Summary: Hosted by Eric McClintock, Mark Stewart, Gavin, and Nolan. Listen Here: Avsim Cancels Fancon 2009 AVSIM's Board of Directors today voted to cancel the FANCON 2009 event. Due to poor in-advance registrations, the Board concluded that this year's event would not be a viable one. The Board of Directors regrets that this action has to be taken and apologizes to all who have planned to intend. If you have paid for your entry as either an attendee or as an exhibitor, your payment will be refunded in full. We will start issuing those refunds tonight. If you do not receive notice of your refund within the next ten days, please leave a note in the FANCON Forum and let us know. Again, our apologies for the cancellation. Hopefully, there will be a FANCON 2010. At the same meeting today, the Board of Directors voted to hold our Fall Board of Directors meeting in Chicago over the weekend of October 9th, 10th and 11th. Tentatively, the BOD meeting will be held at the O'Hare Hilton and we will hold our traditional social on Saturday evening, the 10th. We will be posting more details on this as our plans firm up. X-Plane 9.30 Beta 15 Released Changes in Beta 15: Plane-Maker can snap wings OK now RESET PATH map-button and menu-option now reset the paths of ALL planeshellip; not just yours Frame-rate counter should run a bit smoother Ever so slight tuning of the rotor/propeller model lsquo;Start on Ramprsquo; option back in the Operations and Warnings window Should now work with REMOTE for iPhone, even if you are still on an old power PC! APU n1 saved with the situation and replay Runway bumps fixed when ldquo;runway follows terrain contoursrdquo; is off Runways no longer bright at night with shaders on and per-pixel lighting off Facades drape on sloped ground App icons look correct on OS X 10.3 and 10.4 Orthophoto distance tuned for anisotropic filtering 72 hz frequency monitors recognized in rendering settings Text entry into numeric fields improved Datarefs for PFC equipment are writable Rotation-speed datarefs for wheels/props/engines wonrsquo;t go negative Will we see an RC version or Final soon? What do you think? Monument Valley Burger Thanks Redeye/Mark for posting his results on the last Hamburger flight! Be sure to check out his results here [Link]. Be sure to download the flight HERE [Link] which contains these instructions, and all charts/sectionals you need! Background Monument valley is an area in the Navajo Nation Reservation, which is scattered with sandstone buttes, some reaching over 1,000 feet above the floor below. Located on the Southern Utah and Northern Arizona borders, it is a popular tourist destination and sports horseback rides, camping, hot air balloon rides, and aircraft tours. You work for a small private company that specializes in airborne tours of Monument valleyrsquo;s best sights. You are the only pilot for this company of only 3 employees, so as the pilot you must strive to make the experience for your guests unforgivable. This means providing the smoothest flight possible, and the best view possible. You should use things at your disposal, such as tourist maps, and photos and other information about the spot to give the best tour possible. Your company works solely off of word of mouth advertising, and if you donrsquo;t provide the best experience possible there are plenty of other pilots who will! The Goal This is what your company is famous for, itrsquo;s ldquo;Last Call Tourrdquo;. This is right at sunset where the entire valley is lit up with the deep colors of the sun setting into the West, this is where you make your big bucks, after all this only happens once per day! You can use wither a small single prop aircraft, or a helicopter, your choice, but timing is everything. You will be taking off from 0V7 ndash; Kayenta Airport. Be sure to check out the airport information for any important information...
