Best and worst of Payware
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- DispatchDragon
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two years??
Lets see when did the 707/Dc8 enter serivce???
Hmm little more than that - plus the overseas sales wouldnt have gone byebye
<Might have seen CP and even <gasp> Pan Am colours long before Boeing and Douglas's efforts - the influx of funds might have made a hell of a difference
But then again this is in the same vain as "What if King Harold had a Challenger tank at the battle of Hastings" isnt it?
LOLOLOLOL
Leif
Lets see when did the 707/Dc8 enter serivce???
Hmm little more than that - plus the overseas sales wouldnt have gone byebye
<Might have seen CP and even <gasp> Pan Am colours long before Boeing and Douglas's efforts - the influx of funds might have made a hell of a difference
But then again this is in the same vain as "What if King Harold had a Challenger tank at the battle of Hastings" isnt it?
LOLOLOLOL
Leif
- Garry Russell
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The Pan Am Comet 3's were on the line when the project was halted and all production was abandoned in lieu of the restructured Comet 4.
With the 3 in service it may have meant that the V.1000 (VC-7) was needed by BOAC as a follow on from the Comet and in that case the VC 10 would probably never have existed...not as it was, because the runways would have been lengthened years before.
Trans Atlantic would have been about early 55 instead of late 58, so yet travel would be about three years ahead of where it is.
The DC-7C and L-1049 would not have been built in such large numbers and the Starliners would not have been designed as those markets would have been covered by the earlier advent of jets.
No one really knows but it would have been different.
Garry
With the 3 in service it may have meant that the V.1000 (VC-7) was needed by BOAC as a follow on from the Comet and in that case the VC 10 would probably never have existed...not as it was, because the runways would have been lengthened years before.
Trans Atlantic would have been about early 55 instead of late 58, so yet travel would be about three years ahead of where it is.
The DC-7C and L-1049 would not have been built in such large numbers and the Starliners would not have been designed as those markets would have been covered by the earlier advent of jets.
No one really knows but it would have been different.
Garry
Garry
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- DaveB
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I was being very conservative with my '2 years' quote in case a barrage of 'we did it first' came over the top but yes.. an interesting question Leif, subsequently beefed up by Garry
I was going to add something constructive like 'we shouldn't dwell in the past' but if that were so, none of us would be here!!
ATB
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I was going to add something constructive like 'we shouldn't dwell in the past' but if that were so, none of us would be here!!
ATB
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Old sailors never die.. they just smell that way!
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- Meteor
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my hate is
SEAHAWK & USS BOXER, What a pile of poo, just kept freezing my pc.
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- Chipmunk
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Best for me has to be the aerosoft Commuter airliners package, which included:
ATR42's and 72's in various liveries plus excellent panel and sounds
BAe 146-200 and -300 in various liveries plus excellent panel and sounds
Airbus A319 and A320, aircraft model was not good (well not when compared to ifdg at least), but panel is excellent as are the sounds.
In addition it has a thick paper manual with panel guides, checklists and typical flight profiles for each aircraft. All I paid was £15, really was the best thing I ever bought for flightsim.
ATR42's and 72's in various liveries plus excellent panel and sounds
BAe 146-200 and -300 in various liveries plus excellent panel and sounds
Airbus A319 and A320, aircraft model was not good (well not when compared to ifdg at least), but panel is excellent as are the sounds.
In addition it has a thick paper manual with panel guides, checklists and typical flight profiles for each aircraft. All I paid was £15, really was the best thing I ever bought for flightsim.
-George (aka His Holiness ;-))
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- Chipmunk
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Best and worst
Anything from
SimWings
Aeroworx
LDS
Digital Aviation
FS Navigator
For those slagging Abacus, well without them we wouldnt have 1-11's, VC10's (not that one) 748's and a raft of other great kit.
Masses of freeware scenery but my No.1 has to be CanarySim.
Worst :
There are a few from UK suppliers that are over rated, expensive and treat you like a child when asking for support. An Italian outfit. CaptainSim for never releasing a full product or refusing to correct mistakes and treating us like kids..blocks Good God I stopped Lego 30 years ago. The zillions who put out false claims regarding product.
T.T.
SimWings
Aeroworx
LDS
Digital Aviation
FS Navigator
For those slagging Abacus, well without them we wouldnt have 1-11's, VC10's (not that one) 748's and a raft of other great kit.
Masses of freeware scenery but my No.1 has to be CanarySim.
Worst :
There are a few from UK suppliers that are over rated, expensive and treat you like a child when asking for support. An Italian outfit. CaptainSim for never releasing a full product or refusing to correct mistakes and treating us like kids..blocks Good God I stopped Lego 30 years ago. The zillions who put out false claims regarding product.
T.T.
- Rick Piper
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- Garry Russell
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