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Aviation related x-mas presents, what did you get.

ian elliot

ian elliot

SOH-CM-2025
Thought id start the ball rolling, friend at work got me this, really nice model from Corgi,
merry x-mas everyone, cheers ian
 
Last month, when NCGent had all of his TopFlightSimulations aircraft for sale as a package, Deb told me to buy it as part of my Christmas present. Not sure, but I think my mother-in-law got me Flyboys on DVD.

OBIO
 
My poor wife may never see me again..

Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System and Saitek Pro Flight Pedals....
Sweet... although I am a bit surprised at how much of a diff. it really makes..its bloody harder.. which I think is good... must be a realism thing.

Happy Holidays to all! God Bless!
 
Not sure if this qualifies but it will sure help flying FSX. New Hannspree 23" widescreen 5ms LCD monitor. Wow... want a difference from a square 19" LCD. Now I can run my resolution at full tilt.... 1920x1080. :d

Merry Christmas everyone, and I hope you got some great stuff. Looks like those that posted ahead of me did great too. :applause:

Edit:
I almost forgot. Capt. Gano gave all his ground crew copies of "Read Eagles - America's Secret Migs" by Steve Davies. I've read into the first part of chapter 2 and this is quite a book. Mostly political, but it gives a great account of the training and learning curve for US pilots to beat the Russian Migs in Vietnam.
 
That's great Willy. I've yet to meet a current Spitfire pilot based not far away from me. He had to have the engine torn down last August so he didn't make the invite I sent to him for to our local Wings of Freedom Tour, to put his Spit on display with TP-51C Betty Jane. Hopefully he'll be able to be with us for next August. Or, I'll hopefully see him before that in June at MAAM's WWII Weekend.
 
Aviation-related as it will greatly improve my flight sim enjoyment, my son sent me a do-it-yourself upgrade package of computer hardware:
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 Processor
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard
ULTRA 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 memory stick
Seagate ST9120315AS Momentus 120GB HD
LG GH22NS50AUAU CD/DVD Writer
Apex PC-319 Black Mid-Tower Case w/ 300W PSU
Now all I gotta do is put the stuff together without accidentally opening any smoke containers, if ya know what I mean. ;) My son assures me he will serve as my telephone tech support.
 
TARPS, it's as easy as pie. If I can do it, so can you. Just take your time and read the destructions a few times. You finish yours and you'll be wanting to build more of em. ;) LOL
 
Well, I got money, which I hope to use for a Track IR 5 or 4.

And I got two plastic models, a 1/32 scale Roden SE5 and a 1/48 scale Eduard Fokker D.VII dual-Pack (two complete planes).

And I may start back building, because I got a GHOSTS calendar that I did not get last year. I cannot build models without the inspiration of my GHOSTS calendars. :icon_lol:

Caz
 
...well, as it turned out, I got a
'we'll get you a trackR for your birthday'
which is very cool
I can wait for a few weeks.
 
I got a 1/32 scale plastic model kit of a YF-22. Time to go to the hobby store and buy paint and glue.
 
for once i got want i asked for..:salute: Col Bud Anderson's F105 Thud,,it too is called "old Crow" he flew it in the early 70s..the plane was distroied in a mid - air collision in 1974,,,,now all i need is for him to autograpgh my P51 and this F105 and ill be happy,he doesnt do the airshows like Yeager though..i wish he would....ive met Anderson three times..twice with my grandfather when i was a kid and didnty understand who i was meeting..and once as an adult,but didnt ave a chance to talk to him..he ,Yeager,boyington and a tussgeegy pilot were all in auburn for a meet and great was a great day but no time for one on one..Bud Anderson was my grandfathers insurance salesman for many years..the two times i met him i sat at his desk..and i remember seeing airplanes and him saying he flew planes...but i was to young to realise what a impact he had on those planes...i wish my grandfather was more awhare then too....lol


ps..does anyone know if they make a P39 in the BU number of his from tonapha??
 
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