Advice wanted

Buy yourself a .co.uk domain name for about £4 for 2 years from http://www.oneandone.co.uk/ and then invest in a low cost hosting package.

By doing this, your site will not have to display ads. It’s the best move I ever made.

Thinking of setting up a new website about the Tornado, I have a good collection of photos and info to add to it . But i was wondering which to use.

I know of www.freewebs.com but it limits the size.

Obviously i dont want to spend to much money and just start it as a hobby for now so free would be better.

Does anyone have any recommendations of software/ web host to use ?

I use Freeserve (now Wanadoo). They have two options, one called Site Builder and one called FTP My Site. With Site Builder you don’t have to be a Wanadoo member but you only get 9 pages (doesn’t indicate amount of space permitted but probably not all that much). With FTP My Site you do have to be a member (ie; sign up for a Wandaoo e-mail account) but then you can have 30 MB of free web space which they permit you to have up to 5 web sites on. 30 MB is a pretty good amount of web space to have available.

I build the pages using Adobe Golive 6.0 which is a wysiwyg type programme and I upload them using Terrapin FTP.

I had no previous experience or training before starting to build my websites, just learnt how to do it as I went along. They’re pretty basic as I’ve tried to keep them nice and simple….I also hate pop ups and ads which is something that you tend to get with a few of the free websites but I’ve also avoided them.

Hope some of the above is of help, links below to the sites I’ve done (my hobby)

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/archie_bombercommand/index.html

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/scottish_crashsites/index.html

Good luck and have fun! 🙂

Re: Advice wanted

Originally posted by R.weaver
Well im really steaming up chaps,

Yesturday I went flying the sky clear, Instructor sys 30mins duel and 30 on your own old boy, and then the fog rolls in and as I leave the sky goes nice again.

It will be a month since I flew because of weahter, do you think I will of forgot the circuit for next sunday, is a month to long?

Regards

R.weaver

Safe legal flying

Danm the weather and DANM RADIATION FOG!

I’m sure your instructor is in the best place to determine what is right for you, based on your experience. Could you not do some private study while you are “grounded” to ram home the theory before you carry out the practical?? Any ground work you do to consolidate on your own initiative must surely help? I haven’t started myself yet, although I have soloed in a glider and remember that you can NEVER assume you know your subject in toto and constantly read the theory to back up what I was doing in practice to make sure I was prepared as I could be. From memory, while learning, the workload in the cockpit was (and presumably still is) high enough without worrying whether you have remembered the various parts of the circuit, turning points, altitude on the Crosswind leg, downwind leg etc. Within reason, I would have thought you should almost know this “off by heart” before you set foot in an aircraft – or maybe I am wrong or being a bit harsh.

Re: Advice wanted

Originally posted by R.weaver
It will be a month since I flew because of weahter, do you think I will of forgot the circuit for next sunday, is a month to long?

In a word, no. As long as you’ve previously been happy with the circuit, and as long as you’re well disciplined with your drills and procedures, a month between circuits shouldn’t be a problem. Your instructor sounds like he’s taking the right course of action in having 30 minutes with you to ensure that you’re happy with it, and then letting you loose for 30 minutes on your own. Unfortunately, cr@ppy weather is just one of those facts of aviation life. Don’t worry about it too much, I’m sure you’ll be fine.