RE: Duxford this weekend

Somebody remind me, what great aerial conflicts has Greese been involved in?

John Travolta eat your heart out!

RE: Save a Sea Vixen

How about dismantling the aircraft and placing it in storage,
or maybe offering it abroad, perhaps free, to a worthy collection.

RE: Film versus digital

Damien.
Can you expand on the D60, what is it, make model format etc?
Thanks.

RE: Aussie Meatbox

I always find it funny when people complain about aircraft leaving this country to display elsewhere.
If you count the number of imports to the UK I bet they outnumber the home grown varieties.

Lets see, P51, B25, B17, Skyraider, Wildcat, Bearcat, Corsair, Hellcat, P47, Harvards, Yaks, Beech (all types), Buchons, Black 6, Pilatus, and even when you have a British aircraft are you sure it was from Britain? Blenheim (Canada), Hurricanes (Russia), Beaufighter Australia etc.

I think it is very healthy to have an exchange of types. Sometimes what saves an example from extinction is the fact it was exported. No point keeping her here if their is no desire or funding. I would rather see the Meteor display in Australia then languish in a field here (as has happened to many jets). I have never seen Winston display so isn’t it our fault that she has been sold? I bet however one day Winston will return!

RE: Clipped Wing Invader ?

Re:
Umm, I cant quite see a situation where you would need a braking chute anywhere other than on the ground!!!!.

what about re-entry?

RE: WWII Flight Sims – what’s yours?

You can even fly Black 6!

http://forums.ubi.com/messages/message_view-topic.asp?name=us_il2sturmo…

RE: WWII Flight Sims – what’s yours?

Got to be the state of the art simulation Il2 Sturmovik.
Not only does it model a theatre never modelled before – the Eastern front, but it simply has the best flight dynamics of any flight simulation ever!

It has a Ju87 which you can play pilot or gunner.
The Stuka comes complete with dive brakes, dive siren, altitude horn and automatic pull out on bomb release.

You could always fly the 109E-G models complete with cannon. Perhaps fly a `Jabo` with the 190.

Hop in an Il2 for tank busting, IL2T for anti shipping or I16 (gotta hand crank that u/c though!).

Mig’s, Yak’s are modelled. There’s a P2 biplane and the B1 rocket plane.

Oh and they are adding a Hurricane and Blenheim for the Finnish airforce (there’s a few fiats thrown in for good measure too). In all over 100 aircraft.

With the latest upgrade Forgotten Battles you have searchlights and balloons, not to mention flak!

For me I just love the shudder of cannon recoil and that grey tracer smoke, or maybe nursing that Il2 back with a rough engine and a hole in the wing big enougth to fall through.

Did I mention the P39?

http://www.il2sturmovik.com

Have a look!

RE: anyone here like Mosquitos?

On the subject of flightsims.
Have any of you tried IL2 Sturmovik http://www.il2sturmovik.com
Simply THE best WW2 sim out at the moment, and with the imminent release of IL2, Forgotton Battles probably THE best this year!

There are 90+ aircraft to fly in IL2, too many to mention here however how about;

Tempest, 109 (most variants), Fw190, Il2, I16, B1, Ju87, Hurricane, P47, Yak’s, Mig’s, P2, He111, etc, etc.

Just go on over to the website and check it out.

They are also proposing (although not certain) a Mediteranean Theatre.
Beaufighters and Mossies attacking Flackships in the Med, ahhh, bliss!