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    How observant John. I have a 2008 model, but have my order in for the 2009 Anniversary model. It is estimated to arrive in April. I can't wait.

    I also had the option of an aftermarket nose cone identical to that one but opted for the real thing.

    Frank

    P.S. Here's my current one!

    Frank, Years ago I used to have a musuem like finished RMS Titanic with real portholes and back lighting build into a wall in a conference room attached to my office. It was the whole highlight of the decor. Visitors would come in and I would get to expound on my other obsession (before Leonardo Caprio), all things Titanic (since 12 years old). What are you doing with the one behind the mazda? It looks about a 1:350 scale, or is it larger? If we ever meet DO NOT ask me about the ship. I will gush on for hours and hours. Instead pick the next subject in line - Flying.

    Spirit Flyer

    Ah, Better steer away from Theology too...

    Spirit Flyer,

    I am also a pre movie Titanic buff although no so much since about 20 but I used to have all kinds of books on her.  Great subject though.

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    Trans, while still a while away yep your the closest to me I think! @ Dave, there are several different ways, you first of all need the voice server Teamspeak which is  a supers simple voice server to set up, without going into massive amounts of detail on the forum, shoot me an email at spd6683@gmail.com and I will shoot you one back with all the programs, links to the programs you need (all freebies) and how to set them up.  And after that if you get stuck we can get on the teamspeak server and I or someone else can wlak you through to troubleshoot. We are always looking for others to join the online flights, me especially with you guys from the UK as your closer to my timezone that Australia, I either have to be on early in the morning or late at night to get on with fellow Aussies

    Cheers

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    Bite your tongue young man I DO NOT HAVE AN ACCENT! and the simple answer to your question is it is VERY different, the food is different, the people are very different, by different I mean it has good and bad, people are facinated by my accent and that is good for people skills but the downside is people in the midwest are very insular a lot of them have never left the state and its quite common to find people who have never left the country so that being said a lot of them can be very simple in the ways of the world.  No offence intended to anyone from the US its just my impression of people in my area.

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    Thats the spirit Tom! Bloody hell, I had no idea even from speaking to you on TS that you were so young (sounds like a 30 year old man! LOL) you lucky there are a bunch in Werribee area, try being stuck in the midwest, I cant find a single simmer within 300 miles!

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    There are a bunch of people who still havent shown their ugly mugs! I would personally like to be able to put faces to names, but I do understand some peoples craving for annonymity here, but if you feel like it, everyone loves learning about other members.

    Cheers

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    Great that shes on side mate.  I cant speak highly enough of the bluetooth addon, I have used it in a bell 206 and its fantastic, sure beats stuffing the blackberry into one ear and trying to talk over the rotor noise (trust me I have been both the one recieving a call from the cockpit and making one that way and its no fun!)

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    I have a set of DC H10-13 but they of course are a helo headset, they are more designed for noise cancellation with all the noise a helo makes, I personally have not had the head squash effect, but that said I have used bose helo headset in an EC120 and it was nothing short of amazing, so if you have the dosh mate I say go for the bose, but if you dont then there is nothing wrong with the DC's I just personally cant justify the $800 odd they go for here, like Steve said, thats almost 3 lessons for me lol

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    Small world. Our first house when we got married was in Lansell Rd, across the road from Manor Lakes. Yes it was paddocks and scotch thistle back then :)

    So funny remembering back to 20 years ago Melbourne, I grew up in Taylors lakes and what was a massive scotch thistle wasteland is now fully populated between Taylors Lakes all the way to Sydenham.  I almost fell over when I returned in 2006 for the first time and saw Sydenham was now part of a regualr train service and not V/Line!

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    Real Name: Landon

    From: Tennessee, USA

    Origin Of nickname: Up until recent injuries in Afghanistan, I've spent 9 of my 17 years in the military as a trained combat sniper. As for the number '31' it is simply my favorite number.:)

    About me: Born and raised in California, joined U.S. Army in 1989. Have been stationed most of my career here in Tennessee, but I've deployed to Iraq back in '91, and then again a few times since 2003, finished off with a recent 'trip' to Afghanistan (worked with some Aussie troops there, and even flew a few missions on Aussie Ch-47 helicopter's, and was very impressed with the flight crew's piloting). On this last trip I suffered injuries that have put my deployments to an end, and I get to finish my career at a desk :( In two years though, I can retire from the military and move on to a different career. Married to a wonderful woman who's stuck with me through all the recent deployments overseas. No children.

    Flight SimMy first experience with flight simming was on SubLogic's Flight Simulator, back in 1982 or 83 (can't remember exactly...lol). Since then, I have been addicted to every version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, as well as various combat flight sims. Then I discovered FTX and the virtual World was forever changed for me.:)

    This was taken of me sitting on my Hummer with my rifle in hand, in Afghanistan, about a month before I was wounded. Man, I miss my rifle...:(

    My sons godfather just god back from the sandpit (Iraq) he serves in the Engineers based at fort lost in the woods(Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri, its an Army Joke, anyone who has been there knows what I mean) He is one of only 12 of his unit to come back after multiple insurgent attacks, the last of which he was hit with an IED outside of Basra in a humvee, he was the only one not KIA from that vehicle, I may be Australian but having lived in the USA for 8 years I have many military friends and I salute you sniper my friend for your great service.  This is turning out to be a great idea where we learn so much we didnt know about our fellow simmers, keep posting guys!

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    I have seen several threads like this on other forums, and I thought we could all get to know each other a little better by posting a pic of ourselves and a little history, like where your nickname (forum name) came from and where your from, how long you have been flightsimming and any other flightsim endeavours you indulge in. I know there are some members who just want to be annoymous but for those who dont mind others seeing there mug I thought this would be a nice get to know you thread.

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    Forum Name: Aussiecop

    Real Name: Ryan

    Nic origin: I am Australian, but live in the USA and am a police officer, really not much imagination to mine :)

    Flightsim: I have only been simming for about 2 years now, I am an avid painter and have probably somewhere in the vicinity of 100 paints both fixed wing and rotor (but I think 80 or so are Helicopters) am currently working on an HD Bell 206 with 2 other OZx Developers when not flying real egg beaters.

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