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Many years ago we had a world map on which Orbiter users could drop a pin to mark their location. I can't remember if this was connected to the M6 forum but a lot of us did it at the time. I thought it was a nice way to visualise the community. Would it be possible to create a map feature here...

Using a clean install of Orbiter 2016 with no add-ons or graphics clients, but adding the hi-res texture pack here: http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/mirrors/orbiter_radio/tex_mirror.html#earth ... results in the attached image. What's frustrating is the small number of overlaid tiles appear to...

Just so you all know I retain an interest in Orbiter beyond Brighton Lounge :) I had said I would have a new version uploaded upon my return to Australia in September. A combination of real life and an inevitable creative urge to add new elements once I got going (as shown above) has held this...

Here's an alternative (or compliment) to the Olympics for the air-minded. The World Gliding Championship, held every two years, is starting this weekend at Uvalde, Texas. Teams from 24 nations will duel it out over the desert, flying tasks of several hundred Kilometers at speeds of up to...

I've recently discovered a passion for soaring and I found this project whilst browsing soaring websites. Steve Fossett's gliding altitude record was set as part of this project's first phase. Phase two is set to take a specially built glider to 90,000 feet using South American mountain waves...

Just a heads-up for Australian Orbinauts: Rex Walheim (STS-110,122,135) is launching a new space/film exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image this Thursday, September 22. The exhibition itself is running until the end of January 2012, so something to consider for anyone...

The NYT website has put together an interactive timeline of the entire shuttle program, arranged in columns by vehicle. One interesting approach here is the colour coding of missions so at a glance you can see when and how the shuttle was used through different periods, from science and...

I noticed this in the news yesterday and found it interesting: A team of archaeologists studying infrared satellite images of Egypt have found 'more than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements ...' and 17 pyramids - all previously unknown. News story...

I've been working on this for three years and this add-on may have served us better three years ago - but better late than never! This add-on will feature high detail models of the SRB recovery ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star, and scenery of the Hangar AF area at Cape Canaveral where the...

What's wrong with this cartoon (read the mouseover text)? http://xkcd.com/787/ And by starting this thread I've become an XKCD character: http://xkcd.com/386/

Andy Thomas was in the news today, speaking to the economic benefits of investment in aerospace engineering. Part of the news story includes a kid who made a video with orbiter. http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/08/03/2972616.htm direct link...

The Big Picture is a photojournalism blog attached to the website of the Boston Globe. Today they have posted a set of really great ISS related photos. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/journeys_to_the_international.html I was impressed, thought I'd share the link.