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Yes !!!
We really should have an Emma mascot.
One that kinda repersents us in morals and that kinda things...Hmm...
No, I guess that wouldn't be appropriate, there's too many guys here that are fond of sheep.
Okay, we'll wait for the posts to come and then perhaps we can all vote on what we think will make the perfect mascot!
Puppy
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Awesome work Phil, I just installed it!
You guys have out-done yourselves on this one.
Emma was super before, now it's unreal!
I have so much payware scenery it's unreal, but now I'm spending most of my time either at Emma or Mcleland Field. My other payware is collecting dust for the most part.
Puppy
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Keep 'em comin' Gary! :D
Your cartoons have me in stitches! :wink:
When Fritz returns, we should have a 'Cartoon Hall of Fame' as a permanent sticky, so you and the other guys will have special place to post your Emma cartoons!
Pups
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The 4th part of the saga continues....
When we last left Gary and Candy, Candy had said ‘YES’ to Gary’s proposal of marriage. Young love always wins-out in the end. We now fast-forward a few days to the wedding which is being held in the Emporium. All of the Emma regulars are there and in fact, a few of the doctors that Gary met while he was applying for his proctology entrance exam have decided to grace the Emporium and to meet Gary’s new bride. Being doctors, they’re given sanitary pedestals at the head table. First and foremost is Dr. Armstrong, he’s an arm doctor; the others are seated to his left, as follows:
Dr. Footburg…. a foot doctor
Dr. Kneeman…. a knee doctor
Dr. Handen…… a hand doctor
Dr. Ballman……. a ___
Yes, Gary’s wedding looks like it’s going to be a huge success!
Sam is at the piano playing Gershwin’s ‘The Man I Love’. It’s a commercial jingle for one of the Emporium’s best sponsors, ‘The Homo Milk Company’.
All of the guests are drinking Co-op champagne from their reversible Dixie cups. Gary spared no expense in providing his guests with the best champagne that money can buy for under a dollar a gallon. He also provided monogrammed spoons so his guests could enjoy their canned vegetable soup.
The excitement of the crowd heightens when news of Gary and Candy’s immanent arrival is announced. After a few minutes the front doors of the Emporium burst open to wild applause as Gary and Candy make their entrance.
The crowd literally goes wild! Looking towards the door they see flowing, layered chiffon, tastefully draped over the left shoulder, pearly white teeth gleaming in the reflected sunlight, long, blond hair, twinkling blue eyes and just the slightest tint of red in the cheeks.
Oh, and Candy looked pretty good too.
Gary and Candy take their place at the head of the table and both sit down upon their sanitary pedestals. Candy is speaking to Gary, but in hushed tones as she and Gary are having a private conversation. Gary raises his German beer stein to take a swig of the Co-op champagne. The ‘stein’ was a gift from the Emma guys as appreciation for all of his hard work. Candy now speaks:
‘Gosh, Mr. Gary, you told me you had a big one, but I had no idea it was so huge!’
Candy was of course admiring the huge beer stein that Gary was drinking from. She was correct; it was the biggest beer stein in all of WA. It took the guys at Emma 3 weeks to find, since it was a rare stein and had only been produced in limited quantities. It was Gary’s finest and most treasured possession.
At this point Sam begins to play, “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles’. Cecil leans over and whispers to Sam, ‘If that’s the case Sam, you should stay out of the bathtub!’
Sadly, we must leave the wedding party for now, but we’ll be back soon with the next chapter in Gary and Candy’s romantic adventure.
Puppy
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:D :D :D :D :D
Puppy
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The 3rd part of the saga continues....
Gary and Candy decide to step outside to enjoy the fragrance of the fresh flowers that dot the perimeter of the Emporium. It's now evening and dark shadows permeate Emma Field. As the sun slowly sets, darkness is setting in. Candy notices that and says to Gary:
'Isn't it odd Mr. Gary, I just read the weather forecast earlier today and they predicted this would happen! Satellite technology is really wonderful, but it does take-away from the mystery of what to expect from the weather.'
