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Abbotts Aerodrome is now home to several concepts for Earth-orbit vehicles.
Drop by today and tomorrow to see the entries from these contestants:
Click here to visit Abbotts Aerodrome now.
The three trophies for the 2010 design contest at Abbotts Aerodrome are now on display next to the runway.
Display pads for contestants are available starting tomorrow. Deadline for entries is noon, Saturday, SL time (Pacific).
Six years ago, two aircraft enthusiasts by the names of Cubey Terra and Apotheus Silverman set the foundations for a futuristic airport known as Abbotts Aerodrome. Over subsequent years, the aerodrome grew and so did the group of volunteers, builders, designers and sellers. The goal: to have fun in the sky and promote flight and aerosports in SL.
Now it’s 2010, and we’re six years old. To celebrate, we’re hosting a design contest — the third design contest in Abbotts history. The first contest challenged aircraft makers to build an original design aircraft from the Terra plane kit. The second contest asked designers to create a lunar lander. This, the third contest, is in a similar vein…
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My ears are burning. No wait! That’s my face! AAAAAaaaaaa!!
As some readers know, I’ve been in contact with SL only minimally in the last couple of weeks, during which time a couple of people reported a little bit of a problem with my new Starburst colour-changing goggles. That problem, apparently, is that wearing them causes smoke to billow from your avatar’s face. As strange as that issue might be, what’s even stranger to me is that only two people mentioned it.
It turns out that I prepared two colour-changing scripts: one for the helmet and goggles, and the other for the smoke cannister. Guess which one I put into the goggles by mistake.
The faulty goggles aren’t for sale for now. I plan to locate owners of the Starburst goggles and replace them with ones that don’t catch fire. Until that happens, you can try removing the smoke script from the goggles. They won’t change colour after that, but they’ll be a lot safer. Sorry for the inconvenience and the singed noses.
Today I’m releasing an update to the Terra Starburst. Version 1.1 has a few improvements that you might like:
Anyone buying Starburst today will receive version 1.1. Owners of version 1.0 can upgrade for free by using their parachute’s Update menu.