 1240 Feet MSL 31 Astronomical Observatory Near Kaneohe Airport=N21* 27.11'W157* 17.53 Alt 941 Feet MSL 32 Diamond Head Volcano=N21* 16.00'W157* 44.00 Alt 1729 Feet MSL 33 Tern Island=N23* 51.00'W156* 17.00 Alt 9 Feet MSL 34 Sugar Factory=N21* 53.00'W159* 57.00 Alt 1153 Feet MSL 35 Freighter Near Lanai=N20* 54.00'W156* 54.00 Alt 764 Feet MSLt 55 US Fleet Hawaii=N20* 24.29' W156* 43.51' Alt 2562 Feet MSL Lots of light houses in Hawaii. 56 Grand Canyon=N36* 4.65' W112* 1.17' Alt 7988 Feet MSL 57 Yosemite National Park=N37* 33.65' W119* 59.17' Alt 4547 Feet MSL 58 Hot Air Balloon Fest=Phoenix Balloon Festival 2018=N33* 58.52' W112* 7.25' Alt 5439 Feet MSL 59 Mt Rushmore=N43* 51.47 W103* 23.32' Alt 6082 Feet MSL 60 Yellowstone National Park=N44* 40.71'W111* 7.47' Alt 6646 Feet MSL No Old Faithful In Fs98! 61 The Mall, Washington DC, The Capital=N33* 52.00'W077* 7.47' Alt 780 Feet MSL 62 The Pentagon, Washington DC=N33* 52.00'W077* 02.47' Alt 1351 Feet MSL 63 The Hamton Road Bridge, Norfolk Virgina=N37* 00.00'W076* 02.47' Alt 2075 Feet MSL 64 The First Flight Airport, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina=N36* 02.00'W075* 41.47' Alt 2096 Feet MSL 65 Pier, Santa Catalina Island, Califorina=N33* 21.00'W118* 20.47' Alt 1499 Feet MSL 66 Hollywood Sign, Hollywood, Califorina=N34*05.00'W113* 13.47' Alt 2347 Feet MSL 67 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California=N37*45.00'W122* 29.47' Alt 1343 Feet MSL 68 Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco, California=N37*49.00'W122* 29.47' Alt 1204 Feet MSL 69 Moffett Field, San Francisco, California=N37*25.00'W122* 03.47' Alt 1791 Feet MSL 70 Jerusalem And The Western Wall*=N31* 47.00 E35* 19.64' Alt 3622 Feet MSL 71 The Taj Mahal, Agra India=N27* 7.71' E73* 3.83' ALT 723 Feet MSL 72 Boeing Field, Seattle Washington=N47* 32.71' W122* 18.00' ALT 22 Feet MSL 73 Tacoma Narrows Bridge=N47* 19.10' W122* 34.19' Alt 1761 Feet MSL 74 Seattle Hot Air Balloon=N47* 56.65' W122* 26.87' Alt 1145 Feet MSL 75 Microsoft Campus=47° 38' 31? N, 122° 7' 38? W Alt 232 Feet MSL 76 Nintendo USA HQ Redmond Wa=N47* 39.00' W122* 7.49' Alt 698 Feet MSL 77 Mt Ontake Flyby*= 35° 53' 34? N, 137° 28' 49? E. Mt. Ontake is located around 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Nagoya, and around 200 km (125 mi) west of Tokyo, at the borders of Kiso and ?taki, Nagano Prefecture, and Gero, Gifu Prefecture. The volcano has five crater lakes, with Ni no Ike at 2,905 m (9,531 ft) being the highest mountain lake in Japan. Ontake is a major sacred mountain, and following older shamanistic practices, actors and artists have gone to the mountain to put themselves into trances in order to get divine inspiration for their creative activities. 78 Downtown Rome Tour*=N41* 53.58' E12* 30.69' Alt 396 MSL 79 Japanese Spaceport=Tanegashima Space Center=N30* 26.99 E130* 58.73' Alt 2296 Feet MSL 80 Leaning Tower of Pisa=N43* 43.46' E10* 24.15' Alt 816 Feet MSl No Gate Way Arch In Golden Wings! 81 Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Harrisburg PA=N40* 10.90' W76* 44.94' 1043 Feet MSL 82 Griffith's AFB, Rome New York=N43* 13.00' W75* 24.00' 934 Feet MSL No Niagara Falls in Fs98! 83 Uniroyal Giant Tire, Detroit, Michigan=N42* 15.00' W33* 27.00' 1007 Feet MSL 84 Athens Acroplis*=N37* 58.54' E23* 40.31' Alt 1666 Feet MSL 85 The Panathenaic Stadium of Athens, Athens, Greece=N37* 58.54' E23* 40.31' Alt 1666 Feet MSL 86 Lighthouse, Martinique=N14* 35.07' W61* 5.81' Alt 000 Feet MSL 87 Three Yachts In Martinique=N14* 35.07' W61* 5.81' Alt 000 Feet MSL 88 Fort George, Grenada. Cruise Ship=N12* 3.47' W61* 46.23' Alt 616 Feet MSL Located on the promontory to the west of the harbor is Fort George. Built in 1705 by the French, many of the buildings are now used by the police. One of the rooms has been converted to a gym and another to a sort of sewing room. Much of the fort is still intact and open to visitors. However, the buildings are very dilapidated, from a combination of Hurricane damage and neglect, and there is little or no information within the fort itself. There's a good view from the battlements. There is a $2.00 per person fee to visit the Fort. 89 Radio Antennas, Roxborro, PA=N40* 01.00' W75* 12.81' Alt 2370 Feet MSL 90 Independence Hall Philladelphia, PA=N40* 