Welcome to the home of Fly!Ontario!

Team Fly!Ontario welcomes you to our humble part of the world!

Thank you for visiting Fly!Ontario's home on the web!  Feel free and encouraged to check out the screenshots and download the Paks for Fly!Ontario.  More information on Fly!Ontario can be obtained from the news releases below and the various sections of this web site.  And while you're here, please sign our guestbook!

Welcome to Fly!Ontario!

Team Fly!Ontario has just released the v1.1 updates for the Toronto and Niagara Region Paks.  These v1.1 updates are simple ones. They fix the problem of a few missing textures when either of these Pak's were installed stand alone (NOTE: The scenery worked fine if all Paks were installed).  All Fly!Ontario paks can now be used individually with either of these updates applied.  Of course, we still recommend you use all of our scenery Paks, but we realize for some this may not be possible.  These updates also fix a few minor model problems in the released versions:

• Added missing AC and RAW files

• Moved Burlington Globe to proper position

• Straightened SkyDome

• Made Lighthouse illuminate only at night

• Fixed bad hanger model at CYHM

You can obtain the updates from the Download Paks section.  We hope you enjoy!

"Houston, We have an Eggy WINNER!" Tuesday, April 17, 2001

Tommy Magee

of AVSIM fame! (You can read about Tommy's winning entry at the AVSIM Fly! General Forum!)  Tommy has the distinction of being the first Human Bean to Fly! with the Pterodactyl's in over 10,000 years!  What proof does Tommy present for his astounding feat?

 
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WOW!  In Tommy's words, "MAYDAY, MAYDAY!!! Aggressive Canadian Pilot!!!"

Tommy, we couldn't have said it better! (And is that Herr Kanold flying on its back??  Buck Naked!?? With a WHIP?  <shiver>)

With their tails between their legs in an extremely defeated pose, members of Team Fly!Ontario have been dispatched to interview Tommy for his tale of Close Encounters and unequaled bravery.  Stay tooned to find out what Airport Tommy will select to make the lives of Team Fly!Ontario unbearable over the next few weeks!

Congratulations, Tommy!  Truly, a magnificent find - you Brave Warrior, you!

We have just updated the Scenery Contest! section with the Day 2 hint!  As will be standard until someone wins this Easter Egg Hunt, we have also expanded the previous days hint to help you out.

Enjoy and Happy Easter from your friends at Team Fly!Ontario!

We congratulate Philip Olson (KCOS) for having the very first entry in the "Take Off, eh!" Easter Egg Contest!  Although his entry was not the winning one, we're sure this was a life changing experience for Philip. (his entry can be found on the AVSIM Fly! General Forum).

So, keep you're eyes open and let the game continue...  We'll post the second hint for Day #2 later this afternoon in the Scenery Contest! section.

Again, congratulations Philip for having the first entry!

Oh my Lord!  What's wrong with us??  Not only have we delayed the release of Fly!Ontario TWICE beyond promises made in the past (done for your better good as we always know what's best).  Not only did Team Fly!Ontario whip, beat and poke nasty sharp sticks at Elrond (still recovering nicely in the hospital, thank you very much) for publishing promises that couldn't be met.  Not only did Herr Kanold have an aneurysm due to the slow typing skills of one Dan Martin...  What have we gone and done now?  Well, much to our dismay:

Fly!Ontario is released!  On Friday the 13th!

Oh, the irony!  THE IRONY!  Yes, you heard right.  Phase one of Fly!Ontario is now available in the downloads section.  We hope you enjoy!

Sound too good to be true?  Guess again.  Welcome to the "Take Off, eh!" Easter Egg Contest!  What can you win?  How can you enter?  What are the rules?  Are those Fly!Ontario boys REALLY as crazy as they sound?  All this and more can be answered by visiting the Scenery Contest! page.  Watch out, however.  The lunacy has just begun...

Team Fly!Ontario is pleased to announce the immediate availability of:

The Cessna C140 - FIRST Float Plane available for Fly!

You read that right!  Paul "Bart" Simpson has graciously joined Team Fly!Ontario and makes available for release his beautiful Cessna C140 Float Plane!  With this wonderful bird and the Great Lakes region of Fly!Ontario, you can now enjoy your first water landings in Fly!

Head to the download section to grab your copy before they're all gone!  Just kidding - we still have thousands of copies left - and one is reserved just for you.  And please, take a moment to visit the "About the Team" section and get to know a bit about our newest compadre.  Just to let you ladies know, he's REAL cute!

