I want to believe.
Flight reports of our virtual flight attempts using Microsoft Flight Simulator – Steam edition. This is a very old simulator platform but it is useful to understand where things have come from to appreciate how undeniably special current technology is becoming.
This was one of our best flights to date. Not because it was the longest, or highest (might be), or even the prettiest. No, it was just very realistic. I mean that in the most basic of terms, to be sure, but realistic in that we captured what was essentially a ‘Hang Glider Flight’.
Today’s Task We setup a task to fly from Junction Butte, CO to Silverthorne CO. This is about a 50km task and pretty much has a high alpine ridge to fly most of the task course line. Junction Butte itself is a North – Northwest facing launch and the Williams Peak/Ute Peak range is best in a West wind, but …
