Looking for dam-nation

Question

john (verygom)

First Officer

Joined: Jun 19, 2005 Posts: 220 Location: Essex England

Asked Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:14 pm

Has anyone ever come across a large lake + dam in their flights?
I'm trying to find one for my "dambuster" Lancaster. I've gone 'sight seeing' in all the places in the default scenery one might expect to find a dam - Lake District UK - Grand Canyon/Boulder USA - etc - but have found nothing. Is there freeware/payware scenery somewhere with what I want?

Radar 😉

Answer 1 · Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:01 pm

Ed Reagle (edr1073)

First Officer

Joined: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 473 Location: Stafford Virginia

Answered Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:01 pm

verygom,

I can't gaurantee it but Lake Havasu Arizona maybe a place that you could see a dam. The London Bridge was rebuilt there. Lake Palmer is the name of the lake. Sorry I do not have the map and better directions.

Regards,

Answer 2 · Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:31 pm

RadarMan

Chief Captain

Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17928 Location: U.S.A

Answered Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:31 pm

Grand Coulee looks like the best bet.

http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=dam&CatID=fs2004scen&Go=Search

Radar

Answer 3 · Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:43 pm

Guest

Answered Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:43 pm

Thanks RM & EDR.
The avsim download looks a bit daunting but will give it a try - in the mean time I'll have a saunter around Arizona for Lake Havasu - probably by jet as its a big place 😂 😂

Answer 4 · Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:48 pm

john (verygom)

First Officer

Joined: Jun 19, 2005 Posts: 220 Location: Essex England

Answered Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:48 pm

... and guess who forgot that he'd logged out in the meantime? Embarassed

Answer 5 · Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:38 pm

Bindolaf

Captain

Joined: Jun 02, 2004 Posts: 626

Answered Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:38 pm

Try taking off from Aswan in Egypt and head down the Nile. Biggest dam in the world. Not sure how well it is rendered.

Answer 6 · Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:41 pm

john (verygom)

First Officer

Joined: Jun 19, 2005 Posts: 220 Location: Essex England

Answered Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:41 pm

Thanks Bindolaf - thought of that one - but am looking for a different terrain - trying to copy the type of sim that was shown on UK television to celebrate the anniversary of 617 squadron's flight - the only trouble is although it was based on FS2002 + Just Flights "Dambusters" add-on they (RAF trainees + Southampton Uni) used 5 PC's, 10 displays and matrox card with 3 projectors on a 36ft screen!!
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ktakeda/flightsim/dambusters.htm

Answer 7 · Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:22 am

Tailhook

Chief Captain

Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7013 Location: El Dorado

Answered Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:22 am

As a last resort you might try this one:

Take off from MPHO and as soon as you're airborn head east, then head upriver.

I don't know what these funny things are called in proper language - but they sure look like dams - anyway, if you miss one, just continue on your merry way upriver, there are a few more to come yet.

If everything else fails, you can always vent your frustration on the Luxury Cruiseships you'll find VERY close by. Twisted Evil