23 Jun
2007
23 Jun
'07
6:25 p.m.
I thought I had seen your name in the output of the
"kudos" word on my G5.
I should be in the hidden credits (ie. the 'cat in the hat' picture)
from the first PCI PowerMacs until Apple abandoned PPC
in 2005.
24 Jun
24 Jun
3:04 p.m.
On Jun 23, 2007, at 6:25 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
Most impressive!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
I thought I
had seen your name in the output of the
"kudos" word on my G5.
I should be in the hidden credits (ie. the 'cat in the hat' picture)
from the first PCI PowerMacs until Apple abandoned PPC in 2005. 
3:46 p.m.
Then there was the 1940's vintage links trainer I worked on when at the Navy TD school
Millingon Tn. Now
that was a hoot working on that old thing. But it was far from a computer, but it did spin
around and buck
up and down based on control movements and could simulate a stall for the controled
crashes it would
accept as a landing. It did a good job of plotting your ground movement on a big chart
table and the
instructor could dial in a cross wind. We all had to go through ground school using it,
before we were
allowed to work on it.
Then the USMC assigned me to an F4j Phantom flight sym in Beaufort SC, and other than a
small TTL
upgrade for the ECM and stand off weapons stuff, it was all Analog! Even the RIO's
backseat display was
connected to a a ntsc vodeo camera flying over a 30" sq hunk of microfilm where
altitude controled the
camera zoom to keep the image in scale, and ground speed servos moved the camera. All
engine and
flight charictics were controled by 6L6 tube driven servo motors, mechanically connect to
gear boxes
driving banks of 10 to 50 turn helopots, to kept it in the air so to speek. We had had
monthly calibration
partys when we changed the driver tubes on a rotation basis. But it worked and flew well.
till later
Bob
8:49 p.m.
1
"Bob Bradlee" wrote:
Then there was the 1940's vintage links trainer I worked on when at the Navy T
D school Millingon Tn. Now
that was a hoot working on that old thing. But it was far from a computer, but
it did spin around and buck
up and down based on control movements and could simulate a stall for the cont
roled crashes it would
accept as a landing. It did a good job of plotting your ground movement on a b
ig chart table and the
instructor could dial in a cross wind. We all had to go through ground school
using it, before we were
allowed to work on it.
I was recently in Corning NY and had a few hours to kill before my flight
left. There is an *excellent* war plane museum next to the airport.
[link to cctalk? huh? :-)]
And in it were some very old and not so old flight simulators/trainers.
One looked like it was some sort of 16 bit machine. I think it was made
by Links (spelling?). I should have taken notes - I will next time. I
was thinking it would be fun to fire up some day. Rows of 19" racks. I
wanted to jump over the ropes and turn it on but the "docent" would
probably ha ve had a heart attack.
(we did have an absolutely amazing conversation about the origin of
strobe lights and how the folks at Corning helped create them and get
them installed along the final into east Berlin. It involved glass from
Corning and a metal finish from some company in New Jersey. Somehow I
suspect Doc Edgerton was envolved in that...)
But it worked and flew well.
well, that's what counts :-)
I've yet to fly a simulator which I can look out of over left wing and
figure out if I'm level. But I have never been to flightsafty yet...
-brad
11:18 p.m.
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:49:31 -0400, Brad Parker wrote:
I've yet to fly a simulator which I can look out of
over left wing and
figure out if I'm level. But I have never been to flightsafty yet...
We had frosted windows and spotlights with rotating filters that changed speed along with
the airspeed so
it looked light you wer fliying in a cloud with wisps flying by. There was a big fire bell
on the back of the
headrest that went off if/wen you crashed.
later
Bob
25 Jun
25 Jun
12:12 a.m.
On 24 Jun 2007 at 20:49, Brad Parker wrote:
And in it were some very old and not so old flight
simulators/trainers.
One looked like it was some sort of 16 bit machine. I think it was made
by Links (spelling?).
Probably Singer-Link, very big in flight simulators.
Cheers,
Chuck
12:56 a.m.
"Link Trainer" after Edwin Link.
Steve
Brad Parker wrote:
1
"Bob Bradlee" wrote:
Then there was the 1940's vintage links
trainer I worked on when at the Navy T
D school Millingon Tn. Now
that was a hoot working on that old thing. But it was far from a computer, but
it did spin around and buck
up and down based on control movements and could simulate a stall for the cont
roled crashes it would
accept as a landing. It did a good job of plotting your ground movement on a b
ig chart table and the
instructor could dial in a cross wind. We all had to go through ground school
using it, before we were
allowed to work on it.
I was recently in Corning NY and had a few hours to kill before my flight
left. There is an *excellent* war plane museum next to the airport.
[link to cctalk? huh? :-)]
And in it were some very old and not so old flight simulators/trainers.
One looked like it was some sort of 16 bit machine. I think it was made
by Links (spelling?). I should have taken notes - I will next time. I
was thinking it would be fun to fire up some day. Rows of 19" racks. I
wanted to jump over the ropes and turn it on but the "docent" would
probably ha ve had a heart attack.
(we did have an absolutely amazing conversation about the origin of
strobe lights and how the folks at Corning helped create them and get
them installed along the final into east Berlin. It involved glass from
Corning and a metal finish from some company in New Jersey. Somehow I
suspect Doc Edgerton was envolved in that...)
But it worked and flew well.
well, that's what counts :-)
I've yet to fly a simulator which I can look out of over left wing and
figure out if I'm level. But I have never been to flightsafty yet...
-brad
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