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Re: Going Gliding

Postby commoner » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:30 am


Hi Comm...!
Lovely pic....the buildings are very accurate...just that the Tower is missing!
...and the Flight Sim, English scenery is always flat!... :'(...!

Even the UK scenery mesh, and VFR Photographic Scenery from justflight.com is un-realistic... :'(...!

Paul....that's why I always fly in California... ;)... ;D...!


...think that little wooden hut in the centre is supposed to be the tower.............just a small tower though eh?........ ;)

Update.....yep..the wooden hut it is..... ;D

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Re: Going Gliding

Postby Tequila Sunrise » Sat Apr 23, 2005 4:39 pm

don't forget your silk cusion  ::)

great fun and earily peacful, all except the launch... man that was fun  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Going Gliding

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:54 pm

I have always seen gliding as the purest form of flying.

love the advice :  "dont spend more than 20min looking for the gas cap. ;)
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Re: Going Gliding

Postby Fozzer » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:40 am


...think that little wooden hut in the centre is supposed to be the tower.............just a small tower though eh?........ ;)

Update.....yep..the wooden hut it is..... ;D



Hi Comm...!

WOWZERS...!
You are right...exactly like that...including the combined FBO/restaurant.....and the hangar....and.... :o... ;D...!

(I expect you will keep quiet about how it was done?..)... ::)...LOL...!

Shobdon is just 18 miles up the road from me, and is my local airfield....

http://www.aeroclub.co.uk

Cheers...!

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P.S. I populate my airfields with objects from LAGO's "Flight Sim Scenery Enhancer".... 8)... ;D...!
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Re: Going Gliding

Postby commoner » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:04 am

..mmm...payware I'm afraid Fozz..........Just Flights British Airports..........Sorry....commoner ;D
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Re: Going Gliding

Postby Fozzer » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:50 am

..mmm...payware I'm afraid Fozz..........Just Flights British Airports..........Sorry....commoner ;D


Tee-Hee...!

Hi Comm...!

I bought Just Flights VFR Photographic Scenery, England and Wales...
...bad move... :'(...!
The scenery is fine from 2000 Ft AGL, but the Flight Sim mesh, (default or payware), is so naff that I have abandoned Little Britain... ;)....and moved over to Sunny California where Uncle Bill's scenery is more "realistic"... 8)...!

Cheers Comm....!
Meet me at Santa Barbara sometime. The weather is fantastic, the sea is warm, and the beach babes are to die for... ;)... ;D...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!


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Re: Going Gliding

Postby commoner » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:27 am


Cheers Comm....!
Meet me at Santa Barbara sometime. The weather is fantastic, the sea is warm, and the beach babes are to die for... ;)... ;D...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!


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LOL...Fozz if I even caught a glimpse of a Beach Babe....I probably would die...literally..........commoner :(  ;D
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Re: Going Gliding

Postby Fozzer » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:41 am


LOL...Fozz if I even caught a glimpse of a Beach Babe....I probably would die...literally..........commoner :(  ;D



..you and me...!

What a way to go... ;)... 8)... ;D...!!!

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Re: Going Gliding

Postby Craig. » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:45 am



..you and me...!

What a way to go... ;)... 8)... ;D...!!!

LOL...!

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What does Jordan have to say about your activities in other ccountries Mr Fozzer?
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Re: Going Gliding

Postby Fozzer » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:57 am

What does Jordan have to say about your activities in other countries Mr Fozzer?


Hi Craig...!

It's all Fantasy Land, all in my mind, and the only thing that keeps me going on a day-to-day basis....
...as you very well know... ;)...!
LOL...!

Cheers Craig... ;D...!

...bad news for my blood pressure tho'... ::).... :'(... ;D...!
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Re: Going Gliding

Postby chomp_rock » Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:56 am

I've never enjoyed gliding much... I don't like not having an engine much...
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Re: Going Gliding

Postby Fozzer » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:26 am

I've never enjoyed gliding much... I don't like not having an engine much...


Hi Chomp...!
That's always a real pilots nightmare, the time when your engine suddenly fails, and refuses to re-start... :o...!
During their flights, pilots are constantly on the look-out for a suitable place to land should their engine suddenly go "quiet"...!
That's the time when, as Hagar mentioned earlier, your learnt gliding techniques come into action... 8)...!
Practice it in the flight sim with the Cessna 172....
From a height of 5,000+ feet, cut your engine, search around, and see if you can safely land in a suitable spot below by carefully trimming your aircraft, observing the layout of the land, the type of land, the surface of the land, the wind direction, etc, .....and gliding there... 8)...!
In reality, your life could depend upon a successful gliding technique and a safe landing... :)...!
...good practice... ;D...!

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Re: Going Gliding

Postby commoner » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:57 am


Hi Chomp...!
That's always a real pilots nightmare, the time when your engine suddenly fails, and refuses to re-start... :o...!
During their flights, pilots are constantly on the look-out for a suitable place to land should their engine suddenly go "quiet"...!
That's the time when, as Hagar mentioned earlier, your learnt gliding techniques come into action... 8)...!
Practice it in the flight sim with the Cessna 172....
From a height of 5,000+ feet, cut your engine, search around, and see if you can safely land in a suitable spot below by carefully trimming your aircraft, observing the layout of the land, the type of land, the surface of the land, the wind direction, etc, .....and gliding there... 8)...!
In reality, your life could depend upon a successful gliding technique and a safe landing... :)...!
...good practice... ;D...!

Cheers...!

Paul.


....lol....great advice Fozz...and there was I thinking you were "just a pretty face"..........commoner ;D
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