John Heaton
-
Posts
2,249 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
30
Posts posted by John Heaton
-
-
11 hours ago, Gypsy Pilot said:
Yep, time just flew by .
Yesterday my youngest Granddaughter turned 36.
I just looked up the Golden Gate Bridge and yes, I am older by 2 years.
We are all a gaggle of Old Coots and I am glad to be here.
Gypsy
Sheesh - my memory not being what it was - I forgot the Golden Gate - that's 3 famous bridges in my lifetime
but I do remember Bing Crosby in the film about the building of it
-
1
-
-
Hey Gipsy - g'day from Downunder
Baton Rouge - Louisiana
Is that the place where
"magnolia blossoms round everybody's door and the folks keep eating possum until they cant eat no more"
Believe it not - for some reason I can't get that #$%^&& song out of my old brain
-
2
-
-
8 hours ago, Stillwater said:
Just to keep this going, and without checking in the sim: Let me throw in Essendon?
Well done Gerold
I was getting worried for a while and getting another pic ready of The freeware 727 at ESSENDON -
which is the Orbx one - little a little more posh than the old airport and still a very busy GA airport
To those who don't know Australia - Essendon until 1971 was the 2nd principal airport in Australia
with Sydney slightly bigger.
Essendon was replaced by the new Tullamarine Airport - you know as Melbourne YMML - which opened in August 1971
and built with advanced planning - to take the new Jumbo 747s.
The wife - myself - and 5 kids under 11 and 14 suitcases - arrived in the first week of The new shiny - 1 terminal airport
as Immigrants -so the place holds fond memories - but I find it hard to find my way around these days - on the odd trip down South
The 727 was the standard internal aircraft - used by the independent airline Ansett and by the government owned T.A.A.
-
1
-
-
Speaking of Age - and yardsticks - it used to be said that you knew you were getting old when policemen
and the local priest started to look very Young - even if they were in their 40s/50s.
Here's another - today I learned that the Brisbane Story Bridge was 80 years old - and I already knew
I was older than The Sydney Harbour Bridge - that makes 2 -
so I must check up on the Nipon - Clippon Auckland Bridge in the Shaky Isles - to see if I can beat that for a hat trick
-
2
-
-
"Definition of Optimism"
At 85 - even though I am waiting for the new X Box Series X due in November -
yesterday - I bought a new 8 gig Video card for my Desk Top P.C.- to give P3D 5 a go
-
2
-
-
Hey Ian - Old Mate
Does this mean you are back in Harness again??? - how do you feel ?? - you obviously got thro' the lockdowns
In my case - it meant that the missus didn't moan a lot when she had to go out shopping - on the basis
of the warning for the over 80s - and all I did all day - was flying aeroplanes - without conscience.
I actually had my first haircut for 8 weeks last week - and today I went to the library - by appointment to pick up 5 reserves
which were available 3 months ago. Only one person working at a desk just inside the door - and the books already for me
which means I can put my Kindle back in the drawer
You must be missing the Library !!
Have you still got the "Harley"
John
-
2
-
-
Been waiting for chance - hope I am OK with this
Old (Orbx) airport - old aircraft -Ghosts of the 70s
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, wolfko said:
For us Europeans South East Asia and Far East is not the same.
Far East is China (at least parts of it), Japan, the Koreas.
South East Asia is Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines, East Timor, Brunei. I hope I haven't forgotten one.
Edit: I have forgotten one in South East Asia, namely Singapore.
When I was a European of North of England/UK domesticity - 50 years - the Far East was a derogatory term for all the above - because it was a description of "shoddy goods"
stemming mainly from Hong Kong - Taiwan (you missed off) - Japan(cars) and the Philippines. Mainly plastic toys and cotton goods Very little came from Communist China.
The current name as far as we - in the modern day Far East - are concerned is the description "The Asean Nations" of which all of the above are members
- and the 3 others you might have forgotten --- Australia - New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
However - my point was where the largest spots on the chart were - and should be the starting point for a much easier starting point for Orbx
as a marketing research in terms of SQ Kms - whatever it can be politically called
-
3 hours ago, Nick Cooper said:
Hello John,
do you really want your address on the internet, or is it someone else's now?
No worries Nick - thanks for the heads up - I was to lazy to get out my photoshop to black it out
time has moved on since those days and form no part of the digital world that matters.
(I kept the document just to prove to Roger that I was a bona fide customer all those
years ago so that he would let me have Aus V1 12 months ago free of charge -
but he wouldn't accept the UK bit so I had to buy again.)
-
On 6/7/2020 at 7:35 PM, Captain Lars said:
Here's the result of the poll I made where simmers like to fly to in Asia as of june 7th 2020. I think it might be of relevance for this thread, too, since we discussed the possible partitioning of Asia in terms of OpenLC
How I made this: I divided the maximum number of votes into four and gave the regions dots in four sizes according to the number of votes received by each.
Summarises distinctly - what we in Australia see and expect those spots to be - by definition - South East Asia - or what people in the Americas and Europe
call "The Far East"
In Market Research terms - What percentage was the total of contributors / general Orbx forum contributors ??
------------------------------------------- What percentage of the Orbx Customers - past and present - live in the area defined as S.E Asia - including Australia/NZ ?
Orbx - if you did do think more of - what seems to be the "want" - I would be the first to give you the money now - on trust
as I once did in May 2009 - when you wanted to join the Aussie Regional colours into 1 programme - i.e. FTX Australia SP3 - pre order.
- or maybe Orbx are just waiting to see the impact MS might bring later this year - since we haven't yet seen any screenshots of the S.E Asia scenery !!
-
2 hours ago, Patrick Cox said:
OZx has a great rendition of Longreach. This includes the QANTAS hangar, the B-747, DC-3 and other QANTAS stuff.
