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Post by raphael on Jan 24, 2016 23:06:25 GMT
Hello everybody, I'm glad to join the GAAR for the first time ! I've been flying DC3 Airways World Rally each year since 2009, but NEVER flew in Australia. I'm really looking forward to discover the country - and VOZ scenery for FS9. Here is a picture of my second landing at Argyle, for the flight test. Got exactly the same time as the first try. Hope to meet you at one of the airfield bars along the way. Best regards from Geneva, Switzerland, Raphael
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Post by Rob on Jan 24, 2016 23:24:42 GMT
G/Day Raphael, Welcome to Australia and the GAAR 2016, we are very happy to have you aboard.
Rob
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Post by gooneybird565 on Jan 25, 2016 15:40:29 GMT
Raphael,
Glad to see you joining the gang! Gooneybird565 = DCA0565 = Philippe K (from Paris...) Guess we will soon see some nice screenshots... ;-)
Philippe
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Post by raphael on Jan 25, 2016 17:03:17 GMT
Thank you Rob and Philippe.
I'm afraid I cannot spend as much time on screenshots as during DC3 Airways World Rally last November. But judging from what has already been posted here, I'm sure we will all enjoy some very beautiful pics.
Raphael
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Post by Shorty on Jan 29, 2016 6:05:49 GMT
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Post by Rob on Jan 29, 2016 8:57:26 GMT
Nice F-27, I remember those colours well.
Rob
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Post by Allan Lowson on Jan 29, 2016 21:23:02 GMT
I remember being chased down the approach to Coolangatta in a Cessna 206 by one these F-27s in TAA training in '77! Could be an entry choice for this GAAR.
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Post by raphael on Jan 29, 2016 21:32:38 GMT
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Post by Rob on Jan 29, 2016 23:13:40 GMT
Very nice set of pic's Raphael. The 748 is a nice looking aircraft, I remember flying in the 748 on trips between Suva and Nadi in Fiji. DC-3 for the morning flight then back in the afternoon in the 748, those were the days...... ? Rob
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Post by raphael on Jan 30, 2016 0:18:42 GMT
Thank you Rob.
You've been flying in the legendary DC-3, that's great !
Unfortunately, I don't think I ever saw a real HS.748, unless the plane I once travelled with between New Delhi and Kullu was one - not sure as the airline had F-27, Do-228 and HS.748 ... but I like very much Rick Piper's model for FS9. The most "exotic" planes in which I flew (as a passenger) were Pakistani & Indian Fokker-27, a Czech Illyushin IL-18, a Ugandan LET-410, a Thai Shorts-360, a Russian Tupolev (probably 154-M)... And my preferred flights were in a Cessna Caravan in Uganda and a Beechcraft B1900C in Afghanistan.
See you further in the Rally, Raphael
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Post by rattler on Jan 30, 2016 20:56:29 GMT
Hi Raphael.
That registration, G-ARAY, spent a lot of its later years ferrying around Aberdeen in Scotland and Sumburgh or Scatsta in the Shetlands. It was owned at that time by Dan Air, and was one of a fleet of eighteen or so working the oil patch. I was working there at the time, and it was quite normal to be queuing behind a gaggle of these, waiting for Aberdeen to open at seven o'clock in the morning.
Peter
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Post by rattler on Jan 30, 2016 21:08:11 GMT
The DH114 Heron.
Leaving a snowy England, early in the morning.
The real White Cliffs
Several days later, arriving in Australia. Learmonth in WA
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Post by Rob on Jan 30, 2016 23:28:06 GMT
The screenshots rolling in for this years GAAR are fantastic, the best I have seen and makes all the planning worth while. Keep sending in the shots guys during the rally for all to enjoy. Have fun flying your rally.
Cheers Rob
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Post by capflyer on Jan 31, 2016 0:25:39 GMT
Last screenshot for me until the rally begins. Here's the plane sitting on the ramp in Darwin with the decals applied and detailing of the airplane complete. Hopefully the rain today doesn't ruin our work.
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Post by raphael on Jan 31, 2016 1:10:22 GMT
Peter,
thank you for that interesting information about the real G-ARAY HS.748. It's amazing that among the forty or so guys flying the GAAR, we find one that travelled inside the real bird !!! This world is definitely small, as we say in French...
Glad to learn that G-ARAY flew in Scotland, as I really like this region, even though I never flew there - just cycled around (from Dover to Orkney islands).
Looking forward to see your screenshots, and those of capflyer.
I'm impressed by the fact that you guys fly all the way to Australia for the Rally (not enough time myself for this, sorry).
Cheers, Raphael
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