tim arnot
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Yes, give him my best weshes too :)
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Now, where's my whip?..... :lol:
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It won't play in the UK. :(
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"Ice Road Truckers" does pretty well on the History Channel on Sky, over here, so I think there's a pretty good chance it'll come to the UK
Wonder if it'll be in HD...
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Jeez I was wondering what Tim was on about, but I was too timid to ask...
Not an unusual state of affairs :lol: My sense of humour is dry, at best...
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No it's just too much sun. Put your hat back on, get some dark glasses and an "I'm a Junk Software Mogul" T-shirt, any you'll be right as rain! :lol:
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Run for the hills! The injuns are attacking! :shock:
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And all that's why I haven't been around much of late! :wink:
(having a breather now for a few days -- fitting an SSD and installing Win 7 on my big rig etc... :D )
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Don't you have enough to do, Jeff? :wink:
Seriously though, if you have the FS9 version of Emma, you could install it, and then use Plan-G to identify the location and get the coordinates...
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Just to let you know, there was an update released this evening. :)
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Interesting Spot Landing targets.... :wink:
Will it work in FSX?
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As a VFR pilot I've long been dissatisfied with the quality of flight planning tools. The built-in FS planner doesn't remotely hack it, and the expeience of using it is akin to performing keyhole surgery while wearing a blindfold. Other tools, such as FSNavigator and FSCommander were firmly geared towards IFR airliner jocks with SIDs and STARs and NATs, but scant regard for Aldershot, or Bath Racecourse, or Moreton-in-Marsh disused.
So I decided to write my own. :lol:
I dabbled in all sorts of technologies, reading FS scenery files, pulling DEMs of the web, geo-referenced city vectors, coastlines etc, but getting stuff in a format that was (a) easy to incorporate (b) free and © easy for the user to set up, proved to be a nightmare, although I did learn a lot about GIS! Then, when Google Maps changed their TOS at the beginning of the year to allow GM to be embedded in a desktop app (although the app must still be downloaded from a dedicated web site), the way forward became a no-brainer.
Plan-G is the result. :D
You've probably seen pictures from earlier incarnations attached to my various tour pics (including the Great Victory Fly-In), but it's now got to the state where I'm happy enough with it to go more-or-less public, although there's still a fair bit of work to do (in my eyes anyway). There's no manual yet, but most things have tool tips, and I think it's pretty straightforward. It's at http://www.tasoftware.co.uk You do need to register in the forum to download the software (but that might change when it eventually leaves beta status). If you want to get involved with testing etc, drop me a line when you've registered, and I'll set it up.
(Francois, there will be a proper announcement sometime; I just want to get a little more confidence in it first, since this is my first 'proper' addon, and the support staff just sleeps on top of the monitor all day! :wink: )
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Over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Chiltern Park Aerodrome (http://www.chiltern.aero ) have been hosting their open day/fly in in aid of the Berks-Oxon-Bucks Air Ambulance. ( http://www.tvacaa.org/ ) I popped along yesterday, to join in the fun, and took some pictures. Later in the afternoon was the Summer Barbecue up at Enstone, and who should call in for fuel, but Team Guinot (I'm sure I'm not the only one that still refers to them as the Utterly Butterlies!)
Oh, and I won the croquet! :shock: :lol:
I've posted some pictures in my Gallery: http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/page1.php?vcategory=2
(and yes, I have got enough pictures to build the scenery! :wink: )
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GODAK has been around in FS for ages (it's a Dakota), but the one I'd like to see if you're offering is G-SIXT (as in 'celebrating 60 years...'). It's a Warrior II with a BAC livery on the right, and BOAC on the left. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of detailed pictures, and I suspect it would be impossible on a Carenado anyway. A few pics on Airliners.net
Note that the right win has a red top panel with the reg in white, and the left wing is all silver :wink:
(although both Aussim and JF have Warrior IIs...)
These were taken at Aero Expo earlier this month, where it was very hard to get a decent shot with all the people milling about.
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I do love the new BAFC tri-Speedbird logo (okay so they've had it a couple of years now), but then I'm a big fan of anything deco! 8)
BTW, at the right of the pic, you can see their sim.... FS running with the front half of a Warrior II as cockpit, and SIX projectors for the display!
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Nice lady. Now how about some shots of Tongass X ?? :wink:
That's probably her 'stage name'... :lol:
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Been flying around Norway of late. If only it had that treatment....... :shock: :D 8)
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This looks like it might be the equivalent chart: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/64/200890108AtionV3.pdf :)
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You'd be more than welcome to come visit Enstone http://www.enstoneflyingclub.co.uk We're right on the edge of the Cotswolds, and close to Blenheim Palace (Winston Churchill), the Rollright Stones (neolithic stone ring), Stratford Upon Avon (Shakespeare)...
Our rental fleet is:
G-BMVB Cessna 152
G-BTUW PA28 Warrior
G-BNNT PA28 Warrior
G-VMJM TB10 Tobago
G-HEVN TB200 GT
G-OOMF PA18 Super Cub
Prices range from about £130 (152/PA28) to £160 (TB200) per hour wet. You'd need a check out with an instructor (about an hour) before you can rent. Duxford is about 40 minutes flying time.
There's a nice detailed scenery for FSX, which you can download from http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=136004 (by me and another local pilot) :)
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Or, why you *really* shouldn't turn back after an engine failure on take off
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8030898.stm
Question is, did he just go through the motions, or was he caught short.... :shock:
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Ah heck, just close your eyes and pretend you're out flying with your EFC mates. :P
On second thought, better not close your eyes.
Contravention of Chicago Convention Annexe dah paragraph de dit dit three subsection two... eckcetra. I thought some of the rules and regs learning for the straight PPL was bad enough - the ATPL version must be horrendous! :shock:
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All 14 ATPL ground exams passed first time, and a 95% average! 8)
Congratulations! :D
Now, what's the unladen weight of a European swallow, and how many coconuts will it take to exceed the aft CofG limit?....
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Nice pics. :) When I sat sown to review my screenshots, I found I'd taken over 160! Good job film is cheap!!! :shock:
Must have been hitting that V key like a trigger finger!!!!! :lol:
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When I arrived and opened the doors, it smelled like a whole different country...! :shock: :lol:
The first Column
in Grumpy Tales
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He's piling his grumps up now! :lol:
I can add asthma to that list...