She then relates her woeful take of being locked-out of her convertible. Gary, being sympathetic, tells her what to do if that unfortunate situation should ever happen again.
'Candy, there's a trick that I learned a long time ago from a good friend who also drives a convertible. You didn't have to break the rear window; the answer to your dilemma is really quite simple. All you had to do was to bend a coat hanger, slide it up and over the driver's window and catch the locking latch and that would have unlocked your car for you!' By the way Candy, do you actually own that yellow Mustang convertible?'
Candy was amazed at Gary's worldly wisdom. The question, while personal, caused her no offense and she quickly replied...
'No Mr. Gary. My dad gives me a chit to use once a month as payment for it. He doesn't give a chit.. to just anyone, but it was a birthday gift from him to me.'
I have a car too Candy, but I don't give a chit for it, I pay for it using an installment plan. I've never cared for giving anyone chit, I prefer to own the car outright.'
By now the sun had almost set and Candy remarked...
'Oh how I love to see the sun setting in the East every night!'
'That's West Candy.'
'What.. Mr. Gary?'
'West... West... West, Candy!'
'It's okay Mr. Gary, I'm not really tired.'
Gary now relates his unfortunate condition know as 'Meteorism' to candy. He's delicate about it, using only medical terms, but felt is was necessary to tell her since it was now becoming difficult to hear the last strains of Casablanca's 'knock on Wood', which could be heard coming through the open door of the Emporium.
'Meteorism Gary! Why that's wonderful! I've always liked gentlemen that have astronomy as a hobby.'
The talk now turns to career choices and Gary relates to Candy how he's had a life-long love of Sci-Fi and especially the Star Trek series and how James Kirk would 'Boldly goes where no man has gone before' and how the crew are continually exploring uncharted frontiers. He now speaks...
'I too want to explore unknown frontiers Candy so that's why I'm studying to become a proctologist. In fact Fritz has already presented me with my very own monogrammed stainless steal flashlight.'
Gary is proud of himself... and rightfully so. Proctology holds many wonderful surprises!
Candy was confused by the medical terminology, but she did catch the word 'frontiers'. She'd always wanted to visit the 'Wild West', but living as she did in the Northwest, meant she'd have to travel East to visit the West. Directions weren't her forte and she wasn't sure how far East she'd have to travel to actually see the West. Since West is West of East and East is East of West, Candy was baffled?!? She would have gone North, but living as she did in the PNW only confounded the issue. She decided to stay put and give-up any plans of worldly travel.
They now talked about Candy's brother Juan and his coveted prize in philosophy.
'I understand that Juan's won one. Which one has Juan won Candy?'
'Juan's won one 'Juan' prize Gary.'
'I'm sorry Candy that escaped me, can you repeat it?'
Candy tries, but sprains her upper lip in the process. Candy is now feeling a tiny bit tired and clenches her fists, stretches her arms above her head, bends slightly backwards and yawns.
Gary takes notice of this and remarks...
'It must be getting cold out here, let's go back inside and join the regulars.'
Meanwhile Sam, the amiable piano player has just finished the final bars of 'Knock on Wood'. Candy remarks to Sam how wonderful his technique is and then compliments him on his obvious mastery of the keyboard. The crowd is now hollering, 'More! More! More!' Candy says to Sam that it must be wonderful to have the love, respect and admiration of so many people. Sam lights a cigarette and says to Candy...
'Candy, everyone used to laugh when I sat down to play! Goodness knows, I had no idea that the bathroom door was open.'
Sam then explained to Candy that he was born and raised in a small apartment in the Bronx and since the bathroom was soundproof, his family moved the small upright piano there so he could practice without disturbing anyone.
Gary now walks over and joins Sam and Candy and says,
'Say it again Sam. You said it for her, you can say it for me. If she can stand it, so can I.'
While Sam reiterates his speech, Gary becomes bold and asks for Candy's hand. But before Candy can answer, Sam finishes his speech and immediately begins to play 'My Buns Are Hot, are yours?' It's played with a ragtime beat and unbeknownst to Gary and Candy, it's an ad for the Acme 'Hot buns from the oven' bread company.
