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Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:25 pm
by Omag 2.0
Hi guys! Just did a little flight in Iran! Bam airport is quite a surprise! I flew this baby-boeing from Tehran...

Noisy start up

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Up we go

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It's still a very pretty bird, this one!

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Deserts and mountains... the scenery for my flight...

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hmm... the pilot seems quite sure there's an airport ahead!

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What do you know, there is one... in a small canyon!

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So I made it safely to Bam... I wonder if there's anything fun to do around here...

Cheers,

Omag

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:31 pm
by Medevac71
bam- oh-

In December 26, 2003 at 1:56 AM UTC (5:26 AM local time) Bam Citadel -- "the biggest adobe structure of the world" -- and most of the city of Bam proper were devastated by an earthquake. The United States Geological Survey estimated its magnitude as 6.6 on the Richter scale. The BBC reported that "70% of the modern city of Bam" was destroyed. Death toll numbers as high as 80,000 was rumoured on the street and 70,000 reported in the media. However, the total death toll was given as 41,000 on January 17 and the latest estimate from Tehran has halved previous estimates to 26,271 deaths. An additional 10,000 - 50,000 were reported injured (this number is very uncertain, the most reported number is 30,000, which may have originated from an early Reuters account. The Iranian authorities do not seem to have given any injured quote). According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, the old Bam Citadel was "levelled to the ground".



Wikipedia

43000 died :(

but veryyyyy nice pics;)

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:38 pm
by Omag 2.0
Was a sad day for Iran... earthquakes can be terrible!

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:39 pm
by The_Joker_Flyer
*My sympathies for those who died in Bam :'( ...*

some very nice shots, but the question i really wanted to ask is what boeing that is, i love it!!!  It's sort of a vintage jet! ;D well if you can tell me that would be great! ;)

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:42 pm
by ozzy72
Nice snaps of an interesting corner of the world Omag ;)

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:28 pm
by Ecko
Stunning shots!! Odd machine, looks nice though! ;D

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:34 pm
by Omag 2.0
some very nice shots, but the question i really wanted to ask is what boeing that is, i love it!!!  It's sort of a vintage jet! ;D well if you can tell me that would be great! ;)


Boeing 737-200 series... search ffx on avsim, and you certainly find several!

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:42 pm
by Fitter
Great livery and crystal clear shots.... :)

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:42 pm
by Sytse
Oooh I like that! Look the engines go crazy when you reverse the thrust!  8)

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:37 pm
by killerbunny
Very nice shots! :)

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:43 pm
by beefhole
It's a stubby little sh**, but a fine plane nonetheless.  Nice shots Kris ;)

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:08 pm
by jordonj
Nice there Omag!

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:42 am
by ThatOnePerson
Wow nice shots :)

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:07 am
by ATI_7500
*Adds "732 with VC and gravel deflectors in canadian paints" to his list of airplanes the FS world desperately needs*

Re: Bam!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:08 am
by The_Joker_Flyer
Hey thnx for giving  me that name of the baby-boeing! ;)  i'm downloading it right now, i just love those engines!!!! they are completely the opposite of the new rolls royce ones used for the new airbus A380, they are just massive!!!  i might post them, if you guys are interested at all!  once again nice shots and thank you  ;D ;D ;D