Classic British Flight Sim

By the way, does anyone know why so many Soviet civil aircraft had glazed noses ? :think: I know Aeroflot had a military transport function in the event of a major war, which included dropping paratroopers and pallets, so I can only assume it was to allow an observer to judge the dropping point accu...

The aircraft were landing with the wind. We took off into it. Is a tailwind less critical when landing, Tonks ?

Motormouse wrote:be sure to get the Tu126 (Moss) awacs plane too

ttfn

Pete

Yep, getting that next, Pete. Never knew about the site until this thread. Some really great models there. :dance:

Hi Paul, No problems matey. SAMDIM are up there with the likes of Project Tupolev for super high quality Soviet freeware. Their Tu-114 package is one of the finest pieces ever. :wink: I agree, its terrific, especially the night time 2D panel. I've aliased the sounds to my Tu95, too. I think I'm goi...

That site's a new one on me. Plenty of freeware Russian stuff, including a Tu-114 which might provide even better sounds for my Bear than those I have already. Thanks Vegas!

Anything silvery and day-glo does it for me.

Pringle wrote:I moved my clock forward last night

Was fed up of it falling off the back of my bedside table

:roll:

In a BBC interview former First Sea Lord, Sir Alan West said that British service personnel in such situations were advised to just go along with whatever their captors want. Quote: " Don't tell them secrets, clearly, but if they tell you: 'Say this', well if that's going to get you out, then d...

Garry Russell wrote:Hi Paul K

I sent you a PM earlier regard this thread

Garry

Got it, Gary. Its ok, I can get Viagra far cheaper than that!

Its very circular isn't it...almost perfectly so. If that picture hasn't been retouched ( and you know what these UFO sites and their contributors are like ), I'd be interested to see what they find.