Candy tries to speak, but once again Sam continues with the next ad. This time it's a familiar Joplin tune and is being played to promote the new 'Venus Envy Hairspray'. Finally Sam finishes playing the ads. (They help to provide needed revenue for the Emporium.)
At last Candy speaks:
'Yes Mr. Gary, I'd love to become your wife!'
Now the stage is set. The 4th part of this 3 part trilogy will be Gary and
Candy's wedding.
Stay tuned...
Puppy
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Pups, I especially liked the part about the beans and frank. :P But lets be frank with one another... first you be Frank, then I'll be Frank! :roll: :D
But seriously, Skinny Puppy
GaryGB
Thanks for that Gary, but my writing skills are humble compared to yours.
The 3rd installment is now ready. I actually hadn't thought of a love triangle, it probably could/might be worked in yet!
Puppy
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When we last left our two young friends, (Candy and Gary) a bombshell had been dropped. So much in fact that Gary's sanitary pedestal had collapsed under the excruciating weight of Candy's shoplifting confession.
We now pick-up the story as Gary lifts himself up off the floor and for the first time in recent memory, is actually standing. His sanitary pedestal has been sent to Fritz's repair shop and so Gary begins... (Dim the lights please and quiet on the set...) Gary speaks:
'I'm not sure that I can even begin to believe that such a delicate beauty as yourself would stoop to 'nicking' from dear old Fritz! Surely, you jest?'
'My name's Candy, Gary and I'm not jesting!' (Puppy that is such an old joke, how could you!?!)
'Um, yes Candy. We have a situation here and it has to be put right. I'm as fair and righteous as can be, so here's what we'll do... after all, honesty is the best policy, we'll lie to Fritz upon his return and say that I taught you everything you know about the store!'
'Gosh Mr. Gary, that's really decent of you and I agree, we must be as honest as possible. We'll just lie to Fritz and the farm will be saved!'
(At this critical point in the story, Casablanca's 'As Time Goes By' is playing softly in the background over the hushed tones of... well oddish noises that Gary has been making. He did excuse himself, but really, how much must anyone suffer. The song now increases to a feverant pitch as Gary is about to start his monolog....)
Before the monolog though, Gary muses to himself...
'I've spent a lifetime being an honest, yet slightly shifty type of guy, now my morals will be compromised by having to lie to Fritz in order to win this Bell's heart. Of all the hooch Emporiums in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.' Gary now speaks once again to Candy...
'We don't amount to a hill of 'Heinz Beans' in this crazy world Candy and what we do here today won't mean a thing 25,000 years from now. Candy, I'm no good at being noble, but lying to Fritz is not as important to me as you are. We'll always have Emma' Candy.'
The sun reflects off the watershed of tears that are flowing like the Nile River down Candy's cheeks. Never in her 20 years had she been so moved by such an honest and such an open soliloquy. (She thumbs quickly, but sweetly through her 850 page Funk & Wagnall tome, solifluction... soliloquize... soliloquy. Now she's on the same page as Gary. She's relieved that she carries that 850 page tome around with her in her purse, she opens-up...)
'Mr. Gary, I've never been on a hill of beans, but being a bean on a hill of beans with you would be becoming.' Candy had never been so frank before with any man, except Frank. She paused for a moment to get un-tongue-tied and then continued...
'I can see it all now Mr. Gary, you and I and our 33 young children, sailing on Lake Cushman, children in tow, swigging 5 gallon drums of Fritz's special Friday Nite hooch. We'll grow old together Gary and remember the old philosophical saying, 'only the old die young.'
Candy wasn't one to philosophize, but her brother Juan was one who did. Juan had just won the one and only 'Juan Valdez' philosophy prize given out once per year and Juan for once, had won.
Gary now felt certain that this was the one girl he'd been looking for all his life. He reached into his pocket and felt the wedding band that he'd been given by his great aunt in anticipation of his own big day. He voice cracked when he spoke:
'Candy, I'd very much like to give you a ring!'
'Oh, you can't Mr. Gary, we don't have a phone.'
