when 'simviation' 1st started

[Bonzonie]

That looked like a trip back into the past!!

Too bad I wasn't involved with add-ons yet at the time. Came only when "The Strip" got the name "Simviation", and I believe I found this wonderful place when I typed "F-104" in Altavista seach.....

What did I find?? I found loads and loads of high-quality files found nowhere else, of course a lot of good friends.

[Maccers]

[color=Green]Ah well, all things start from somthing small dont they?
Pete maybe renaming to 'when you first found simviation' would sound better, seems that everyone is talking about when they first loged onto the site... and  im no exeption...hehe
Must of been about this time last year, work experiance at RAF Shawbury. I was complaining about an add-on that had 2 2k aircraft and cost about

[Wee Davie]

Hey All

I didn't find this site in such a poetic way either.

I was bored at college one day and decided to take advantage of my only acess to a high speed internet connection. I was attacking the search engines to find information on a 747-400 that I was considering as my final, end of year project.

I came across the aircraft information part of the simviation site first, and almost immediatly dismissed it as I followed a link on the page to a different site.

When I was done with the other pages I looked for other links on the simviation page and was completley swallowed in by it, and I haven't really left since.

And thats how I discovered simviation.com

So thank you Pete for running up my phone bills and giving me square eyes from staring at VGA's all day long

[llll_Ace_llll]

I discovered simviation way back in the late months of 98 when a member of a VA is was in at the time gave me the url.  That night I probably stayed up to 2 a.m. downloading planes, learning new techniques, and checking out everything the site had to offer.  Still to this day I have'nt used any other sites on the web for my flight sim downloads except for the rare occurence when the site does'nt have something I'm looking for.

[Whitey]

I found "The Strip" while doing a search a couple of weeks ago!

It looked a bit familier in layout, but at the time I couldn't quite place it.

I almost had a heart attack when I found out it was yours there Pete!

[Matt]

1999 I think I found my second home here............Funny thing is, when I had a go of 98 after looking through the old download pages, I found i still had most of the planes and panels installed on my machine. Just wish I had found the forums earlier. Everyone (or most) are brilliant and I thank you for the early days of my FS world.

3 cheers for Pete & Grumpy
Hip, Hip......Hurray
Hip, Hip......Hurray
Hip, Hip......Hurray

[pete]

I found "The Strip" while doing a search a couple of weeks ago!

It looked a bit familier in layout, but at the time I couldn't quite place it.

I almost had a heart attack when I found out it was yours there Pete!

hehehe ... I hope you are joking - ...
'the strip' isn't on the web except on a folder at this site & if you found it through a search engine I'd be both astonished & puzzled. I've yet to know any search engine that is more than 6 months up to date on this site!!! I only put 'the strip' up a couple of weeks ago .....
'Google' for instance is way out of date in referencing this site.

[llll_Ace_llll]

Hey pete... www.archive.org
I also found this little something there too remember your page in 1999? well here it is http://web.archive.org/web/199905080539 ... ation.com/

[Bonzonie]

Thats an interesting site!!! I'm going to try find a few of my own there....

And Simviation doesn't look bad!! 2 years ago? Whew!!

[BMan1113VR]

me too!

[RichieB16]

I remember that one, it sure brings back memories.  :)

[pete]

Hey pete... www.archive.org
I also found this little something there too remember your page in 1999? well here it is http://web.archive.org/web/199905080539 ... ation.com/

Hey Ace - thanks for that - that was really interesting -  ;D

[Felix/FFDS]

Dare we ask WHAT were you searching for that you got "The Strip" as a 'hit'???  ;)


If Pete started "The Strip" does that make him the original "Stripper"  ...  If his name were Jack, do we call him "Jack the Stripper"

I found "The Strip" while doing a search a couple of weeks ago!

It looked a bit familier in layout, but at the time I couldn't quite place it.

I almost had a heart attack when I found out it was yours there Pete!

[llll_Ace_llll]

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Hey Ace - thanks for that - that was really interesting -

[Chunkey]

I say post it up.  Althouh I have only been going to this site since last summer, This has Simviation has been my main stop for anyth FS and I would really like to see how simviation started out