Anyone interested in joining the Simulated Air Racing Association, as either a pilot, or an organizers, should let us know here.

I'm in as a pilot, and in fact, my new official plane paint scheme will soon be revealed.  :::evil snicker:::

I don't know about you, EB, but I'm a bit worried.  I think this could be a lot of fun!  lol

I'm putting together "Team Hyperion" as we speak.  lol  I'm going to try to get as many of my pilots as possible to make up our team.

Also, I've already contacted several F$ sites about placing an ad on our racing planes in exchange for a link back to the racing page of the Hyperion website.  (Which has not yet been built.)

I'd think that the racing could be a great way to drive traffic not only to the sites of those who sponsor you, but also to your own website, if you've got one.

Just a thought!   8)

A couple of quick questions:

Does SARA need its own website?  And if so, do you know anyone who might make it?  (I don't know web design from dingus)

We need others for organization!  This is PRIORITY 1!  If we don't have a core team, we don't have anything.

If you wish to join up, on any level (pilot, management, anything), send replies to tshortdog@yahoo.com  (that's me, by the way)

Hyp, that's a good idea with the advertising.  I can also help with repaints and 'stickering'.  It looks like you're the advertising exec by default, unless some other enterprising person is willing.  Any takers?

Ooh!  Ooh!  I call the logo!  Its mine!!!  Any requests, or can I just wing it?  (Hmmmm, "Just Wing It" . . . .)

Yes, a website on GeoCities would be great!  I'm there for input, and any kind of help you think I might be able to do.  My email's above.

PS  I'm taking off for the pub and a stroll, so I'll be gone a few hours.  I'll link up when I get back.  Peace . . .

Will there be classes or open racing of unlimiteds.......one design to even out the field and make it a race of pilots rather than hardware........

These things need to be known in the design of a logo......if you want it to really be representative of the endeavor.........

.........just something to think of........I might take a run at this later on tonight .........

GUYS GUYS GUYS......Look what I found......

Someones doing it already.......its not even an original idea..........

I have a url to send by Instant Message, if its wanted. I removed it as requested by Hyp.....

Dag nabbit...I knew it was too good to be true.  But perhaps ours can be better.  lol

Ken, get that link down before we give them more free advertising.  haha

I don't have web space available, anymore. But, I can offer content.

Aircraft Catagories, Race Formats, Rules, Regulations, etc. Also, Online-Offline formats and some kind of prereqs for pilots to match their skill level.
(You wouldn't want to have a beginner pilot attempting advanced navigation techniques).

And that brings up another problem. Race formats would have to be taylored to the particular aircraft class.

It's OK to get from "A" to "B" as fast as possible, and that's OK, for an Online Open Class race. 

But to challange the "intillectual" pilot, there's a "Hare and Hound Race", a "Treasure Hunt Race", a "Mystery Clue Rally", and literially tons of variations on many other formats that anyone flying anything, with little skill can participate in. Most of these can be offline, and there's almost no opprotunity to cheat. You'd have to make the correct choice and the correct move at the correct time, or you won't win. Plain and simple.

Sponsors could, (if they desire), offer up some kind of small prizes, posters, books, simple software, whatever.

You gents have the opprotunity to create something that's far and above just a Race Association. I can see a whole interactive site with lots of choices for ALL sim pilots to participate in, rather than just playing the game by yourself. Pick a race, follow the instructions, and maybe at least win bragging rights!

With a little creativity, cleverness, and careful laying of the foundation, this could be really fun for everybody, no matter what type of flying they like to do.

I'd like to make a suggestion that an Online conference be held using MS Netmeeting. (Standard on almost all computers). Coordinators, developers, promoters, whatever you'd call them could iron out details in real time, and get this show on the road. That would be more productive and quicker than an open forum.

What'cha think?

fisharno, anything you can provide would be excellent!  As well as anyone else who would like to contribute to this, show me!  Send me whatever you have that would be pertinent to this endeavour via email.  tshortdog@yahoo.com in case you missed it earlier.

I can't believe this is going so far!  I love it!

Thanks all for your work and help so far, and I hope to be doing a lot more of this in the near future!

Excellent, I would love to see those.  Focus on the offline content, but we can also work up to online-type racing in the near future.

Getting ready to work on the logo momentarily.

Count me in!

Great!

I finished a "Treasure Hunt" for beginners, last night. All of the content is FS2002 default stuff. Aircraft, scenery, and Kneeboard information. (Opps! Maybe I shouldn't have said that part!) It's about an hour and a half of flying, touch and goes, simple navigation, and questions to answer along the way. I only have to format the instructions and questions so they can be downloaded. It was a little more work than I thought, but it was time well spent. 

I've got some appointments I have to be at today, so I'll e-mail you the file(s) later when their completed.

Al

Ender:

I sent a text file of the Treasure Hunt Race, (beginners) to your e-mail addy.
Maybe give it a go.

You can't look at the answers to the questions, though. 

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Yes, for sure.  And now that I think about it, we need someone to run "quality control".  A person to take a look at the files of the aircraft that will be flying and make sure they match as closely as possible the real thing.  Any takers?

Hey, I haven't heard anything about SARA in a few days.  How's it going?  Has anyone come up with a logo yet?  Or a website?

Can't wait to race!

Well, if it will help take some of the load off, once we are closer to a start date, I can do a lot of the "get the name out there" kinda stuff....

Unfortunately, I've already got so much on my plate I can't do much more than that.  Hopefully this will help a little bit!

Yep.  If there's one thing I'm good at, it's drumming up some publicity and pre-launch hype.  lol  (No, that's not where my name comes from.  haha)

I'll get people interested, and then I'll spring the site on them later on.   

Actually, I wish I could take credit for this idea.  It's more of a team effort than anything.  One person said something, then someone else, then I tossed my two cents in, and this thing was born.

Your offer is very, very generous.  I think Ender Baron is the head honcho right now, so we'll have to see what he says.

As for the staff needed, I'm thinking that each team should be responsible for their own repaints.  At Team Hyperion, we're doing our own.  We're also seeking our own sponsors.

As for writers and designers, those would be great to have within the organization itself.  I know NOTHING about that stuff, or I'd offer to do that part of it.  At most, I can help with publicity...

And finally, Hyperion Airways is NOT boring.  LOL

8)hey i'm lovin this idea and it sounds absolutely awesome....if u guys start up a website i can make banners and all sorts of things to go with the site and the whole idea and i can make decals for the planes that can be put onto the planes...id be ineterested in organizing races and taking part in them too 8)

WOW...that looks AWESOME Michael!  Good job!

(Ender...check it out, you'll love it!)  Now I'm even more excited to get going.  lol

P.S.  Out of curiosity, where did you host that?

Out of curiosity also, what did you use to put the page together?  If you're using your ISP, chances are you're not using any sort of page builder option that they provided (they usually don't have one)...did you do it with manual code or with FP or DreamWeaver?