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by DispatchDragon
11 Jul 2011, 23:01
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: FSX - Vulcan VX770
Replies: 103
Views: 21024

Re: FS2004 - Vulcan B1 VX770 on Simviation

Dougs

Care to drop a copy at www.britsim.xom for posterity?


Leif
by DispatchDragon
08 May 2011, 18:10
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Flying Wild Alaska - Discovery Channel
Replies: 6
Views: 1250

Re: Flying Wild Alaska - Discovery Channel

ERA has been around a long time, they used to fly CV580s, during the winter they would operate them in the lower 48 flying basketball teams around

Leif
by DispatchDragon
08 May 2011, 00:13
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: VC10 Videos...
Replies: 9
Views: 1469

Re: VC10 Videos...

I thought as much, the 707 used to do the same, and even the 727 when its hot and high and full of fuel

Thanks

Leif
by DispatchDragon
06 May 2011, 00:17
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Scrapping of young airframes
Replies: 12
Views: 1482

Re: Scrapping of young airframes

I remember having a long conversation with our Airbus rep about life cycles of the A32O once upon a time, the official view was the airframe would be redundant in fifteen years, sounds about right to me.

leif
by DispatchDragon
05 May 2011, 20:48
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Last combat war veteran of WWI passes away
Replies: 4
Views: 844

Re: Last combat war veteran of WWI passes away

Garry

The way I see it , my mother is 92 - she was a mere slip of a girl in 1939, so now they are also slipping away, our heroes are leaving us. and there seem to be few replacing them.

Leif
by DispatchDragon
05 May 2011, 19:20
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: VC10 Videos...
Replies: 9
Views: 1469

Re: VC10 Videos...

I was wondering if they were doing a leak check :) God she is still so impressive even at fifty........ and I wont say a word about the steaks.....:) I also found another vid attached to youtube of one departing LSV -- Quick question -- do they always port fuel through the surge tanks on take off or...
by DispatchDragon
05 May 2011, 14:27
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Last combat war veteran of WWI passes away
Replies: 4
Views: 844

Re: Last combat war veteran of WWI passes away

At the passing of the day.


It seems remarkable - only yesterday that you saw them marching to the Cenotaph every November. I can even remember Survivors of the Boer War marching when I was very very young


Leif
by DispatchDragon
05 May 2011, 04:17
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Kate and William...
Replies: 126
Views: 20104

Re: Kate and William...

Ian

I was amazed yesterday to find a liquor store here in Vegas that carries Plymouth, sorry I was indoctrinated when the only bottle that Tanqeray came in was green.

Leif
by DispatchDragon
04 May 2011, 18:02
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Nothing makes my blood boil more...
Replies: 8
Views: 1315

Re: Nothing makes my blood boil more...

Jammy dodgers??? Oops that would be me then

Leif
by DispatchDragon
04 May 2011, 10:41
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Kate and William...
Replies: 126
Views: 20104

Re: Kate and William...

I heard that as well Brian, but lord I did love my boat, spent most of the year (from April to October in Georgia) on the lake skiing, amazing did not matter what day it was or what time, I could always find two other people who could a/. ski and b/. drive a boat......and yes the upkeep was expensiv...