John Heaton Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) She is the sort of a development of my old PA 32- 300 - which was the forerunner of the Saratoga in my flying days - and now I regard the FSR 500 as the latest MSFS version of the Piper 500 - as the bird that bring back memories of my past -although the old brain views the glass cockpits as a poor substitute for the old steam gauges. She even has the same colour scheme as my old lady 👌 . She has just had a major upgrade - and revels in her favourite home on my local Gold Coast airport - but I have yet to show her the smaller Southport one - just up the road. Edited May 21 by John Heaton 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Fine set of shots these John. cheers Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 That is a nice looking bird John. cheers Gumby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 jajajajaja I swear I was expecting to see a woman 🤣 Now I remember in English is very common to refer to planes as "she" I once said what a handsome 747 ! 🤣 In Spanish airplanes are masculine. El avión though we can also use LA if we change to aeronave. La aeronave. But when we use aeronave, it's just a dry word, it never involves this tender feeling you have when you name it she. Nice shots Cheers Carlos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 1 hour ago, carlosqr said: jajajajaja I swear I was expecting to see a woman 🤣 Now I remember in English is very common to refer to planes as "she" I once said what a handsome 747 ! 🤣 In Spanish airplanes are masculine. El avión though we can also use LA if we change to aeronave. La aeronave. But when we use aeronave, it's just a dry word, it never involves this tender feeling you have when you name it she. Nice shots Cheers Carlos Hi Carlos - remember - the 747 is known as the "Queen of the Sky" In this simulator - we men are dominated by what we call aircraft - and give them feminine gender and suffer their idiosyncrasies - just like real life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 nice set there John, looks a great plane.....I'm not to keen on glass cockpits in GA stuff though myself... @carlosqr I think here we also call cars 'she' most of the time, weird really... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 The Piper and TBM great looking planes, well done John! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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