"Because I'm larger than Life and quicker than Death, Baby! - Muah Ha Ha!" was the cackling response from Dan Martin, Team Technical Lead and Minority Whip(er) for Fly!Ontario.  Actually, once Dan had his uncontrollable and manic sobbing under somewhat control, the real reason for the delayed release was gleaned.  "Because I had to move and I lost my computer and my dog ate the scenery and...  Hey...  Stop looking at me that way!  I swear its the truth!  Wait a minute...  Are you recording this??  Why, you little..." (my lawyer and I are unhappy to report that the tape recorder is mysteriously erased from this point on).

The secondary reason for the unfortunate delay?  I'm recovering in the hospital following Dan's little... uh... outburst.  However, I'm very happy to report a new and really, Really, REALLY Final release date for phase one of Fly!Ontario:

Tuesday, April 10th, 2001!

So there you go.  And is this another "Death Pact" date?  "Lordie, I hope not!  I don't think I could take another beating like that from Jim and Dan...  Ouch!  My spleen!  Stop - Poking - Me with those sticks, David and Rob!" was the quote from this hospitalized reporter early this afternoon.

But rest assured, We Shall Not Slipith Again, Verily the Elf Sayith Unto Thee! 

Amen.

Elrond Elvish
Scared, cowering and slightly bruised Beta Tester and Team Laky
"Have you SEEN Jim's collection of whips??  <shiver>."

Jim Kanold of Team Fly!Ontario publicly committed a release date for phase one of our project in the AVSIM Fly! General Forum!  His quote in response to an (oft repeated) question of when will it be released?

"A week today, even if it kills us!"

Let it be know that Jim is indeed, a man of many eloquent words!  And, oh yes, thanks for taking our lives in to your capable hands, our Herr Kanold!

So there you go, salivating masses.  The one week countdown begins...  tick.  tick.  tick.

Elrond Elvish
"Feeling the bomb under my seat"

What is Fly!Ontario?

Fly!Ontario is an expansive freeware scenery project for Terminal Reality's Fly! (visit www.iflytri.com for more information).  This project contains some of the most beautiful and detailed scenery yet released for the amazing simulator that is  Fly!.  At the moment, this consists of:

• Toronto Ontario, Canada - the most beautiful city in the world!

• Surrounding towns and places of interest, fully modeled

• Custom integration of TerraScene 2 and 160x40 mile arial photo

• Twelve (12) fully modeled and highly detailed airports

• Twenty (20) custom taxiways with corrected runways

• Twenty Two (22) supported airports with highly detailed (and correct) Canadian lighting - including:

• A.G.N.I.S (Azimuth Guidance Nose In Stands)

• P.A.P.A. (Parallax Parking Aide)

• R.E.I.L. (Runway End I.D. lights)

• WIG\WAGS (Runway guard lighting)

• Inset hold lighting

• "AD" type CDN low intensity approach lighting

• Full Pilot Controlled Lighting at all non-lit airports

• Extensive Canadian Fly! Database updates - not just for Ontario, but for all of Canada!  The small Pak 1 (available in Downloads) of Fly!Ontario can and should be used by every Fly!er, regardless if you experience anything else from the Fly!Ontario project

• Many, many specialized buildings and areas - can you find them all?

• An easy way to install these and all future Fly!Ontario Paks

Please visit the Scenery Paks area for copious screenshots and further information.

Fly!Ontario is an immense project that has been in development for over eight months.  You can look forward to expansions and additions that cover the entire province of Ontario within the coming year.  As well, we plan a full update of the existing scenery paks that will take advantage of Fly! II's many improvements (not the least is greatly enhanced ground resolution).

We would like to take this moment to thank all of the wonderful people and their expertise that made Fly!Ontario possible.  In particular, we'd like to thank Jak Fearon and Todd Klaus for their invaluable contributions to the Fly! community at large.  And, of course, let us never forget the wonderful people who have given birth to our passion - the amazing wizards at Terminal Reality.  In particular, we'd like to send a special thank you to Richard Harvey, whom without, our entire community would grievously suffer.

If you consider yourself a true Fly!er, please join the tight-knit community at the venue par excellence: AVSIM.com.  The Fly! General Forum is our home away from home!  If you haven't visited before, please come see us.  Until you do, you have no idea what your missing.

We hope you truly enjoy the result of our passion and labor.  Thank you for taking this journey with us!  Please come back often as you can expect much, much more in the months ahead!

Team Fly!Ontario