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Posted: **Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:32 pm**

Continuing my tour through Europe I made the leg Paris (Charles de Gaulle) London (Heathrow) in my National Airlines DC-7 model, 7000 ft, 250kt average one hour trip. Here are some pics

Almost touching Brit's soil

I just love to see that huge facility and the bridge while flying over London

Gears are goin down

I almost can see England

Smiiiile! a very good close up

Ahhh! Here comes the sun!

Aurrevoir Paris!

what do U think?

Posted: **Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:39 pm**

I think you got them in reverse! ;D

Nice shots of a beautiful propliner!

Enjoy your tour!

Posted: **Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:05 pm**

That "facility" is the one and only Battersea Power station.

I particularly like the way you arrive at paris with the words "till we meet again!"

Nice pics.

Posted: **Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:07 pm**

Cool! You Definitley got them in backwards order!

Posted: **Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:12 pm**

Amazing Pics mate.
i love the ones with sun and lens affects in

.
Your plane does have an extraordinary long ID number doesnt it :P ::)

and when you were at paris, were you bombarded with taxiway numbers.
i had a pageful when i landed there recently.

thanks

ant

Posted: **Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:05 pm**

yup guys all in reverse LOL :-[ :-X

thanks for your kindly words and the info about Battersea Power Station, Wood!

Atotti it's really a letter soup A B W TD W E W geeeeez!
LOL and it's aveeery long number indeed

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:56 am**

"Gears are going down" reminds me of the DC-7s airbrake: The main gear!

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:02 pm**

yup Doc, indeed the airbrake is the main gear, lil weird, uhn?

cya

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:56 pm**

Great shots, very nice

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2004 1:38 pm**

yup Doc, indeed the airbrake is the main gear, lil weird, uhn?

Yup. I quite remember the shock when I've deployed them accidentally by pressing an unsuspicious button on the panel. I switched to the "spot" view to look at the gorgeous exterior of the "Seven Seas" when I realized that my main gear was down. I first thought that there was something wrong with the gears and I violently tried to get the main gear up again with the normal "gear up/down" button. I was about to panick when I finally tried out the "spoilers extend/retract" key and voil

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:25 pm**

some time ago Ive made just the same, shame on us
:-X

:-/

:-[

LOL

cya

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:08 am**

Yup. Better read the manual the next time...

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