Classic British Flight Sim

Ah! it was J registered and supposedly a non-runner!!

As a matter of interest, for very much less severely dangerous motoring ( in a Ford escort Turbo , over about 6 miles, reaching speeds of 100 mph in 30 mph limits,) a man was imprisoned today in Leeds for 2 years

Well Tonks, I hesitate to disagree with you, but the EGBB flying (apart from a bit of pitch instability in the early stages of the film) was about as good as you can get. Having said that, I don't know yet what happened at EGNX as I have not yet seen the AAIB bulletin. Nonetheless, having had a pers...

Ben : available from Mini Spares, part no CZH 2717 £ 5.58 inc VAT

Chris

Ben : run a search on any of the mini spares stockists . If you're going to find one, it is likely to be there

I have often wondered whether one of the reasons for the relative lack of success of the DC 8 compared with the 707 was that it looked a less substantial aeroplane than the 707. The long u/c legs did not help this look, whereas the rather squat appearance of the 707 on the ground made it appear more...

Peter Mac : I don't remember the pedals clearly , except that you had to work them rather hard if there was even the slightest cross wind! My impression, however, is that they operated parallel to each other in the modern style, rather than swivelling with the bar. The aircraft I flew ( can't find m...

You will find it in

Root Directory ( usually C:) \Documents and settings \Your name\ my docs \ *.LOG ( the asterisk will be whatever name you have assigned to your logbook in FS

Chris

Peter - I only flew a Chippie a few times,now well over 30 years ago, but I was interested in your remarks about the brakes, because IIRC there was a rather odd differential braking system where you had to set the handbrake half on which then coupled the wheel brakes to the rudder pedals. Is this a ...

Is the preceding post meant to be funny?