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This would be great. A fully rendered and accurately modeled Grand Canyon would be amazing, especially since only a few people (helicopter pilots ferrying supplies to the tribes in the canyon) get to actually fly within the canyon itself.
There are tours, too. Those same tribes have full jurisdiction over their lands, and tour operators are allowed to fly paying passengers to designated areas in the canyon that belong to those tribes. I have the video I made 10 years ago on my old camera, I need to get it on DVD. I taped the flight in from the airport next to the MGM, over the Hoover Dam, all the way to the landing site, then taped several other helos that landed or flew by to other sites, had lunch, then flew back ending with a fly by of the Strip. The Jedi Master Sounds like you took the tour I took on my first visit to Las Vegas. Flew in a Beech King Air over the Hoover Dam to an airstrip on the rim of the Grand Canyon, then a helicopter ride to the bottom of the canyon. From there, took a boat ride down the Colorado river, back in the helicopter for a ride back up to the rim, lunch on the edge of the canyon, what an incredible view. Flew back to Vegas for a night helicopter tour of the strip. I got to do 2 things I always wanted to do, see the Grand Canyon and fly in a helicopter, both on the same day. Best $300.00 I ever spent. I too have it on video (hi-8), still need to get it transferred to DVD.
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Sounds like you took the tour I took on my first visit to Las Vegas. Flew in a Beach King Air over the Hoover Dam to an airstrip on the rim of the Grand Canyon, then a helicopter ride to the bottom of the canyon. From there, took a boat ride down the Colorado river, back in the helicopter for a ride back up to the rim, lunch on the edge of the canyon, what an incredible view. Flew back to Vegas for a night helicopter tour of the strip. I got to do 2 things I always wanted to do, see the Grand Canyon and fly in a helicopter, both on the same day. Best $300.00 I ever spent. I too have it on video (hi-8), still need to get it transferred to DVD. You did all that for $300??! Wow...I'll be $300 would get you about 15 minutes in a helo over the strip today...
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Sounds like you took the tour I took on my first visit to Las Vegas. Flew in a Beach King Air over the Hoover Dam to an airstrip on the rim of the Grand Canyon, then a helicopter ride to the bottom of the canyon. From there, took a boat ride down the Colorado river, back in the helicopter for a ride back up to the rim, lunch on the edge of the canyon, what an incredible view. Flew back to Vegas for a night helicopter tour of the strip. I got to do 2 things I always wanted to do, see the Grand Canyon and fly in a helicopter, both on the same day. Best $300.00 I ever spent. I too have it on video (hi-8), still need to get it transferred to DVD. You did all that for $300??! Wow...I'll be $300 would get you about 15 minutes in a helo over the strip today... That's Vegas for you, very reasonable. This was in 2004 at the West Rim. Same place they have that walkway over the canyon now.
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Sounds like you took the tour I took on my first visit to Las Vegas. Flew in a Beach King Air over the Hoover Dam to an airstrip on the rim of the Grand Canyon, then a helicopter ride to the bottom of the canyon. From there, took a boat ride down the Colorado river, back in the helicopter for a ride back up to the rim, lunch on the edge of the canyon, what an incredible view. Flew back to Vegas for a night helicopter tour of the strip. I got to do 2 things I always wanted to do, see the Grand Canyon and fly in a helicopter, both on the same day. Best $300.00 I ever spent. I too have it on video (hi-8), still need to get it transferred to DVD. You did all that for $300??! Wow... I'll be $300 would get you about 15 minutes in a helo over the strip today... More or less what I saw advertised. 15-20 minutes for $240 or more.
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Hopefully we get EDGE this December so we can fly in Nevada rather than banter about it. ;-)
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Hopefully we get EDGE this December so we can fly in Nevada rather than banter about it. ;-) Don't worry, we'll always have something new and exciting to banter about 
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Hopefully we get EDGE this December so we can fly in Nevada rather than banter about it. ;-) Don't worry, we'll always have something new and exciting to banter about As long as there are helos and Fishbeds, there will be plenty of kites being pranged.
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Hopefully we get EDGE this December so we can fly in Nevada rather than banter about it. ;-) EDGE and NTTR aren't confirmed to be released at the same time.
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And don't expect any of them to be released this year.
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NO ONE expects their release this year! Their chief weapon is surprise! Surprise and fear. Their TWO chief weapons are surprise, and fear, and a ruthless release policy! Their THREE chief...I'll reply again.
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C'mon in Edge, your time is up! 
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Sadly I too doubt we will see DCS World 2.0 this year. I am really disappointed it will likely be delayed yet again. Hopefully they are just making it as stable as possible by testing it more thoroughly than usual before releasing it and it will be announced/released shortly.
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Considering the goodies that are coming (the screenshots are way over the top!)- I can wait. In the "pick two out of three" schema (Fast - Good - Cheap ) I know what I will choose.
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If it's Vegas, you'll see more Hoverrounds than hovercars.
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DCS 2.0 and NEW EDGE Maps will have tree collisions :-)
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That was an edgy subject for a while
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Gonna enjoy watching people fly low and go boom.lol
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better not get anyone whinning about that ffs!  execpt if tree's hit box is 3' wider than it should.... than you could whine 
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Ummmmm, was there a recent update or post on ED's forum that I missed? Please expound. . .
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HOA's
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