At this point many of the Emporium's regulars starting filing into Fritz's. Tom, Bill, Cecil and Pups to name but a few. Pups would have made it to the bar if someone hadn't stepped on his hand. 'Drinks all 'round' hollered Pups! Gary reminded Pups that all of Fritz's glasses were indeed round and it wasn't necessary to specify the glasses' shape.
Gary and Candy moved to the side of the bar and Gary now took his regular place on his recently fixed sanitary pedestal. They toasted a few drinks but found the bread crumbs spoiled the flavour and almost caused an electrical fire.
The saga continues, but with many unanswered questions.
1) Will Gary and Candy tie the knot?
2) Will Pups' hand heal?
3) Will Gary give Candy a ring despite the fact that she hasn't a phone?
4) Did Juan really win the one 'Juan prize', or was it a one in a million chance?
5) Will true romance bloom at Emma?
There's more to come in part 3 of the continuing saga of Gary's romantic adventures!
Puppy
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ROFLMAO :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
That was fabulous Pups! Looking forward to the next episode soon!
In the mean time, I think our posts crossed paths; see: http://forums.simflight.com/viewtopic.p6&start=15 again! :wink:
GaryGB
That was excellent Gary! Truly funny material. You definitely have a flare for writing! Keep it up, it really makes for fun and interesting reading.
This forum is really 'rocking' and becoming a home-spun place of country humor!
You certainly have a gift for the written word!
Puppy
P.S. Part 2 follows....
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This is the true saga of 'Candy'. She lives just a few miles down the road from Fritz's General Store and Emporium. In fact, she's lived her entire life in WA and is now seeking employment after recovering from the serious back injury she received after falling off a rug. She has a terrible fear of heights and had been warned many times by her mother to stay away from the carpeted living room.
Candy is unfortunately an only child, except for her 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Her father is lazy, yet very hard working. He's a 'Do-it-yourself' type of guy. Whenever you'd ask him to do something, he calmly replies, 'Do it Yourself!' He's up every day at the crack of noon and heads-off in search of employment. He doesn't believe in charity, so he'll only accept money from strangers, the government, near and distant relatives and close friends, but there he draws the line! He'd actually been trained as an elevator operator in a department store, but unfortunately had lost his job after forgetting the route.
Her mother is a kind, gentle and loving woman, but had accidentally left Candy in a shopping center on 12 different occasions and now felt that the child welfare agency was treating her in a rather undignified manner. She whiles away her day talking over the picket fence to the neighbors, which is surprising to say the least since their nearest neighbor lives almost 5 miles away. She's an excellent baker and as of last week, none of her children has had food poisoning in almost a year now!
One day while reading the local newspaper, an ad caught Candy's eye.
WANTED: Young person (M/F) to help with general duties in a ever-expanding business enterprise. Must have experience and be able to meet and deal amicably with the public.
(Fritz had recently advertised for an assistant to help him in his general store during the tourist season.)
Candy decided to drive to Fritz's and to apply for the job. Her qualifications were somewhat meager, but she felt that she had 2 very outstanding assets. Drive and motivation! She then decided to check the local weather forecast because she was an inexperienced driver and wanted to get to Fritz's safely. Candy read the forecast ...
'Dark tonight, clearing by morning.'
She knew that if she hurried, she could be back home before that weather front set-in.
She then hopped into her Mustang convertible and headed off down the road to Fritz's. As she was driving she noticed a sign that said, 'DEER CROSSING'. She thought to herself, 'I wonder why that guy never finished his letter!' About 100 feet down the road she saw another sign that said, 'STOP'. She then realized the author was sending a telegram.
As she was rounding the corner of the local waterfall, she stopped her car, got out and went to admire the scenery. She then returned to her car only to find that she'd left the keys in the ignition and had locked the door behind her. She frantically reached into her purse for the spare keys, but before she could open her purse, she looked over the driver's window and saw the spare keys lying on the passenger seat. Disappointed would hardly begin to describe her state. Locking herself out of the car was bad enough, but now the mist from the waterfall was getting the interior of her car soaked since she'd been driving with the top down so she could enjoy the sun and wind on her face as she drove.
