Classic British Flight Sim

Techy111 wrote:

Poor screenshot here...?

Tony

Clearly that rear Spitfire is firing his lasers...

All the best Ben

Been away in the world of Herr Disney for the last 3 weeks. Have I missed anything? Three weeks is a long time in flightsim, and I feel very out of touch. I don't want to spend another three weeks going back through allnodes etc. So, any heads up? And to throw the spanner in the works, I'm only inte...

I only see a fraction of what must come in and out of here. I've long since given up running to the window when I hear a fighter roaring past on take off. I realised you can't out run an afterburner! That's another thing I don't get. Everyone has to stick to noise abatement rules like glue, but the ...

Could be. I quite often see the odd military type coming in, but now I think of it I have noticed more than usual this week including a C130 and one of those AEW things which I forget the name which is based on the Bombardier Challenger I think. I've often wondered why Newcastle is so popular with t...

Just flew over my house on final approach to Newcastle. I thought military types knocked off at 2.30 on a Friday afternoon?

Yeah I caught a glimpse too, too far away to make out any markings but Knew it was a DC3. Thanks for putting my mind at rest!

DaveG wrote:
You may want to check this out too, as it's much more in my price range! http://www.oolite.org/

Just downloaded this and had a quick play, it's really good! Just like the original and free, thanks Dave

I had the later version of Elite, 'Frontier' for my Amiga. I was never any good at it, but I played it for hours anyway! I think the magic was in the revolutionary (for the time) concept that you could do whatever you wanted, in whatever order you liked. Despite the graphics (or maybe because of), I...

Happy Birthday lads