Classic British Flight Sim

Decided to see what all the fuss was about, and installed the free FTX Tasmania demo. Couple that with the Aerosoft DHC-2 for FSX, and you have a fun hour on a dreary wet British Saturday afternoon. :) http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/Geomitrak/FTXBeaver01.jpg http://i102.photobucket.com/albu...

A very interesting site, and some amazing photos too. That one of an RAF Argosy ditched in Aden harbour is incredible!

Saved to faves, Frank and RIP Mr Hunnisett.

Ok matey, well, that'll be yet another pint I owe you. Looking forward to it, as and when.

Rick Piper wrote:Hi Guys

I am part way through a full FSX native chipmunk but got busy with work stuff (non flightsim)

But most of you don't use FSX so it won't help

Regards
Rick

I use FSX , and it will help me a great deal. I assume its payware , yes ? I will happily pay!

Those TAA 727s are interesting for me. My sister used to fly out to Australia from boarding school in Britain for the school holidays, and after/before the intercontinental flights, all the internal ones were on TAA 727s. They used to call them the Golden Whisper jets, or some such advertising nonse...

Blimey, that really is horrifying to watch. How awful.

DaveB wrote:Shocking :o I suppose the saving grace, should there be one, is that the flight was cargo and not pax.

Yes, there is that.

:As regards the start of this thread, It's the first mention I've ever heard of something happening there - and curiously, a lot of these 'sensational' stories seem to surface years after the event, leading one to wonder why all the witnesses kept schtum, and (as in this instance) rags normally onl...

Just watched it, and I must say an hour well spent. Top aviation historian totty too ...how come the girls I used to ask out thought an S.E.5 was a post-code ?

Thanks for the iPlayer link, John.

Honestly, what a bunch of cynics you lot are. I bet you believe Elvis is dead too. ;-)

Interesting article and a very interesting, if grainy, photo. Looks like an F-4 coming to investigate.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... stery.html