euroastar350
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For sure keep a weather eye and take Warnings seriously- those mean a tornado or dangerous storm has been sighted. You may only have minutes or seconds to respond so have a plan. Listening in sure confirms things like this bring out the best and worst of people. While PD deals with looters and the usual calls I just heard what sounds like a school that managed to get some staff in and are opening up dorms and food supplies for those needing shelter. Going to be a long week.

Looks like it was up to two miles wide. Can't fathom what destruction that can do. Thanks for the radio link.

Busch is shooting for 2014 :mixedsmi:

OK then, you'll find my paint on Ozx

don't worry Frank, mine was not a serious attempt at repainting the IIIB, just having fun. Since I fly almost exclusively over Oz, I felt a RAAF bird was lacking. This took about 20 minutes, and was meant only for myself

Very nice bird, thank you!

The #48 team did put together a good race & seemed to steadily work their way up. - Don't know what happened to Kahne there at the end - he really dropped off. - Seems like Kurt was only good in clean air - Danica did get some boos - is the "love affair" over? Hypothetical: - If Logano had been leading with Stewart in 2nd & Newman in 3rd, what would have happened? :icon_lol:

Many thanks BC! Great little helo. Bill

OK, if you want more...this one was on my to-do list for a long time already: same squadron, different aircraft, the first of a series of "Snortin' Bull" s flown by Captain James A. Mullins:

Thanks for the heads up Francois! Good to hear. Bill

Awesome graphics and scenery.

Well the missus and the kid talked me into going to see this one. No spoilers here but I can say my experience was very subdued and distracted by a young man, carrying a small black suitcase and wearing a black backpack, who skipped the line and went right into the theater. When I asked about him I was told he's OK, he had a ticket. I'm thinking so what if he had a ticket, who is he and where did he go? He went a couple of screens over and I didn't hear a boom, and after the movie I saw him leaving with the same items. Took all the fun out of going as several times my instinct said to leave. I was wondering how I would have felt from a hospital bed, "geez I should have followed my gut". Anyway, as one who saw all the originals more than once, this one kind of left me wondering what they'er doing over there at Paramount. On to Iron Man III.

Gaucho, If that's you @ 75, you're livin damn well! :applause:

Thanks for the HU jeansy. I have RW experience with the Canadian North Q100's but this Q400 is a different animal for sure. I am interested especially after someone painted a Air Greenland for the new Dash.

@ gaucho: thank you, and yes, the link is in the post

It was actually uncovered in 2011 - however I can't remember what happened in terms of responsibility and after actions..... No doubt another embarrassing incident though...

I hear ya!

Doesn't seem to work in Chrome either. I'll have to take a stroll on the other path for a bit to listen to the tunes, thanks :jump:

Nice shots, Tufun, though that Albatross looks a bit beat up.. I'm working on a jug currently:

Beautiful looking model. Good to hear it flies well by hand. Nice work, Carenado.

Awesome Work man! Brilliant riveting. You have some incredible patience.

I wish that guy wasnt in the way so I could see the details on that beauty behind him.

Thanks Ian! I'll probably get it tomorrow night, my Friday evening weekend present to myself. :)

Thanks guys. Just a humble poly bender. I really liked doing that Cessna. Great design by Mr. Cessna himself. His first entry into the industry on his own. Bill

Many thanks guys. Im only a humble poly bender. Thats all. Man, I had so many mis-spellings. sigh.... Hard to believe I had that many uploads.

Simviation has it, search Kirk Olsson and follow any link to the original model; USVIPER.zip. Hope that works.

Why? A fair question. There's lots of reasons, good and bad, but the permit request process shows that at least at some level some states want to have that question answered. One reason is what Daveroo said, keeping up with buddies or just keep tabs on what's going on in your area, call it a hobby if you like. Another I can think of is in places where dangerous weather is common. Critical information can not only save you own life but can save neighbors and friends as well.

In most cases where they are restricted you can apply for a permit to have a scanner by explaining your need. Most of the rules were made well before cell phones, and PCs were not commonplace. Now there are sites that you can listen right on the computer as well as phone apps. It's been clear for a long time that in many ways our technological cleverness is far out pacing our wisdom to wield it well. Like was mentioned already when we really want privacy we use phones or face to face.

Many thanks John. I didnt know that. Explains why the Tigermoth trainers were all yellow. I know very little of the WWII schemes and regulations. Thanks DVJ. It will not have floats though, nor scenery. This package will sport two versions of airframes; inline 6 Rangers and radial Warner Super Scarabs. No differences in panels aside from classic krinkle black to chipped up 'i need new paint' to restored, high quality wood laminants. All of the panels were pretty much the same, though they did have some slight variations, they were mostly all the same shape. The pacers however had 'alot' of changes and model versions. They actually had probably 5 versions of 'factory' panels, and they have kits now for updated modern version panels which I captured one in the 'bush' version of the Pacer. So, the Fairchild will not be as diverse as the Pacer in that there arent so many versions. And..... They will be able to shed their skirts off! (wheel pants. wheel cover things. aerodynamic landing gear shells). :S

Thanks Rick! Unfortunately, I have most all of them. Great planes and love the AVH stealth Helo. They need more planes! :)

I am close to getting this. Does anyone know if it runs in Prepar3D? Bill

Here's a good union of bands...:cool:

Wombat, Unfortunately, some friends of the wife are in town so COTA V8 is **iffy** at best.....:kilroy:

With the exception of my x100 & film gear, all the other stuff is gone....

I cant offer a good answer on why Afghanistan isn't buying with there money. However on the purchase of Russian Helo's I can somewhat. Most if not all of Afghanistan's Pilots and crews are trained on Russian Equipment. If US made Helo's were bought and sent , the cost goes way up. You would have re train Crews and pilots and that will almost increase and excel the cost and extend the afghan mission. By going to Russian made you wont encounter that increase cost of training and also Russian Helo's are cheap. So in a way US Tax Payers are actually saving by going the Russian Route on Helo's for Afghanistan. Just my train of thought on this.