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  1. Wow, fantastic news. I was lucky to spend a day there last September. What an amazing place. Would love to see a FTX rendition of the island.
  2. Wow, mozzy, that's a beautiful looking place.
  3. And thanks you AC for starting it. Great idea. All the best to the community,
  4. Awesome photo Tim and what an amazing job you have... Cheers and thanks for sharing that with us.
  5. Real name: Chris Porter Forum name: Maxter - Max is the name of my pet 53Kg Rhodesian Redback Mastif Cross half human half dog. My two daughters nicknamed him Maxter and I ended up using it for the last 5 - 6 years Bio: Born in NE India and came to Oz (Perth) at the age of 10, 36 years ago. After a couple of years working in Sydney in the early 80's, moved back to Perth and worked for the same firm for 26 years in engineering, customer service, operations, business analysis and finally back in engineering as a dept manager. Decided to get some formal qualifications and completed a Post Grad Dip in Management at the Curtin School of management as part of a Masters stream. Hope to finish the Masters when I get some more money Quit my job about 13 months ago to start my own business services consultancy which is suffering a little at the moment given the downturn in the economy. It was a bad time to give up a very stable and well paying job . Married to Denise and have 2 daughters Tenielle (starting a Med Science degree this year) and Rhiannon who is 15. Started simming around 1984 when someone brought a 5.25 floppy of SubLogic Flight Simulator Ver 1 to work to run on our then brand new genuine IBM PCXT. I was hooked after about the first 10 minutes and went out and bought my own PCXT clone a couple of months later. With about another 6 PC's now having flown under the bridge, I am constantly amazed at just how far we have come in the simming world. In the early 90's, I clearly remember the bulletin boards from which we dragged third party aircraft and sceneries for FS4 and marvelled just how intricate the aircraft had become. I clearly remember the joy of seeing the first spinning props, 3D mountains, retractable gear and my goodness rotating wheels. Of course, for me the ultimate in reality was the introduction of the first rudimentary VC's. Anyhow, it has been a privilege interacting with all of you folk on this forum on a daily basis. For that I have John Venema and the entire Orbx team to thank. They have certainly made my hobby so much more enjoyable and fulfilling. Cheers to you all, PS, I will always regret not having found the $1,500 the guys were chasing for 30 minutes in this bird so sadly, no, I didn't fly in it.
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