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by rich byrne
05 Aug 2014, 20:34
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Canadian Lancaster
Replies: 48
Views: 7485

Re: Canadian Lancaster

Chris558 wrote:
cstorey wrote:Flight Radar shows it now NW of Quebec City at 7700 feet .
Could you tell me the flight number to put into Flight Radar please?
CGVRA
by rich byrne
22 Jan 2012, 19:05
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Launch and Recover
Replies: 1
Views: 597

Launch and Recover

Interesting 1960 Royal Navy training film shot on Hermes, showing many launches and recoveries of Scimitars and Vixens. Inlcudes full details of catapult operation and the arrestor gear. Half an hour long with lots of detail!

http://youtu.be/moBd9-srBsA
by rich byrne
28 Sep 2011, 19:57
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: The joy of 'Jackspeak' - Naval Slang
Replies: 9
Views: 2091

Re: The joy of 'Jackspeak' - Naval Slang

I always liked Covey-Crump, I remember my grand dad had a bound copy from his days as a CERA:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov. ... p-a-to-aye
by rich byrne
05 Aug 2010, 22:41
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: FSX Native SeaKing...
Replies: 26
Views: 6690

Re: FSX Native SeaKing...

Liberty Bell got recovered a couple of years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Re ... rty_Bell_7
by rich byrne
20 Feb 2010, 17:52
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Sim-outhouse
Replies: 5
Views: 920

Re: Sim-outhouse

by rich byrne
26 Jan 2010, 23:20
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: The Stringbag Flies again
Replies: 17
Views: 2996

Re: The Stringbag Flies again

Superb work! Thanks to all involved :cheers:
by rich byrne
09 Nov 2009, 22:57
Forum: Developers Corner
Topic: Is it possible?
Replies: 12
Views: 2794

Re: Is it possible?

Hi Neil :hello: I'm not too sure that Abacus would be thrilled to know you want to disassemble their software mate.. even in the confines of your own dwelling and being the legal owner of 'said' software :D What is it you want to do exactly and is it in FSX or FS9?? I take it you want to pull Illus...
by rich byrne
02 Apr 2009, 21:07
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: HMS Ark Royal for FSX, Updated
Replies: 25
Views: 6410

Re: HMS Ark Royal for FSX, Updated

Thank you, that's a great piece of work!
by rich byrne
23 Mar 2009, 19:53
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Rowland White new book - Phoenix Squadron
Replies: 0
Views: 651

Rowland White new book - Phoenix Squadron

607 Squadron seemed to go down well on here, his new one looks like a corker too. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0593054504 Phoenix Squadron: HMS Ark Royal, Britain s last Topguns and the untold story of their most dramatic mission ps the Amazon link is for information only and should not ...
by rich byrne
29 Dec 2008, 14:46
Forum: Developers Corner
Topic: AI Traffic for Ford/HMs Peregrine
Replies: 25
Views: 4867

Re: AI Traffic for Ford/HMs Peregrine

Hobby, I think the only cat was at Boscombe, there's an interesting but about it in the From the Cockpit book on the Bucc S.1. Part of the conversion course was to go down to BD and do a launch from the cat. Suffice to say after using pretty much full throttle to taxi up the ramp to it, and then ha...