Thanks Patrick for that
I have Orbx since 2008 - when they made their first coloured scenery - and I use
only Orbx - by choice - for my scenery on P3D and I used XP11- because of their TE scenery
IT's not a question of my having a Longreach airport - I used to live there - but a large Australian scenery developer
not developing an Aussie Icon - well in my book - at sucks - and leave that garbage Longreach scenery on AV2 is as Bad!
I'm sure Qantas would kick in a few Bucks to sponsor the development - and that's how we got the museum up and running in the first place !!
-
1
-
-
9 hours ago, Stillwater said:
Amazing photos Wolfgang, and even though this airport is not sold under Orbx brand, it is a great blend and enhancement to the Oz scenery. Maybe Frank Spencer is right...
Whoops - time change made me tooo late for this one - however - good to see the pics especially the Avro made by the Qantas Apprentices
As a person very much involved in the birth of the Qantas museum - I have already complained at Orbx's attitude to
the airfield that is the birth of Qantas - and what they show in Australia V2. I made a comment way back about this - and I note
you commented in that diatribe of mine. Here's the reminder.
https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/185125-Orbx-and-qantas/
I haven't changed my mind - and have not bothered with the Ant version - because all I have is Orbx on P3D and enough problems
without adding to them by using other addons - except a/c of course. As for their "Policy of not repeating other developers airfields"
that has been proven to be cods-wallop. That might have been the case way back in the late last decade - but to an Australian company
its about time Longreach was as important as Caboolture/ Bundaberg etc
and this time without a huge and small Yankee fighters and bombers
I mean this is supposed to be the famous Qantas hangar
-
2
-
-
12 hours ago, Stillwater said:
That would be incredible, @John Heaton - you really flew up there? Way off the beaten track...
I was about to resign, finding no more busy QLD airports with a 32 https://www.queensland-australia.com/queensland-airports-map.html#:~:text=International airports in Queensland include,%2C Gladstone%2C Bundaberg and Maroochy.
"Way off the beaten Track ?? - No way is it !! - anything but !!.
Take a look at Skyvector Planning - and note the parcity of any where else to get a fill up
after some long over water trips.
Outside of the Wet Season - the "Top End' is a "bin there - dunn that !! " objective for all seriously minded
4 Wheel drivers - and fishermen
I went there twice in the 70s in my PA 32 with 3 mates - to Weipa and the islands on fishing trips - some of best spots in OZ
Way up to the NE of Horn - is Murray Island - a freeware Orbx A/P - now that would have baffled you even more
The screen shot is the absolute North of the top of the Aussie mainland - hence "the Top End"
-
1
-
-
Here's Google's view that it does exist
- and is a popular airport - much busier than Bundy
-
5 hours ago, wolfko said:
These ground textures don't look like belonging to an Orbx Airport to me. Neither payeare nor freeware. Maybe an enhanced airport?
Not Bundaberg - but the State is right
I can assure you - I Have nothing but Orbx on my computer - except for Instrument and aircraft addons
I stopped there O/N - on a "keep Australia on the left"
-
1
-
-
13 hours ago, boetie said:
Yep Gold Cost John. However that's Johhn Flynne private hospital on the hill at Tugun
The reflections are of the downlights in the the lounge area in Air Goast Flying school GA. We treated my son to an hour scenic flight down to Byron Bay. He's now doing a double degree Batchelor of IT and Aviation. Very proud Dad.
Cheers
Graeme
The ball's in your court John
Never could recognise a private hospital - since I have never been in one
Joy flight to Byron Bay !! - I hope that was earlier than March or he would have been up for 2 weeks quarantine
Here's my contribution to the puzzlers - and the only clue I will give is it is also in Australia - just - and I flew there again recently.
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, boetie said:
The loclals will know the building on the hill depicted in Orbx land.
Cheers
Graeme
Gold Coast Airport - clues are The hospital at Robina and Mount Warning just peeping on the horizon
-
1
-
-
We can't land there yet anyway -- Perth and west Oz has it's border closed
-
1
-
2
-
-
1 hour ago, wolfko said:
Well done guys, you are absolutely right, it is Brissie.
And yes, the cranes in the background are the clue I was referring to. I think it is obvious, that it is an Australian airport (Jetstar, Qantas) and YBBN is AFAIK the only Australian Orbx airport with harbour cranes in the vicinity.
Regarding the trees, maybe they have been cut down in the meanwhile?
I thought we had to use "Orbx" airport scenery for the scene ??
l
Woops - I just read the first line In Stillwater's Original Post
-
1
-
-
If that's freeware - it's very good - but not much of a clue - since all my airports are Orbx
Yes there are many FDS bases - but this looks so posh - it might be Charleville - but then again
it might be Cloncurry ??
-
1
-
-
11 hours ago, Stillwater said:
Though I do not get the clue, I would think of YMMB Moorabbin?
You are correct of course - the tiny clue was to zoom in on the blue sign over the
Royal Victoria Flying Club Office - my Alma Marta - for my PPL 50 years ago
-
1
-
-
Yeah why not ? Gerold -- there is a tiny clue
-
Too easy to Cheat - just read the poster - " A port like Alice" with apologies to Neville Shute"
-
2
-
-
16 minutes ago, Stillwater said:
Mates, I fear this post is on hold - too early. We still have some Orbx airfields left, like this one:
-
2
-
Orbx airports visited in real life - a rolling story
in General Discussion
Posted
Speaking of Orbx airports - I have quietly been revisiting my Library of them - including Aus V2 - keeping
a number of screenshots - and when August 18th arrives my first flight will be around my Antipodean country
once more - not only to see what MS have done - but to compare what we currently have - to what MSD is orffering.
Meanwhile - in the absence of a current Question - try this easy one.