She realized she'd have no choice but to break one of the smaller rear windows, which she promptly did. She decided then and there that this wouldn't happen to her again, from now on she'd keep a spare set of keys in the glove compartment!
After that harried experience, she arrived at Emma and proceeded to Fritz's place. As she approached the front door she saw a sign which read, 'OPEN".
Candy was dumbfounded! She could clearly see that the door was in fact closed! Not to be disenchanted, she climbed the rickety steps and walked into Fritz's.
'WELCOME' said a voice behind what appeared to be a bar. Candy looked at the prone figure lying on the floor drinking from a 5 gallon drum of Fritz's best hooch! It retails for $1 a gallon, but Gary (being a regular) gets the 'customer appreciation discount'.
'And you're?' He said, his voice was somewhat slurred, but Candy had excelled at English and was able to decipher the words.
'Why, I'm Candy!' she replied.
'Well, howdy Candy, I'm Gary. This isn't what it appears to be, I'm usually able to stand for the first few hours!' Gary then took a swig out of the now almost empty 5 gallon drum and said, 'How old are you candy?'
"I'm not sure Gary, I was just a baby when I was born!'
Gary was infatuated with his first glace of Candy. By now he'd drained the drum and was looking for a can opener so he could open the economy '10 gallon special' that he was so fond of.
'Are you Mr. Fritz? Candy said with a slight tremor in her voice.
'Nah', replied Gary. 'Fritz is away on holidays and I'm looking after the shop. Can I be of service to you?'
'Well Mr. Gary, I'm here to apply for the vacant position.'
Gary's mind was now all aflutter. 'Just what position is she talking about?' he asked himself. He decided to turn on the charm and said to Candy, 'I'm the boss while Fritz is away, you can talk to me and to me alone!'
'Well Mr. Gary, I'm here to apply for the position of assistant.'
Gary (Now musing to himself)... 'If she lands the position, she'll be here all of the time and that will give us a chance to get better acquainted.' Gary stops musing and says...
'Alright Candy, have my seat and I'll run you through the application process.'
'Thank you Mr. Gary, but I don't usually sit on the floor.'
'First of all Candy, you must have grade 12 in order to handle the cash, do the accounts and so on. Do you have at least grade 12?'
'Oh yes Mr. Gary, in fact, I spent the best 5 years of my life in grade 12!'
Gary (with some trepidation) proceeds with the interview. He's now thankful that his excellent command of English will serve to impress Candy and perhaps win a place for him in her heart. He once thought that his 5 years at UCSB (University of Cowtown, Sobriety Branch) was wasted, now in fact he's thankful that he did indeed take the 5 year 'paint-by-numbers' post grad course. But I digress...
Gary now fires-off a non-stop barrage of questions... not stopping to give Candy a chance to answer. This is actually part of the test. Can she remember the questions and in fact, remember them in the order that he's posed them??? Gary now swings around on his sanitary stool and begins the barrage.
'Do you have a proficient knowledge of our goods?'
'Have you a working knowledge of our stock?'
'Are you familiar with the lay-out of the store?'
The questions are staccato-like in both their speed and rapidity....... Finally Gary breaks for a swig of hooch, now giving Candy a chance to reply.
'Well Mr. Gary, I have no prior work experience whatsoever, but I will say this, I'm as proficient as humanly possible with your stock and the store's layout. I doubt anyone knows it as well as I do!'
Gary is uber impressed with the answer, but is also somewhat dumbfounded. (He goes back to musing...) 'How would she know so much about Fritz's place?' He decides point-blank to ask Candy.
'Candy, how in the world can you profess to have such an excellent knowledge of this shop?'
'Well Mr. Gary (Candy is being candid), I've been shoplifting from this store for the past 5 years and there's not an item here that's escaped my notice!'
Gary's sanitary pedestal collapses under the weight of this most revealing revelation.
1) What does he do now?
2) How will he handle this situation?
3) Will love win out over common sense?
4) Will Candy get the job and save mom and pops farm?
