Classic British Flight Sim

Hm! Going for the markers is one thing, but this student looked as though he liked swimming

BSAA certainly flew them in S.America. They flew sectors from Buenos Aires, and I think Montevideo , to Santiago. It was one of these that was lost in the Andes and not found until 50 years later

Forget the Project Fokker F28. The update includes an autoland facility, but when I tried it hunted the glideslope, and then when at about 20 feet agl it pitched the nose of the a/c sharply downwards! The flames were spectacular though. The aircraft is quite nicely modelled, (although it suffers fro...

How superior we all are. What a lovely smug feeling it is.

This incident is said to have given rise to one of the more amusing exchanges between a Captain and a passenger, who asked him if they normally put them on the ground as hard as this, and received the terse, accurate but undiplomatic reply " No we bloody well don't"

I fear that the photo suggests a surge, about which you can do nothing at low altitude and/or airspeed. What a tragedy.

Thanks all for filling me in on the Srs 8. I don't think I've ever seen one before - does anyone know when were they built ?

Chris

Calypsos - I think this is a different issue - one view ( and I subscribe to it) is that the Palestinians have always had just cause for feeling that they were appallingly treated. That, however, does not excuse the acts which involve innocent people who are completely unconnected with the grievance...

I am very interested in the engines/props. Look at the exhausts - is this a turbine conversion? - Note also the rather unusual intakes at the top of the nacelles

Chris

What I should like to know is whether the revolting terrorists got paid for their input to the programme?