Introducing the Avia 51

[Matt Wynn]

LoL....I'll bet you don't even setup the autopilot before you bail......

....and you'd be right Nigel won't even fly back seat in an F-16D/Block 52+/ADV. because i send him green at the gills

one of these days i'll throw my vipers up to escort an Avia

[Milton Shupe]

Sounds like you guys are enjoying this :-)

For now, I am back on the Avia 57. I am eager to get this one through the production line. She is sweet, powerful, accommodating, and a pleasure to fly even though the flight model is still a WIP.

[Hurricane91]

...I am back on the Avia 57.

Nice photo Milton. The airplane is looking very good. Still flappin'? :o)

[magoo]

That muddy Amazon water is quite evocative, Milton. The plane looks right at home. Hard to believe it's all just zeros and ones suspended in electric ether....plus a glimmer in your eye. Just amazing.


The '57 is a most interesting machine, quite advanced for 1935. I'm keen to see it in person. I find these well done renderings go a long way to evoke the spirit and the feel of the original. Something that was impossible to even imagine when I was a kid. This thoroughly exceeds anything that I could have visualized in the future.

...And here it is.


Thanks to all you creators and worksmiths for your imagination, hard work, and generosity.


It's a real privelidge to enjoy this.

[nigel richards]

Sounds like you guys are enjoying this :-)

For now, I am back on the Avia 57. I am eager to get this one through the production line. She is sweet, powerful, accommodating, and a pleasure to fly even though the flight model is still a WIP.

Will you just look at the photos Milton has uncovered for the '57. (you certainly have a knack of uncovering reference material Sir, heck how did you manage to get such a clean print?)

'least it'll make things easier further down the production line.

Milton, Sir - you sure know how to set-up one heck of a fishin' party!

Double Frappocino (but Guinness is also good for you)


Now...in reply to some of the dandiest sim talk I've ever had the pleasure of reading;

Magoo has straightened out the canoe-paddle tail theory beautifully, so you all must have a clearer idea on floatplane tech.
Man, here's is one fine Gentleman welcome around my fireside!

Just to add my five beans worth - that piece of metal also counteracts the 'tail blanket' effect when the angle of the stab is preventing an adequate flow of air over the vertical fin surface. The ideal 'T' tail would create more structural change than is practical hence the 'canoe paddle.'

Looks like these birds are going to get us yacking around a fair few late-night fishing camp fires, and I can think of no finer way of spending a late summer night than listening to all you fine Gentlemen.

So Matt, top 'em up, chuck another log on the fire and double rations for these fine Gentlemen.
Bravo Bravo...you got hickups?...


Bugger!

Here come our New Zealanders!...

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[magoo]

Campfires in bush country.



...The image makes me remember.....



....Remember....never leave the plane....

[Matt Wynn]

Nigel... is it necessarily wise to trust me with a camp fire , you lot have a yack... i'm gonna go erm.... gather some erm..... snakes or erm... a bird of Prey.... yeah snakes.. (Yes, that was coded very cleverly, theres a hidden message to what i'm going to find) what rations? *nudges empty crates just out of view*


guess i'll have to go lay claim to a lakeside on the Canadian/Alaskan Border....

[Blackbird686]

Milton, Sir - you sure know how to set-up one heck of a fishin' party!

Double Frappocino (but Guinness is also good for you)

So Matt, top 'em up, chuck another log on the fire and double rations for these fine Gentlemen.
Bravo Bravo...you got hickups?...


Bugger!

Here come our New Zealanders!...

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No mate... I don't have the 'hickups'.... (hic).... just admiring that fine paint on the '51' and fixin' to toss another lot of fish on the fire. You just gotta love those New Zealanders. Now be a good bloke and pour me another gulper.

BB686

[PeteHam]

Hey Nigel, that's one cool Kiwi paint for the Avia 51

Now if I could just find one for real life ops.

Thanks

Pete.

[Wing_Z]

Hey Nigel, that's one cool Kiwi paint for the Avia 51 Now if I could just find one for real life ops.

Yeah!
But never fear, in NZ simland, we have just the place for this one.





Cheers matey

[nigel richards]

No mate... I don't have the 'hickups'.... (hic).... just admiring that fine paint on the '51' and fixin' to toss another lot of fish on the fire. You just gotta love those New Zealanders. Now be a good bloke and pour me another gulper.

BB686

You just earned yerself a double gulper Bravo-Bravo; Greek style fish over charcoal, doused with olive oil and lemon juice - who could resist such fine fare...

Hey Nigel, that's one cool Kiwi paint for the Avia 51

Now if I could just find one for real life ops.

Thanks

Pete.

Cheers Pete!

Try this;

Load up your computer in the ute, head for your bank, plonk your set-up on that idiot bank manager's desk, set up the flight and DEMAND;

"I've spent a year doing the homework, now pull YOUR finger out from where you've been hiding it, and darn well put me in business!"

Yeah!
But never fear, in NZ simland, we have just the place for this one.





Cheers matey

Bugger!

Any more screenshots like that, Wing and I'm going Maori!

[Milton Shupe]

I need the coordinates for that lake in FS. Must see what it looks like with better rendering. :-)

[dvj]

I need the coordinates for that lake in FS. Must see what it looks like with better rendering. :-)

Well, here is what FTX did to that location. Bit of a stormy afternoon. It's Milford Sound on the New Zealand southern island. Can't wait for that Avia 51 paint to be uploaded!

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[Milton Shupe]

Beautiful! Must check that out. Should make a great fishing spot! Thanks for the location. :-)

[dvj]

Well, here is what FTX did to that location. Bit of a stormy afternoon. It's Milford Sound on the New Zealand southern island. Can't wait for that Avia 51 paint to be uploaded!

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