Stay tuned, the sage will continue after the station break...
Puppy
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That was an exceptionally funny story Gary, top marks for it! :D
To Bill: Hmmm.... people are now going to think that we label our males and females in Canada.
I can tell you quite honestly, I don't have a jacket that says 'HE' on it, everyone just kind of knows I'm a guy.
Puppy
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... will be gone for awhile !!
See ya'll in 2 weeks from now.. behave while I'm gone !!
Fritzois
Trust us Francois, we'll be on our best behaviour! :wink:
Puppy
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1) You wouldn't look at her twice if you met her with clothes on - er both of you :oops:
2) Face as miserable ....
Hey Chris,
1) Ah... yes I actually would! :wink:
2) Okay, I'll confess. :oops: Until you mentioned it, I didn't even know she had a face. I'm afraid I was too fixated on... err, the plane behind her!
Nothin' better than the admiration of a nice plane's chassis.
Puppy
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Yup from me too Phil! :wink:
From the screenies I've seen so far, it really looks like an excellent addition to Emma.
And (as Francois already mentioned) more interest in Emma and our club will only make it better and better and hopefully it'll grow even more!
Lately there's been quite a surge of interest in Emma. It seemed like interest was on the wane, yet now many members (like me) have come-back to Emma.
I believe that Emma is the most popular club on the Net. Anything that anyone can do to increase that popularity would be much appreciated.
Larry
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Hi Larry,
1) got lotta nerve to post a question about FMC here at the EMMA club :lol: :lol:
2) Or just your waypoints? In that last case, just go to your ACT RTE LEGS page (press the LEGS button) delete all waypoints and enter the new ones. Then press EXEC and your plane should fly it's new route. I hope that you were looking for that. :D
Hi Vin,
1) Yes, that I do Vin! :P Of all the places to post an FMC query... on a GA forum devoted to tiny planes and where everyone is enamored with a tiny, little field. (Myself included.) :wink:
But, this was the one forum where I was 100% confident that any replies wouldn't be the standard, 'read the manual'. :twisted: :twisted:
2) That did it! I was confused about whether I could even delete data once I'd entered it into the FMC. Went back, looked again and now I see what you mean. Thanks for the help..
Larry
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I'm truly sorry to hear that.
Some time back I installed his 'Quebec Short Hops'. I didn't know him, but I wrote to him and commented on the excellent work he had done to bring the province of Quebec to my and to others' notice. Prior to that, I'd never flown in Quebec.
He was kind enough to write back to me and we exchanged perhaps 2-3 letters where we talked about many of the interesting places in Quebec and I thanked him for making his scenery work available to flight simmers for free.
My heartfelt sympathies go out to his family and many FS friends.
Larry
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Hey guys,
I know this ain't the place, but I'm gonna ask anyway. :P
I've been learning how to use the FMC. I hate it, I really do, and learning how to use it is like pulling teeth.
Here's my dilEmma... (Had to get that in this post somewhere.) :P
When you program the FMC and say you're about 1/2 way through and you realize that you've made a serious boo-boo and want to start fresh, how do you clear *all* of the data and start anew again? What I've been doing is unloading my beloved 737, reloading it again and then reprogramming the FMC. That is a looooooooong process to say the least.
I've read 1000s of pages (1 page) and spend 100s of hours (about 30 seconds) looking, but to no avail. :cry: I just can't find any info for guys that make errors.
Thanks to anyone that can help me! :wink:
Puppy
P.S. This is embarrassing... :oops: :oops: I just checked my sales receipt (I bought the boxed version from PC Aviator) and I've had my 737 for almost 2 years and I'm *finally* learning the FMC. I believe that that is procrastination on steroids! :D Or is it laziness? Not really sure at this point.
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Just for clarification... the scenery in Chris' shots is the Emma Private hangar area with the "clubhouse" addition. As of now, it is only available to those who have a private hangar there. A general public release is being considered.
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I agree, excellent tale! :wink:
Okay Gary, I'll supply the music.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/matilda.htm
It doesn't fit the words really well (okay, not at all) :P but it is Aussie and that's what counts in the end!
