APOLLO-50 (Lifted off now!)

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Same behavior here. I am logged in. And I see this in Latest Entries:

Same here. Been like this since the update a couple of days ago

higgy , are the uploads that are >1GB in a different folder that your search engine can't find?

not really ... but i am still at work to find what this problem is ...

Fantastic themed scenery, thank you!

Each flight is full of discovery

Quote from GregDude

Fantastic themed scenery, thank you!

Each flight is full of discovery

Thanks. Be sure to check the Photo Gallery for some ideas.

Why some people dont see Apollo :)

https://flight-sim.org/wbb/index.php?…im-org/#post179

for quick + dirty these days, please switch to german on our pages ...

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Great, thanks Sylvain!

You have been warned

You found one of my easter eggs

Cool simulated view of what Neil Armstrong saw on final approach ...

To the entire Apollo-50 team.

a little late, but still ...!

I would like to thank all the team members, for this extraordinary work. You have done a fantastic job! I also really liked how you, through the background stories, through insights into your work, through screenshots in this thread, have maintained the tension.

I'm really impressed with the result. Well done!
Jakob

TomSimMuc , my rough estimate for total team man-hours is ironically around 1969 hours

Quote from kenventions

TomSimMuc , my rough estimate for total team man-hours is ironically around 1969 hours

Ken, is that estimate per person?

Thanks for the wonderfull scenery

Quote from Jetjockey10

Ken, is that estimate per person?

No - my ballpark estimate was based on a team total of 2000 hrs over 10 weeks which is 200 hrs/week which is the equivalent of 5 people working full-time at 40hrs/week. 1969 hours is probably conservative so we probably put at least 1969 hours into the project, maybe even 2019 hours

Quote from Etien

Thanks for the wonderfull scenery

Etien , on behalf of the Apollo-50 team, you're welcome! We thoroughly enjoyed creating it for the growing FS2 community.

Quote from TomSimMuc

Thank you Jakob for your very nice work.

Indeed it was a lot of work of eight persons over 2.5 month, some even fulltime (as retired)...

So you can imagine the manhours.

Oh yes Thomas, I can imagine that very well. Especially if there is a very fixed deadline.

Today I took more time to take a closer look at the scenery. Very very nice

This is really a great achievement from the entire Apollo-50 team.
Thanks again to all!

Jakob

Yes, more than a thousand square miles of high definition scenery with nearly that many new custom objects. Don’t overlook areas not normally explored in Aerofly FS2, there you will find some of the most creative and exciting items.

Hint, look up and look out.

50 years ago today, the Apollo-11 astronauts were on their way back to Earth in the Command/Service Module - has anyone found item# 3 below?

(from the Apollo-11 Mission Guide in the download) ...

I know this is a day late and a dollar short as one of our expressions goes but I have just had my first play in this magnificent scenery package. Huge thank you from me to all who put so much work in to make it so enjoyable.

I briefly saw Mike Collins (Apollo 11 Command Module pilot) at the Oshkosh EAA Airshow Friday night (July 26th) - it was Oshkosh's 50th anniversary too!

The place was packed for Collins' 8-10pm talk and he got a loud, standing-ovation welcome when he was introduced

CHALLENGE - Try to find his Command Module + Service Module in FS2 high-altitude orbit

If you can imagine where the Saturn V rocket would be after 100 seconds of flight, arching out over the Atlantic ocean - then you're looking in the right place (hint - only the F-15 can find it). You'll also get a great view of the entire Apollo-50 project on your way back down