GA Serving America

GA Serving America makes widespread use of popular multimedia technologies for the Web, including video, 3-D virtual reality cubic panoramas, interactive diagrams, and interactive maps. These Web multimedia technologies create an engaging user experience and will enrich your interaction with this site.

In order to benefit from this multimedia content, users must have certain browser plug-in technologies installed and working on their computers. This page will help you source, install, and configure these plug-ins, all of which are considered industry standard components. In many cases, they come pre-installed on new PCs and Macs.

Technology Summary:
• Adobe Acrobat
• Apple QuickTime
• Adobe Flash
• MS Explorer
• Broadband Connection
• Screen Resolution

Core Technologies:

Adobe Acrobat Reader – Read online and downloadable documents
Apple QuickTime Plug-in – Watch videos and cubic VR panoramas
Adobe Flash Plug-in – Interact with diagrams and maps

Best Viewed With:

Microsoft Internet Explorer – Recommended for this Web site
Broadband Connection – Recommended for this Web site
1024x768 Screen Resolution – Recommended for this Web site

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Read Online and Downloadable Documents

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms. If you don’t already have a current version installed, then please download the Adobe Acrobat Reader and follow the installation instructions.

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader free of charge from Adobe.

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Apple QuickTime Plug-in

Panoramas, Videos and Cubic Panoramas

Download the Quicktime plug-in

In order to experience the cubic (spherical) panoramas and most of the video on this Web site, you’ll need to have QuickTime 5 (or a newer version) with the VR plug-in installed and working on your computer.

See if You Have QuickTime 5 (or a newer version) with the VR Plug-in

If you can see a full view of the Cirrus SR20 aircraft interior directly below this paragraph, then you have QuickTime 5 (or a newer version) with the VR plug-in installed and working on your computer.


If the test frame looks like this, you have QT5 with VR.	If the test frame looks like this, you have QuickTime 4.	If the test frame is empty or like this, you don’t have QuickTime.

Windows Users: Some computers have a conflicting plug-in, called Windows Media Player pre-installed. This plug-in tries to open QuickTime files. Windows Media Player can play some QuickTime movies, but it cannot play the QuickTime VR panoramas which are abundant throughout this site. Windows Media Player will attempt to open the QuickTime VR panoramas, but will fail to display them.

Examine the test shown above. If you see the Windows Media Player logo and toolbar displayed within the live test frame, then you can correct this condition by downloading and installing QuickTime 5 with the VR plug-in. After installing QuickTime, you should quit and restart your browser before returning to this site.

Download QuickTime and the VR plug-in free of charge from Apple. Be sure to select the option to install the Web enhancements, which include the VR plug-in, during the installation process.

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Adobe Flash Plug-in

Interact with Diagrams & Maps

To interact with content created in Flash (such as the interactive airport map), you’ll need to have the Flash 5.0 plug-in (or later version) installed and working on your computer. The latest version of Flash is free and available for Mac and Windows on the Adobe Website.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser software currently comes with a Flash plug-in pre-installed, but it may be an earlier version than 5.0.

If you’re sure you’ve got the Flash 5.0 plug-in (or a later version) installed and working on your computer, then you’ll have no trouble with the flash content on this site. If not, then you’ll need the latest version.

Download the Flash plug-in free of charge from Adobe.

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Microsoft Internet Explorer

Recommended for this Web site

This Web site works best with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer version 4.5 or higher. AOL’s uses a version of the Internet Explorer browser, and is therefore supported by this site. However, most AOL users will experience problems which are unique to AOL like lower image quality. For any browser, please make sure that you have the latest Apple QuickTime and Adobe Flash plug-ins installed and working.

Download Internet Explorer (Windows) free of charge from Microsoft.

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Broadband Connection

Recommended for this Web site

This Web site is best viewed using a broadband Internet connection. The pages feature photographs and illustrations that support the topics being discussed. The typical page is about 100 KB. There are numerous links to multimedia files that are sometimes larger than most web pages. The smallest of these is 75 KB, the largest is 3.1 MB.

You can access this Website using a 56 Kbps dial-up modem, but you may have to wait several minutes – perhaps 10 or more in some cases – before panoramas, videos, and other multimedia features load in their entirety and work properly.

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1024 x 768 Screen Resolution

Recommended for this Website

The pages are designed to display the left navigation bar and the core text content and images within a fully-inflated browser on an 800x600 resolution screen. They will however, display their full content, including the right sidebars when viewed at 1024x768 or above.

All of the interactive pop-up elements will display in their entirety within a fully-inflated browser on an 800x600 resolution screen.

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