01.00' W75* 12.81' Alt 2370 Feet MSL 91 Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, eaMA=N42* 22.00' W71* 19.81' Alt 931 Feet MSL 92 Water Tower, Moline, Illionois=N41* 29.00' W90* 29.81' Alt 1328 Feet MSL 93 Power Station, NYC=N40* 35.00' 73* 53.00' Alt 1337 Feet MSL 94 The Heads Of Easter Island*=S27* 9.02' W109* 18.63' Alt 629 Feet MSL 95 Search Lights New York City=N40* 50.00' W74* 00.00' Alt 1637 Feet MSL 96 Good Year Blimp New York City=N44* 04.00' W73* 00.00' Alt 974 Feet MSL 97 Empire State Building New York City=N44* 11.00' W73* 59.00' Alt 1932 Feet MSL 98 Governor's Island New York City=N44* 40.00' W74* 01.00' Alt 1140 Feet MSL 99 George Washington Bridge New York City=N41* 02.00' W73* 01.00' Alt 1327 Feet MSL 100 Hudson River Sailboat=N47* 22.00' W73* 57.00' Alt 977 Feet MSL 101 Plattsburgh AFB=N44* 73.00' W73* 26.00' Alt 1804 Feet MSL 102 Jacques Cartier Bridge Montreal Canada=N45* 29.00' W73* 34.00' Alt 1311 Feet MSL 103 Oil Tanker Suez Canal=N31* 3.0' E32* 18.71' 1512 Feet MSL 104 Oil Tanker 2 Suez Canal Northbound=N30* 31.79' E32* 19.50' Alt 2132 Feet MSL 105 Red Sea Tanker NB=N29* 54.98' E32* 32.31' 2408 Feet MSL 106 Olympic Stadium Montreal Canada=N29* 54.98' E32* 32.31' 2408 Feet MSL 107 Johnson Atoll - United States=N16* 43.00' W169* 23.31' 2027 Feet MSL 108 Munich* The Olympiapark München (English: Olympic Park Munich) 48.17*N 11.55*E in Munich, Germany, is an Olympic Park which was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Located in the Oberwiesenfeld neighborhood of Munich, the Park continues to serve as a venue for cultural, social, and religious events, such as events of worship. It includes a contemporary carillon. The Park is administered by Olympiapark München GmbH, a holding company fully owned by the state capital of Munich. 109 Berlin Wall-Back in time in berlin=Berlin Germany=N52* 45.98' E13* 21.31' 971 Feet MSL 110 Eiffel Tower Paris France=N48* 51.00' E02* 18.00' 1174 Feet MSL 111 Nortre Dam Paris France=N48* 31.00' E02* 40.00' 2378 Feet MSL 112 The Graf Zepplin Paris France=N43* 51.00' E02* 40.00' 1942 Feet MSL 113 Lake Constance Germany=N47* 35.00' E09* 44.00' 3730 Feet MSL 114 Beijing and the Forbidden City *=N39* 55.78' E116* 25.83' Alt 2759 Feet MSL 115 Hong Kong - Checkerboard Approach=N22* 19.00' E114* 40.' Alt 2240 Feet MSL 116 Ishigaki Japan=N25* 20.00' E124* 40.' Alt 2099 Feet MSL 117 Japanese Spaceport=Tanegashima Space Center=N30* 26.99 E130* 58.73' Alt 2296 Feet MSL 118 Power Towers Kansei Internationalr=N34* 25.00 E135* 14.73' Alt 1143 Feet MSL 119 Japanese Temple=N34* 37.79' E135* 28.81' Alt 754 Feet MSL 120 Mount Fuji=N34* 57.00' E138* 26.00' Alt 2975 Feet MSL 121 Toyko Tower=N35* 25.00' E139* 38.00' Alt 1499 Feet MSL 121 Nagasaki Japan=N32* 53.00' E129* 57.00' Alt 1745 Feet MSL No Hiroshima In Fs98! 122 Hakodate Japan=N41* 46.00' E149* 44.00' Alt 1397 Feet MSL 123 Mt Ontake Flyby*= 35° 53' 34? N, 137° 28' 49? E. Mt. Ontake is located around 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Nagoya, and around 200 km (125 mi) west of Tokyo, at the borders of Kiso and ?taki, Nagano Prefecture, and Gero, Gifu Prefecture. The volcano has five crater lakes, with Ni no Ike at 2,905 m (9,531 ft) being the highest mountain lake in Japan. Ontake is a major sacred mountain, and following older shamanistic practices, actors and artists have gone to the mountain to put themselves into trances in order to get divine inspiration for their creative activities. 124 Mount Hakodate=N41* 59.00' E140* 30.00' Alt 7549 Feet MSL 125 Oki Airport =N36* 09.00' E133* 20.00' Alt 1732 Feet MSL 126 Sydney Opera House=S33* 52.00' E151* 13.00' Alt 1131 Feet MSL 127 Sydney Harbour Bridge=S33* 52.00' E151* 13.00' Alt 1131 Feet MSL 128 Sydney Tower=S33* 53.00' E151* 19.00' Alt 1541 Feet MSL 129 The Temple and The Dome Of The Rock=N31* 47.00 E35* 13.00' Alt 3179 Feet MSL 130 Jerusalem And The Western Wall*=N31* 46.17 E35* 13.64' Alt 3008 Feet MSL 131 Beer Shiba Israel=N31* 15.00 E35* 13.64' Alt 2034 Feet MSL 132 Mesada Israel=N31* 18.00 E35* 23.00' Alt 3 Feet MSL 133 King Kalid International Saudi Arabia=N24* 57.00 E46* 43.00' Alt 2552 Feet MSL Right now, I'm in South America heading North! Volume Two Landmarks will be from S. America to North America ending in the U.S.! Christopher Tarana

