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June 18th, 2013, 04:44

Moses03 replied to a thread The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux. in Historical Wings Society

Okay, this is the Michigan TM-5. They also built the Dallas-Breese X which evolved into the Vultee V-1A (same designer). "TM-5 1930 = 1pChwM; 120hp Dayton Bear. Engine was in a pod mounted atop the cabin. c/n 1. Reported scrapped and burned 9/3/30, reg cancelled 9/5/30" Open board please.

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June 17th, 2013, 23:53

Willy replied to a thread Floaters Down Under in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

I forgot to "load film in the camera", so only got the one screenshot on the lake that we parked on for the night.

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June 17th, 2013, 17:27

falcon409 replied to a thread North Texas Regional Terminal in FSX General Discussion

Yep, I know I won't always have the ability to get up close photos of every building I will do, but it sure is nice to be this close to the airport and have the chance to go there and get new photos whenever I need them. I guess the two things I'm working through right now are getting the textures onto as few sheets as possible (right now, every texture is separate) and "where do I stop" with the custom buildings and rely on default or other objects to fill in, lol.

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June 17th, 2013, 15:34

PRB replied to a thread air file now has different icon in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

In my case, I installed a program that used files with the same extension (.air), and that program "took over" the file association without asking. Something like this may have happened. Milton's suggestion should fix it. In the case of Win7, you right-click, select "Open-with", then "Choose default program..."

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June 17th, 2013, 13:02

Willy replied to a thread Amelia Earhart tidbit....but I think we've.. in The NewsHawks

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/06/17/sonar-image-appears-to-be-amelia-earhart-plane-expert-says/?intcmp=features Sonar pic doesn't really show much if you ask me. It could still be debris from a nearby ship wreck.

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June 17th, 2013, 09:41

nigel richards replied to a thread Yeovilton pics in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

I'm not that daft - I wasn't fooled for a minute by all those curls; spotted ya first time! (Seriously, good to hear from you, Pete :wavey:)

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June 17th, 2013, 06:25

MudMarine replied to a thread Fairchild 24 Series is away! in FSX General Discussion

Awesome! Me like, will buy!!:jump:

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June 17th, 2013, 05:59

falcon409 replied to a thread North Texas Regional Terminal in FSX General Discussion

There are four of these large hangars on the airport, so this will fill the flightline pretty quickly and only one of them has changed considerably after being renovated by a "wealthy tenant", lol. . . .but at least I have the basic structure and I can add on to make the new portions he added.

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June 17th, 2013, 05:37

Moses03 replied to a thread The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux. in Historical Wings Society

Who knows! The company produced one other design, a low wing monoplane that looked vaguely like a Vultee V-1. Edit: Here is an ad for the actual engine.

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June 16th, 2013, 12:15

PRB replied to a thread I'll Just Get Used To Gordon & Bad Luck in Racer's Paddock

I agree...

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June 16th, 2013, 12:15

PRB replied to a thread I'll Just Get Used To Gordon & Bad Luck in Racer's Paddock

Yep. Amazing. On the other hand, I still think his team mate Kane is one of the coolest characters in the field. And by cool I don't mean "yo! dude!", but calm under pressure. See how he reached into his flaming car to activate the fire extinguisher after getting out? We usually just see the drivers run away from their flaming rides, which is perfectly understandable!

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June 16th, 2013, 11:38

Moses03 replied to a thread The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux. in Historical Wings Society

Obviously from the USA (those cheap suits and required hats are a giveaway).:icon_lol: A one-off from the early 1930's.

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June 16th, 2013, 06:25

nigel richards replied to a thread Yeovilton pics in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Do that, Matt - Yeovilton used to be my regular aviation haunt - I love that place. Years ago, your visit was almost certainly rewarded with the Sea Fury, Firefly or Swordfish on a check flight or all three departing for an airshow. The museum was sensational - that's where I fell in love with the big American radial CATS! Big, staunch, beautifully engineered, carrierworthy babies towering over the FA birds. When I was at secondary school in Torquay during the early '70's, we'd get a Camberra flyover every Thursday as regular as clockwork (undersurfaces yellow/black diagonal stripes). A REALLY extra treat would be the appearance of a Sea Vixen - man what a lorry of a crate!

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June 16th, 2013, 00:21

nigel richards replied to a thread Yeovilton pics in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

LOL :cool:

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June 16th, 2013, 00:20

nigel richards replied to a thread Yeovilton pics in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Hi Andy, thanks for the HU :wavey: I think I must have downloaded the WIP version; Looking in to it!

