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To: RebelTex

Try this:

go to http://www.cnn.com

See at middle of screen, "Watch Video, most popular."

It's software that simulates taxi and takeoff of the Comair plane.


951 posted on 08/30/2006 4:17:05 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: toldyou

Thanks, but it doesn't work. I found the right video link both times, but it opens a browser window that requires you to subscribe to CNN Pipeline before you can view the clip. I'm not willing to subscribe to that.

Thanks anyway.

From what you saw in the clip, were the signs easy to spot?How about the runway numbers?
Was the A7 taxiway obvious or confusing?
Could you see the lights on runway 22 from the starting position of 26?
What else could you see (or NOT see) that might have been important?
What comments were made?


953 posted on 08/30/2006 5:37:05 PM PDT by RebelTex (Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
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To: toldyou

Any flight-sim user will recognize that video is showing off Microsoft FS-2004+.

Using that piece of software to "make a point" is quite EZ, whatever is, is.


955 posted on 08/30/2006 8:57:19 PM PDT by budman_2001
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To: toldyou
Finally saw the video on my laptop.

Looks like the problem on my desktop was security settings or wrong version of Java.

Every time I tried to view the video on my desktop, all I got was a blank player and the ad at the bottom screaming for me to join PipeLine (2 week trial then auto-billed monthly, must remember to cancel before end of 2 weeks - I HATE programs like that.)

I didn't consider security settings a problem because there are lots of videos on the web that I watch without any problem.  I just happened to notice that this one uses Java to pop-up it's own player in a new window.   Since I sometimes have problems with Java apps, I tried watching it on my laptop and could then see it.

Sorry about the confusion.  

The video showed a simulation, which was disappointing as the assumptions programmed into the software may be inaccurate.  I would like to see an actual video of the taxi-way and runway to see the realities of what is there or not there, not what is assumed to be there.  None of my questions to you about the contents of the video were answered by the simulation.

956 posted on 08/31/2006 7:26:40 AM PDT by RebelTex (Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
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