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RayProudfoot Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "Northern Lights - take a look" 01-03-02, 16:36z  Hi all, FS2002 has a new feature - the Northern Lights! Take your aircraft to a suitable location such as Anchorage in Alaska or Hammerfest in northern Norway. Next, make sure it's dark and switch to Spot plane view. Soon you will be treated to a wonderful display of the Aurora Borealis. It's best to switch to spot plane view because the lights don't always show up straight-away if you stay in Cockpit view. I imagine the Aurora Australis will be visible in the southern hemisphere but you'll need to wait six months! Nice one Microsoft. Regards, Ray Proudfoot, Cheshire, England Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      RE: Northern Lights - take a look jonahbird 01-04-02 1    RE: Northern Lights - take a look Ben Chiu 01-04-02 2         RE: Northern Lights - take a look jonahbird 01-04-02 3              RE: Northern Lights - take a look jonahbird 01-04-02 4                   RE: Northern Lights - take a look Ben Chiu 01-04-02 5                        RE: Northern Lights - take a look jonahbird 01-04-02 6                   RE: Northern Lights - take a look jerryrosie 01-05-02 9                        RE: Northern Lights - take a look jonahbird 01-06-02 11                             RE: Northern Lights - take a look jerryrosie 01-06-02 13                                  RE: Northern Lights - take a look RandyHaskins 01-06-02 15                                       RE: Northern Lights - take a look jerryrosie 01-07-02 17    RE: Northern Lights - take a look RayProudfoot 01-04-02 7         RE: Northern Lights - take a look jonahbird 01-04-02 8         RE: Northern Lights - take a look jerryrosie 01-05-02 10              RE: Northern Lights - take a look jonahbird 01-06-02 12                   RE: Northern Lights - take a look jerryrosie 01-06-02 14                        RE: Northern Lights - take a look jonahbird 01-07-02 16                             RE: Northern Lights - take a look jerryrosie 01-07-02 18                                  RE: Northern Lights - take a look Gunner 01-07-02 19                                       RE: Northern Lights - take a look jerryrosie 01-07-02 20

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jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 1. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-04-02, 07:34z  Hi Ray That's very eagle-eyed, or should I say night-owl-eyed, of you Microsoft really have done good this time. Does anyone else have any Easter Eggs to reveal? My brother-in-law claims to have flown through the fireworks at Las Vegas, and heard them. I haven't even seen them yet:-( Regards Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 2. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-04-02, 07:48z  Greeting Frank: >My brother-in-law claims to have flown through the >fireworks at Las Vegas, and heard them. I haven't even >seen them yet:-( Robert and I ran across them by the water fountain display at 11PM (or was it 10PM?) FS world time. When you hear a bunch of "popping" start looking around and you'll see them. Ben Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 3. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-04-02, 07:53z  Hi Ben Thanks for that guidance. My b-i-l happens on these goodies and doesn't make notes I'm off to Vegas later, to enjoy the show Regards Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 4. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-04-02, 17:23z  >Hi Ben > >Thanks for that guidance. My b-i-l happens on these >goodies and doesn't make notes > >I'm off to Vegas later, to enjoy the show > >Regards >Frank Hi Ben I didn't want to quote all that - only the last line. Can't figure out how to do it. Thoroughly spoilt by OzWin, that's the trouble Anyway - been there as directed and it's brilliant. As are the Northern Lights. Many thanks for both these pointers. Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 5. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-04-02, 17:38z  Greeting Frank: >I didn't want to quote all that - only the last line. >Can't figure out how to do it. Thoroughly spoilt by >OzWin, that's the trouble After clicking reply with quote, just highlight the stuff you don't want and press delete. >Anyway - been there as directed and it's brilliant. As >are the Northern Lights. Many thanks for both these >pointers. Glad you found them. Best! Ben Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 6. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-04-02, 17:41z  Hi Ben > >After clicking reply with quote, just highlight the stuff >you don't want and press delete. > I'm sure I tried that, but as you can see I've got it now. Many thanks Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 9. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-05-02, 16:46z  >>I didn't want to quote all that - only the last line. Can't figure out how to do it. Thoroughly spoilt by OzWin, that's the trouble << In addition to Ben's suggestion, you can also highlight the text you want to quote and copy it (press control + C) and then past it in your reply (Control + V). I add the HTML red color to separate the quotes from my reply by using a micro to insert the coding/ (LOL if I quote the coding in here it actually makes the change but doesn't show up as text. That way I can add multiple quotes to each reply - thusly: >>Anyway - been there as directed and it's brilliant. As are the Northern Lights. Many thanks for both these pointers.<< Hope this is helpful.... ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 11. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-06-02, 05:24z  Hi Jerry I can't do it. Just thick - that's me >thusly< (I tried to highlight that and give it the Ctrl+C order) I lived in your great country for 4 years in the 80s and was ever amazed by your ability to re-invent our (English) language. 'Thusly' is a new one for the book Best regards Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 13. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-06-02, 15:30z  >I can't do it. Just thick - that's me > >>thusly< (I tried to highlight that and give it the Ctrl+C order) I lived in your great country for 4 years in the 80s and was ever amazed by your ability to re-invent our (English) language. 'Thusly' is a new one for the book What seems to be the problem? The highlighting? There are two ways of doing that - 1)with the mouse, click and drag until the entire text you wish to highlight is - highlighted or 2)move the cursor to a point in the beginning or the end of the text you wish to highlight and hold down the Shift key whild moving the cursor over the text with the arrow key (either forward or backward) Once this is done, just hold down the control key and press the "C" key. You won't get any indication that anything has happened. Now move your cursor to the point you wish to insert the quote and hold down the Control key and press the "V" key. The text you highlighted should appear in the spot you selected. >>'Thusly' is a new one for the book << the adverb form of "Thus" ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