Puppy
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Just curious guys...
I thought it might be interesting to see what everyone is flying (both big and small), since we have quite a collection of experienced and newbie guys here.
Also, if ya'd like to, indicate your proficiency with the planes you list.
For me, here's my (brief) list.
Biggies:
1) PMDG's 737 - 600/700/800/900 **
2) Level-D 767 (Can't fly it worth beans yet, but still trying.)
Wanna-be Biggies:
Flight1's ATR-72-500 (Moderately good with this one.)
Fighter Aircraft:
Lago's F-16 (Not braggin', but I kick serious butt behind the wheel of this plane! I have 27 aircraft carriers stationed around the world and can land my F-16 on each and every one of them and do it like a pro!)
GA Planes:
1) Dreamfleet's a36 (Awesome plane, but I can't make heads nor tails of all of the goodies they've included.) Not the planes' fault, it's mine. I just don't have the skills yet to use such complicated instruments.
2) Flight1 C310 (Love this plane and I can fly it reasonably well!)
Helicopters:
Aerosoft's Seahawk (I'm reasonably good flying this, but I rely on the autopilot quite a bit.) :wink:
K, that's my list. Now it's your turn....
Puppy
** Love these, but my flying abilities are dismal to say the least. I just bought Mike Ray's 'Flying the Boeing 700 Series'. It's available at SimMarket by the way...
http://secure.simmarket.com/product_info.php?products_id=1492
This book beats sliced bread hands-down! For the first time since I bought my beloved 737's, I can now actually fly them (still dismally) thanks to the awesome instructions in this book. I'm still learning, but now I feel that I'm *finally* getting somewhere! I don't want to be an ad for Mike, but I've never seen anything in my life that compares to this type of teaching. I've spent about a million hours (okay, that might be a tiny exaggeration) :wink: in university classrooms and I know good teaching when I see it, err... read it. (Okay, the ad is over, it's safe to back into the water again.) :P
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5 great books that you really ought to read:
1. 'Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance' by Robert Pirsig
Andy
Hey Andy,
You caught my interest with that title. It was totally unknown to me.
The first word caught my interest, I wasn't sure what to expect with the rest of it. :wink:
Awesome looking book! If you're not already familiar with him, then do a search on 'Alan Watts'. I have a ton of his material and he should be right up your alley!
He was very prolific with spoken material and I'd highly recommend him!
Larry
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Okay, did some really hard searching and found another one.
This one... lens ez general objects vol1
It's on avsim and in two parts.
lens_ez_scenery.zip
and the update for it:
lens_ez_scenery_textures.zip
still can't find: RampLight_Library :?:
Puppy
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1) OK, it's up. Come and get it :)
2) Phil, can you either package the EZ-Scenery libs or post links to the files? I can find some but not all.
1) Simon, you're the man! :wink:
2) I found a few Simon, but only 3 out of 5.
ez-helicopters-and-pads (ezhelpad.zip)
ron_ez_highwayz 2 (ezhighwayz2.zip)
lfobjlb1 (lfobjlb1.zip)
RampLight_Library
lens ez general objects vol1
Puppy
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Can we have a list of everyone's favourite CDs next please? Can we? Can we? :wink:
Andy
Hey Andy,
Excellent idea!
CDs really cover quite a bit of ground. I have 'talking/audio books', physics lectures, music etc. So I'll list them in two groups.
Here are a few off the top of my head...
Books
1) A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
2) 6 Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman
3) 6 Not So Easy pieces by Richard Feynman
4) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Music:
1) Mutter by Rammstein (My all-time favorite Punk/Rock CD)
2) Transcendental Etudes by Franz Liszt
3) Symphony of a Thousand No. 8 by Mahler
4) Sonata in B by Franz Liszt (My FAVORITE classical CD)
5) Charles Valentin Alkan (Absolutely *everything* by him)
Larry
McLeland Field
in Emma Field Flying Club
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Thanks Peter. I'm downloading the files right now.
Excellent screenies and interesting captions that accompany them!
Larry