Slippa

In the last picture overlooking the Merlin we see someone has his head in the cockpit, eyes down. I’m taking that to be Sq Ldr Scoobiedoobs, BriantheBrain, Loki or someone on the team and that they’re busy tinkering and humming happily away to themselves while they work. Holding on to ‘no news is good news’ is sketchy but it’s what I’m going with for now. Trust everyone and everything’s all good. Best regards .

I bought it on release chuffed to have another vintage prop. I agree with those disappointed with the sounds. I’ve heard em startup as well as fly and they’re far more meaty and grunty. It flies ok, like a Jug-lite maybe? It needs work on ground handling too for me. I haven’t flown it much lately and I spend most of my flying time in the old birds and swap around, I just haven’t fancied the Corsair as much as I’d have liked to. Definitely worth having though, carrier landings n all . I wouldn’t give it back.

Would be great if we could. A while back I had ideas about this, after looking into it a bit I backed off with my tail between my legs. I flew drones around old airfield buildings, control towers, mess buildings, AA towers. I circled everything taking a ton of shots thinking I could transfer it all using photogrammetry and build 3D models. I’d need to take out a mortgage for 3DSMax and fell at the first hurdle. Don’t think Blender would do? I was gonna ask the experts but ah well. Turns out we couldn’t use em anyhow.

Great stuff, thanks. Wish you’d venture North of London as well someday. Only up to the Shetlands or so . Cheers for the new bits here, looks like N2 will be busy

- Black Labrador - Flask - Cheese & Pickle sandwiches - Autopilot (I think some people really want it), I’m fine without but I really want Target Indicators, Flare gun, coloured smokes and my wipers working. Just don’t touch the bleedin tailwheel again

You got some shapes Seabat Looking good Eightball

Ah, I was wrong about something, the missus will be pleased . Shame about the wind on Sunday, some good as there was enough space to mooch around in, relaxed a bit. That fighter balbo’s getting better every year I think? Ain’t we lucky . Mrs Slippa got a bit choked for a bit there, it does get ya. I know what you mean about the line-up, what to shoot? Spoilt for choice. Years ago I’d have my eye glued to a viewfinder filming the lot but too much of that and you miss just experiencing it all. I do a lot more mooching about and chatting now. I only got a few shots of the balbo this time as Mrs Slippa wandered off with my long lens and I got busy chatting with the fella about the workshop. We’d walked down from the West by the Rapide flights, watched the ground rehearsal for a bit before they went up.

I think we saw you on Sunday Q? Mrs Slippa asked about the lens you had on. She came back and told me what it was and I told her I reckon that was Qcumber , may not have been? Did you see this fella? He was playing the themetune to Kellys Heroes from it rolling around at mobility scooter speeds, cracked me up. Even had an articulating turret and barrel Oh, while the fighter balbo flew overhead one of the Blenheim fellas came and had a chat with me. Apparently the little ‘old workshop’ I was on about before is still open but will close this year. He asked me if I was coming in October he’d show us a few bits so if you wanna cop a look around do so before the season finale

Thought you’d be there Q, cracking shot too First time I’ve seen an Anson fly as well. The only airworthy example . A lot of my shots were the worst I’ve ever taken. I tried out an extender for the 1-400 but somehow I kept buggering it all up. Great show though. Nightmare getting out of there. Instead of going home we stayed in a gorgeous 15th Century Hotel, gorgeous meal, beautiful place

Indeed. It is

At first sight of this the pedantry made me chuckle . Being a lifelong sazzy bassa and an English pedant myself I have to point out the ‘Eagle Dynamic’s Map’ should have no apostrophe at all. Written as it is would mean ‘Eagle Dynamic is Map’ which just isn’t right .

Four? Where’d that go so fast? Should be ‘Mid-Access’ by now then? Happy Annie I s’pose

Yeah, maybe I went a bit overboard having that Eagle tattoed on my forehead. Kind offer OP .

I’d still like some flares for our wooden wonder. Not bell-bottomed jobbies from the 70s but Target Indicators. The wipers have never been connected either. The animation’s working and can be seen and used in the model viewer but since she rolled out of the shed, we’re wiperless wonders. Come on team, give her some love, please .

Ooh, lovely Splitty

I was listening to something the other day and learnt that on the flight Dimbleby flew and reported on, his Pilot was Gibbo. I’ll have to read Enemy Coast Ahead again for a refresher. He should never have been asked to even begin forming 617 when he was asked to. He’d done more than enough already and was pretty battered. Amazing what some of those fellas went through. Looking through the thread a bit, just reposting this one (with gunners ). Best regards team

I’ve had exactly the same thing happening to me. I’ve had to shut down the computer to get out of it. Don't have a clue about pagefile sizes or how and what to mess with. I’ll keep an eye on it, good luck Razor

I mean there is not enough time in the day to fly em all . I’ve got plenty of ‘time’ on type now though. Those that I fly frequently. If I don’t mess about and rush in I can bring most of em in nice and smoothly now (he says, oof) Feel sorry for my Jets really, prolly the most neglected of all modules and OH, I just remembered, how could I not mention it? THE OH! OH-6A, THE LOACH!, I fly the Loach and the Loach flies me . The most fun to be had in a flight sim.

Spitfire, Mustang, Mossie, 109, Corsair, Jug, Huey, Gazelle.. Not enough time

Cheers for the chuckle

Not a bad shout. I can’t make a lot of sense of it either, no nav skills over here. Might wanna look up ‘cats eyes Cunningham’ and the night fighter boys. Not all of it was dead reckoning, thankfully .

Ah, this ol chestnut. I’m still a bit surprised at us getting the Corsair so won’t complain too much. I do love my propellers , we need more though. Flyable He111s, Me110s, Ju88s anyone? Hopefully we’ll see the Lancaster take to our skies someday, be good if ED dropped us I dunno, a nice little B25 to be getting on with? As Rudel pointed out, these things take a loooooooooong time. If they’re started at all. Take my money for all of em. The 262 would be a perfect compromise too, early jets don’t come a lot earlier .