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  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

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Yeah, they did make quite some use of Ju 52s in that movie, 'Valkyrie', utilizing Ju-Air's HB-HOP (now no longer flying) and HB-HOT (destroyed in 2018). The Ju 52 livery reminded me of the example that is owned/operated by Jerry Yagen's Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach (N352JU), so I teamed it up with the Museum's Bf 109. In a couple of the screenshots, I also flew the Bf 109 with the Museum's Spitfire.
 
Here's a nice little backstory to this RAF livery I've just made available. Someone over at FS.to private messaged me about how much he liked my RCAF livery for the Sabre. He then told me how his father flew a Sabre for the 130 Punjab Squadron RAF out of Brüggen, Germany. In 1954 while on a training mission, he had to force land his Sabre XB927 after it quit at a height of 35,000'. The plane was totaled, but he walked away with only a laceration on his thumb from climbing out of the wreckage. Dave lost his father, and asked if I would be able to recreate his aircraft for him to fly. He provided some amazing personal photos and his dad's log book entry of the incident. Of course I said yes. It's for the dads! One thing about this sim, I think of my late dad often. I think we would really enjoy flying together. Anyway, here's a few screenshot of the finished plane, I think it's one of my best.







130 SQN RAF XB927 by Doug Smith
 

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Here's a nice little backstory to this RAF livery I've just made available. Someone over at FS.to private messaged me about how much he liked my RCAF livery for the Sabre. He then told me how his father flew a Sabre for the 130 Punjab Squadron RAF out of Brüggen, Germany. In 1954 while on a training mission, he had to force land his Sabre XB927 after it quit at a height of 35,000'. The plane was totaled, but he walked away with only a laceration on his thumb from climbing out of the wreckage. Dave lost his father, and asked if I would be able to recreate his aircraft for him to fly. He provided some amazing personal photos and his dad's log book entry of the incident. Of course I said yes. It's for the dads! One thing about this sim, I think of my late dad often. I think we would really enjoy flying together. Anyway, here's a few screenshot of the finished plane, I think it's one of my best.







130 SQN RAF XB927 by Doug Smith
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That’s fantastic Doug! Is it at .to?
 
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