My Stearman is the Stearman Kaydet by Dave Eckert, the files are on AVSIM and there are loads of repaints available for it. There’s FS2002 and FS2004 ones and it is a beauty to fly. It’s a superb looking model as well.

I’ve also got a nice collection of vintage British jets – 1-11, Comet 4, Trident and VC10.

Do you:

Just load up random flights, as an when you feel like and go-fly.

Are you part of a “group” of VA’s, e.g. Air Source, The Flying Tigers Group

Are you part of a single VA flying specific types etc for one “airline.”

Yes to all three. I have a diverse collection of aircraft – old warbirds, a Stearman and some helicopters that I just fly for the fun of it when I want a low level flight over a place with some decent scenery or want to go a bit mad in an airport with a hard climb away or approach.

I joined Flying Tigers because at the time I wanted to fly for Delta and Lufthansa and Flying Tigers has both.

But my main flying is done for a small number of single VAs – British Airways (my most regular), SN Brussels, Austrian, Luxair, Iberia. My favourite types to fly are – Twin Otter, Airbus A319/320/321, 737, CRJ, BAe 146/ARJ and the ERJ.

Mine means someone originally from Scotland. My family came from Edinburgh on my father’s side a few generations ago.

On my Mother’s side the surname means someone from a certain town in Lancashire but that must have been a long time ago because we are Yorkshire/Notts and Lincs so far without any trace of Lancashire :confused:

The Poles are stealing our jobs, that is a fact. Here in Scarborough, and other holiday places, hotels and bars which gave jobs to students in the summer are now giving those jobs to Poles, leaving the students without any income during the university holidays. That is not right.

We hear of other places which do not recruit British staff to replace those who leave – their jobs go to Poles.

We have spoken to people in the building industry who say that Eastern Europeans are a danger to other workers with their claims that they do not understand English when it suits them.

And, as someone who is unable to get a job, I say they should not be here.

Thanks, I’ll remember that.

I hope the restrictions will be totally eased by the time we fly. If not, then this will be the first time I’ve flown on holiday without my video camera in years. It has been on every holiday flight with me since 2000 and I’ve managed to get some superb footage at various airports like MAN, BRU, DUB, BHX, LCY, CDG. I was looking forward to getting it into the departure lounge at NCL to get some easyJets and our own plane.

I check the situation on most days but there are no updates yet.

My digital camera isn’t suitable for NCL because the zoom is not so strong from where we are (Britannia Hotel) but the video would have got the take offs easily.