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ATAG_Dutch 06-06-2011 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bongodriver (Post 293511)
Heres a strange thing......you can view historic aerial images in google earth but when you look at biggin hill in 1945........it dissapears (twilight zone music)

Very True.

In bored moments at work over the last 4 years, I took to sticking pins in every airfield I could find on Google earth, then googling the name of the local villages with 'RAF' in front of them to name the airfield. Zoom in to anywhere in Norfolk and you'll spot the typical letter 'A' shape of the runways, even if it's long disused.

Which brings up a further question. The arrangement of the runways at Biggin in the game looks 'wrong' as they more or less come to an apex at one point rather than the classic 'A' shape.

Does anyone know if this is accurate or not?

Cheers.

Bakelit 06-06-2011 06:52 PM

Maybe this thread from another BoB sim helps a little:

http://shockwaveproductions.com/foru...d0b0152dfab935

Not a lot but it's a start. The A2A BoB2 modding crew has a wealth of historical knowledge and there should be much more info buried in other forum threads. And... I love that sim for its AI!

bongodriver 06-06-2011 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutch_851 (Post 294184)
Very True.

In bored moments at work over the last 4 years, I took to sticking pins in every airfield I could find on Google earth, then googling the name of the local villages with 'RAF' in front of them to name the airfield. Zoom in to anywhere in Norfolk and you'll spot the typical letter 'A' shape of the runways, even if it's long disused.

Which brings up a further question. The arrangement of the runways at Biggin in the game looks 'wrong' as they more or less come to an apex at one point rather than the classic 'A' shape.

Does anyone know if this is accurate or not?

Cheers.

it is pretty much correct, Biggins runways indeed did come to an apex, but now only 2 of the runways are still used and the central one is a taxiway, the main runway is 03/21 and the smaller 11/29 is for light aircraft only.

ATAG_Dutch 06-06-2011 08:24 PM

Ok, thx bongo.

No1 Cheese 06-06-2011 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bakelit (Post 294272)
Maybe this thread from another BoB sim helps a little:

http://shockwaveproductions.com/foru...d0b0152dfab935

Not a lot but it's a start. The A2A BoB2 modding crew has a wealth of historical knowledge and there should be much more info buried in other forum threads. And... I love that sim for its AI!

BLOODY BRILLIANT,cheers mate :)

Cheese

bongodriver 06-06-2011 09:12 PM

The fields do look infinitely better than Cliffs but I can't make any sense of what they have done with Biggins runways.


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