RE: Just wondering …

Its already been done Ben. Your king of Belgium is the nephew (or uncle) of Queen Victoria of England. Hes also from the German royal family of uhhh Salsburg? or something. It should be noted that the British royal family have strong ties with the German royal familys and often attend royal receptions in Germany. It should also be noted that intermarrying with other royal familys can benefit but also can damage as was the case when Isabel and Ferdinand of Spain married there kids into other royal familys of europe only to have most there kids die and have there grandson Carlos V take the thrown who was raised in the netherlands and treat Spain as merely a funds/army provider for his other Hapsburg interests in Europe.

Ben- Ill email you after new year and catch up with you, Im kind of tied up now.

RE: planes you would like to own

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 23-12-02 AT 09:13 PM (GMT)]Garry- Theres a good reason why planes like the An-3 dont sell, because people in the west only look at performace specs: speed, range, fuel economy. Thats why about every private plane on the market is built for the highest top speed which means using high wing loading, a small prop, narrow fuselage, all to maximize speed and range. Consequently these planes are dangerous at slow speeds and are practically a kamikazi mission to land in rough ground. Beating dopler radar is one advantage to An-3 type utility planes, but I simply think they are a more practical solution for moving man/material than delicate and labor/resourse intensive helicoptors. The only other light planes I know of designed to handle rough ground are the old Dornier 28, the polish PZL LALA-1 which is just a modified An-2 and then currently there are a few kit planes built for bush work. Can you think of any others?

Id like to mention something else about the sukoi aerobatic planes. Youll notice they use a very thick wing with a very rounded airfoil entry, very reminiciant of the ME-109. The main difference is the sukoi uses symetrical camber in the airfoil for inverted flight capability.

RE: planes you would like to own

The An-3 may look old fashion being a biplane but there is no better way to increase wing area without loosing roll responce that the biplane. The taildragger is also a must for rough ground, tricycle gears just wont manage really rough ground with big rocks, ruts, etc.

RE: A small quiz for the guitar men of our forums!

Kabir-Indian scales can be aproximated with 7 note western scales, but I think they actually have about 25 notes to the octave. You should really try and learn some of your cultures music.

RE: planes you would like to own

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 20-12-02 AT 06:42 PM (GMT)]There is a definate lack of small aircraft with rough field capability. That GarryB mentiones the An-3 which is a passanger/cargo biplane which is similar to the Polish PZL utility biplane shows just how far you have to look to find such a plane. Sure their are plenty of STOL aircraft out their, but they mainly use alot of turboprop power in conjunction with flaps to get off the ground quickly, theyre really too fast to use rough strips.
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RE: A small quiz for the guitar men of our forums!

1: Which guitarist made famous the technique of tapping?
Ed VH
2: which song when first rcorded used 8 guitarists?
Layla?
3: Who is considered the fastest guitarist of all times?
Micheal Schenker or Ravi Shankir (either way its a shenker)
4: how many strings does the worlds most stringed guitar has?
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5: Who is Ozzy Osbournes current guitarist?
Zak Wilde
6: Which is the worlds longest song?
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7: which guitarist gave the theme to te movie Godfather?
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8: What are pentagonic scales?
5 notes to an octave

Heres a question for you Kabir:
How many notes in an octave in Indian music?

RE: Dumb as dog…t!

So noone here is going to look up all the answeres in a web search for 25 quid?