Ever since NCgent first posted screen shots of his Lockheed Air Express, I have been drooling over that plane. I had planned on buying it this month, but with the SOH and AVSim servers going down and funds being needed to get both sites back to full operating capacity, I opted to forgo the plane and my new sneakers this month and chip in what I could to help both sites. I told my wife that I would get new shoes and the plane next month...but she told me that I NEED new shoes (just because they are horribly dirty, horribly smelly and the fact that the ferrets love shredding the insoles when I have those fuzz butts out to play does not mean that I NEED new shoes...they are just getting comfortable) and that I deserve a new plane. And besides, she said, what difference will 7 bucks make in our budget. So, a little while ago, I went to Razbam.org and purchased the Air Express....and boy oh boy am I glad I did.
I have downloaded and installed all the free ware aircraft that NCgent has done and like it...especially the Fairchild F-91...simply love that plane. The quality of those planes is decent...but let me tell you, the quality of the Air Express is far beyond what I have seen in his free ware work. His modeling skills have greatly improved! The plane is a drop dead looker inside and out. While the VC may not have all the bells and whistles of the big block payware planes, it is nice, highly functional, and offers a great view of the world around you....which is all that I really look for in a VC. I don't need animated switches, switches that click when I mouse them, 3D gauges that are back light and reflective....all those things are nice, but I can live without them quite happily.
Flying the Air Express around Aruba, I found the plane to be a nice flying aircraft. I really enjoyed that 20 minute cruise.
The two skins that the plane come with a very attractive and well done. I have done some Googling and found historic pics of 3, 4 maybe 5 other actual factual Air Expresses that I will be doing skins of. And a number of other profiles, most likely totally fictional, depicted on RC and die-cast renditions of the Air Express....fictional or not, those too are going to be done.
If you are looking to add a nice payware aircraft, one that is a bit out of the ordinary and that captures a piece of aviation history, I highly recommend plunking down the $7 for this plane. It can be found on Razbam.org. It is listed under TopFlightSimulation. I know Ron will appreciate the traffic to his site (especially if you pick up some Razbam packages...which are nicely priced) and I know that NCgent will appreciate the extra padding in his otherwise hungry wallet. He makes these planes to augment his disability income. $7....that is nothing more than one missed trip to a fast food burger joint.
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I have downloaded and installed all the free ware aircraft that NCgent has done and like it...especially the Fairchild F-91...simply love that plane. The quality of those planes is decent...but let me tell you, the quality of the Air Express is far beyond what I have seen in his free ware work. His modeling skills have greatly improved! The plane is a drop dead looker inside and out. While the VC may not have all the bells and whistles of the big block payware planes, it is nice, highly functional, and offers a great view of the world around you....which is all that I really look for in a VC. I don't need animated switches, switches that click when I mouse them, 3D gauges that are back light and reflective....all those things are nice, but I can live without them quite happily.
Flying the Air Express around Aruba, I found the plane to be a nice flying aircraft. I really enjoyed that 20 minute cruise.
The two skins that the plane come with a very attractive and well done. I have done some Googling and found historic pics of 3, 4 maybe 5 other actual factual Air Expresses that I will be doing skins of. And a number of other profiles, most likely totally fictional, depicted on RC and die-cast renditions of the Air Express....fictional or not, those too are going to be done.
If you are looking to add a nice payware aircraft, one that is a bit out of the ordinary and that captures a piece of aviation history, I highly recommend plunking down the $7 for this plane. It can be found on Razbam.org. It is listed under TopFlightSimulation. I know Ron will appreciate the traffic to his site (especially if you pick up some Razbam packages...which are nicely priced) and I know that NCgent will appreciate the extra padding in his otherwise hungry wallet. He makes these planes to augment his disability income. $7....that is nothing more than one missed trip to a fast food burger joint.
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