Classic British Flight Sim

Virtavia are releasing the "flying suitcase" for FS2004 & FSX. It's a MkI and comes with 3 paint jobs (1939, 1942, and a 1943 Coastal Command Met Flight).

See http://www.flightsim.com/main/notams11/virt0322.htm

I think it was a Quirk that an enterprising pilot, who had been posted to "Mespot" after several aerial escapades in France, fitted no less than 3 Lewis guns to, mounted on the undercarriage to fire forwards and downwards. Without an observer, it managed to get of the ground OK, and our hero set off ...

Flying officer Prune

Surely Lieutenant (or as Hans would say, "Leutnant"), rather than Flying Officer. A Quirk-flying Prune would have been RFC or RNAS, not RAF.

Just as well for Hans that it is an unarmed Quirk, as even with with the limited field of fire from a front-cockpit post-mounted Lewis ...

Garry Russell wrote:Hi John

That seems to be a dead link

Apologies - I've now corrected both typos in it and it works, but don't say you weren't warned.

Looking at the Sidecar, I suspect that Major Bumpus (what a lovely name for a character in a 19th-century novel) was an exponent of origami.

Shame it's not an FSX model though.

According to the README, it's for both FS9 and FSX.

By Fleet Air Arm standards, it's far from ugly, while several Blackburn aircraft looked far uglier - if you're not of a nervous disposition. see Blackburn's Triplane, Sidecar, and Blackburn (so ugly they ...

Very nice and a very British sound - think I'll keep it.

Not sure how accurate it is, as:-
(1) I'm using headphones, not a 5-speaker set;
(2) I haven't actually seen/heard a Vulcan "live" since the 1960s (every time XH558 looks like being near here, I'm somewhere else), and the last one had an ...

Sound Files For An Authentic Vulcan sound with occasional intake resonance Vulcan signature 'howl'. This should work on all FS versions from FS2000 on. By Steve Boston

Just downloaded it in the hope of finding aural happiness .

I just hope no-one reported you!

Sorry about the delay (sickness in the family), but the following comes from RAF Pilot's Notes for Viking C2 of the King's Flight:

Warm up:
1000 to 1200rpm until oil temperature is 15C and cylinder head temperatures are 120C.

Magneto checks:
Check magnetos at 30" Boost (0lbs) and with the prop ...

Luis,
I'm pretty sure I've got a Viking handbook at home - will have a look for it this weekend.