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June 15th, 2013, 21:45

Willy replied to a thread Floaters Down Under in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

Flew over the mountains to WAJJ. Dang Goose was panting for breath going over the top.

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June 15th, 2013, 21:23

Moses03 replied to a thread Floaters Down Under in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

Quack!

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June 15th, 2013, 14:47

Willy replied to a thread Oops in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

I'm not sure, from the VC on short final it was looking like the approach angle was a little low, but should touchdown about the rear deck elevator. The landing wasn't looking perfect, but good enough that I didn't "take the wave off" & go around. Hit the deck and pieces started flying. It dropped down on the belly and slid up to where it's at in the pic (the bow was starting to look awful close as I was sliding towards it). I've been having issues with the Seafire and the MAAM CVL anyway. Touch down between the rear elevator and the stern and it automatically crashes. So, I've been landing a little long onto the second group of wires forward of the elevator. But I took off from there this morning and flew on to Hong Kong where I landed on the USS Lexington in the harbor with no problems.

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June 15th, 2013, 13:15

nigel richards replied to a thread Yeovilton pics in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Wouldn't be this one by any chance, Pete ol' matey! Anyone game for a spot of "Find The Pete"?...:jump: Nice Photos. Ian. Thanks for sharing. You wouldn't be thinking of working some of your magic on Yeovilton by any lucky chance, would you Ian?

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June 15th, 2013, 13:08

nigel richards replied to a thread Oops in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Willy, I reckon you need a Sea Fury while the Seafire gets patched up. :kilroy:

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June 15th, 2013, 08:46

Moses03 replied to a thread The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux. in Historical Wings Society

Thanks BG. Yes, it is a great photo for the time. I recently unearthed a cache of rarities. This is one of them-

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June 14th, 2013, 22:58

Willy started a thread Oops in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Pranged me kite!

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June 14th, 2013, 21:06

Willy replied to a thread Floaters Down Under in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

We flew up river to Kiunga or something like that. Nice flight over the jungle and just glad I didn't have to make an emergency landing. I hear some of the people living there like to have you for dinner. Anyway, we're getting ready to cross some tall hills so I was checking the emergency supplies in the back and found a couple of crates that could come in handy...

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June 14th, 2013, 18:27

Moses03 replied to a thread The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux. in Historical Wings Society

Had I not noticed the partial name on the fin I would have looked at the Breguet line first. I have this same photo labeled as a Amiot 122 BP3.

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June 14th, 2013, 15:26

PRB replied to a thread Default GPWS question in FSX General Discussion

Re the original question: In FS9's sound folder there was a GPWS folder inside of which was a wav file for each of the altitude call outs. The files were called "10.wav", 100.wav", "200.wav", etc. These were the standard wav files for the "dude" calling out altitudes during approach. The "DON'T SINK" and "PULL UP" wav files were in there as well. I found a sexy female voice version of all those files on AVSIM or someplace and replaced them. I've been looking through my backed up FSX files (my FS computer is "T.U.") but I can't find where they're located in FSX. They may be specific to the aircraft's sound folder. Seems to me you should be able to replace them the same way.

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June 13th, 2013, 20:57

Willy replied to a thread Floaters Down Under in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

Well, took the Goose on it's first leg and let's just say that it's not all the guy I bought it from made it out to be. The engines sound like sick washing machines and seem to run either at idle or wide open. Anyway, we made it to PNG and I've got to break out the tool kit and see what I can do with it. Maybe I should have spent less time kicking the tires and more time for a test flight.

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June 13th, 2013, 10:06

nigel richards replied to a thread hey folks! in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Nice going Matt, for the grooviest freeware P-51, too! :applause:

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June 13th, 2013, 08:43

Willy replied to a thread 1944 Spitfire crash in The NewsHawks

No need to apologize. Like you said, some of us hadn't seen it before and would have missed it altogether.

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June 13th, 2013, 05:22

falcon409 replied to a thread North Texas Regional Terminal in FSX General Discussion

Importing will be next Dimus, before I go any further with this. . . .I do want to see how these render in the sim. . .and hiding the edges and corners does give a better idea of how they might look.

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June 12th, 2013, 21:47

falcon409 replied to a thread North Texas Regional Terminal in FSX General Discussion

Thanks Lance and Michael. . .I don't want to overdo the posting end of this, but maybe there are some other people who will see the piddly stuff I'm doing and get the bug. Couldn't hurt, lol. This is the Sign that sits just east of the Terminal parking area in front of the Tower.

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June 12th, 2013, 21:07

Willy replied to a thread Floaters Down Under in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

Having a water issue. It's changing looks every few seconds from looking okay to looking horrid going back and forth. And I got tired of kicking the tires on this Goose....

