Luke MillerFeb 13

Low Earth Orbit Adventures now has a demo and a new trailer! Rescue astronauts from a stricken space plane in this relaxing newtonian space sim. Good for anyone who wants to live in space but can't.

Mastodon community helped with some of the details :D

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3984420/Low_Earth_Orbit_Adventures

#spacesim #LEOAdventures #SteamNextFest #games #StarCops

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Easy... easy... ea-- oops!

#LEOAdventures

Feb 27 at 10:53amWeb
Show threadLuke MillerMar 10

Spent way too long on this and it still needs another pass or two. Station USA under construction!

#LEOAdventures

Show threadLuke MillerMar 12

Station Aotearoa (formerly New Zealand), the Prime Minister's executive shuttle, and a gangway for easy transfer between the two. Getting this animation working was weirdly difficult but I got there!

For the year 2041 I invented a new flag for NZ ... well, they did it for us in Event Horizon so it's only fair! 🥝 💝

#LEOAdventures #EventHorizon #NZ #SamNeill

Show threadLuke MillerMar 12

Posting this after the New Zealanders have gone to sleep

#EventHorizon #scifi

Show threadLuke MillerMar 13

One final cute thing I found while researching alternative New Zealand flags was the NZ Air Force roundel design is a flightless bird. That's genuinely witty!

1940s: Most Commonwealth air forces use the red-dot-inside-blue still used by the UK

Late 40s: Canada adopts maple leaf variation

1950s: Australian air force adopts local kangaroo version

1960s: NZ air force adopts kiwi version

Show threadColin BurgessMar 13

@upmultimedia flightless?!!

https://youtu.be/sdUUx5FdySs?si=YOkfRzZGy8SsSUK0

Oh god, 19 years ago?!!!

Kiwi!

YouTube
Show threadColin BurgessMar 13
@upmultimedia also, co-opted by the Winnipeg Jets (Canadian ice hockey team)
Show threadErrol CavitMar 13
@upmultimedia Played with the fern before the kiwi, it wasn't popular.
https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/blog/50-years-of-flying-kiwis/
50 Years of Flying Kiwis - Air Force Museum of New Zealand

The Kiwi roundel has now graced the aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) for 50 years, more than all other roundel types in total. Just how did a flightless bird end up as an enduring symbol of our Air Force?

Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Show threadArcadiagt5Mar 13
@upmultimedia @ShaulaEvans and funny in a black/morbid humour kind of a way is the WWII versions which supposedly omitted the red bit so as not to provide enemy pilots with a bullseye to aim for…
Show threadBrian GrinterMar 13
@arcadiagt5 @upmultimedia @ShaulaEvans Americans shot down some RAAF aircraft early in the war after seeing the red circle and assuming they were Japanese. This is why they were removed
Show threadArcadiagt5Mar 13
@bgrinter @upmultimedia @ShaulaEvans I find that disturbingly easy to believe, and possibly even funnier in a morbid/black humour kind of a way…
Show threadBrian GrinterMar 13

@arcadiagt5 @upmultimedia @ShaulaEvans one of many such incidents

https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/beaufort/A9-225.html

Pacific Wrecks - DAP Beaufort Mark VIII Serial Number A9-225

On July 12, 1943 took off from Gurney Field piloted by F/O John Clifton Davis on a patrol mission over Bougainville accidentally shot down by a PB4Y-1 Liberator with the crew of four missing.

Show threadSam Hall6d ago
@arcadiagt5 @upmultimedia @ShaulaEvans not just commonwealth, all allied air arms including the US ones removed red elements from national markings in the pacific and southeast asian theatres to avoid any confusion with the Japanese hinomaru. From there the RAF and RNZAF each developed unique roundels just for those theatres
Show threadArcadiagt56d ago
@whatthehall @upmultimedia @ShaulaEvans Thanks!
Show threadBrian GrinterMar 13
@upmultimedia @NewtonMark first unofficial appearance was on the door of an RAAF 456 Sqn Mosquito in 1944
Show threadzkarjMar 13
@upmultimedia @ErrolNZ please note that Kangaroos are also flightless.
Show threadErrol CavitMar 13
@zkarj @upmultimedia So are maple leaves!
<looks at graphic of air forces' roundels>
Also lions and springboks.
Well done Zambia!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambian_Air_Force
And Papua New Guinea!
Zambian Air Force - Wikipedia

Show threadzkarjMar 13
@ErrolNZ @upmultimedia at least maple leaves can float. 😂
Show threadLuke MillerMar 13
@zkarj @ErrolNZ Kangaroos can get a lot of air
Show threadSam Hall6d ago
@upmultimedia people fixate om the flightless thing but it was chosen because it was a national symbol since at least the early 1900's. The kiwi roundel was also only introduced in 1970-71 rather than the 60's 🙂
Show threadColin BurgessMar 12
@upmultimedia a good thing too, because “I hates it, precious!”