He did add airports to Fs9 that you can access through Create A Flight, Using The Default Scenery! I found them while looking for Rochester in the UK! I know that Simviation has copies of the scenery! I also think FlightSim.com has copies too! The Harry Potter Complete Setup was what I downloaded! There are 6 files here on Flightsim.com in the Fs2004 scenery section! Christopher Tarana

I've grabbed a copy too!:pilot: It meshes with my ideas of science through flight simulation! I was thinking of restarting My Jonesing With Indy pieces from The Old Hangar! :cool: How does a Sea Captain cross the Great Lakes? Lot's of Trigonometry! :pilot: Thanks, Sean! Christopher Tarana

https://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Harry+Potter&categoryId=39 Just grab the complete setup for 160 megabytes. That has all the needed files! :cool: Installation was easy! Christopher Tarana

http://www.douglasdc3.com/r4d/r4d.htm This website shows that US Navy DC-3's did drop weapons, and got one U-Boat! :cool: Christopher Tarana

The Mid Atlantic Aviation Museum with a US Navy DC-3 on the apron! :pilot: Where were the Torpedoes? The Lockheed PC-3 Orion was a development of the Lockheed Neptune! The DC-3's in Navy service were all personnel transports! Christopher Tarana

The entire airport is filled with aircraft! :pilot: Christopher Tarana

Didn't Trev Morrison do something like that? Christopher Tarana

Excellent scenery for Fs2004! :pilot: Aircraft not optional! Thanks, Guys! Christopher Tarana

I think the best aircraft in Fs2004 is the default Douglas DC-3! :pilot: It's all I fly now! I have 44 repaints installed as well! Thanks, Guys! Christopher Tarana

It's possible! Or I was having keyboard issues! :) Thanks, Tom! Christopher Tarana

I set the Exit key to Shift-E. There was no default setting for it! I actually looked it up in Fs2002 first! :pilot: Tiger Moths fly faster when the hoods close! Christopher Tarana

Yes, they goofed up badly! What surprised me was how close to NYC it sank! I suppose Captain Smith should have layed off the gas! :confused: Christopher Tarana

It still available on their website! http://www.flight1.com/view.asp?page=library :pilot: Last night I installed it into Fs9 as the EAA Version of the aircraft! Christopher Tarana

Works really nicely in Fs2002! :pilot: Here's the airplane at my Dutch Flats scenery! Christopher Tarana