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June 12th, 2013, 20:44

Moses03 replied to a thread The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux. in Historical Wings Society

I think the hints are more confusing than the photo! :isadizzy:

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June 12th, 2013, 20:43

Moses03 replied to a thread Floaters Down Under in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

I like flying boats.

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June 12th, 2013, 19:01

Willy replied to a thread Amelia Earhart tidbit....but I think we've.. in The NewsHawks

From the account that I read the numbers on the data tag traced back repairs that were done by Lockheed to Amelia's Electra after the Hawaii crash.

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June 12th, 2013, 18:45

falcon409 replied to a thread North Texas Regional Terminal in FSX General Discussion

Another part of the same airport. The Fire Station sits right next to the Terminal. I realize these are simple buildings to most who have done this for a while and it's probably "ho hum" to most, but making that leap beyond. . ."no way I'll ever figure this out". . .to this, is exciting.

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June 12th, 2013, 18:14

Willy replied to a thread Amelia Earhart tidbit....but I think we've.. in The NewsHawks

There's some Australians who have just as solid a claim to having found Amelia's Electra crashed in the New Guinea jungle and at least they had some info on a data tag to back them up. But who knows? I sure don't

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June 12th, 2013, 18:10

Willy replied to a thread How Car Smart Are You?? in The NewsHawks

I tried the 50s and 60s cars. Only missed 2 on the 50s (darn Mercurys) and it was pretty ugly on the 60s cars. Also did the engine ID and only missed one of those.

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June 12th, 2013, 12:06

Willy replied to a thread Southwest Airlines Flight 3932! in The NewsHawks

The real reason for losing pressurization

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June 12th, 2013, 09:37

Willy replied to a thread 1944 Spitfire crash in The NewsHawks

Yep, great film. The USAAF flew more than just the PR Spitfire. The 31st Fighter Group also flew Spitfire fighters in the Med and Italy.

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June 11th, 2013, 17:29

falcon409 replied to a thread OT Frustration in FSX General Discussion

Indeed they are Anthony. . . .indeed they are.:salute:

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June 11th, 2013, 09:03

nigel richards replied to a thread Yeovilton FAA museum pics in The NewsHawks

I've spent more happy hours at Yeovilton than at any other UK airbase. Are you thinking of working some of your special magic here? :jump:

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warchild - February 25th, 2012 19:06 View Conversation

Hey Willy. I asked Ickie if i could have my old job back. did he mention anything about it to you folk??
Naismith - February 22nd, 2012 14:53

Willy, can you please remove me from the lists of membership. I give up. It's been fun but not so much lately. There is not so much bitchiness elsewhere.
middle - December 8th, 2010 14:26 View Conversation

Willy, I've been thinking of re-installing FS9 with all the Cal Classic AI traffic and scenery.I remember some time ago Tom Gibson telling me that golden wings wouldn't work very well with the Cal Classic scenery and that I'd be better off using the Silver Wings pack for the textures, etc. I do like some of the Golden Wings AI stuff.
Anyway, if one uses the Cal Classic scenery, does the old FS Genesis mesh work with it or do ya have to stick with default mesh in the areas that the Cal Classic scenery is in?
I'm curious AS to what your setup is like.

In other news,We're doin' ok....up here in the mountains with our bibles and guns,lol. My grandkids are now living with us and that, my friend, is a real treat. We enrolled them in school up here and altho the schools follow the California State curriculum, the teachers are far more conservative then they were where the kids were living in the SF bay area altho it did conceern me that yesterday, Dec 7, my oldest granson, William , said trhat not one teacher mentioned Pearl Harbor......That strikes me as wrong and I guess I'm gonna hafta start making appearences at school board meetings and the like. I do the best I can to teach them about freedom, the constitution, etc but I sure would like the schools to teach it more.
I hope all is going well with you and yours and just so ya know I did not succumb to the demon rum during this last few weeks or so. I went to a memorial for my folks...I got a band together and we played at it...at one point I was listening to some guy spouting all this crap about how wonderful my Mom and Dad were and how generous and all this other stuff and I was in the kitchen of this hall with one of the guys in the band and told him "These folks don't know how lucky they are that I no longer drink". It cracked the guy up....I seem to have a very low tolerance for bull**** but at least through being sober, most of the time I can keep a neutral outward appearence,lol.
Anyway, have a great day, my friend...mid
TekWorm - July 13th, 2010 20:42 View Conversation

Hey Willy..
medium_007 - January 2nd, 2010 14:39

~S~ are you there sir

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