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by Steve M
18 Aug 2006, 00:48
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: Newcastle EGNT scenery
Replies: 13
Views: 3601

Gents
Further to the above, the file has also appeared today on allnodes. I have e mailed the file library manager and also Gary to bring it to his attention.
Steve M :gun:
by Steve M
16 Aug 2006, 17:34
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: Newcastle EGNT scenery
Replies: 13
Views: 3601

Pete You could well be right. I have just downloaded the zip and compared the texture fiile names with Gary's Newcastle, and guess what. They are the same names. I believe Gary uses common textures shared between several airports in a section of the UK scenery which may account for the missing ones....
by Steve M
23 Jul 2006, 22:49
Forum: Repaint Hangar
Topic: G-AMPY
Replies: 17
Views: 5283

Hmmph
I thought I'd got away with it after nearly 3 years. Look upon it as faded black after all this time as I'm not doing it again.
Steve M :axe:
by Steve M
05 Jul 2006, 19:35
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: Vulcan Recommendations anyone ?
Replies: 18
Views: 6773

I had the pleasure of a chance meeting with Mr Alcock last year in the course of my work 34 years after seeing his vulcan dying. It only became apparent when discussing his previous occupation and he happened to mention ejecting from vulcans. I asked was one of those by chance over the North East in...
by Steve M
05 Jul 2006, 17:39
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: Vulcan Recommendations anyone ?
Replies: 18
Views: 6773

Just to concur that the Just Flight package is indeed excellent. On the subject of Vulcan crashes I have a lasting memory from my primary school days in the North East when I saw the crippled XM610 heading south over Bedlington and well alight after a training sortie over the cheviot hills. The capt...
by Steve M
12 Jun 2006, 00:19
Forum: Developers Corner
Topic: Now this is weird
Replies: 29
Views: 9836

Have you installed anything from Cloud 9 lately. They use esellerate. I had one of their packages installed then took it out. It left all kinds of debris lying around which came up with registration warnings on loading FS. I'm not aware of anyone else who uses esellerate.
Steve M
by Steve M
05 Jun 2006, 16:18
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: DOPPLER and LORAN Navigation
Replies: 1
Views: 1101

I remember using Loran C on Oil Tankers. Its is a US based system similar to DECCA which was used in Europe. The system works on time difference of radio signal pulses and in the bad old days positions were found on charts overlaid with a printed numbered lattice of intersectling parabolic lines. Th...
by Steve M
12 Dec 2005, 21:22
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: E&S content
Replies: 7
Views: 49828

Dave & Ben
Well done chaps. Nice to see some good old fashioned positive action. Hoepfully there should have been a sufficiently loud awakening call to prevent a recurrence
Regards, Steve M