Classic British Flight Sim

Like I said, don't quote me on that!

John wrote:So is that the Alphasim model? Excuse my ignorance, who are 'Virtavia'

I'm given to understand that is the new name for Alphasim, or what remains of it. I believe (but don't quote me ) that Alphasim as it is/was will/has cease/d to exist...

No problem Dave.

I note the series repeats itself until 6am tomorrow morning... time to use Sky+

Andy

Dear All, We're already most of the way through the day, but those of you who get Discovery Turbo (on Sky, Virgin etc.) may like to know they are showing loads of the Classic British Aircraft series today (in between episodes of Jetstream )... Enjoy! :thumbsup: Personally I can't wait to see the epi...

Anyone been in a real one? If so, are you as close to the tarmac as it looks in the screen shots? looks like you're almost as near to the black stuff as me ol' mini, compared to most kites at least! I had the pleasure of jumping out of one at Peterborough Parachute Centre! The seats were taken out ...

Hi Leif,

Many thanks. I only just realised I had a PM from Pete! For some reason I don't get PM notifications from The Pond.

Andy

Hi Scorpius, my fellow Dorset flight simmer!

Yes, indeed, that is handy. I might PM the person concerned to ask if he'll scan the instruction manual (hopefully including 3-view drawings) so I can recreate it in 3DS Max.

cheers

Andy

I'm trying to model a range of British military airfield Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and vehicles (e.g. tugs, bowsers) from the 1960s and '70s. The real obstacle for me is the lack of drawings/plans/blueprints. :wall: Does anyone have such drawings? Does anyone know where I might go looking? *-) ...

This was recently posted over at SOH, but I wanted to make sure all the folk here have sight of it also. I love it. It almost brings me to tears! I reckon it'll make you: A) Start flying FSX, if you don't already B) Start flying multiplayer, if you don't already C) Want to buy DaveG et al a beer Mak...

I just thought some might be interested in these Army Air Corps Huey 212 paints, available at Hovercontrol: http://www.hovercontrol.com/cgi-bin/ifolio/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Add-ons_-_Repaints_-_FSX&image=AAC_FSX_Bell212_paints.zip&img=&tt=zip http://photos.classicbritishfil...