Thank you Trex, very interesting. The new web page continues to "build" ... added some more today. Steve Downing is doing most of the work since I'm "IS3-Challenged" (P3D2.5). The first phase of this project is to get the major medical centers in place and many "remote" facilities (smaller ones out at SPB's, etc). Once we have these in place, we will begin adding "Medical Dispatches" ... putting a "problem" out in the scenery, giving you a waypoint to the problem, then you fly to it, and fly back to the appropriate medical facility. Rod has given us an example one we are testing and it is working perfectly. (Typical Rod!)
If you look at the web page, (
HERE) you will see each facility has a "waypoint" ... these are put in much as a pilot would put in the critical waypoints for him to do his job ... we will "preload" your gps with all of the medical facilities in a single download ... all the waypoints will be there. You simply bring up your GPS and do a "direct to" to the waypoint.
We have relied mostly on Plan-G flight plans for our low and slow and around the mountains routing. This will be different and more difficult. The GPS will give you a "straight line" to the target. It will be up to you to get there safely. It is a different kind of flying and actually more realistic for bush flying. This is going to be a terrific program for the rotorheads among us ... but we are not leaving out the fixed wing people. You will see that most of the hospitals have a nearby "medical dock" ... usually water. We will place some emergencies where an amphibian could land and take off, then land near the hospital. We'll keep you posted on progress. Below is a screenshot of the Skagway Medical Dock. The copters would land at the hospital, the float planes at this facility ... and you can see the ambulance is waiting ...
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