John Heaton
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Probably because this aircraft is the most well-known fighter plane of the past - another Mk1 - Mk11 has just been added to MS
by Flight Replicas - and because it is also for X box - it gives those users a crack at flying this lady - hence my adding it here
Even with my limited pension - I could afford it on day one and I love it - just wanted to share it
In a number of ways - it is not the MK1X of Flying Irons - but easier on the brain box and his bloke can do it better than I can
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For months - every man and his dog were pestering Orbx to release South - and so they did - at a very small price.
Rather than winge about a multitude of bit and pieces that are duplicated - and suggestions taking forever to remove
the said inferences - worrying your life away
-------- simply delete the package. 👍 ------ I have
Life's too short
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biplanes and I are the same age - so I have plenty - but would love the F3 freebie from Orbx - but -
I don't bother with P3D - and the MS one is out of my pension range even though it would look good
next to my F4 and F6
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sorry blokes - I didn't intend to start a hornet's nest either
It was all "Tung in Cheek" - no Emoji for that
I'll get me coat !
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In a review of the TBM850 from Milford to Mount Cook the advice given by NZA sims was
""Thanks for the video! Just a note, please make sure you remove Orbx mesh nz, any freeware related to NZMF and of corse the World Update 12 NZMF Milford Sound, T004 Quintin lodge and Martins Bay NZMJ to stop any conflicts such as floating cliff faces etc. Awesome video!
might be of help?""
Orbx probably waiting for the latest WU of NZ before they tackle the Mesh issue
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Now - you lot have really got me going
The only true accent in the UK is a Lancastrian/Yorkshire/Northern accent where all vowels are "Flat" and was a major part
of the original speech of the Angles when England was first invaded by the Romans - Saxons - Danes - and then the Normans -
I.E - a mixture that caused the Southerners to make a bastardised version of the true Anglish.
Therefore - Scone is pronounced like - ON - as spoken in the North - and Scone in The South a drawn out vowel - "sc-owe-n"
A normal example is Book/Look - Southerners pronounce it - Buck - and Luck - when it should be pronounced like an owl sounds
i.e. - "hoot" -- - which is definitely not "Huck".
Have you ever heard a train - go "Tutt - Tutt"
Q.E.D.
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for all you blokes out there who wonder what real life flying is in Australia - take a look at these 2 videos
The first is the latest developement of the NEW/extra Sydney Airport - cited to open in 2026 - and get some idea of what our simming
will look like then
immediately after the finish of this video - make sure you watch his next one by clicking the frame at the end - or -
The second is a brilliant video of a live VFR GA aircraft landing at the current Sydney airport. It may seem strange that flight control allows GA aircraft to do so
but part of our PPL training is approach and landing at a Primary Airport - or it was in my day 50 years or so ago - although in my case - I had to use Essendon
- because Tullamarine - Melbourne - had just been opened
However - although I now land all sorts of aircraft in Sydney in my dotage via MSFS etc. - this video reminds me very much - of my time years ago - when
on my frequent business trips to Sydney - I sometimes used my own PA32 - rather than commercial - to do the journey - VFR of course. Once I had to stop short of the runway - as a 747 landed 50 yards from me
Enjoy both
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Lancashire and Yorkshire -- but after 53 years in Australia - now few and far between
When my kids first arrived in Oz they were laughed at with their Lancy accents and suffered a bit
until we taught them to reply by saying to the Aussie kids - "I don't have an accent - you do!"
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with this new update - can we now use the Orbx Mesh that we were advised not to use before?
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one day in 1962 - 2 fellow employees and i were driving somewhere in the south of England - i cant remember where exactly -
but we were heading for Norwich - when 3 fighter aircraft came screaming at us over our heads - and one bloke said
they were Messerschmitt's - we agreed - and we stopped the car and watched them circle around and lowered the undercarts
and landed in a field out of sight to our right.
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my very first dog in England when I was about - looked exactly like Max - his name was Nigger!
