FS 2004
Getting back too normal. No heavy lifting involved.
Getting back too normal. No heavy lifting involved.
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It seems I had a devastating effect on the Dutch armed forces................... My sad career in 3 images
During my military career I served at several airfields
Soesterberg Air Base....... The oldest airfield from the Royal Dutch Air Force, but closed in November 2008 (Currently the National Military Museum and National Park Utrecht)
Ypenburg Air Base............ Closed in 1991 (Converted into an urban area. The main building/terminal has a unique design and still exists as a national monument)
NAS Valkenburg............. I was briefly stationed at the Naval Air Station Valkenburg, the effects for the Navy were disastrous, the airfield was closed in July 2006 (Will be converted into an urban area....)
Luckily I can still fly virtually to these places............
Cheers,
Huub
Still one of my favorite aircraft of all time. I have always enjoyed the sight of the Grumman S-2 Tracker series. These machines revolutionized carrier ASW in the 1950's. They placed all detection, tracking and attack in one airframe, while previously it took two machines to handle the attack on an enemy boat.
Each Essex class carrier carried between 32 to 36 Trackers, depending on the time frame of the deployment. In the early years, each carrier deployed two VS squadrons of 18 aircraft each. These planes, were normally deployed as teams as two, as before, but in extended coverage each ship could act on its own. In the late 1960's, as the Essex class carriers were preparing to be retired, the squadrons were reorganized to twelve aircraft apiece. Depending on the planned deployment of the Essex class carrier, two or three squadrons would go to sea on her.
After the retirement of the last Essex class ships, each of the large carriers were transformed to carry one squadron of ASW planes. While the Lockheed S-3A viking was being tested and planned for deployment, a squadron of modernized S-2G Trackers were brought aboard. These twelve planes would take over the ASW/fleet scouting, and maritime patrol work for a task force.
The S-2 proved to be one hell of an airplane!!!
"Thats some of the best flying I have ever seen, upto the point that your dead, Never ever leave your wingman!"......Jester, Top Gun
A couple from this evenings flight.
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Coming soon from Nigel and team..
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Pete
Aye and if you like floaters, it is well worth waiting for.
Also a number of paint splashers have plans for it.
Steve
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Always thought the Avro bipes looked really classy with floats.
BB686
"El gato que camina como hombre" -- The cat that walks like a man
and where better to take an 'art deco' era aeroplane, but Brighton International
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Pete
Talking floaters, the trick with porting over to FSX - at least with SP2 - is to turn your realism setting down to 50%, it stops the controls from freezing with the slightest bump!
Keith
Yep, slats work once 'unlocked'
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Pete
Now that's a livery I'm looking forward to, Steve!!!Originally Posted by SteveB
Aye Pete!
Yep, slats work once 'unlocked'
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Pete
Love the Shoreham Airport pics too, my friend! :-)
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
A beautiful art deco building Pete. Is this Shoreham scenery payware or freeware? And where is it available?and where better to take an 'art deco' era aeroplane, but Brighton International
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Pete
I love this type of buildings and this scenery is very well done.
Thanks for your reply,
Huub
Looks like ORBX, Huub.
Greenhouse357
I already thought so, but this is the FS9 forum, so I was wondering................ (or should I say "hoping")
Cheers,
Huub
Hi Huub, not Orbx, (wrong sim) it's Just Flight's Flying Club scenery, payware, originally by OSS, not sure if it is still available.
Gary Summons UK2000 part 3 for FS2004, now freeware, has a version of Shoreham.
Ttfn
Pete
Awesome shots
Did someone say Cranwell...
Mr Bader,sir, you keep flying like that and you'll crash one day....
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Pete
I think Bader crashed a Bulldog......not to say he didn't try a Tutor though!
Keith
"Brighton International" does seem a rather grand term for good old EGKA.
I'm reminded of flying with Suckling Airways from Ipswich (EGSE) to Amsterdam in the 1980's where the lack of a concrete runway meant they talked of themselves as "Ipswich International Airfield".
Spot on, Keith - maybe if he'd stayed with his Tutor, we would have heard less of the 'Big Wing' theories...
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
That he did Keith, but when making the film a Tutor stood in. I met him once @ 1980, he was passenger in a light twin visiting the airbase I was stationed at. I batted it in and chocked it and was roundly asked "Airman... don't you know who I am?".... Well I didn't
Ttfn
Pete
Now the Tutor in the film does ring a bell, Pete
Interesting memories there, matey - hope you didn't make the mistake of mentioning "Al Deere" or "Bob Stanford Tuck"...
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
Douglas Bader:
And in FS9
No not a Tutor this time
Cheers,
Huub
Aeroplane Heaven?
And in FS9
No not a Tutor this time
Cheers,
Huub
Ttfn
Pete
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