It was nice to be flying with ya again Willy and nice to have at least 3 former pilots from the old 'Flight 19' back in the air together!
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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
P3D/P4D screenshots redux...oops!
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Of my top five FS aircraft of all time, at least 4 were made by Milton.
I remember the first time I saw Milton's Howard 500. Screen shots and a download link were posted on another sim site that I frequented and I remember commenting that it was unwise to post a download link to something that was obviously payware. Yep, it looked like payware quality to me, still does.
And once I got out past the Golden Gate, I found this rusty old relic from FS9 anchored out there. It wasn't here in FSX. Didn't have anything with a functional tailhook, so I switched to a default Seahawk and set it down there. So, this got me to thinking about tailhooks and carriers, something that was high on my to do list in FS9. If there was a carrier, I'd land on it.
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Just got this one installed. It's about the newest kerosine burner I like. Does that make me a Ford guy?
Need to work out button assignments on my new joystick. Kind of lost the bubble about 5nm out from NAS Memphis and stalled it out into someone's cow pasture about 20 seconds after I got this screenshot. But we're having brisket for supper.
Need to work out button assignments on my new joystick. Kind of lost the bubble about 5nm out from NAS Memphis and stalled it out into someone's cow pasture about 20 seconds after I got this screenshot. But we're having brisket for supper.
Been working on this beauty today. 
Then I got brave. Only took a couple of tries to get airborne.
All I'm gonna say about the landing was that it was ugly and interesting and I wouldn't wish it on anybody. I've got a ways to go to get proficient with it again.
I still have several of my old Gee Bee paints to find. Plus, I've got some I never did finish before I had to quit several years ago.
Then I got brave. Only took a couple of tries to get airborne.
All I'm gonna say about the landing was that it was ugly and interesting and I wouldn't wish it on anybody. I've got a ways to go to get proficient with it again.
I still have several of my old Gee Bee paints to find. Plus, I've got some I never did finish before I had to quit several years ago.
That is one sharp looking Heebie Gee Bee Willy! 
These Heebie Gee Bees might have some good advice for you while you get re-acquainted with 'The Beast'!
These Heebie Gee Bees might have some good advice for you while you get re-acquainted with 'The Beast'!
While trying to decide which Spit I'd like to fly in the upcoming "Spitfire K5054 90th Anniversary Circumnavigation of the UK: May 2026" event I discovered a gem lurking in the SOH file/resource library that I had totally missed when it was first released. I've had a couple of flights in it now and this is one sweet bird!
It's the Rob Richardson Supermarine Seafire Mk 47 for FSX and P3D. I did swap the sounds out for the RA Spit contra-prop sounds as it calls the FSX P51 Racer by default (which obviously doesn't exist in P3D v4.5) and the VC has the typical Rob Richardson half-rate VSI gauge but I have one in my standard warbird pop-up panel so I'm good to go on that. One surprising thing is that the wings actually fold on this bird and I thought 'wing-fold' by default was no longer a thing in P3D. I guess Rob must have custom coded it somehow.
On a similar note Rob also did a very nice Supermarine Spitfire Mk 24 for FSX/P3D that very possibly shares the same basic VC as they look very similar. Both are excellent aircraft and I now have to decide between these, the RA Spits and an A2A/WoP Mk.1 Spit. Decisions, decisions!
It's the Rob Richardson Supermarine Seafire Mk 47 for FSX and P3D. I did swap the sounds out for the RA Spit contra-prop sounds as it calls the FSX P51 Racer by default (which obviously doesn't exist in P3D v4.5) and the VC has the typical Rob Richardson half-rate VSI gauge but I have one in my standard warbird pop-up panel so I'm good to go on that. One surprising thing is that the wings actually fold on this bird and I thought 'wing-fold' by default was no longer a thing in P3D. I guess Rob must have custom coded it somehow.
On a similar note Rob also did a very nice Supermarine Spitfire Mk 24 for FSX/P3D that very possibly shares the same basic VC as they look very similar. Both are excellent aircraft and I now have to decide between these, the RA Spits and an A2A/WoP Mk.1 Spit. Decisions, decisions!
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Rob (srgalahad) and myself have been flying the deHavilland Canada Chipmunk recently during our evening multiplayer sessions in honour of it's 80th Birthday. Last night's flight was something special as as our current tour of smaller Canadian airports (East to West) took us past an important place in the Chippy's history.
Here we are getting formed up after take-off on a hazy morning in Western Quebec.
The JF Chippy flies so well it is easy to stay in close formation like this.
It's getting really hazy now but thanks to the Chippy's glass top I can still see Rob above and ahead of me!
The special part I mentioned above duly came into sight, the Toronto Downsview Airport, where the deHavilland Canada factory was located and the Chippy was built!
It seemed only fitting that I should perform a Victory/barrel roll over it's birthplace! Memories of the number of times I did barrel roles in a real Chippy came flooding back at this point!
We then turned South for a fly-by of a classic Toronto feature, the CN Tower.
A few miles down the coast we stopped to refuel and as Tillsonburg Airport still has two grass runways left from it's WWII days we opted to use those as the Chippy prefers to land on the grass (even in real life)!
We flew on and landed for the night at Canada's most southern airport on Pelee Island in the middle of Lake Erie. An island I have been to a couple of times as I lived just north of it on the mainland for almost 30 years in Canada's most southern town.
Here we are getting formed up after take-off on a hazy morning in Western Quebec.
The JF Chippy flies so well it is easy to stay in close formation like this.
It's getting really hazy now but thanks to the Chippy's glass top I can still see Rob above and ahead of me!
The special part I mentioned above duly came into sight, the Toronto Downsview Airport, where the deHavilland Canada factory was located and the Chippy was built!
It seemed only fitting that I should perform a Victory/barrel roll over it's birthplace! Memories of the number of times I did barrel roles in a real Chippy came flooding back at this point!
We then turned South for a fly-by of a classic Toronto feature, the CN Tower.
A few miles down the coast we stopped to refuel and as Tillsonburg Airport still has two grass runways left from it's WWII days we opted to use those as the Chippy prefers to land on the grass (even in real life)!
We flew on and landed for the night at Canada's most southern airport on Pelee Island in the middle of Lake Erie. An island I have been to a couple of times as I lived just north of it on the mainland for almost 30 years in Canada's most southern town.
