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  • in reply to: General Discussion #290313
    hampden98
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    Would going forwards age you? if so, you would be dead before getting to where you wanted. it appears Astronaughts age slightly less when in space.
    If you are advancing time I would have thought your age would advance accordingly.
    Jim.
    Lincoln .7

    Well if we are going to be picky time travel is not possible anyhow.
    To time travel requires exceeding the speed of light and as the speed of light is a constant, exceeding it is not possible and therefore neither is time travel.

    in reply to: Time machine.. #1835862
    hampden98
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    Would going forwards age you? if so, you would be dead before getting to where you wanted. it appears Astronaughts age slightly less when in space.
    If you are advancing time I would have thought your age would advance accordingly.
    Jim.
    Lincoln .7

    Well if we are going to be picky time travel is not possible anyhow.
    To time travel requires exceeding the speed of light and as the speed of light is a constant, exceeding it is not possible and therefore neither is time travel.

    in reply to: SPOTTED – Thread Part Deux #1026898
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    14:20 Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane low level over Yateley. Looked like they were forming up after a display. Would be interested to find out where they were displaying as the only close airfield is Blackbush.
    Hurricane went off on it’s own. Anyone know where it was going?

    16:10 possibly a Flamant over Wokingham. Anyone confirm this is what it was? Certainly a medium sized, twin engined, twin tailplane with large dihedral aircraft.

    in reply to: SPOTTED – Thread Part Deux #1035032
    hampden98
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    14:20 Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane low level over Yateley. Looked like they were forming up after a display. Would be interested to find out where they were displaying as the only close airfield is Blackbush.
    Hurricane went off on it’s own. Anyone know where it was going?

    16:10 possibly a Flamant over Wokingham. Anyone confirm this is what it was? Certainly a medium sized, twin engined, twin tailplane with large dihedral aircraft.

    in reply to: A Wet One at Duxford – 26/27Aug11 #1027075
    hampden98
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    What’s the story of the Wellington turret?

    in reply to: A Wet One at Duxford – 26/27Aug11 #1035274
    hampden98
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    What’s the story of the Wellington turret?

    in reply to: General Discussion #290422
    hampden98
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    Can we go forward in time?
    Going back in time will just spoil the nostalgia when you realise the Battle of Britain, Dambusters raid etc are actually quite booring to view live (bit like meeting you heroes and realising the same).

    So I would go forward in time 10’000 years to see what has changed. What new scientific developments have happened. How the 1900’s are perceived. What aircraft are flying. What fuels have been developed. How many wars have happened. Does man still exist?

    Yes, lots more possibilities going forward, nothing new going back.

    in reply to: Time machine.. #1836232
    hampden98
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    Can we go forward in time?
    Going back in time will just spoil the nostalgia when you realise the Battle of Britain, Dambusters raid etc are actually quite booring to view live (bit like meeting you heroes and realising the same).

    So I would go forward in time 10’000 years to see what has changed. What new scientific developments have happened. How the 1900’s are perceived. What aircraft are flying. What fuels have been developed. How many wars have happened. Does man still exist?

    Yes, lots more possibilities going forward, nothing new going back.

    in reply to: General Discussion #290868
    hampden98
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    I used to avidly watch F1 but now I just find it boring.
    Seems whoever starts in front ends in front in what has become a technical fest of perfection.

    in reply to: Keep Formula 1 Free To Air in the UK #1837317
    hampden98
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    I used to avidly watch F1 but now I just find it boring.
    Seems whoever starts in front ends in front in what has become a technical fest of perfection.

    in reply to: Which Simulator? #219683
    hampden98
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    I run FSX on a Win7 32 or 64 bit system without issues.
    You need a minimum of a quad core and a 500meg grafix card.
    The logbook bug has a tool which fixes the problem available from http://www.flightsim.com files section

    Runs fine on my system with VFR scenery and quality sliders about half way.

    in reply to: Davis-Monthan A.F.B Arizona #1047415
    hampden98
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    I was there in October 2010 and there were around 4000 aircraft there plus around 400 in surrounding scrapyards. They seem to process aircraft very quickly now. Once the US or allied forces stop using a type they scrap the majority very quickly. On our visit we were told the F-111’s were going to be scraped shortly after as the RAAF were retiring theirs.
    They seem to save a few of each type for museums, there were a few F-14’s and C141’s left on our visit. I would say it is the number 1 must visit for any military enthusiast, plus the museum is awesome. They do two daily 90min tours from the museum of the base. There are also several local flying schools who will do photo flights.
    http://www.farnboroughspotters.com/amarg.jpg

    http://www.farnboroughspotters.com/amarg1.jpg

    http://www.farnboroughspotters.com/scrap.jpg

    Why do the C5’s have their elevators removed?

    in reply to: Davis-Monthan A.F.B Arizona #1047420
    hampden98
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    Do any of the aircraft ever get returned to flight for military or other purposes? Seems a waste of time if all they do is mothball, store then scrap. Why not just scrap?

    p.s. there is a tv series called “Earth after man” where they hypothsise about what would happen to the planet if humans were removed. One episode focuses on Davis Monthan and the aircraft. Did you know the aircraft are periodically repositioned because of the effects of weather. The biggest threat to the aircraft survival is from the ground upwards. Plants would engulf and strangle them.

    in reply to: Davis-Monthan A.F.B Arizona #1047724
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    Are the Salt Lake Treaty B52’s still there?

    in reply to: News at MeierMotors GmbH / Bremgarten South Germany #1052979
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    Aren’t WW2 self sealing tanks metal surrounded by layers of rubber?
    So, what does a WW2 Spitfire wing fuel tank look like, made of? (just out of interest).

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