This new revision removes the grass runway (details and excuses below)
Also, my good friend Tom Constantine made me the "APIs" for the macros of the Tiger Moths so that I could reproduce the tow-plane of the day. The red Tiger Moth, is an almost exact reproduction of the tow-plane we used then. I even took the registration from some pictures I have of Hawkesbury then.
Soon I will try to get someone to scan these pictures and put a page up on my web site.
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Hawkesbury contrary to MSF belief is not part of Québec Province. It is a few miles in Ontario on one side and accross the Rivière des Outaouais from Québec on the other side. This is the way it was back then and I have not heard of any change since.
I have included it as part of my Québec scenes for the good memories I have of this field. This is where I got my Glider Pilot License in 1959. I did not even know how to drive a car then.
At that time, this was the closest gliding field to Montréal, Québec, where I live.
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Maybe you will envy these:
Annual membership:
Canadair employees (CERA) $15.00 a year
Others (Montreal Soaring Council) $25.00 a year
McGill University students never knew that one
We also had a deal at the Royal Hotel in Hawkesbury for the stay over night $4.50 a night. (Hawkesbury was 72 miles from Montréal, if my memory is correct)
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I am sorry that for this update, I had to completely remove the grass runway. It consistently caused troubles and after so many hours or work and searching and posted questions on two forums, I decided to go on and remove the runways completely.
This is not actually a big deal as it is grass anyway. I like the grass also, it was well fertilized I guess.
I do not know why and, it seems not many do, that a dirt runway such as it is used at the entrance of the field has no problem but grass, forget it. There has to be a way, but I have not yetlearned how to do this. If I can get this done, no problem, I will update then.
The runway then was grass. I cannot see anyone flying gliders off dirt runways.
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I think I have captured the feeling (soul) of what it was like in those days. I wish I could have had more gliders of the day.
Not all the gliders there were those on my field. If I can make or find more of the real ones, I will update the field.
Also, I have to learn how to make macros of buildings so I can change the small building at the entrance. But, that is for later on.
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My 'bird brain' (the flying one) has not been able to understand how to use the "Thermiek" program so I was not able to add thermals to the field.
I would be thankful if someone could do it though. I still recall some of our favorite spots where thermals often originated.
If you intend to do this. PLEASE DO NOT PUT THERMALS TOO CLOSE TO THE RUNWAYS. I like to land sometimes. Indeed a nice approach using all the goodies in the glider is fun to do. I have seen airfields where it is almost impossible to land and if done, definitely not scale like.