RandyHaskins Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 15. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-06-02, 17:00z  Hi Jerry, >What seems to be the problem? The highlighting? There are >two ways of doing that - 1)with the mouse, click and drag >until the entire text you wish to highlight is - >highlighted or 2)move the cursor to a point in the >beginning or the end of the text you wish to highlight and >hold down the Shift key whild moving the cursor over the >text with the arrow key (either forward or backward) > >Once this is done, just hold down the control key and >press the "C" key. You won't get any indication that >anything has happened. Now move your cursor to the point >you wish to insert the quote and hold down the Control key >and press the "V" key. The text you highlighted should >appear in the spot you selected. Or you after highlighting the text. While pointing at the highlighted text, right click on the mouse and select copy or cut. Then once you got the cursor where you want to paste the text right click again. And select paste. Randy Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 17. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-07-02, 23:00z  >>While pointing at the highlighted text, right click on the mouse and select copy or cut. << Really!?!? I gotta try that. Don't use the right click all that much..... Hmmmmm.... ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

RayProudfoot Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 7. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-04-02, 21:07z  Hi Frank, Sorry, I would have replied earlier but marking the message so I would be e-mailed on any new posting doesn't seem to have worked. Not so much eagle-eyed as hearing about it elsewhere. Searching for Easter Eggs on AvSim will probably give you a long list of interesting things to see. Have you taken a look at Niagara Falls yet? Much improved on the previous version. I shall go and take a fly around Las Vegas now so thanks for that tip! Regards, Ray Proudfoot, Cheshire, England Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 8. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-04-02, 23:12z  Hi Ray Yes, Niagara Falls is brilliant. Perhaps I should go search for Iguazu and Victoria. Must visit Avsim. Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 10. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-05-02, 16:49z  >>Have you taken a look at Niagara Falls yet? Much improved on the previous version. << Man I have to see that! I can't tell you how many hours I spent flying around in FS5.1 looking for the falls ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 12. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-06-02, 05:26z  Hi Jerry Niagara is great, but don't bother looking for the other falls I mentioned. They're not there. Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 14. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-06-02, 15:31z  >>Niagara is great, but don't bother looking for the other falls I mentioned. They're not there.<< Niagara is the one I was interested in. I grew up about 30 miles from there....<]:¬) ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 16. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-07-02, 05:10z  Hi Jerry >>Niagara is the one I was interested in. I grew up about 30 miles from there....<]:¬)<< Then you might be disappointed. I grew up across the river from Hampton Court Palace, and whilst MS have done a good job with that I never feel it does it enough justice. Regards Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 18. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-07-02, 23:05z  >>Then you might be disappointed. << Well... Duplicating the Falls in any medium is not all that easy . Just having something there would be an improvement. Picture, if you would, a real newbie who had no concept at all of navigation other than "I Follow Roads" following the coast line of Lake Ontario looking for the mouth of the Niagara river thinking "If I just fly up the river, I'm sure to find it". FS5 gave nothing for all that work.... ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Gunner Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 19. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-07-02, 23:29z  > Picture, if you would, a real newbie who had >no concept at all of navigation other than "I Follow >Roads" Nothing wrong with a little "IFR" flying, my favorite way to commit aviation! >following the coast line of Lake Ontario looking for the >mouth of the Niagara river thinking "If I just fly up the >river, I'm sure to find it". FS5 gave nothing for all >that work.... I know you don't do much in the way of air combat sims, but in the "old" Falcon3 if ya entered the Grand Canyon and followed the Colorado River upstream you eventually came to... a giant water faucet. It was just hanging there pouring water into the river! "Easter Eggs" aren't anything new <g>. Have Fun! (tm) -= Gunner =- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 20. "RE: Northern Lights - take a look" 01-07-02, 23:39z  >>if ya entered the Grand Canyon and followed the Colorado River upstream you eventually came to... a giant water faucet. << LOL Yes - I have heard about that somewhere !! ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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