Learjet 45 Simulator Project

Here is a Learjet 45 simulator being assembled at a Flight Safety training facility. This is the “real” deal that likely cost more than the airplane itself.

Learjet 45 Simulator Install Photos

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Sometimes I like to crank up the air traffic to 100 percent and sit in the tower and watch it all happen around me. If you have FSX Deluxe, there’s a way you can get yourself into the control tower. It’s not a fully functional ATC simulation, like some of the stand-alone software available, but it’s just enough for me to have some fun without getting stressed -I get enough of that working on my ‘pit.  There’s a great article about how to do this here on the FS Insider site.

Have fun!

In the Tower at KMSP Watching 30 Left

I’m making progress with the Learjet 45 Red Protoype repaint. Moving the textures from my PC laptop to my Macintosh graphics workstation and then back again is kind of a pain.  The most difficult part (and what I’m leaving for last) of the painting will be those sleek pinstripes that run down the fuselage. I have to remove the existing ones and make new ones in a different place. The quality of this screenshot leaves something to be desired, but I submit to you, another teaser.

Learjet 45 Prototype Repaint

Well, I woke up to four inches of wet snow today. Not quite what I expected, even for Minnesota. Oh well, so much for cleaning up the yard. I guess I’ll have to stay in and work on my ‘pit.

I haven’t been able to find a Learjet 45 with the prototype red tail and logo, so I’ve decided to try making one myself. It turns out it’s not too difficult as long as you have the right software and a little knowledge about image editing.

This version will be available here for free when it is complete.

If you’ve noticed anything odd here in the last few days it’s because I was hacked. No damage was done and everything has been restored.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

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I’ll be attempting to upgrade my blog software sometime this week. The site may be down intermittently during the upgrade.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

It’s -2 (Yes that’s a minus) degrees here in Minnesota and dropping as I write.