Couldn't call him that these days
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23 hours ago, Badl4ndz said:
Hope I'm not being rude by asking how many decades has it been since you experienced Blackpool? I remember being taken there for holidays when I was around 5 or 6 back in the early 70s and like you, I enjoyed it. I briefly seen it back in 2014 and wasn't at all impressed with how it looks now. I believe it has also become popular for Hen & Stag weekends so lots of drunk adults at weekends. To be fair, many of our coastal towns have suffered decades of decay so it's not on it's own.
no - you are not being rude I think I have been back there 3 times since coming to Australia 52 years ago
Certainly 1980 when I took 2 of my sons on a world trip that included the UK and 2008 when the boss and I went to celebrate our 50th anniversary
and you are right - it was not the Blackpool that I lived in and remembered as a kid and adult - everything was shabby
I recently view d a video by Huddesson on u tube - and it looked even worse.
Mind you it was full of drunks in my day at weekends - and I was one of them - on works and bowling outings in the 50s
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8 hours ago, John Burgess said:
Memories
I grew up in Kendal about 50 miles North of Blackpool. I remember being taken by my parents to the illuminations (lots of lights on buildings, trams etc). Magic when you are a wee kid!
Usually we just got down to the Morecambe illuminations - not quite as impressive
Edit, just saw Iain's post - we clearly grew up not far from each other!
All the best,
John
memories indeed - glad you mentioned the illuminations John - a site to behold - 4 miles of lights and scenery - a long slow drive for
the length - and fish and chips at the end - my 5 kids just loved it every year -
https://www.visitblackpool.com/things-to-do/blackpool-illuminations/
My sister lives in Morecambe - Blackpool's little brother - best place there was Middleton Towers Holiday camp - which could have been
my answer to the question - with Butlins all over the UK - even spent our honeymoon at the Skegness one
Now that was memorable !!
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used to travel to Kendal every year to play against Kendal RUFC
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A day trip to BLACKPOOL - google it
Although I lived there for 4 years during the war (WW11) - we used to go for a day trip on the train - quite regular
- to enjoy the fun of all the penny arcades - and the world-famous Pleasure Beach and Tower
I would bet that most of the Brits on here - would know what I mean
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Sheesh Wain - don't get me going - no cats - but 5 dogs in the past 80 years - but no more
I still tear up when I think of my last mate for 16 years who went to doggie heaven 4 years ago 😭
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Once upon a time - many years ago - I physically flew general aviation aircraft of a number of types - mainly for recreation -
and owned my own PA 32 (avatar) - and just about everyone in my family have frequently flown with me - on long and short hops
The majority reaction to when they sit beside me now - when "Simulating" - say - "it's not the same feeling !"
I sometimes agree with them - "in a seat of the pants sense" - and knowing that I didn't have to be as careful in the flight rules
that I once had to be - to stay alive.
But then again !! - what else could I spend my time on - after the investment in hard and software which allows me to fly anywhere
in the World - never before seen by myself --- or my family - thanks to MS and its brilliant 2020 -soon to be 2024
Stuff - what anybody else thinks !!
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did all that you said - but just come back from a 3 week break from computer - (been on a cruise) - after doing the uninstall and re install and still
offering upgrade for 2 seconds 😭
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and another - starring the great wooden wonder - eat your heart out Maverick
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and another - video quality is poor - but the music - wow!
nice shot of MSFS Junkers
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adam is always putting up his favourite musicians - so here is one of mine - Ron Goodwin
I have all his records and play his film music constantly - especially the war theme ones.
Here's one of his best - with appropriate film editing of the movie - yet to be bettered
for us flyboys. Turn up the volume !!!!!
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Every time i go to Central for the past few weeks - i am offered an update for the Osprey aircraft
selecting to update results in a couple of seconds burst then finished.
Surely this is an error and spotted before now - and wastes our time
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2 hours ago, Nick Cooper said:
Hello John,
I had some Minibrix, which, I think, predate you.
Meanwhile, in 1964, at the age of 12, here I am with a proper construction toy,
in the days before health and safety required either PPE or a roll cage
or indeed precluded 12 year olds from driving bulldozers.
"Those innovative little rectangles inspired the MiniBrix line from England’s Premo Rubber Company in 1935".
Nick - only if it was before September 1935
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just a secondhand Mechano - we were too poor - and Lego hadn't been invented.
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He lost both his way - and his license - glad I wasn't aboard this
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-------- simply delete the package. 
Best for those near fires around Perth, Australia
in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge
Posted · Edited by John Heaton
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