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September 26, 2002 at 8:23 pm in reply to: WWII Flight Sims – what's yours? #2106033

Bluebird Mike
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RE: WWII Flight Sims – what’s yours?

Well, as I’ve said, it’s the older but still superb ‘Fighter Squadron’ for me. Subtitled ‘Screamin’ Daemons Over Europe’, it even has a picture on the cover of Lanc ‘Just Jane’ in the air from many moons ago!

The standard game as shipped is a damn good place to start, but once you’ve downloaded the latest pack of extras-plane pack 6 currently-you’re starting to get some seriously fun planes to fly around in! Imagine you’re on HMS Ark Royal, starting below decks on a lift in your wonderfully detailed Seafire. Up you come on deck, under a great overcast sky, and you start her up and launch yourself off the carrier for a mission…survive that, and then you can try and land back onboard!

Or how about some of the extra, extra planes that are out there-the aforementioned Defiant, or what about a Stirling, complete with its mind-boggling undercarriage?! A nice Beaufighter, anyone? Exquisite Hurricane? Standard Lanc? Grand Slam Lanc? Dams Lanc with bouncing bomb?

For the US enthusiast-Corsair, Wildcat, Lightning, B-17, Mustang, and many, many more…and for the Axis-minded amongst you, Me262, umpteen variants of 109, 190, Ju88, experimental jets…I could go on!

Highly, highly recommended!

September 25, 2002 at 9:38 pm in reply to: Defiant replica #2106130

Bluebird Mike
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RE: Defiant replica

Hi Mark,

The Defiant isn’t available ‘off the shelf’ in a flight sim, but the one I use, and would highly recommmend to anyone, is ‘Fighter Squadron’. The game itself ships with a reasonable selection of very well-done WW2 aircraft, and it flies better than ANY other WW2 flight sim in my opinion. There is huge online support for this game from enthusiasts, many of whom have made extra planes for the game that you can download and install which are even better than the ones it ships with-the Defiant is one of these extras. Highly recommended if WW2 flight sims are your thing, and I can point you in the right direction for the extra downloads if you so wish.

Cheers,

Mike

September 25, 2002 at 8:26 pm in reply to: One for Lancman #2106170

Bluebird Mike
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RE: One for lancman

Even indoors.

September 25, 2002 at 5:06 pm in reply to: One for Lancman #2106222

Bluebird Mike
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RE: One for lancman

Good pictures, thanks! What I’d give to have one of those in my back garden!

September 24, 2002 at 8:59 pm in reply to: Defiant replica #2106272

Bluebird Mike
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RE: Defiant replica

I agree that some of Hendon’s lighting is starting to realy let the place down. I understand that the far end of the BoB hall has to be kept gloomy now for the hourly ‘Our Finest Hour’ presentation, which I’ve sat through three times and actually think is really bloody good, but surely the more of the lights could be dimmed/faded, rather than just plain off?!

I din’t mean to start the real vs. replica argument up again-yes it’s a replica, but it’s a bloody good one, and very well done, all concerned.

I have a great black-finish Defiant on my WW2 flight sim, and it’s a delightfully underpowered thing to fly! Often I’ve gone into combat and been franticaly pulling my trigger, only to remember that I have no forward firing guns! Quick hop into the turret then, and we’re away…

September 23, 2002 at 5:32 pm in reply to: Hendon #2106406

Bluebird Mike
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RE: Hendon

No, the cafe was already there-‘The Engine Bay Cafe’-but off to one side, behind the Tornado stimulator. Now it’s in the middle of loads of planes in the centre of the hall!

September 23, 2002 at 5:07 pm in reply to: Defiant replica #2106409

Bluebird Mike
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RE: Defiant replica

Yes, a fantastic effort, and great to see in camo colours after being so used to seeing the Hendon machine in black. Doesn’t ‘double the population’ though-it’s only a replica! BUT, a bloody good one at that.

September 23, 2002 at 5:04 pm in reply to: Hendon #2106417

Bluebird Mike
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RE: Hendon

Apparently the Camel is under the Lanc until it is moved into the new building/hangar, and I agree, the replicas outside are starting to look a tad rough. Like most things at Hendon recently, I suspect that will have to wait until the new building is up and running.

And what’s with the bloody coffee shop right in the middle of the main hall?! What numbnutz thought of that?!

September 22, 2002 at 5:30 pm in reply to: One for Lancman #2106473

Bluebird Mike
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RE: One for lancman

I’m in the same position as you re. ‘George’ mate! I’ve seen the dismantled pics too, but don’t know anything beyond that, sorry!

Ona similar subject, it’s good to see ‘Sugar’ at Hendon being worked on, even though she’s still got her tail on that ludicrous perch. I wonder exactly what condition her structure is in though-she’s mighty old now. I wonder if it might not be better to temporarily move her out completely and give her a decent once-over, rather than doing little bits here and there?

September 21, 2002 at 2:52 pm in reply to: North Weald CASA Heinkel 111 #2106539

Bluebird Mike
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RE: North Weald CASA Heinkel 111

While I agree with Roger’s sentiments, I suppose these aircraft are simply going where the money is…anyway, it wouldn’t be doing to have too much variety at, say, Flying Legends, now would it?! 😉

September 19, 2002 at 5:12 pm in reply to: British film and the Nightbombers… #2106634

Bluebird Mike
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RE: PoC

I meant ‘everyone’ except you, Cattermole!!!

September 18, 2002 at 8:42 pm in reply to: British film and the Nightbombers… #2106667

Bluebird Mike
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RE: British film … Piece of Cake??

Well, I LOVE the book of POC, and have read it umpteen times, and even proudly own a first edition copy signed by the author, with whom I’ve also corresponded. Everyone managed to miss the fact that it was a work of FICTION-and a bloody well written one at that-which was only based around a framework of real events.

The TV adaptation was adequate, but that’s all. There was way to much in the book to neatly condense it down into 6 neat little episodes, although it was still one hell of a production for it’s time.

Just a few notes for fans of the TV version-

Neil ‘Moggy’ Dudgeon has since been in umpteen TV series, and is extremely successful;

Jeremy ‘Fitz’ Northam is a staple of the costume drama world;

and-

Tom ‘Fanny’ Burlinson (boyfriend of Nicole Kidman in the pre-Tom Cruise days, git!) now makes a living as a TV presenter/Frank Sinatra impersonator down under!

September 17, 2002 at 5:12 pm in reply to: For lancman #2106746

Bluebird Mike
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RE: KB976 and Sandtoft

Well, you can sweep up.

September 16, 2002 at 10:33 pm in reply to: British film and the Nightbombers… #2106793

Bluebird Mike
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RE: British film and the Nightbombers…

They bombed us, so we bombed them back. But the Americans went several steps further still with the Japanese-and they’ve made films about that.

If you see a Bomber Command veteran, don’t just buy him a beer-tell him a simple thank you, too. Then buy him another beer, and say thank you again.

God, I can just see a hundred computer-generated B17’s with a Hollywood buffon at the helm, bouncing-bombing a dam to save all of mankind as we know it…

September 16, 2002 at 5:09 pm in reply to: British film and the Nightbombers… #2106845

Bluebird Mike
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RE: British film and the Nightbombers…

I think a very good source for a British Bomber movie would be Jack Currie’s ‘Lancaster Target’-a full tour, with plenty of all sorts of incidents, both in the air and on the ground, to make for a damn good film. It’ll never happen, of course…
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