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Postby Steve M » Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:27 pm

I haven't seen one of these in my travels, but I find it interesting.

http://weburbanist.com/2013/12/30/point ... te-places/
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Re: did not know this.

Postby Fozzer » Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:09 pm

Fascinating find, Steve!.... :clap: ....!

The list of locations:
http://sometimes-interesting.com/2013/1 ... on-system/

Time to get my trusty Cessna 150 out; together with Google Sat Maps, Plan-G maps, and Wikipedia, to do some low-level exploring!

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Re: did not know this.

Postby Anthindelahunt » Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:52 pm

I saw this a couple of years ago.Thought to myself,it would be great to
to recreate a US Mail flight.

I don't think those arrows exist in FSX.

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Re: did not know this.

Postby expat » Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:27 am

That would be a great addon for FSX....

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Re: did not know this.

Postby Fozzer » Mon Mar 23, 2015 3:52 am

expat wrote:That would be a great add-on for FSX....

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...I've got a small concrete mixer.... :D ...!

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Postby Anthindelahunt » Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:24 pm

Can I borrow it? :lol:

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Re: did not know this.

Postby expat » Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:52 pm

Fozzer wrote:
expat wrote:That would be a great add-on for FSX....

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...I've got a small concrete mixer.... :D ...!

Paul..... ;) ... ;) ...!



You are a scary person to know Paul. I bet your neighbours are very quiet indeed......... :lol: :lol:

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