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Jim Vincent
July 16th 04, 04:44 AM
Years ago when I was Mac based, there was a great game where you had to fly a
paper airplane through a house, using air vents for lift, avoiding fans and
other heinous objects.

On a whim, I did a quick search hoping for a Windows based version. Alas, no
luck...but if you have a Mac, this is a definite hoot!

http://homepage.mac.com/calhoun/

Enjoy!

Jim Vincent
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Jim Vincent
July 16th 04, 04:47 AM
Just found it for Windows:

http://takegame.com/simulators/htm/glider.htm

Gonna be a late night...

Jim Vincent
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Jim Vincent
July 16th 04, 05:15 AM
The link did not work, but found another site that had it as freeware. I
uploaded it to my website:

http://www.mymedtrans.com/personal.htm

Played it for a few minutes...I'll be lucky if I get any work done tomorrow ;-)

Jim Vincent
N483SZ

Martin Hellman
July 17th 04, 07:33 PM
(Jim Vincent) wrote in message >...
> Years ago when I was Mac based, there was a great game where you had to fly a
> paper airplane through a house, using air vents for lift, avoiding fans and
> other heinous objects.
>
> On a whim, I did a quick search hoping for a Windows based version. Alas, no
> luck...but if you have a Mac, this is a definite hoot!
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/calhoun/
>
> Enjoy!

Thanks for the pointer. Looks interesting, but is there a location
that gives directions or hints on how to play?

Jim Vincent
July 19th 04, 12:57 AM
>Looks interesting, but is there a location
>that gives directions or hints on how to play?

You might try this site or one of its links:

http://www.geocities.com/omegatransfinito/
Download and unzip the game to a folder on your PC. There is nothing to
install, per se. Then just open the file called Glider.exe. Click Game New (I
think) and wait for it to open.

Basically, only two buttons are used: left arrow and right arrow.

Since you're already a glider pilot, it should come fairly easy to you i.e.
regarding glide slope, obstacles, etc.

Jim Vincent
N483SZ

Ed Grens
July 19th 04, 01:13 AM
The link worked OK for me.

Ed

"Jim Vincent" > wrote in message
...
> The link did not work, but found another site that had it as freeware. I
> uploaded it to my website:
>
> http://www.mymedtrans.com/personal.htm
>
> Played it for a few minutes...I'll be lucky if I get any work done
tomorrow ;-)
>
> Jim Vincent
> N483SZ
>

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