John Heaton

Great Place to Fly and sail - (Graeme beat me too it )

did you get your passport stamped - and a Queensland dog licience

not sure Graeme - didn't he just make a movie on our Gold Coast with Julie Roberts - supposedly on Bali - sells coffee on the TV ads My missus is still owed $550 from the other mob Jetstar Grrrrr twice!

----- better known as Gold Coast Airport

plastic is ready ED - been waiting a while for this for a while- one of my favourite places on earth. PS - any discount after all the free publicity

well - if that didn't grab you guys - then try this one ----- and get your plastic ready - and visit our version of the Carribean in Queensland Down under Simulation ?? - defined from reality - !!

you jumped in before I finished

I have been waiting for this for some time as - as some of you know - one of mt favourite Ozzy places is the Whitsunday area here in beautiful Queensland and I have spent many happy hours/days'months sailing around the 74 islands The main airport is on Hamilton Island and this video is a Virgin flight from Brisbane to Hamilton and a tour of the Auscene scenery

not as many times as i have asked for an up to date -of the nine year old MSFS Bing of both the airport and Australia

Love the shot of the Dassault - loved it in P3D and sorely missed in MSFS

nice and Cuddly ! - I wish he was mine - but we are now too old to keep him - and the landlord would object

nice one Graeme - shows up the new terminal well - but I wish Orbx would release an update that includes it

No argument there Graeme - played the game from 11yo to 34 - with a rugby league break for 2 years - 53/55 - founder member of our local club - Leigh RUFC Lancashire - and even played for the Army in Cyprus against the RAF --RU is a game for the players - RL is for watching and playing. Hopefully I will get a game in Heaven one day

Sorry to laugh ---- on your birthday weekend ---- but then again - Broncos 43 - titans 24

gudd one from up the Road !! - i suppose you will be cheering the titans tonight against my lot stubby in hand

very simple - if you can't fix it - don't worry about it - learn to live with it Why?? - for the 88 years I have been around - that nothing changes - after arriving in the depression of the 30s - World War 11 - constant terrorism for the next 20 years against the British - including my 2 years National Service against them in Cyprus - my brother the same in Aden - floods - Cyclones - more wars in Korea - Malaya - Vietnam - Falklands - climate change --- and so on ----- indefinitely! The only relief --- emigrating to Australia - in 1970 - a great job - 5 kids - multiple Grand and great grandchildren - and 87 Easter Sundays to remind me what we should really concern ourselves about

looks just like the lookout next to where my daughter lived but then again -

Not quite sure where you are coming from - but as I see it - if you want to UN - install an Orbx programme - when it shows in your product page Just click the uninstall button - but it will show up as you still own it ----maybe that's your problem ?? should you want it again later - then click Install - this is what I do with a myriad of MSFS programmes in my community folder

@Rodger Pettichord - Just for you Roger - 2 more - but alas they are not Gardens but Mear Venetians - a place of reverence for artists and a means of gratification Acrylic on canvas - 72" x 48"

@Rodger Pettichord - Thanks for all your comments - that I suppose - I kept my self and Don amused - it became a case of self gratification - I suppose @ Don - thanks for coming on the ride - at least it created a new thought in you and took you away from the trials and tribulations of Flight simming problems - and now if you do return to DI - that new PC of yours will scream the pixels around the screen and we all look forward taking a look at your archives Having spent around 4 years on the DI work - it was good to return to MSFS and that will keep me happy for what's left of my life coupled with C.O.D. - Sniper (1-5) - Company of Heroes etc.

wow = she can put her slippers under my bed anytime so Don - although we have had over 450 views - it's probably time to put this thread to bed as well great subject to both of us but we didn't get too many conversions away from flugging Good luck with the missus and the puppies Just a final Brush job from me in the school of MR TURNER - acrylic on canvas 38"x 24" she who must be obeyed - relegated it to my en - suite

wow - another Easter miracle.

a few days ago - i started a sim flight from Mackay to Hamilton Island in the Bonanza via Proserpine but didn't bother doing the usual pretake off checks including resetting the altimeter - and in real time and weather - the latter I did not check anyway - looked good 20 mins in the flight almost at Proserpine the clouds suddenly loomed to the starboard side so I decided to cut and run for Hamilton direct across the Repulse bay - and area I knew like the back of my hand from my sailing days and aimed for the spot approach to HM - but the wind had strengthened from the S.E so I was crabbing quite badly - lower I was dropping - in cloud - and finally on a heading for Hamilton at what I thought was 500 feet - hoping to glimpse the runway - I was hit by a downdraft and crashed into the sea. In reality - at the same time and just a few miles to the West of Proserpine - A young couple died in their Cherokee 180 in the same weather - the only difference -in my case - it was supposed to be a SIMULATION - but the same weather caused them to run into a hillside and were killed in real life The weather in the Sim was real!

then!! - take up the BRUSH!! - it gets even messier and smelly