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Do you think he's gonna need an external drive after we've finished with him?? :lol: DM has full fleet sets for the T3's T2's and 1-11's too plus.. there's an extensive Viscount set.. an Argosy set.. a Rapide set.. Ooo, what else do we have?? He could have the most 'As real as it gets' AI in the galaxy :lol:

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Might pick up a cheap lap top...........quick sale due to urgent system upgrade :think:

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

LMAO :lol:

Bottom line here Ian.. your Manchester looks just great mate. Mine looks positively cr@p by comparison so you're having the last laugh ;-) I'd love to use DM's EGCC but I kept getting FS crashes when turning off the runway and I couldn't afford the time to refly VA flights so it had to go :-(

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Agree with Dave Ian

It really is a great display :)

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Looks great Ian!

From my early memories (around 1982), the gate to the left of the terminal, where the 'restaurant' area was in those days, was ALWAYS occupied by a BCal 1-11. That's the gate where the Trident is parked in the last pic of your original post. :)

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Thanks all, for your kind words and (some of!) your suggestions :lol: :lol:

That's a good tip, James - I'll reserve that gate for a BCAL 1-11. Actually, there should be one around somewhere...I don't know where it's hiding :think: I'll have to find out where it's gone.

Dave - Don't think I'm going soft, but I might just try ONE copy of Rick's Merchantman as a static to see what the frame rate hit is like. Just for authenticity you understand, not because I'm being bullied!

Did British Midland have much of a presence? Can't see much evidence on Airliners.net, but I'm sure we sometimes positioned up from LHR with BMA so I've put a few aircraft there anyway.

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Re: Retro Manchester

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Ian, I've got an AI 'BA Cargo' Merchantman here, if you want it...
http://www.dmflightsim.co.uk/aivang.zip (250k)

Pretty sure I had to rustle up the BA scheme myself, which I adapted from Ricks. :think:
Not the best model in the world, but no frame rate hit!

It's the one in this picture.
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Re: Retro Manchester

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Hi DM

Is that a Flying Jack pax version on the left?

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The Flying Jack is a Viscount. I may have painted that one up as well, I can't remember.
Let me know if you want it.

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